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Calendar
Aug 10 – 16
Mon, 10.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
Tue, 11.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
Wed, 12.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
© Yusuke Mori, Photo: Erdem Akkaya
The Troubadour’s Welcome
19–21 h
Performance
Bochum
Thu, 13.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
Fri, 14.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
Sat, 15.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
Sun, 16.8.2026
© Daniel Sadrowksi
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
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Mirroring in Herdecke
30.7.26, 14–20:30 h
Herdecke
On the Ruhr Promenade in Herdecke, a site-specific sound performance is being created in collaboration with the Spanish-Dutch sound artist Gemma Luz Bosch and her trio Studio Onderstroom, which focuses on the waters of the Ruhr.
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The Troubadour’s Welcome
12.8.26, 19–21 h
Performance
Bochum
The Troubadour is travelling through the Ruhr area from Dortmund to Duisburg – from city to city, performance to performance and encounter to encounter. Revolving around the idea of continuous presence, it is an uninterrupted journey and a musical experiment where conversations, hospitality and shared experiences create an ever growing repertoire of songs, texts and stories.
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
The Troubadour by Ari Benjamin Meyers is a coproduction with Manifesta 16 Ruhr. The Troubadour will travel through the Ruhr region moving from Dortmund to Duisburg, from town to town, from performance to performance, from encounter to encounter. The Enduring Performance will take place from 10.8. to 10.9., at various locations across the Ruhr region, as well as on 19.9. at the Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri in Dortmund.
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Meet Kein schöner Archiv, KDM and The Troubadour
23.8.26, 16:30–19 h
Performance
Dortmund
Spotlight on the work Negative Gemeinschaft by Kein schöner Archiv, which takes place on both sides of the railway station and brings together different voices and perspectives from Dortmund. The focus is on forms of collective action that engage with social conditions and advocate for a different way of living together. At the Dietrich-Keuning-Haus, Michael Annoff and Nuray Demir will lead a discussion with İpek Gençtürk, after which KDM – Königin der Macht will deliver a performative sermon. She will then hand over to The Troubadour, performed by Riah Knight.
Guided Tour
23.8.26, 14–16 h
Tour
Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri
Together with the curators Britta Peters and Alisha Raissa Danscher we visit different venues of the exhibition Uncanny Shifts and invite you to explore the works and their environments. The tour takes place in German and lasts about two hours.
Opening Tingling Earth – Schauer unter der Haut der Erde🔥
22.8.26, 19 h
Opening
Dortmund
Following on from the exhibition Uncanny Shifts, the Künstler*innenhaus Dortmund presents a group exhibition that puts a special emphasis on the artistic exploration of the Earth as both fertile soil and an ecosystem, as well as the (sub)ground upon which community and division arise.
Opening Uncanny Shifts
22.8.26, 15 h
Opening
Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri
On Saturday, 22.8. at 15 h we will be celebrating the opening of the exhibition Uncanny Shifts. The exhibition uses artistic means to address some ecological, social, and political interactions of our time at various locations around Dortmund's main railway station.
Uncanny Shifts
22.8. – 4.10.26
Ruhrtriennale
Dortmund
The exhibition Uncanny Shifts uses artistic means to address some ecological, social, and political interactions of our time. At various locations around Dortmund's main railway station, sculptural, installation and performative works interact with their surroundings. They encounter a complex present with new inventions, curiosity, prudence, beauty and melancholic analyses.
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
The Troubadour by Ari Benjamin Meyers is a coproduction with Manifesta 16 Ruhr. The Troubadour will travel through the Ruhr region moving from Dortmund to Duisburg, from town to town, from performance to performance, from encounter to encounter. The Enduring Performance will take place from 10.8. to 10.9., at various locations across the Ruhr region, as well as on 19.9. at the Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri in Dortmund.
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Raging in Witten
28.8.26, 13–22 h
Witten
Following the tour stop of Kiss my Anger as part of Raging in Hagen, Rebecca Racine Ramershoven’s serial work continues in Witten. Kiss my Anger is an interactive video and interview project that explores anger experienced by those socialised as female* or FLINTA*.
Uncanny Shifts
22.8. – 4.10.26
Ruhrtriennale
Dortmund
The exhibition Uncanny Shifts uses artistic means to address some ecological, social, and political interactions of our time. At various locations around Dortmund's main railway station, sculptural, installation and performative works interact with their surroundings. They encounter a complex present with new inventions, curiosity, prudence, beauty and melancholic analyses.
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
The Troubadour by Ari Benjamin Meyers is a coproduction with Manifesta 16 Ruhr. The Troubadour will travel through the Ruhr region moving from Dortmund to Duisburg, from town to town, from performance to performance, from encounter to encounter. The Enduring Performance will take place from 10.8. to 10.9., at various locations across the Ruhr region, as well as on 19.9. at the Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri in Dortmund.
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Die Geschichte der ruhigen Wolke (WIP)
4.9.26, 18 h
Performance
Dortmund
Ruhige Wolke refers to the waste heat from the cooling tower – the residual energy that can no longer be utilized by the system and drifts away. Jingyun Li grew up as the child of power plant workers in the settlement surrounding the Weihe coal-fired power plant in China. In this performance, the theater artist uses autofiction to explore her own biography and, through poetic language, reflects on processes of connection and alienation within traumas passed down across generations.
Die Geschichte der ruhigen Wolke (WIP)
3.9.26, 18 h
Performance
Dortmund
Ruhige Wolke refers to the waste heat from the cooling tower – the residual energy that can no longer be utilized by the system and drifts away. Jingyun Li grew up as the child of power plant workers in the settlement surrounding the Weihe coal-fired power plant in China. In this performance, the theater artist uses autofiction to explore her own biography and, through poetic language, reflects on processes of connection and alienation within traumas passed down across generations.
Uncanny Shifts
22.8. – 4.10.26
Ruhrtriennale
Dortmund
The exhibition Uncanny Shifts uses artistic means to address some ecological, social, and political interactions of our time. At various locations around Dortmund's main railway station, sculptural, installation and performative works interact with their surroundings. They encounter a complex present with new inventions, curiosity, prudence, beauty and melancholic analyses.
The Troubadour
10.8. – 10.9.26
Performance
Dortmund
The Troubadour by Ari Benjamin Meyers is a coproduction with Manifesta 16 Ruhr. The Troubadour will travel through the Ruhr region moving from Dortmund to Duisburg, from town to town, from performance to performance, from encounter to encounter. The Enduring Performance will take place from 10.8. to 10.9., at various locations across the Ruhr region, as well as on 19.9. at the Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri in Dortmund.
