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Wir gratulieren! Thomas Hauert erhält den Schweizer Grand Prix Darstellende Künste / Hans-Reinhart-Ring 2025. Mit dieser höchsten Auszeichnung im Bereich der darstellenden Künste würdigt das Bundesamt für Kultur seine außergewöhnliche künstlerische Laufbahn. Thomas Hauert war in diesem Jahr zu Gast bei der DFDC und entwickelte das Werk „Playing with Sergei, Martha and the others". Die Neukreation...

Last week, we celebrated the Italian premiere of our double bill, "Lisa" by Ioannis Mandafounis and "Undertainment" by William Forsythe, at the Roma Europa Festival in Rome. In front of a sold-out audience, we experienced a tremendous energy between the audience and our company. And that's not all: shortly afterwards, we took part in the Torinodanza Festival with "À la carte". It is the first pie...

We are delighted to start the season with choreographer Emanuel Gat! The founder of the Emanuel Gat Dance Company is currently rehearsing his new piece "Abschied" with our ensemble. It will premiere in Frankfurt on 23. October. The title of the piece refers to "Der Abschied", part of Gustav Mahler's song cycle "Das Lied von der Erde". Mahler's music plays a prominent role in Gat's new work, but t...

Last season, we toured with our pieces in many countries, including the Netherlands. Three of our pieces were invited to the Julidans Amsterdam Festival in July, one of which was "Join" by Ioannis Mandafounis. This was already the sixth city in which the piece was shown, and our ensemble shared the stage with dance students, this time with dancers from the Amsterdam University of the Arts. Find o...

We look back on our 24/25 season and thus on a year in which improvisation, spontaneity and "Saying Yes" set the tone. We opened the season with "Join" by Ioannis Mandafounis, a climate-conscious large-scale production in which professionals and students took to the stage together and which has already been enthusiastically received in Dresden, Frankfurt and on guest performances from Antwerp to ...

Wir haben den Künstler Eike Dingler zu der Entwicklung unserer neuen Saison-Kampagne 25/26 befragt. Was zeichnet deine künstlerische Arbeit aus? Ich nehme Dinge, baue etwas daraus, arrangiere sie, fotografiere das Ergebnis – die Dinge verändern sich durch die Kombination, bekommen eine andere Bedeutung, erzählen etwas. Oft ist dabei auch eine humorvolle Komponente im Spiel. Deine Bilder entsteh...

The DFDC has been invited to the renowned Julidans Amsterdam Festival with three pieces and a performance! "Join" by Ioannis Mandafounis, in which our ensemble performs together with students from the Academy of Theatre and Dance, celebrated its Amsterdam premiere yesterday and will be performed again today. Next week, we will present the double bill "Mandafounis / Forsythe" twice. William Forsyt...

In our podcast "Wie war's?", members of our audience tell us about their experiences of a performance by the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. The double bill "Forsythe/Hauert" premiered in Dresden at the end of May. Two visitors, Anja and Annett, talk to dramaturge Philipp Scholtysik about their experience. Listen now on Spotify, Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts. More information about the two pro...

We have launched our programme for the season 25/26 and would like to warmly invite you to join us! We are leaving the stage, we are investigating dance history, we are making magic! We dedicate our work to improvisation and live choreography. Within our cosmos, we seek out opportunities and encourage a mindset of meeting each other and growing together every day anew. “Yesness” is one of our prin...

The visual motifs with which we present our programme are shaped by a different artistic signature each season. By inviting different artists to give each season a unique look, we present our development as one of continuity-through-change. This principle becomes increasingly apparent when comparing the visual motifs of several years. This year, we worked together with the artist Eike Dingler.