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time:
2026
20:00
Naxos Hallenkonzerte
Ephemeral Fragments Cello: Emily Wittbrodt Tubax, Hechtyphon: Florian Walter INA/GRM Atelier, Chromaplane, Strega: Korhan Erel
From fleeting sound particles that form for a few seconds and then dissolve again, this Naxos hall concert grows at the intersection of composition, sound research, and improvised chamber music. Between hybrid blends of timbre, subtle noise nuances, and touchingly melancholic moments, the trio Ephemeral Fragments creates a dense, precisely controlled overall sound, interspersed with distinctive solo passages. In dialogue…
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time:
2026
18:30
HOUSEaHOLICS is a collective dedicated to fostering House Culture—House Dance and House Music—across Hesse, with a strong focus on Frankfurt am Main. Alongside workshops, panel talks, and club nights, they curate a monthly jam under the motto “Where Dancers and DJs connect.” The aim is to bridge the House dance and House music scenes, encourage exchange, and build a sustainable,…
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time:
2026
19:00
naxos.Kino
Directed by Aysun Bademsoy
Aysun Bademsoy’s long-term observation of Turkish women football players in Berlin-Kreuzberg turns to the next generation 30 years after the first encounter. Born and raised in Germany, they nevertheless ask themselves: Are we really accepted here? It seems as if a cultural divide still shapes their lives. Looking back to the 1990s, their mothers reminisce about a youth in which…
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time:
2026
19:00
naxos.Kino
Directed by Amber Fares
In the name of her village lies a utopian idea that shaped Noam Shuster Eliassi from childhood: Neve Shalom (Hebrew) or Wahat al-Salām (Arabic) roughly means “Oasis of Peace.” The small community of around 300 people from Jewish and Arab families was founded in 1969. It is located in Israel near the border with the West Bank and serves as…
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time:
2026
16:00
Freie Produktion
Concept, Project Management Eva Streit
How to archive a memory?How to archive feelings? soft archives explores textiles as collective archives and carriers of memory.In open crafting sessions, participants and the artistic team investigate how longing, belonging, and lived experiences can be woven into a material—how they inscribe themselves and intertwine, and what emerges in the shared act of making while hands are busy. The growing…
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time:
2026
20:00
Freie Produktion
Concept, Performance, Stage, Costume Nazanin Bahrami
How reportable is it to witness the suffering of others?How do we bear witness to this suffering?How do the pain and grief of others resonate within us?How can we form a connection to distant pain and death separated by vast geographic and cultural distances?Could the concealment and distortion of reality through biased reporting be among the deepest injustices of humanity?How…
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time:
2026
20:00
Freie Produktion
Concept, Performance, Stage, Costume Nazanin Bahrami
How reportable is it to witness the suffering of others?How do we bear witness to this suffering?How do the pain and grief of others resonate within us?How can we form a connection to distant pain and death separated by vast geographic and cultural distances?Could the concealment and distortion of reality through biased reporting be among the deepest injustices of humanity?How…
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time:
2026
20:00
Freie Produktion
Concept, Performance, Stage, Costume Nazanin Bahrami
How reportable is it to witness the suffering of others?How do we bear witness to this suffering?How do the pain and grief of others resonate within us?How can we form a connection to distant pain and death separated by vast geographic and cultural distances?Could the concealment and distortion of reality through biased reporting be among the deepest injustices of humanity?How…
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time:
2026
15:00
Freie Produktion
Concept, Project Management Eva Streit
How to archive a memory?How to archive feelings? soft archives explores textiles as collective archives and carriers of memory.In open crafting sessions, participants and the artistic team investigate how longing, belonging, and lived experiences can be woven into a material—how they inscribe themselves and intertwine, and what emerges in the shared act of making while hands are busy. The growing…
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time:
2026
14:00
Theater Willy Praml
Duration 3 hours
For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of the evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not merely a storyteller; he opened the gateway to other worlds, building bridges between history and fiction, between reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml revives this tradition with its Syrian ensemble…
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time:
2026
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
The crazy path from the last working day of the Naxos-Union workers in 1990to the first premiere of THEATER WILLY PRAML in 2000. The Naxoshalle almost didn’t survive. Remove its heritage protection statusand finally let the investor build—this was the hope of some.Let the grass grow over everything or let the concrete pour. No more destruction of urban history that…
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time:
2026
18:00
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage Michael Weber
80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France, Poland, or the Netherlands.…
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time:
2026
20:00
Dorfproduct
Choreography, Space & Lighting Simon Möllendorf
The times are serious: border controls on one side, boundless technology on the other. Keep on dancing?In the solo performance by dancer Camilla Fiumara, the question arises whether the imperfect, the childlike, can hold a power of salvation. Amid the fog of the present stands a white cube—a space to move freely and expand the boundaries of the world. Inside,…
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time:
2026
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage Michael Weber
80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France, Poland, or the Netherlands.…
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time:
2026
20:00
Dorfproduct
Choreography, Space & Lighting Simon Möllendorf
The times are serious: border controls on one side, boundless technology on the other. Keep on dancing?In the solo performance by dancer Camilla Fiumara, the question arises whether the imperfect, the childlike, can hold a power of salvation. Amid the fog of the present stands a white cube—a space to move freely and expand the boundaries of the world. Inside,…
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time:
2026
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage Michael Weber
80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France, Poland, or the Netherlands.…
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time:
2026
20:00
Dorfproduct
Choreography, Space & Lighting Simon Möllendorf
The times are serious: border controls on one side, boundless technology on the other. Keep on dancing?In the solo performance by dancer Camilla Fiumara, the question arises whether the imperfect, the childlike, can hold a power of salvation. Amid the fog of the present stands a white cube—a space to move freely and expand the boundaries of the world. Inside,…
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time:
2026
20:00
Dorfproduct
Choreography, Space & Lighting Simon Möllendorf
The times are serious: border controls on one side, boundless technology on the other. Keep on dancing?In the solo performance by dancer Camilla Fiumara, the question arises whether the imperfect, the childlike, can hold a power of salvation. Amid the fog of the present stands a white cube—a space to move freely and expand the boundaries of the world. Inside,…
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time:
2026
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage Michael Weber
80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France, Poland, or the Netherlands.…
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time:
2026
19:30
Introduction (english) Katharina Jost (Goethe University Frankfurt), Nils Meyn (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz)
Neither images nor memories refuse to disappear. At this pre-conference event, we’ll be screening two recent documentary films that instantiate the theme driving the conference in the days to follow. Both films are constructed from archival materials, engaging with deeply personal biographies while addressing complex questions of race and queerness, family and home. - Lloyd Wong, Unfinished (Kanada 2025, French…
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