“It is about how we deal with grief, loss, farewell – as we live in a time that has a lot to do with it. Through ongoing wars, human tragedies, not least through the pandemic. But also in a broader sense of species extinction, of nature dying.” (Stephanie Thiersch)

>> Watch the short report about our rehearsals at tanzhaus nrw on WDR Westart . You can also see some of the members of our newly cast “Choir of the Elderly”. It starts at minute 2:13.

>>Watch the short report about our rehearsals at tanzhaus nrw on WDR Westart . If you wach closely you can also find some of the members of our newly cast “Chorus of Elders”. It starts at minute 2:13.

After our rehearsals in Dresden and Düsseldorf we want to show you first pieces of our growing project HELLO TO EMPTINESS.. It is also the last SALON event in our Gastgeberschaft series TANZPAKT Stadt – Land – Bund. The artist talk will be led by the dramaturge Stawrula Panagiotakiand as a guest we virtually welcome Tara McAllister-Viel. For those who are near Düsseldorf: come to the tanzhaus nrw (2G+)! For everyone else, join us via live stream. It starts at 6 pm.
Saturday, 19.02., 6:00 pm > Live streaming

We are looking for good amateur singers for a choreographed concert with 5 international singers!
- preferably over 70 years old, even better over 80 years old
- enjoying stage performances with a few stage directions
- vaccinated or recovered

Period:
- first meeting in the week of 14-18 February at tanzhaus nrw
- sheet music available from mid-March
- final rehearsals 25-28 April (daily 2-3 hours)
- performances 29 and 30 April at tanzhaus nrw
- working language: German, English (with translation)

2G+ applies during rehearsals.

Please register with:
Sarah Heinrich: sarah@mouvoir.de
+49 (0) 221 – 98 54 522

A picture paints a thousand words?
Sometimes it does.
Thanks to all who were with us yesterday at the Stadtgarten in Cologne. Thank you, dear Akademie der Künste der Welt.

We are looking forward to a very special evening: As a result of our new research lab we will show our movement study HYPHEA. After a week of research and rehearsals in our INVENTASY IIV-LAB in the framework of TANZPAKT Stadt – Land – Bund contacts and connections will become visible in dance on 10 December, 8pm in the Kölner Stadtgarten. The performance is a co-production with the Akademie der Künste der Welt.
Tickets are available here!

WANTED!!!!! We are looking for an administrative assistant (application/assistance, artists’ contracts, budget planning, production strategy and planning) for a provisional period of one year, starting on 1 January 2022 at the latest. The position is planned for10-15 hours/week and is paid accordingly.
We work in a small harmonic team on production, management and finances. We offer a pleasant working atmosphere and exciting interdisciplinary projects.
Please send your applications and questions to: info@mouvoir.de.

A week full of magic in Paris … our production BILDERSCHLACHTEN/BATAILLES D’IMAGES is rising again! We are working on a holographic orchestra that can be brought on stage as a projection. 46 musicians will soon fit even in smaller locations.We are looking so much forward to see the first recordings. Thank you, “Les Siècles“https://www.lessiecles.com/, for this opportunity. Stay tuned …

We opened our FEMALE GAZE?! night at the URBÄNG! festival on 8 October with Oona Doherty’s HOPE HUNT, then discussed and tried out a bit and ended it with a concert by NIOBE. As always these were inspiring days and we are already looking forward to next year. Because … after URBÄNG! is before URBÄNG! <3

October is … URBÄNG!! From 6-9 October we celebrate the diversity of perfomance and togetherness with the festival for performative arts at the Orangerie Theatre in Cologne. Our FEMALE GAZE?! evening on 8 October this time begins with Oona Doherty’s HOPE HUNT AND THE ASCENSION INTO LAZARUS. The Northern Irish choreographer confronts and explores class, masculinity and gender roles. This will be followed by an equally exciting discussion with the artists of the evening and the dancers Verena Brakonier and Josephine Findeisen.

Performance, participation, polarization, partnership, and … party: From 6-9 October it’s here again, the URBÄNG! Festival of the Performing Arts in Cologne! We are looking forward to 4 wonderful days at the Orangerie Theater, to people, encounters, performances, opening eyes instead of closing them. Since 2017, URBÄNG! has been the annual highlight of the Ensemblenetzwerk Freihandelszone.
You can check the whole programme at: www.freihandelszone.org/urbaeng
And tickets are available at: 0221 952 27 08, www.offticket.de or also info@orangerie-theater.de

The Orangerie Theater in Cologne was the perfect place for us to recall 22 crazy years of MOUVOIR.
So much warmth! People, music, dance, words and even the weather. We thank everyone who was with us, in person or in mind.
We had a touching blast! And enough energy for more 22 years to come.

As the grand finale of the summer comes closer, the birthday programme is fixed:
Saturday, 11 September 2021, from 2pm at the Orangerie Theatre Cologne

WORKSHOPS
14-15.30 Dance for all with Viviana Escalé
15.30-17h Voguing with Georgina/House of St. Laurent Europe

PERFORMANCE & WORDS
from 17h: A journey through two decades of multidisciplinary dance performance – with rediscoveries and surprises.

PARTY
from 23h: DJ set “Oasis/Happy22” with DJ Elephant Power (Brussels)

Be part of MOUVOIR Salon culture! We invite you to our new workshop with a closing super night.
We will deal intensively with lament songs and mourning rituals based on the tradition of the Greek Miroloi.
You can find the whole programme here
With great lecturers, guests and a final concert by the Greek musician “Martha Mavroidi” await us:https://www.marthamavroidi.com/

Admission is free!
Registration at: info@mouvoir.de

Hello Berlin!! ARCHIPEL is on its way …
Another chance, another venue: ARCHIPEL – A SPECTACLE OF BLENDING will be part of Tanz im August – Internationales Festival Berlin from August 20th to 22nd.
Tickets are already on sale, so be fast and be there with us!
https://www.tanzimaugust.de/produktion/detail/stephanie-thiersch-brigitta-muntendorf-archipel/

“An incredible maelstrom” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
“a firework for the synapses in the audience’s brain” (Deutschlandfunk Kultur)
“A magnificent, high-energy futuristic spectacle with a great innovative soundtrack.”
(theater:pur)

Richt after our second performance of ARCHIPEL at the Theater der Welt Festival Stephanie Thiersch and Brigitta Muntendorf come together with their audience. They will give insights into the background of their production, the collaboration with Archtiekt Sou Fujimoto, their inspiration. We look forward to many unexpected questions. There are still a few remaining tickets …

We are as happy as excited … ARCHIPEL has a trailer!
So watch first scenes from our Spectacle of Blending and enjoy.
World premiere will be in June 2021 at Theater der Welt Festival (Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus/Central).