DOLLHOUSES –
The Swimming Pool

Performance, 180 min., 2023, Cologne

DOLLHOUSES develops immersive performances; playing fields, staged worlds in which time, space, and perspective are always flexible and incorporate public space as an experiential, variable narrative.

A kiosk, a camping van, a balcony in the distance, a circus tent, a high-rise building and wide meadows. On the left bank of the Rhine, the Riehl neighborhood of Cologne houses the venue of the collectively developed performance DOLLHOUSES - The Swimmingpool. The audience is invited to visit the DOLLHOUSES Resort to have “unforgettable experiences”. Guided by 15 performers through different scenes, the audience moves around the area through staged moments that together form a narrative.

DOLLHOUSES - The Swimming Pool addresses the past of the historic Riehl as “the Golden Corner” of Cologne. Through performance, installations and scenes inspired by the once existing amusement park, the performance oscillates between the past and a fictional future, intimacy and (dis)connection, longing and unbridgeable distance. The themes are reflected in texts, performances, and venues, which allow wide perspectives or intimate encounters: from the 42nd floor we watch two dancers on the meadow below, in the camper van we are invited to join a couple at the dinner table. Who is allowed to participate, and who can only watch? Who is a VIP guest and who is sneaked into the secret staff party?

DOLLHOUSES – The Swimmingpool is a collective performance by and with:
Hilma Bäckström, Flora Besenbäck, Jemima Rose Dean, Leonie Falke, Rubee Fegan, Ella Fleck, Rosanna Graf, Nora Hansen, Mia Hofner, Lisa Klosterkötter, Paulina Nolte, Signe Raunkjaer Holm, Isa Schieche, Miriam Stoney, My Anh Chi Trinh, Faun Vium and Benze C. Werner.

DOLLHOUSES – The Swimmingpool, performance, 2023, Cologne (Photos: Jakob Engel, Video: Nikolai Meierjohann)

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DOLLHOUSES – The Swimming Pool

Performance, 180 min., 2023, Cologne

DOLLHOUSES develops immersive performances; playing fields, staged worlds in which time, space, and perspective are always flexible and incorporate public space as an experiential, variable narrative.

A kiosk, a camping van, a balcony in the distance, a circus tent, a high-rise building and wide meadows. On the left bank of the Rhine, the Riehl neighborhood of Cologne houses the venue of the collectively developed performance DOLLHOUSES - The Swimmingpool. The audience is invited to visit the DOLLHOUSES Resort to have “unforgettable experiences”. Guided by 15 performers through different scenes, the audience moves around the area through staged moments that together form a narrative.

DOLLHOUSES - The Swimmingpool addresses the past of the historic Riehl as “the Golden Corner” of Cologne. Through performance, installations and scenes inspired by the once existing amusement park, the performance oscillates between the past and a fictional future, intimacy and (dis)connection, longing and unbridgeable distance. The themes are reflected in texts, performances, and venues, which allow wide perspectives or intimate encounters: from the 42nd floor we watch two dancers on the meadow below, in the camper van we are invited to join a couple at the dinner table. Who is allowed to participate, and who can only watch? Who is a VIP guest and who is sneaked into the secret staff party?

 A collective performance by and with:
Hilma Bäckström, Flora Besenbäck, Jemima Rose Dean, Leonie Falke, Rubee Fegan, Ella Fleck, Rosanna Graf, Nora Hansen, Mia Hofner, Lisa Klosterkötter, Paulina Nolte, Signe Raunkjaer Holm, Isa Schieche, Miriam Stoney, My Anh Chi Trinh, Faun Vium and Benze C. Werner.

DOLLHOUSES – The Swimmingpool, performance, 2023, Cologne (Photos: Jakob Engel, Video: Nikolai Meierjohann)

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