Shift the Vibe
Claiming Common Spaces VIII
10.09. – 13.09.2026
We’re kicking off the new season with a special collaboration: FFT and tanzhaus nrw, together with the Alliance of International Production Houses, invite you to the Claiming Common Spaces festival! Under the motto “Shift the Vibe,” four days filled with performances, encounters, parties, and conversations await you. Shift the Vibe is a call for greater flexibility—in our bodies and in our minds. It stands against the tendency toward rigidity in times of war, polarization, and propaganda. An invitation to engage with a world in flux, while also allowing for grief and vulnerability. Claiming Common Spaces brings together artists who, each in their own way, embody the work of the Alliance of International Production Houses. They open up spaces for solidarity and share strategies for connection. The festival aims to encourage people to take change into their own hands.
The Lizard’s Traces
A Workshop in Times of Planetary Unrest
Sieg über die Sonne
Victory over the sun
Staging Evidence: Art in Times of Hybrid War
Non-Violent Bodies (solo) by Karol Filo
East German Fragilities - Lust auf Gewalt (A Taste for Violence) by Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki
Between Diversity, Artistic Freedom and Social Relevance
Art Funding in Times of Austerity Politics
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Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
The Lizard’s Traces
A Workshop in Times of Planetary UnrestSieg über die Sonne
Victory over the sunStaging Evidence: Art in Times of Hybrid War
Non-Violent Bodies (solo) by Karol Filo
East German Fragilities - Lust auf Gewalt (A Taste for Violence) by Mike Dele Dittrich FrydetzkiBetween Diversity, Artistic Freedom and Social Relevance
Art Funding in Times of Austerity Politics