Aftermovie 2024

Circus Dance Festvial

CircusDanceFestival 2024: „Re-Inventing Circus“

A wonderful festival lies behind us - we are still full of the many wonderful impressions, moments and inspirations.

Until next year, you can browse through the CDFthek and let yourself be digitally inspired by contemporary circus and its discourses and artists.

Statement by the Cologne Festivals of the Performing Arts on the preservation of the festival landscape in Cologne

Zum Erhalt und zur Stärkung der Festivallandschaft in Köln, den aktuellen Haushaltsberatungen und der Konzeption des Depots

Festivals sind fester und unverzichtbarer Bestandteil des Kölner Kunst- und Kulturlebens und prägen die Identität der Stadt als europäische Kulturmetropole, die für Diversität, Offenheit, Austausch und internationale Kooperationen steht. Die Kölner Festivals sind geprägt vom kölschen und internationalen Flair, von Vielfalt, und einer großen Bandbreite an künstlerischen Formen und Formaten.

Kölner Festivals kreieren Kultur- und Begegnungsorte für gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung(en) und ein menschliches Miteinander. Sie schreiben sich in die Stadtgemeinschaft und das öffentliche Leben ein und ermöglichen einer großen Bandbreite an Zuschauer:innen Zugang zu Kunst- und Kultur. Die Festivals programmieren ästhetisch und politisch relevante Gastspiele aus Deutschland und zahlreichen anderen Ländern und bringen damit wichtige Impulse nach Köln. Mit ihrer hohen Sichtbarkeit durch internationaleKoproduktionen weisen die Kölner Festivals weit über die Stadtgrenzen hinaus, prägen die besondere Kölner Kunst- und Kulturlandschaft und tragen den Ruf Kölns als internationale Kulturmetropole in die Welt.

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Festival Review

After the Festival

Full of new impressions and moments, we leave for the summer break. Many thanks to everyone who made this wonderful festival possible once again.

Here you can browse through the 2024 programme again.
For a few visual impressions, take a look at our archive.
The CDFthek is also happy to provide you with exciting input on the topics of contemporary circus and dance, e.g. with films, talks or articles.

See you next time!

The Cologne Culture Prize in the category "Young Initiative" goes to CircusDanceFestival

Once a year, the Cologne Cultural Council awards the Cologne Culture Prize. On May 14th, the award ceremony took place for the 14th time, where Cologne's creative artists are honoured for their commitment and work. This year, the prize in the category "Young Initiative" went to the CircusDanceFestival. We are happy and grateful for this honour and the attention given to contemporary circus in Cologne's cultural landscape. One day before the opening of this year's festival, this was a great start to the festival days and a great appreciation of our work. Thank you very much!

A big thank you goes to the entire festival team, our cooperation partners, the sponsors, the Cologne Cultural Council, the artists who bring the festival to life and everyone who is committed to and enthusiastic about contemporary circus.

We congratulate all the winners and nominees of the evening for their great work and are proud to be part of this diverse scene.

Festival programme 2024: ticket sales have started

„Re-Inventing Circus“
Contemporary Circus between heritage and renewal


Under the title "Re-Inventing Circus", the Cologne CircusDanceFestival dedicates its current festival edition to contemporary circus between heritage and renewal and discusses the understanding of circus in terms of tradition and experimentation. From 16 to 20 May 2024, internationally outstanding works of contemporary circus will be shown open air on the LATIBUL site, directly on the banks of the Rhine in the north of Cologne. Under others, the two German premieres "Glorious Bodies" by the company Circumstances by Belgian circus artist and choreographer Piet Van Dycke and "A spectacle of herself" by British circus performer Laura Murphy, as well as "Blueprint", the new creation by the hosting company Overhead Project from Cologne. There will also be a film programme in the open-air cinema with the support of ARTE, daily free concerts and an evening discussion programme. On Whit Sunday, the "LATIBUL CircusGarden" will be held for the first time - a day for the whole family by and with the LATIBUL team. The complete programme of the CircusDanceFestival 2024 is now available on the festival website. Ticket sales have started and are available here and at Rausgegangen.

Here you find the program

Program highlights 2024

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