the new life at Weiherhofbad: Surreal Dance Theater for Karlsruhe
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the new life: Surreal Body Art at Weiherhofbad Karlsruhe-Durlach
With the new life, the ensemble ben rentz transforms the Weiherhofbad in Karlsruhe-Durlach into a place between dream, resistance, and physical presence. The production relies on dance, music, and performative images to make surrealism an experiential method of struggle rather than an escape.
A swimming pool becomes a stage of perception
The evening focuses on a mundane setting that suddenly feels foreign and charged: a public bath. Bodies, sound, and space intertwine as choreography, percussion, and tuba, trumpet, and trombone immerse the Weiherhofbad in a floating theatrical atmosphere. Wood and metal become scenographic signs that disrupt the gaze and disturb the familiar order.
Surrealism as a political gesture
The reference to surrealism lends the performance its intellectual sharpness. Drawing from the historical experience of war and fascism, the project develops a contemporary interpretation of freedom, desire, and physicality. The staging questions how a public space can become a resonance chamber for emotions, instincts, and collective imagination today.
Dance, music, and dramaturgy in fine entanglement
Under the artistic direction of Ben Rentz and with the dramaturgy of Yoreme Waltz, a stage experience emerges that knows no classic separation between performing disciplines. Dancers and musicians appear as moving actors who mirror, contrast, and alienate each other. It is precisely this entanglement that creates tension: Nothing here is decorative; everything follows a precise dramaturgical setting.
A place with social significance
The fact that this production takes place in a public bath is more than an aesthetic trick. The Weiherhofbad stands as a social space whose significance goes far beyond leisure. This is precisely where the power of the evening lies: The audience experiences how a threatened everyday architecture becomes a cultural showcase, and how a theatrical atmosphere arises from shared presence.
What visitors can expect
the new life promises an intense, sensual, and intellectually awakening stage experience bridging dance theater, performance, and contemporary music. Those who engage in this performance will experience Karlsruhe from an unusual side: poetic, close to the body, and full of suggestive images. Experience it live at the Weiherhofbad and rediscover the boundaries between space, body, and imagination.
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