BEAT BY BITS – AN OPEN-AIR VERSION OF 16BIT

BEAT BY BITS (BBB) is a dance performance originally created for public spaces across Frankfurt like Honsellbrücke and Hauptwache and has reached and been presented in iconic outdoor locations including the Hôtel de Ville, the public square of Notre-Dame de Paris, the market hall Le Carreau du Temple, the banks of the Seine River, the Marienplatz, among others. The work explores the social, cultural, and political dimensions of techno, making them tangible through a vibrant interplay of sound, colour, and movement. The project is open to everyone, whether or not they have previous experience with theatre or contemporary dance. By bringing dance directly into public space, BEAT BY BITS creates opportunities for encounters between people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.

Developed in collaboration with local cultural institutions, the project contributes to the vitality of Frankfurt’s cultural landscape while actively involving dancers and artists from the Rhine-Main region. Following the performance, audiences are invited to continue the experience together: an informal dance session at MOMEM - Museum of Modern Electronic Music extends the energy of the event as part of its Friday Frequencies – Social Clubbing series (free entrance).

CREDITS:
Idea, Choreography, Regie: Paula Rosolen
Concept: Paula Rosolen, J.M. Fiebelkorn
Dancers: Daniel Conant, Alizée Duvernois, Steven Fast, Kyle Patrick, Capucine Schattleitner, and the
local dancers: Clémentine Cloux, Sonia Lautenbacher, Yamil Ortiz, Andrii Punko
Music: Nicolas Fehr and Mauro Zannoli incorporating elements of "Where Are You?" von 16BIT
Costumes: J.M. Fiebelkorn
Production: Weronika Lad
Tontechniker: Mauro Zannoli
Rehearsal Director: Steven Fast
Running Time: approx. 40 min
This event is part of World Design Capital (WDC) 2026 and is kindly supported by the Staatstheater Darmstadt.

Beat by Bits – an open-air version of 16BIT – is supported by the National Performance Network (NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZWERK) – STEPPING OUT programme, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative's Dance Funding Programme. With the kind support of Kulturverein Familie Montez e.V., MOMEM – Museum of Modern Electronic Music, and Dr. Thomas Dürbeck.

Beat by Bits is based on 16BIT, a production by Paula Rosolen/Haptic Hide in co-production with the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm within the framework of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, and with the CCN – Ballet National de Marseille as part of the Accueil Studio programme of the French Ministry of Culture. The project was funded by the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich and the Hessian Ministry of Science and the Arts. With the kind support of Tanzbüro München, Tanztendenz München e.V., and schwerereiter tanz. Paula Rosolen/Haptic Hide receives multi-year funding from the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main.