WHAT IS LEFT

Two people on a stage are each carrying another person—one on their shoulders, the other on their back—against a black backdrop.

Saturday 23. May 2026 | 19:00 o'clock

  • Duration: 50 Min.
  • Location: Depot I (Schauspiel Köln)
  • Age: 12+
  • Notice: With audio description. Conten notes: Darkness, sudden changes in light
  • Tickets: 18/25€

“What is left” shows the beauty and brutality of our everyday social fashion walks. The performers appear discreet and approachable, but at the same time their bodies are strategically staged in an uncanny way. Authentic presence and cool presentation modes stand distorted side by side. In the struggle for attention, a sweat-inducing mountain of bodies pushes inexorably upward into the height of the room.

Between catwalk, parade and passive voyeurism, five acrobats and dancers hold up a mirror to us with their radical presence.

The Overhead Project company won the Cologne Dance Prize in 2023 for this powerful piece. At the intersection of contemporary circus and dance, Overhead Project has been shaping Cologne's independent scene for over fifteen years and is the initiator and host of the Cologne CircusDanceFestival.

We offer german audio description and a touch tour, please register at: tickets@circus-dancce-festival.de by May 19th. If no registrations are received by then, the audio description will not take place.

Deep Dive:
LATIBUL CIRCUS GARDEN | 1000 Faces by Overhead Project & Latibul (D)

CDFthek:
Thought movements between circus and dance

The CircusDanceFestival presents What Is Left by Overhead Project in cooperation with Sommerblut Kulturfestival and Schauspiel Köln.

Performance, Creation
Mijin Kim, Leon Börgens, Maria Madeira, Maiol Pruna Soler, Francesco Germini | Choreography, Artistic Direction Tim Behren | Music Composition, Dramaturgy Simon Bauer | Dramaturgical Accompaniment Mirjam Hildbrand | Philosophical Accompaniment Eric Eggert | Light- & Set Design, Visual Dramaturgy Charlotte Ducousso | Lighting Advice Felix Bonowski | Costume Design Margot Charbonnier | Public Relations, Management Mechtild Tellman | Production Management Lena Peters, Lisa Lehnen | Interdisciplinary Research Simon Bauer, Tim Behren, Charlotte Ducousso, Anna Menzel, Eric Eggert, Mirjam Hildbrand |Funding Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. aus Mitteln des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Kunststiftung NRW und die RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur, gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Kulturamt der Stadt Leipzig | Co-Production Residenzprogramm „Und wenn wir (es) mal zusammen probieren...?!“ - ein Projekt des kainkollektivs und tak Berlin (gefördert durch die Kunststiftung NRW), LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, studiobühneköln sowie das CircusDanceFestival Köln | Partners for residency PACT Zollverein Essen (Research 2019), Theater op de Markt-Dommelhof Neerpelt (Niederlande), EinTanzHaus Mannheim, LATIBUL (ehem. TPZAK) Köln, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Mülheim

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