| News 01.09.2025 |
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| Concert: NEW electronic SOUNDS |
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Düsseldorf music highlight in October |
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From 1981 to 1988, the NEUE TÖNE concert series shaped the experimental new music scene in Düsseldorf. Now, THEATER DER KLÄNGE is reviving this pioneering series with a unique concert evening that explores the current possibilities of electronic music. On Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 7:30 p.m., we invite you to the TEMPLUM Düsseldorf (Bergische Landstraße 35) for an extraordinary journey through the world of contemporary electronic sounds from Düsseldorf.
Four Düsseldorf artists will present works that creatively question traditional musical structures: Axel Ganz will perform a fascinating live coding performance entitled ‘For Peter Roehr’, while Christian Banasik will merge flute and electronics in ‘IK – Expanded’ to create a dialogue between Mayan tradition and innovation. Michio Woirgardt explores the limits of live looping with ‘Thresholds,’ and our composer J.U. Lensing presents ‘Gleichschritt-Abkehr,’ a world premiere for electronics and tambour.
This evening promises a fascinating dialogue between man and machine and brings the diversity of contemporary electronic music to life in all its facets. Tickets are available at a price of £24 (£16 reduced) with free choice of seating.
Further information and tickets can be found at: |
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Infos on our Website |
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| Heinrich Heine's Le Grand - now available as a video |
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Experience our successful March production digitally |
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If you missed the enthusiastically received premiere of Heinrich Heine's Le Grand at the TEMPLUM Düsseldorf in March, you can now relive the musical theatre piece in our Virtual Theatre. The complete video recording documents not only the innovative staging, but also the extraordinary live theatre music that Jean-Jacques Lemêtre composed and performed especially for this production. Lemêtre, the international virtuoso on over 1,200 instruments, enriched our play with his incomparable musical diversity.
Incidentally, there is also a video recording of his spectacular ‘Musicalopithèque’ performance, which he presented in June in the large lecture hall of the FB-Design at the FH Dortmund, including an interview, which will soon be published in our virtual theatre.
You can book and watch both productions from mid-September at the following link. |
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The virtual Theater der Klaenge |
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| International recognition: Exhibition in New York |
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‘Mechanical Ballet’ at the New Museum of New York |
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Our work is gaining international attention through participation in a prestigious exhibition in New York. At the end of November/beginning of December, the renowned New Museum of New York will open the exhibition ‘New Humans: Memories of the Future’, which will run until April 2026. As part of this show, a 15-minute video of our production of ‘Mechanical Ballet’ will be shown.
This work is particularly interesting for this exhibition because it goes back to an idea from 1923 from the Bauhaus Weimar and already at that time focused on ‘machine beings’ and ‘locomotive or windmill figurines’ as dance figures – themes that are as relevant today as they were then. Its inclusion in an exhibition about the future of humanity underlines the timeless relevance of our work with movement, technology and artificial intelligence. Further information about the exhibition can be found at |
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New Museum New York |
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| Our new dance theatre project "Coastal Souls / Mermaid Echoes" |
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Artistic exploration of female identities in coastal regions |
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Our new dance theatre project ‘Coastal Souls - Mermaid Echoes’ is taking shape. Our choreographer Jacqueline Fischer is currently in Ondarroa in the Spanish Basque Country for an artistic residency during the first two weeks of September. Following successful research in Norway in 2023 and Greece in spring 2025, this is already the third residency dedicated to exploring material on the theme of ‘women in coastal regions’.
The interdisciplinary research and art project explores the complex realities of women's lives in European coastal regions, examining the interactions between geographical characteristics and female identity. Through artistic methods, interviews and encounters, local stories and traditions are collected and later translated into a new dance theatre creation.
Rehearsals will begin in our studio with four dancers in mid-October. The material collected from all three countries – Norway, Greece and the Spanish Basque Country – will be incorporated into a performance that is scheduled to premiere at TEMPLUM Düsseldorf in January 2026. The piece will use dance, visual imagery and cinematic elements to make the similarities and differences between northern and southern European coastal traditions emotionally and sensually tangible. Ideally, the production will also be shown in our partner countries after its premiere in Düsseldorf. |
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| Team news |
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Changes and new additions to our core team |
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Congratulations to Julia Roth, our long-standing head of the KBB (Artistic Operations Office), who is expecting her first child. She has been on well-deserved maternity leave since the second week of August. We are delighted for her and share in her joy at this wonderful news.
In the meantime, we are working hard to reorganise our KBB team. In Carla Jordao, an experienced dancer and choreographer, we have already found a competent colleague whom we are systematically training in our work processes. Together with a new federal volunteer, our KBB will have a completely new team from mid-September, as our two previous volunteers will be finishing their voluntary year at the end of August and mid-September. These personnel changes will bring a breath of fresh air to our team and new perspectives to our work. |
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