In Ritournelles, everything revolves around circles. Dancing, humming, and singing, three performers use their bodies, voices and objects to create a magical circle. Within this circle, they invent new words, rhythms, and movements. Sometimes their circle becomes enormous, sometimes tiny, and sometimes it takes the form of a cave. The three performers experiment, are surprised, or fail. In doing so, they create a magic that encourages young and old viewers alike and awakens their desire for adventure.
For Ritournelles, dancers and choreographers Johanna Ackva and Laura Gary collaborate for the first time. They are joined by Yuko Matsuyama (dance & music), Martin Sieweke (costume & set design), and Odile Seitz-Walser, who contributes her experience as a dancer and as a dance facilitator for very young children.
Pop Ups in Potsdamer Kindergarden: Mon 28 + Tue 29 Sep
Price group E
Advance booking: 13 € / red. 6 €
Box office: 14 € / red. 6 €
3xTanz-Abo: 28 € / Three performances
Advance sale starts on Aug 17, 2026.
Credits
Concept, choreography, performance: Johanna Ackva, Laura Gary / Composition, performance: Yuko Matsuyama / Outside eye, dramaturgy advice: Odile Seitz-Walser / Costumes, set: Martin Sieweke / Photo: fabrik Potsdam, Jonas Zeidler / Duration: about 40 minutes incl. talk
A production by explore dance – Network Dance for Young Audiences. explore dance is an association of fabrik Potsdam, Fokus Tanz Munich, HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts Dresden, K3 – Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt/Main and Perform[d]ance Stralsund. The network was funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media until the end of November 2025; the explore dance activities of the project partners continue to be co-financed by the state capital Potsdam and the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg. With the support of Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.
