PEREGRINA

In the organizer's words:

In PEREGRINA, choreographer and dancer Bibiana Jiménez explores her personal experiences of societal prejudice against migrants and women. The work takes its cue from the film project PEREGRINA - DANCE IS MY HOME (2025), from which she developed a powerful solo performance that premiered in Bonn in October 2025.

For the Cologne premiere in 2026, XXTanzTheater has invited theater director Andrea Bleikamp to artistically expand and further develop the existing solo piece. At its heart lies the emotional power of dance - as a connection to one's own self, as a sense of home, and as a means of expression beyond language. The autobiographical performance combines movement, text and visual material into a multi-layered narrative about migration, belonging and identity.

PEREGRINA challenges conventional narratives about exclusion and discrimination, brings internal and external conflicts to light, and invites us to shift our perspectives. The stage becomes a space for encounter, where diversity can be experienced and new visions of home emerge - conceived in personal, political and communal terms.

TEAM

Artistic direction, choreography and dance Bibiana Jiménez

Direction Andrea Bleikamp

Lighting and slideshow Christoph Wedi

Music arrangement Bibiana Jiménez

Project management and voice Asta Nechajute

Press & public relations neurohr & andrä

FEMINIST BODIES, POLITICAL DANCE THEATER

The focus is on the body as a repository of memory, identity and resistance - as a space for feminist perspectives. The works bring female and queer experiences to the fore and address pressing social issues such as equality, migration, colonialism, digital transformation and social justice. Productions such as XX-FORTUNA, I AM FARKHUNDA, MARIANA PINEDA and LA POLA were nominated for the Cologne Dance Theatre Award (2016, 2017, 2023, 2025). DAS EXPERIMENT and MISS GYNÉ (2020/21) received awards. XXTanzTheater creates spaces for artistic friction, dialog and new perspectives on social realities.

XXTANZTHEATER - 10 YEARS OF FEMINIST DANCE ART

XXTanzTheater is an independent, feminist-oriented dance theater company based in Cologne and led by the choreographer Bibiana Jiménez. Since 2016, it has been creating powerful, contemporary dance theater and site-specific performances that blend poetry, physicality and political commentary. Dance, theater, music, video and visual art intertwine in an interdisciplinary manner - often in international collaborations between Europe and Latin America.