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Dance Productions on the big stage, sessions, dance battles, workshops, festivals and much more – starting this season the artists of our new Urban Arts Ensemble arriving at Theater Oberhausen offering a broad variety to get involved and to experience urban aesthetics, for everybody!

VAGABUND

Interactive urban dance performance based on the story of “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children and families.

6+
Starting 16th of September 2023,
STUDIO, Theater Oberhausen
Also available as mobile production

SUITS

Urban dance performance about the lives of People of Colour in Germany and about societal solidarity amidst racism and violence.

Opening night 10.02.2024,
STUDIO, Theater Oberhausen
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UTOPIA

In the first dance premiere of the season, the urban arts ensemble explores the question of how we deal with our own past and individual responsibility and what it means to be human.

Opening Night 06.09.2024
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OPEN PRACTICE

Find your own style of Urban Dance! Hip hop, breakdance, popping, locking, waacking, krump, house or other urban styles – everybody is welcome to join our ensemble for their practice and to participate in the cypher afterwards.

ONCE A MONTH, SATURDAY AFTER THE BAR BATTLE AT Theater Oberhausen
Meeting point: Stage entry, Sedanstraße

BAR BATTLE

Various dancers from NRW and beyond compete against each other in different dance styles. Whether in the audience or on the dance floor – everyone is invited to take part.

once a month, BAr, Tickets 7€

AFRO LIGHT FESTIVAL

The AFRO LIGHT FESTIVAL will once again connect Afro-Music, Dance and Urban Arts for a vibing festival on the 12. and 13. of October.
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PottClash

For the first time ever PottClash will take place in the spring of 2024, from 19.04.2024 to 21.04.2024, at Theater Oberhausen – with its battles in breakdance, popping, locking, krumping and other styles, PottClash is not only a breathtaking competition, but a tribute to the diversity of urban dance culture!

Die neue Sparte Urban Arts am Theater Oberhausen wird gefördert vom Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen im Rahmen des „Neue Wege“-Förderprogramms „Kommunale Theater und Orchester in NRW“