Sozial-ökologische Transformation des Stadttheaters

Just in Time – Briefe an ein noch unbekanntes Theater

Just in Time is a community project that originally began with the aim of gathering as many voices as possible from around the world to tell the story of people's relationship with dance. In workshops and dance balls, letters to dance are written and the favourite movements of city dwellers are performed. Since 2016, more than 2,000 letters have been written in over 25 cities, some of which have been filmed or adapted for the stage.

Now the project is coming to Frankfurt am Main – with a new focus. Against the backdrop of current developments in the theatre landscape, it is being reformulated together with students: the focus is on the question of what theatre can be in the future, what spaces and what people it needs for this.

In the seminar, we will work together to develop a workshop concept that invites everyone in the city to participate in this ‘theatre of the future’.

deufert&plischke (aka Kattrin Deufert and Thomas Plischke) have been working together since 2001, creating works in the fields of dance, theatre, film, photography and music. Their projects emerge at the intersections of these disciplines – and above all in the spaces between social interactions. Whether as a duo, within a family, in exchange with the audience of their performances or in collaboration with an entire village: their artistic practice is rooted in encounters, relationships and collective experiences. The spinnereischwelm – their studio in North Rhine-Westphalia – serves as the starting point for their international projects, which have already been realised in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Tel Aviv, Alexandria, Moscow, Vienna, Riyadh, Istanbul, Helsinki, Oulu, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Copenhagen, Singapore, Johannesburg, Warsaw and Madrid.