DER FALL MUTTER | THE MOTHER CASE

MISSINGDOTS (DRESDEN)

To be or not to be a mother. The missingdots company stages texts by three authors on the subject of motherhood that are full of perspectives.

• Theatre

READING: DAS UNWOHLSEIN DER MODERNEN MUTTER | THE MALAISE OF THE MODERN MOTHER

MAREICE KAISER (BERLIN), ANNE FRIEBEL (LEIPZIG)

The ideal of motherhood is unattainable and full of contradictions. The journalist, author and mother herself, Mareice Kaiser, reads from her book and talks to Anne Friebel about the malaise of modern mothers.

• Discourse

WERKSTATT: MORGENROT | MORNING RED

ALIDA BOHNEN (LEIPZIG)

In a combination of painting and theater, the evening explores the possibility of hope in times of perceived hopelessness.

• Performance
• Theatre

WERKSTATT: FACHTAG NACHWUCHSARBEIT | SYMPOSIUM FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

WERKSTATTMACHER E.V. (LEIPZIG)

Of growing up, precarity and potential. The symposium creates a space for practical and theoretical knowledge transfer, (inter)regional networking and exchange between young artists and initiatives to promote young talent.

• Discourse
• Performance
• Dance
• Theatre
• Contemporary Circus
• Workshop

DISCUSSION: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN IRAN - ARTS IN RESISTANCE

Daniela Rodriguez Romero, Donya Ahmadifar, Shafagh Aghaei, Yasemin Said

In the discussion with Daniela Rodriguez Romero, Donya Ahmadifar, Shafagh Aghaei and Yasemin Said, the focus is on the gap between the diverse cultural heritage of Iran, the Persian Empire and the ongoing suppression of artistic freedom and the resulting protest movements.

• Discourse

GOLE SANGAM

DONYA AHMADIFAR (STUTTGART)

Donya Ahmadifar performs a moving solo: Western dance styles such as Popping and Waving meet Persian traditions, making the current struggle for freedom in Iran tangible through the senses.

• Dance
• Performance

SHOWING: TORNADO’S EYE

DAVID EISELE (ALTENBURG)

A musician dances with his cello, chairs spin on their own, and glasses become acrobatic marvels. Join us on a hypnotic journey between madness and meditation.

• Contemporary Circus

FILMSCREENING: BLICKWECHSEL – PUBLICS AND POLICIES OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

A FILM BY JANINA MÖBIUS COMMISSIONED BY THE FONDS DARSTELLENDE KÜNSTE

This film tells the story of artistic strategies against far-right forces and how democracy is defended through artistic dialogue.

• Discourse
• Theatre
• Performance
• Dance

OPEN HOUSE

LOFFT – DAS THEATER

As part of the Spinnerei Round Tour, we will reopen our doors to you at the beginning of the new year.

• Theatre

ECHOES OF THE EAST - ON QUEER RESILIENCE FROM BIAŁYSTOK TO LEIPZIG

DISCUSSION + BURLESQUE CLOSING

The performance PASKUDNIK and the film screening FILIPKA will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic ECHOES OF THE EAST - ON QUEER RESILIENCE FROM BIAŁYSTOK TO LEIPZIG, SOLIDARITY BEYOND NATIONAL BORDERS & NON BINARY JOY.

• Discourse

FILM-SCREENING: FILIPKA

A documentary about activist and drag artist Filipka Rutkowska, the preparation for her first performance at a drag show, and her return to her hometown and conservative parents.

• Discourse

PASKUDNIK

TUBI MALCHARZIK & TEAM (VIENNA/HANNOVER/LEIPZIG)

Between the dining table of an Upper Silesian family celebration and the surface of a dating app, the performance touches on issues of gender roles and sexuality, anti-Slavism, and German-Polish memory culture.

• Performance

TECHNOLOGIES FOR MUTUAL EMPOWERMENT – ARTIST TALK: MARIA F. SCARONI

Bertolt Brecht Guest Professorship of the City of Leipzig at the CCT of Leipzig

Artist talk with guest professor Maria F. Scaroni on dance and movement as a practice of empowerment, moderated by Janine Schulze-Fellmann (Theater Studies, University of Leipzig).

• Discourse
• Dance
• Theatre

WORKING SURFACE

NATASA CHANTA-MARTIN (ATHENS)

A dialogue between two large female bodies: They sound and move, surprise and stand against fatphobia and outdated beauty standards.

• Dance
• Music

GRAND BEAUTY ON TOUR

GRAND BEAUTY (LEIPZIG)

The transcultural salon for beauty, diversity, and dialogue is hosted in the LOFFT foyer. Be our guest and enjoy your moments of beauty.

• Installation
• Performance

VISIT: DRAWING CIRCLE AT LOFFT

NATASA CHANTA-MARTIN, TONY FRANZ

The drawing circle of HALLE14 is led by the artist Tony Franz and takes place as part of the rehearsals for WORKING SURFACE at LOFFT.

• Workshop

DANCE WORKSHOP: WORK YOUR SURFACE

Natasa Chanta-Martin (Athens)

This workshop focuses on rhythm as the foundation for music and dance, the body as an instrument, resonance, and body positivity.

• Workshop
• Dance
• Music

WORKSHOP: CRITICAL MASCULINITY

Reading group on Critical Masculinity (Leipzig)

Participants are invited to explore their understanding of masculinity.

• Workshop
• Discourse

WHY DON'T MEN DANCE

PEDRO HENRIQUE RISSE (RIO DE JANEIRO/PORTO ALEGRE/LEIPZIG)

A performance of strange gestures, dreamlike musical objects, handmade animation, and darkness that dares to touch the wound that shapes masculinities.

• Performance

TALK: SPEAKING/PERFORMING ABOUT WAR TRAUMAS

Prof. Dr. P.H. Heide Glaesmer + STUDIO URBANISTAN

A conversation with the psychological psychotherapist Prof. Dr. P.H. Heide Glaesmer (University Medicine Leipzig) and STUDIO URBANISTAN about the consequences of traumatic experiences and the search for a language to express them.

• Discourse

SOMEWHERE THERE’S WAR

STUDIO URBANISTAN (LEIPZIG)

A peaceful model housing development becomes the sterile backdrop for an immersive installation about the (in)ability to narrate war as an experience and its place in society.

• Performance
• Installation

ZEIT FÜR ZIRKUS: SYMBIOSIS [WORK-IN-PROGRESS]

KOLJA HUNEK + LUUK BRANTJES (MUNICH/ROTTERDAM)

Two circus artists, two styles, one artistic vision. A contemporary circus diptych where two artistic interpretations are intricately interwoven at the core.

• Contemporary Circus

EURO-SCENE LEIPZIG: BASIS FOR BEING نرگس

SINA SABERI (HAMBURG/TEHERAN)

The Iranian choreographer invites us as guests to a traditional house party in Tehran, featuring sweet pastries, tea, and dance. He searches through his own memories for what has been lost since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 made dance unwelcome in his homeland.

• Dance

HAUSTRUM HAUSTORIUM

POST-ORGANIC BAUPLAN (LEIPZIG / CÓRDOBA / RESISTENCIA)

Between installation and performance, Post-Organic Bauplan presents innovative prosthetics and elevates the relationship between the human body and robotics to a new level.

• Performance
• Installation

SCHU-BI-DU

SEBASTIAN WEBER DANCE COMPANY (LEIPZIG)

SCHU-BI-DU is a piece about curiosity and encounters, following three individuals on an adventurous exploration through dance and sound.

• Dance
• Kids & Youth

ECHOLOT: HUMAN-HORSE-RELATIONSHIPS

The discursive talk series at LOFFT

Experts illuminate the horse-human relationship from an interdisciplinary perspective and share their thoughts on the subject.

• Discourse

AUF PFERDEN | ON HORSES

EVA HINTERMAIER / SIMON KALUS (LEIPZIG)

The performance questions human-horse relationships and develops a narrative about dominance, mutual influence, and the longing of interspecies harmony.

• Performance

CRACKS IN TIME AND THE APPEARANCE OF NEW GOD*ESSES

BRÜTTING/JACOBO/KONATÉ/MANHÃES/MARÇALL/PINAY (LEIPZIG/BERLIN/BELÉM)

It's time to enter a new age: The Age of Pleasure. A ceremonial performance with elements of dance theatre, sci-fi, club beats and storytelling.

• Performance
• Dance
• Theatre

LEIPZIG DENKT: COURAGE & DISPLEASURE

Interdisciplinary festival of thought, dialogue and art

LEIPZIG DENKT is an interdisciplinary festival of thought, dialogue and art. In 2024 it is dedicated to the phenomena of courage, displeasure and alienation. The festival creates and tests spaces in different settings for thinking and talking together in public.

• Discourse

ANATOMY OF ENCOUNTER

TANZLABOR LEIPZIG

The performance examines the fear of contact and desire for contact that every single person brings to an encounter with someone they don't know.

• Dance
• Performance