Spring 25: spinnereischwelm meets falsche farm!
We’re excited to be in an inspiring peer-to-peer exchange with Bianca Kruppa and Andi Hofstetter from Falsche Farm(www.falschefarm.de). As the artistic directors of spinnereischwelm, we’re sharing thoughts on how to create and sustain spaces for creative participation in rural areas—especially in these challenging times. It’s a conversation on equal footing, shaped by shared experiences, diverse perspectives, and the question of how artistic work can thrive beyond urban centers.
April 25: New Performance: Ballroom Bliss
‘You are part of the performance,’ deufert&plischke greeted the audience – the youngest eight, the oldest well over 80. Alone, in pairs, in groups. Quiet, wild, expressive, expansive or reserved. The dancing was exuberant and full of joy of movement... (Lilo Ingenlath-Gegic / Westdeutsche Zeitung)
What a wonderful premiere: two sold-out performances at the Pina Bausch Centre under construction. Ballroom Bliss will move on to Wuppertal, to Soweto in South Africa and to Oulu in northern Finland, and also to Bochum! We will keep you updated.
With Ballroom Bliss, deufert&plischke continue their unique artistic practice in which dance is not only an expression but also a creation of community. For over two decades, they have understood choreography as a social art form – as a space in which society is not only represented, but jointly created. Their latest production is dedicated to the transformative power of dancing together and opens up a realm of experience in which collective movement gives rise to new forms of togetherness.
Ballroom Bliss
Concept / Performance: deufert&plischke, spinnereischwelm
Production: Lena Berger
Management: Nilüfer Kemper
Ballroom Bliss is a co-production between deufert&plischke and the Pina Bausch Centre, made possible by funding from the Kunststiftung NRW and the Spitzenförderung des Landesministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen.
