ANTHROBOT – a human robot dance performance

In the organizer's words:

Robots are the future; they exist in the science fiction worlds of books, movies and games. But even today, it is impossible to imagine industry and medical technology without them. More and more, they are also making their way into our everyday lives: Vacuum robots, cloud-based voice services and care robots are widespread.
It is up to us to find a way to deal with them.
What will these robots mean to us, who will we be, what will they be for us, and how will we, across generations, live with them?

The artists' collective DIPHTHONG explores these questions in their dance piece ANTHROBOT. The audience is invited to enter the shared apartment of two human roommates from two generations (12 and 65 years) and a robot. It is an independently walkable and discoverable world in which one can move freely and watch the encounter of the three protagonists. The robot has a life of its own: it can move, react to impulses and produce impulses itself. It will be interesting to see how two different people interact with it, work with it, use it, play with it, laugh and dance with it. In doing so, will the robot be able to separate, connect, perhaps even mediate human relationships?

Accessible performances:
Dec. 03, 2023, 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. -> with audio description.

We offer a tactile tour one hour before the performance begins.

Assistance dogs are welcome on all dates.

Production: DIPHTHONG.art e.V
Cooperation: Köln International School of Design/Technische Hochschule Köln

Choreography: DIPHTHONG Stephanie Felber & Nikos Konstantakis | Performers: Claudia Holzapfel , Olivia Arcacia | Robots: KISD, Laura Juliane Wagner & Prof Dr. Lasse Scherffig | Outside Eye: Carla João | Costume Designer: Eleonora Pedretti | Technical Director: Daniel Swoboda | Audio description: Martin Burike | Graphic Design: Leonard von Brenndorff | Production Management: Stephanie Felber | Production Assistant: Silke Manz | Press Relations: Ines Langel | Photo: Alessandro De Matteis

Supported by: Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur

Price information:

19,00 € (Normal) | 12,00 € (Erm.) | Accompanying persons for severely handicapped free