When does the performance take place?

The performance is scheduled for September 11, 2026, at 20:00 at the Weiherhofbad Karlsruhe-Durlach.

Where is the performance of the new life?

The venue is the Weiherhofbad Karlsruhe-Durlach at Weiherhof 13, 76227 Karlsruhe.

How is the production classified?

It is a site-specific performance with elements of dance, music, and contemporary stage art.

Is the ticket price known?

A verified ticket price was not clearly documented in the research.

Is the venue accessible?

Yes, the Weiherhofbad is reported to be accessible according to the operator.

Are there any hints for arrival and public transport?

Arrival is described with tram line 1 to the stop Schlossplatz Durlach.

Surreal dance in the Karlsruhe pool: the new life transforms space into stage and dream

Name: the new life
Start: 2026-09-11T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-11T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Weiherhofbad Karlsruhe-Durlach

Surreal dance at the Weiherhofbad: the new life transforms Karlsruhe-Durlach into a stage full of bodies, sound, and resistance

With the new life, the ensemble ben rentz opens an extraordinary performance venue at the Weiherhofbad Karlsruhe-Durlach on September 11, 2026: a public swimming pool becomes a performance stage, where dance, music, and spatial transformation create a politically charged theatrical atmosphere. The production connects to surrealism and understands it not as an escape from reality, but as a combative method to shift viewing habits, body images, and societal norms.

A public space becomes a sensitive stage

The Weiherhofbad is much more than a backdrop for this production. Here, the concept meets a space that has brought social closeness, movement, and everyday culture together as a neighborhood pool in Karlsruhe for decades. In the new life, this place is re-examined: through bodies, music, dance, and scenographic materials made of wood and metal, a stage experience emerges between swimming pool architecture and dream-like alienation.

Surrealism as an artistic attitude

The dramaturgy relies on a visual language that does not smooth over the real but breaks it open. The reference to surrealism sharpens the view for the unyielding, the desire, instincts, and physicality. Especially in the interplay of choreography, percussion, and the deep tones of tuba and trombone, a tension develops that does not exhaust itself in linear action but blossoms in atmospheric states. The result promises a staging that oscillates between poetic density and physical presence.

Queer desire, sound, and movement

The production expands the surrealist thought with a perspective of queer desire. This creates a performance that not only fascinates aesthetically but also reads socially. When dancers and musicians face each other, intertwine and overlap, that friction arises from which great musical theater and contemporary stage art derive their intensity. The acoustics of a bathing location, the light on wet surfaces, the materiality of wood and metal: everything becomes part of a sensual direction over space and perception.

An artistic place under pressure

The choice of the public bath has a clear social dimension. Public baths are under pressure to save, although they have always been places of togetherness where generations, milieus, and realities of life meet. the new life makes this an artistic statement of significance: The ensemble transforms a threatened everyday place into a poetic counter-model and shows how theater, dance, and performance can translate current debates into an immediate physical language.

Conclusion: An evening for the curious, culture enthusiasts, and lovers of radical stage forms

the new life promises an intense, boundary-crossing performance between dance theater, music performance, and site-specific art. Those who appreciate bold contemporary theater, strong body images, and unusual play locations will experience a stage experience with political depth and poetic force. This extraordinary event at the Weiherhofbad should be seen live.