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Today, ‘A Land Within’ by Ioannis Mandafounis celebrates its world premiere in Dresden! No fixed stage, no fixed path – just spaces that emerge and disappear as the audience moves through them. Each world has its own energy, each moment a new perspective. The audience decide where they want to stay, what they see and how they connect what they experience. ‘A Land Within’ can be seen this and nex...

It is now well known that Ioannis Mandafounis likes to involve his audience. In his latest creation, ‘A Land Within’, he takes it one step further: the audience can move freely through different spaces at their own pace. Each location has its own identity, atmosphere, function and vitality, each of which lends the dance a special quality. In Dresden, for example, the Festspielhaus HELLERAU and in ...

Last Sunday it was time again and we invited everyone to take a look behind the doors of the Kommunikationsfabrik in Gallus. A taster dance workshop was offered in our DFDC studio for all those who like to dance themselves. For those who prefer to sit in the audience, our dancers put on a varied programme. Their own artistic and choreographic works were presented, sometimes as a duo, sometimes as ...

Congratulations! Manon Parent receives the Danza&Danza prize for her solo "Scarbo", which the dancer developed together with Ioannis Mandafounis. Scarbo is a gnome, a goblin - the title of the piece is borrowed from Maurice Ravel. Ravel's music also opens the evening. The longer Manon Parent dances, the more the audience is drawn into her innermost world. A world in which sadness, anger, joy, help...

HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts and the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company have realised the joint production "Join" as part of the Federal Cultural Foundation's "Zero" funding project (premiere in September 2024 at HELLERAU). The result is an opera-sized dance production that combines artistic excellence with the challenges of environmental sustainability. The experiences and findings of th...

Open Day – Communication Factory 09 February from 2 pm As part of OpenKOMM!unikationsfabrik, dancers from the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company present their research and their own work at Frankfurt LAB. In the DFDC studio, a workshop with Education Manager Manuel Gaubatz is offered. Nothing new in the West? Yes there is! Between Gallus, Griesheim and the Europaviertel, Schmidtstraße 12 is an extr...

The new year has just begun and rehearsals with guest choreographer Thomas Hauert are in full swing! Thomas Hauert founded his company ZOO in Brussels in 1998. Inspired by his choreographic work, Hauert developed an internationally recognised teaching method based on his movement research with ZOO. Since 2013, he is the artistic director of the bachelor programme for contemporary dance at La Manuf...

Was für ein Jahr! Wir blicken zurück auf ein fantastisches 2024 mit tollen Erlebnissen, Gastspielen und berührenden Tanz-Momenten, die wir mit Ihnen, unserem Publikum teilen durften. Unser Tanzjahr 2024 begann mit den Solostücken „Wandeln“ (Katja Erfurth) und „Scarbo“ (Ioannis Mandafounis in Zusammenarbeit mit Manon Parent). Dass Manon Parents Tanz „eine Begegnung mit beachtlicher Intensität“ is...

Are you still looking for a Christmas present for your loved ones? Give the gift of a shared experience with a visit to a performance or workshop. We have put together some ideas for you. A Land Within performance visit "A Land Within" is the first transformational performance by Ioannis Mandafounis. It invites the audience to wander through a series of imaginary worlds. Each place has its own i...

Rehearsals for the new creation with William Forsythe have started. In the picture gallery we give an insight into the work of the choreographer and former artistic director of the DFDC. This is a full circle moment. William Forsythe is regarded as one of the most important choreographers of the late 20th century – and rightly so. His innovative approach to the tradition of ballet has allowed dan...