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.

Aftermovie 2024

Aftermovie | CircusDanceFestival 2024


Here it is finally: our Aftermovie 2024.

Five wonderful days of performance, discussion, dance, film, music, family time and full of contemporary circus.

In our CDFthek you can find recordings of this year's discussions and many more exciting films and interviews, as well as all VOICES magazine issues including the new VOICES V - re:clowning the political in the clown.

Have fun browsing and remembering!

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.

Hier weiterlesen...

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.

Program highlights 2024

CDFThek

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About Julian Vogel

Documentary by Filip Jacobson

About Tacho Tinta

Documentary by Filip Jacobson

Meet the Artists

Cherish Menzo, Benjamin Kahn & Chiara Caterina

Moderated by Afsun Moshiry
CircusDanceFestival 2022

(More than) Human? Staging Strategies in Contemporary Circus

Article by Franziska Trapp

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