Climbing over Chemnitz

A thrilling street circus bringing together architecture and performers

Photo: Dirk Hanus / Illustration: Ines Eisinger (Bikini Kommando)

French, Czech and German artists worked together with architects to develop a circus and dance show. It was all about change in all its facets - be it ecological, towards a different climate, economic, towards a more sustainable economy or social, towards benevolent coexistence. The risks that the artists took when they performed gymnastics on street signs illustrated the courage we need to manage this change collectively and in solidarity as a society. Their public performance took place on Brühl, which itself had undergone a major transformation, from the prestigious shopping mile of the GDR to the deserted boulevard of the post-reunification era.

With the support of the German-Czech Future Fund.

When: 26 to 29 June 2025

Where? Chemnitz, Brühl

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.