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Insight into the West-Land-Dances

Sunday, July 6, 2025 between 2 and 4 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Tonhalle Düsseldorf

West-Land-Dances
Folk dances and folk music are increasingly being forgotten. There were once many dances and songs in Westphalia and the Rhineland too.
In West-Land-Tänze, Düsseldorf’s THEATER DER KLÄNGE embarked on a journey of discovery into this now almost forgotten cultural heritage. After an intensive research phase on this topic in spring 2023, THEATER DER KLÄNGE revived the historical material in 2024 – and combined it with current music and contemporary dance. In this way, connections between identity, integration, the past and forgetting history were uncovered.

The piece consisted of two parts:
1. a contemporary stage reflection in the form of an aesthetic reaction to the music and dance material of regional “historical” folk dance and folk music and its modern possibilities for further development.
2. a Bal modern with and for the audience in the foyer of the theater
The Düsseldorf THEATER DER KLÄNGE – always creatively interested in questions of cultural heritage – made a current contribution to dealing with this cultural heritage with the dance production West-Land-Tänze, but also with accompanying actions such as the publication of an e-book on the premiere on this topic and the implementation of the “Bal modern” events for the audience after the performances.
In the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, a small excerpt from West-Land-Tänzem will be presented, followed by a proprioceptive action in which the audience is invited to dance along.

https://www.tonhalle.de/veranstaltung/familienmusikfest/17391-sommermusikfest