Workshop presentations of ongoing projects in the performing arts
August 24, 2024, 5pm
Schmidtstraße 12
60326 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
With “Frankfurt Moves!” four residency groups consisting of eight international young artists from the performing arts were invited to Frankfurt. Since July 26, they have been working intensely on their projects in the halls of the Frankfurt LAB. In their research, the artists deal with vulnerability and violence, but also with practices of resilience. They devote themselves to the diversity of bodies and the temporality they bring with them. Their works are characterised by the search for possibilities of resistance and enchantment.
Join us on August 24 at Frankfurt LAB when the groups present the results of their four-week residency in 30-minute showings. Afterwards, KfW Stiftung and Frankfurt LAB invite you to join in dialogue with the artists in residence over a shared meal.
Presenting artists: Catalina Corredor and Mariano Landa (Argentina), Philiswa Lila and ivukuvuku (South Africa), Idylla Silmarovi and David Maurity (Brazil), Jana Bou Matar and Ali Al Samra (Lebanon)
The workshop presentations on August 24, 2024, start at 5pm. Please register via info [at] frankfurt-lab.de.
About Frankfurt Moves!
The residency and workshop presentation take place within the frame of “Frankfurt Moves!”, an initiative by KfW Stiftung aimed at promoting artistic exchange and intercultural dialogue in cooperation with its partners, namely the Frankfurt LAB, the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule in collaboration with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana.
Through multidisciplinary residency programmes in cooperation with regional and international partners, the programme aims to strengthen multidisciplinary contemporary art production, promote young creative talents and stimulate intercultural exchange across national borders. The international programme “Frankfurt Moves!” is aimed at cultural professionals in the fields of performing and visual arts and new music.
About KfW Stiftung
KfW Stiftung is an independent, non-profit foundation based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was established in 2012 by the KfW Bankengruppe. The foundation addresses major socially relevant transformative issues on the basis of three fields of activity: Ecology & Sustainability, Economy & Society and Arts & Culture. KfW Stiftung aims to actively shape change by offering opportunities to those who are advancing social transformation.
About the Frankfurt LAB
The Frankfurt LAB is a vital performance and producing space for contemporary performing arts and music. It is committed to providing emerging artists with space and time for the development of their artistic work and to creating sustainable synergies between artists and the LAB partner institutions (Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Ensemble Modern, Hessische Theaterakademie, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm). The international residency programme “Frankfurt Moves!”, which also enriches the diversity of the cultural landscape in Frankfurt am Main, makes an important contribution to this.
