Herbordt/ Mohren

✨ Entre arquivos, memórias e artes da cena, vivemos uma tarde de trocas potentes na conversa pública e visita online à Das Schaudepot, Biblioteca de Performances da Alemanha. O encontro com Bernhard Herbordt reuniu reflexões sobre performance, arquivo e modos de preservar e ativar a memória da dança. Agora, compartilhamos alguns momentos desse encontro especial 💜🎭 🎬: @gugaalmeida__ #MemorialDeDança #BibliotecaDeDança #NetoMachado #DasSchaudepot #DieInstitution DançaUFBA Performance ArtesDaCena

✨Você conhece uma biblioteca de performances?✨ (eng below) No dia 22/04, vamos visitar online a Das Schaudepot, uma Biblioteca de Performances na Alemanha que funciona, ao mesmo tempo, como arquivo, espaço de pesquisa e lugar de apresentações. Criada por Melanie Mohren e Bernhard Herbordt (@die_institution ), Das Schaudepot é um acervo vivo, em constante construção, onde diferentes obras podem ser ativadas. Neste encontro, vamos conhecer o espaço, seus criadores e trocar ideias sobre arquivo, memória e diversos modos de registrar as Artes da Cena. ✨CONVERSA PÚBLICA: DAS SCHAUDEPOT✨
🗓️ 22 de abril de 2026
🕤 14h30
📍 Escola de Dança da UFBA *Não vai estar em Salvador? Acompanhe online pelo Zoom no link disponível na bio. Esta ação integra a residência do artista Neto Machado junto ao Memorial de Dança e à Escola de Dança da UFBA, contemplada pelo Edital Residências em Arte, Cultura e Extensão 2025. ENG ✨ Have you ever accessed a Library of Performances? ✨ On April 22, we will have an online visit to Das Schaudepot, a unique model institution for the performing arts: a research facility, archive, warehouse, and event venue, all at the same time. A Library of Performances created by Melanie Mohren and Bernhard Herbordt (Die Institution). We will take a general look at the space, the artists, and the possible ways of access. Opening up new ways of thinking about archive, memory, and multiple modes of documenting the performing arts. ✨ PUBLIC TALK: DAS SCHAUDEPOT ✨
🗓️ April 22, 2026
🕤 2:30 PM
📍 Dance School of UFBA Not in Salvador? Join us via Zoom, with the link available in bio. This event is part of artist Neto Machado’s residency with the Dance Memorial and the Dance School of UFBA, supported by the 2025 Residency Program in Art, Culture, and Extension. #dasschaudepot #memorialdedancaufba #dancaufba #proextacufba
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3 TAGE FREI präsentiert: das Rahmenprogramm ✨ 🗓️ Mittwoch, 15. April 2026 DIE VORSTELLUNG – eine Performance von Herbordt/Mohren Was passiert, wenn du selbst entscheidest, wie lange eine Aufführung dauert – und was überhaupt Teil davon ist? In der Stadtteilbibliothek Heslach wird die Institution selbst zur Bühne: Mit dem Öffnen eines „Buchs“ beginnt eine persönliche Erkundung zwischen Zugang und Ausschluss, Struktur und Fantasie. Du bestimmst den Ablauf, die Dauer – oder denkst dir deine eigene Version dazu. DIE VORSTELLUNG 🗓️ Einführung: 15.4., 17 Uhr Weitere Termine: 16.–18.4. zu den Öffnungszeiten der 📍Stadtteilbibliothek Heslach Mehr Infos: 3-tage-frei.de & das-schaudepot.org Herbordt/Mohren entwickeln seit Jahren Arbeiten an der Schnittstelle von Performance, Institutionenkritik und Publikumsbeteiligung – oft ortsspezifisch und mit feinem Gespür für die Mechaniken kultureller Räume. #3TAGEFREI #DieVorstellung #Performance #FreieSzene #Stuttgart SiteSpecific

Einrichten, Übersetzen, Verschieben Performative Infrastrukturen und künstlerische Interventionen Im Gespräch mit Herbordt & Mohren 27.Januar, 18:00 Raum 8.05 Urbanstraße 25 English below Melanie Mohren und Bernhard Herbordt entwickeln seit 25 Jahren gemeinsam interdisziplinäre Arbeiten im Grenzbereich der Darstellenden Künste, sie kuratieren Kongresse und Festivals und sind im Bereich der künstlerischen Forschung aktiv. 2013 haben Herbordt/Mohren „Die Institution“ als weit verzweigte Kunstanlage gegründet und arbeiten seitdem an einem erweiterten Theaterbegriff, in unterschiedlichen Formaten und Medien zu Institutionen und ihrer Aktualisierung. Zwischen Kunst und Forschung, Alltag und Bühne. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Andersmöglichkeit von Institutionen und wie sie durch performative Transformationen durchlässiger und solidarischer gedacht werden können. Aus dieser Beschäftigung ist 2021 die Gründung des weltweit ersten Schaudepots für die Darstellenden Künste in Stuttgart hervorgegangen. 2022 wurden Das Schaudepot mit dem Deutschen Theaterpreis Der Faust in der Kategorie Genrespringer ausgezeichnet. ----------- Melanie Mohren and Bernhard Herbordt have been developing interdisciplinary works at the intersection of the performing arts for 25 years. They curate conferences and festivals and are active in the field of artistic research. In 2013, Herbordt/Mohren founded ‘Die Institution’ as a wide-ranging art installation and have since been working on an expanded concept of theatre, in various formats and media, on institutions and their actualisation. Between art and research, everyday life and the stage. The focus is on the alternative possibilities of institutions and how they can be conceived in a more permeable and solidarity-based way through performative transformations. This work led to the founding of the world's first show depot for the performing arts in Stuttgart in 2021. In 2022, Das Schaudepot was awarded the German Theatre Prize Der Faust in the category Genrespringer. For information on accessibility on site, visit the website of the HMDK Stuttgart, The event will take place in German spoken language, a whispered translation can be offered

Stuttgart, 29.11.2025 ✨ (this is a long post, a letter divided by moments) 1. In 1967 Yüskel Pazarkaya wrote “Ohne Bahnhof” (Without station) —the first theatre piece by a migrant author in Germany. It was barely staged and later forgotten.
In 2025 a group of artists and writers had the honor of revisiting it. 2. On the 29.11 we began with the beautiful “Pocket Library” format created by the wonderful artists Neto Machado @netomachado and Jorge Alencar @jorgealencarinsta from Salvador de Bahía, hosted in Stadtbibliothek Heslach. 
There, together with the amazing Emilia Dorr @emilia.dorr and myself, we shared performances around emotional memory, shaped by past works that marked us. 3.
I was able to exorcise nostalgia and talk about a personal pain, the pain of my devastated homeland Cuba but also share joy from my culture, accompanied by the music of the great Celia Cruz and Benny Moré and my theatre memories of “Delirio Habanero”, a piece many Cubans will remember. 4.
For those moments of warmth and care, for a process filled with affection and sensitivity, I hold “Pocket Library” dearly in my heart, here in this foreign land.
It was magical and moving. 5. Later, at Das Schaudepot we opened with Özlem Özgul Dündar, a brilliant writer who welcomed us into her collective reading of a text revisiting the play. It was beautiful to read together, to be together. 6. We closed with the archive activation by Melanie Mohren and Bernhard Herbordt @die_institution 
To you, what can I say? You have been the architects of this beautiful creative path.
Thank you for your generosity, creative freedom, intelligence and sensitivity in opening so many possible ways to revisit this key piece. Forever grateful. 7. It was special to share with many friends and colleagues and the great Andreas Nikakis who performed in the 1967 premiere. 8. Thanks to @marcusgbergmann for the amazing food, @dominique__brewing for all the beautiful pictures. To Linda and Felicitas, core part of the team. 9. This year ends with this… listening to Celia, Charly, Chico, Benny. And I hope that the show goes on!!! ❤️❤️

Die Stuttgarter Kultur braucht eure Stimme: An Kultur, Bildung und Sozialem zu sparen, kostet viel zu viel! Derzeit wird im Gemeinderat der Doppelhaushalt 2026/27 verhandelt – mit drastischen Einsparungsmaßnahmen für Bildung, Soziales und Kultur. Für die Kulturakteur*innen in Stuttgart und mittelfristig auch für deren Publikum hätte dies weitreichende Folgen. Für kleinere Kulturinstitutionen sowie Künstler*innen und Ensembles der Freien Szene jedoch wären diese Kürzungen existenzbedrohend! Was aufgegeben werden muss, wächst so schnell nicht nach. Mit Kürzungen wäre im Hinblick auf den Gesamthaushalt finanziell nichts zu gewinnen, für die Kultur jedoch – und damit auch für die Zukunft unserer freiheitlichen und demokratischen Gesellschaft – sehr viel zu verlieren. Gerade in Zeiten globaler Konflikte und eines weltweit zunehmenden Rechtsrucks sind die Orte der Kultur unverzichtbar für die Aushandlung zukunftsfähiger und demokratischer Konzepte. Deshalb ist Eure Stimme ist gefragt – in einer gemeinsamen Petition der Stuttgarter Kultureinrichtungen: /petitions/an-kultur-bildung-und-sozialem-zu-sparen-kostet-viel-zu-viel

[Português embaixo] The relationship between the “Dance Library” and Germany dates back to its very origin — and it continues to bear fruit! This Saturday, November 29th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (local time), Jorge Alencar and Neto Machado, directors of the project, will present an edition of the “Pocket Library” at the Heslach Municipal Library in Stuttgart, in partnership with Melanie Mohren and Bernhard Herbordt (Die Institution). The session is part of “Das Schaudepot Special”, a full day program of Das Schaudepot with performances until 6 p.m. This time, the collection of Pocket Library Volumes will be composed of Latin American artists living in Germany: in addition to the Brazilian duo, the performers are Emilia Dorr, from Argentina, and Karina Pino, from Cuba — with chapters in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and simultaneous translation into German. In this experience, the creation of the Pocket Library Chapters unfolds the idea of “gaps in archives”, reflecting on stage and choreographic works that remain absent from memory, documentation, and the historiographic records of the performing arts. —- A relação da “Biblioteca de Dança” com a Alemanha vem desde sua origem — e continua rendendo frutos! Neste sábado, 29 de novembro, das 11h às 13h (horário local), nossos Jorge Alencar e Neto Machado, criadores e diretores do trabalho, apresentam uma edição da “Biblioteca de Bolso” na Biblioteca Municipal de Heslach, em Stuttgart, em parceria com Melanie Mohren e Bernhard Herbordt (Die Institution). A sessão integra o “Das Schaudepot Special”, uma programação do arquivo de performances Das Schaudepot que acontece ao longo do sábado. Dessa vez, a coleção de volumes será formada por artistas da América Latina: além da dupla de direção, estarão em cena Emilia Dorr, da Argentina, e Karina Pino, de Cuba — com capítulos em inglês, espanhol e português e tradução simultânea para alemão. Nesta experiência, a construção dos volumes resulta da ideia de “lacunas em arquivos”, pensando obras cênicas e coreográficas a que assistimos e que estão ausentes da memória, da documentação e do registro dos acervos historiográficos das artes da cena.

"Ohne Bahnhof" ("Sin estación"), la pieza de Yúksel Pazarkaya, llega a una nueva presentación pública este sábado 18.10 Para seguir hurgando en la historia no narrada, la real... Todo ocurre en las distintas dimensiones de la memoria, que es polimorfa e infinita. Releer es un acto de resistencia y amor. “Ohne Bahnhof” (“Without a Station”) by Yúksel Pazarkaya comes to a new public presentation this Saturday, October 18. To continue delving into the untold story, the real one... Everything happens in the different dimensions of memory, which is polymorphic and infinite. Rereading is an act of resistance and love. 👏 15:00 h con Özlem Özgül Dündar ¡Punto de encuentro delante del Archivo Regional! / Meeting point: in front of the Regional Archive: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 4, 70173 Stuttgart 👏 16:30 h con Karina Pino Das Schaudepot, Altenbergstraße 10, 70180 Stuttgart 👏 Cierre: Food Performance con Marcus Bergmann Concepto y Curaduría: Melanie Mohren y Bernard Herbordt @die_institution Toda la info en: /eintrag/ohne-bahnhof-von-yueksel-pazarkaya-oeffentliche-bauprobe-18.10.2025-14-18-uhr/ 2nd 📸: taken from Das Schaudepot website. 💫

Photos from last weekend‘s presentation of our new joint publication „What can opera (still) do?“ at @die_institution in Stuttgart, including our performance of Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir‘s opera „Das Ohr“. Photos by Dominique Brewing.

SAVE THE DATE: »The Schaudepot Special – XV – What can opera (still) do?«, on September 27, 2025, from 2 PM till 8 PM. ✨ (@die_institution ) »Das Schaudepot – Special« is a recurring program at the Schaudepot for the Performing Arts, offering a day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks, and food. 🎉 This edition focuses on contemporary music theatre with »What can opera (still) do?«, a long-term project by Ensemble Adapter and Herbordt/Mohren. It explores opera as both art form and institution: what it can give us - and what we can give back. Building on earlier gatherings of artists and scholars, the project develops manifestos, visions, and scores in playful, diverse, and decentralized ways. Part of the current Schaudepot Special issue are Alumni and Schaudepot inititators Herbordt/Mohren along with Alumni Deepika Arwind (@pikadee7 ), Demian Bern (graphic design), Theresa Schlesinger (@__theresasophia ). Program on September 27: 2PM: Guided tour of the Schaudepot collection 3 till 4:30 PM: »The Children’s Festival« – workshop for ages 5–10 4 PM: »Turn Turtle Turn« – VR music theatre by Oblivia (every 10 min) 5 till 6:30 PM: »What can opera (still) do?« – book presentation & discussion with Deepika Arwind, ÀRÀKÁ (Salvador/Bahia), JOiN (Stuttgart), moderated by Theresa Schlesinger 7 PM: »Das Ohr« - opera by Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir In between: Food performances by Marcus Bergmann Image: © Dominique Brewing #akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #schaudepot #stuttgart #ensemble #workshops #performances

Warm invitation this saturday to ,The Schaudepot Special - XV - What can opera (still) do?‘, 27.9.2025, 2-8pm at one and only Schaudepot in Stuttgart! With ,The Schaudepot Special‘ new performances and themes are regularly presented at the Schaudepot for the performing arts. A day for discovering, participating, experiencing and celebrating. With workshops, performances, lectures, food and much more. This time: a focus on contemporary music theatre, e. g. with a music workshop for children and ,What can opera (still) do?‘ – the continuation of a long-term research project by Ensemble Adapter and Herbordt/Mohren. 3-4:30pm ,The Children Festival‘, workshop with Tina Pantisano and Matthias Engler (Ensemble Adapter) 5-6:30pm ,What can opera (still) do?‘ presentation of the online publication and talk with Deepika Arwind, Laís Machado und Diego Araúja (ÀRÀKÁ, Salvador/Bahia), Martin Mutschler and Keith Bernard Stonum (JOiN, Stuttgart), moderated by Theresa Schlesinger (Münchner Kammerspiele) 7pm ,Das Ohr‘, Opera by Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (Ensemble Adapter) More information and registration: [email protected] or 0711-88892770 /eintrag/das-schaudepot-spezial-xv-27.9.2025-14-20-uhr/ Looking forward to finally present our online publication ,What can opera (still) do?‘ together with Ensemble Adapter, beautifully designed by Demian Bern and contributions by so many amazing artists: Jorge Alencar, Diego Araúja, Deepika Arwind, Arnbjörg María Danielsen, Gunnhildur Einarsdóttír, Matthias Engler, Keir GoGwilt, Alia Hamdan, Neo Hülcker, Cheryl Isheya, Vigdís Jakobsdóttir, Laís Machado, Neto Machado, Celeste Oram, Olivia Stahn, Asmus Trautsch, Annika Tudeer, Viktoriia Vitrenko, Armin Wieser. Drawings by Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir. Dramaturgy and editing by Felicitas Arnold. This publication is part of the workshop series ,What can opera (still) do?‘ initiated by Ensemble Adapter and Herbordt/Mohren, supported by Deutscher Musikrat Neustart Kultur. The Schaudepot is funded by the state capital of Stuttgart.

‘Table performance’ An hour of frontal experience with a table-scale boundary between me and the other(s) Photo credit: @dominique__brewing