program
Do 16.01.
17:00
FANFARE
New Year’s Start and North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for the Independent Performing Arts Anniversary GalaThe North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for the Independent Performing Arts issues an invitation to their traditional New Year’s Start and network gathering. The FFT Düsseldorf will host the event for the first time in 2025. This event will be held for State Office members; registration will be handled by the North Rhine-Westphalian State Office.
Fr 17.01.
16:00 - 19:00
Stadt, Markt, Spiel (City, Market, Game)
as part of In welcher Stadt wollen wir leben?In keeping with the chosen motto The City We Want to Live In?, we will, following living space and public space, now consider the consumerist space. To be exact: the supermarket. During this workshop, the participants will receive insight into the research and play techniques Rimini Protokoll employs as they try out how to turn the market into a stage.
Sa 18.01.
11:00 - 15:00
Stadt, Markt, Spiel (City, Market, Game)
as part of In welcher Stadt wollen wir leben?In keeping with the chosen motto The City We Want to Live In?, we will, following living space and public space, now consider the consumerist space. To be exact: the supermarket. During this workshop, the participants will receive insight into the research and play techniques Rimini Protokoll employs as they try out how to turn the market into a stage.
Mi 22.01.
17:30
Show and Tell
At the conclusion of their first semester, the students gather for concentrated three days of concentrated work at the FFT. This time, they would like to explore the technical possibilities of communication between within and without – through the first-floor FFT Foyer windows.
Fr 24.01.
20:00
die Dunkelheit (the Darkness)
Sebastian dances! And he dances die Dunkelheit (the Darkness): Despair, grief, anger – yet also party, excess, and transition. In their new choreography, simultaneously demanding as well as touching, Verena Billinger & Sebastian Schulz critically dissect the concept of “toxic masculinity”.
Sa 25.01.
17:00
Wie war das nochmal? (How did that go again?)
as part of 25 Jahre FFTIn our talk series in which we remember special moments from 25 FT years, we will now reminisce about the legendary staging of Adieu which Belgian choreographer Ives Thuwis developed together with ten Düsseldorf youths at the FFT in 2004 – it remains one of the most successful FFT productions to this day.
20:00
die Dunkelheit (the Darkness)
Sebastian dances! And he dances die Dunkelheit (the Darkness): Despair, grief, anger – yet also party, excess, and transition. In their new choreography, simultaneously demanding as well as touching, Verena Billinger & Sebastian Schulz critically dissect the concept of “toxic masculinity”.