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Eun-Me Ahn

Two dancers in colourful costumes whirl bright ribbons, with one person in gold costume standing behind them in front of circular ornaments.

Post-Orientalist Express

05.02. - 07.02.2026

Mable Preach

A group of performers in beige and red costumes sit and stand in formation on stage. In the background, silhouettes of musicians and a projection of a floating body are visible.

Opera of Hope

22.01. - 24.01.2026

Trisha Brown Dance Company / Noé Soulier

Performers Savannah Gaillard, Patrick Needham, Ashley Merker, Burr Johnson, Spencer Weidie, and Cecily Campbell dance virtuosically on stage, some jumping, others holding hands.

Glacial Decoy / In the Fall / Son of Gone Fishin’

12.03. - 14.03.2026

Mette Ingvartsen

A skateboarder dynamically jumps over an obstacle while a performer with a microphone sings in a squatting position and a group of spectators watch in the background.

Skatepark

16.04. - 18.04.2026

She She Pop / Sandbox Collective

The performers dance around the stage to Bollywood music, making big gestures. There are colorful lights and the glow of a disco ball.

Wait to be Seated

07.05. - 10.05.2026

MAI:COMPANY

Dancers move intensely and expressively in a tight group formation on stage.

Rockoko

28.05. - 31.05.2026

Thorsten Lensing

Six performers are in a sauna setting behind a glass wall. They are all in different positions and scantily clad.

Tanzende Idioten

Previous Productions

Dance / Theatre

Regina Rossi

36s Regin Rossi Fairy Tales Christina Gotz 6 V1

Fair[y] Tales

27.11. - 30.11.2025

Ein Weihnachtsmärchen für alle ab 6 Jahren

William Forsythe / Ioannis Mandafounis / Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company

A group of dancers stands on a sloped stage while, in the foreground, one person balances impressively on one hand as confetti swirls through the air.

Undertainment / Lisa

04.12. - 06.12.2025

Dan Daw Creative Projects

Group photo: Four people are sitting on stage and looking at the camera. An artistically tattooed performer is sitting in the middle. The performers are sitting close together and appear to be familiar with each other.

Exxy

11.12. - 13.12.2025

Pina Bausch / Meryl Tankard

Five older dancers are dressed in suits and ball gowns. They move in a circle in a room that resembles an old building, their palms resting on their pelvises. In the background is a row of chairs and blue images on a screen.

Kontakthof - Echoes of '78

14.11. - 16.11.2025

Mazelfreten

An energetic dance group performs a powerful choreography on stage under dramatic lighting.

Rave Lucid

24.10. - 26.10.2025

Justin Talplacido Shoulder & the Future Folklore Collective

Two people with long dark hair and alien-colored skin lie close together in a fetal position, staring blankly. They lie in a kind of cocoon formed by roots spreading over them and to the sides.

23.10. - 25.10.2025

ANITO

Concert / Performance

Candice Breitz

Esther Bejarano, already with white hair and wrinkles on her face, looks down with a smile. Her arms are stretched out to the sides as if she were dancing. There is a microphone in front of her, she wears a long necklace with a pendant and a ribbed jacket

A Song for Esther

04.10.2025

Performance / Food

Mexa

Performers sit at a long table in front of a projection of Da Vinci’s »Last Supper« — a contemporary staging with a diverse cast.

The Last Supper

02.10. - 04.10.2025

La Fleur

Several male-read individuals stand next to each other wearing bedazzled cowboy hats and tight tops with leopard print, vests, or blazers with sequins. A bass can be glimpsed in the background.

Das Phantom Der Operette

25.09. - 27.09.2025

Trajal Harrell / Zürich Dance Ensemble

A group of dancers stand in a row and synchronously perform an expressive hand movement, focusing on one person in a colourful, geometrically patterned outfit.

The Romeo

25.09. - 27.09.2025