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TRASHEDY
A choreographic performance for everyone aged 11 and over

“The award is given to a piece, an undoubtedly captivating contemporary production for a young audience, which takes a cheerfully questioning look at our complex world.” Jury statement for the Westwind Festival 2013

Awarded the expert jury prize and the youth jury audience prize at the Westwind Festival 2013. Selected for the Augenblick mal! Festival 2014.

How many plastic cups do you use in a lifetime? Two actors explore the story of our strange evolution and wade through the complexities of the topic of “ecological intelligence.” On their way they come across new questions and an ever-growing mountain of rubbish.
With the help of animated drawings, dance and sound collages, TRASHedy takes a candid, humorous look at our freedom of choice and our own consumer behavior. Because everything we do has an impact. Somewhere.
TRASHedy has been performed over 250 times worldwide since 2013, including in India, Japan, Iceland, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Argentina, South Korea and China. The piece is designed to be easily performed in different settings. It is currently playable in German, English, French, Dutch and Japanese. Subtitles are available for Hungarian, Korean, Hungarian, Chinese and Icelandic. Other languages ​​are possible.

"...damn close to reality..." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger 2014

"With outstandingly subtle humor, PERFORMING GROUP manages to tackle the issue of consumer behavior and environmental protection..." Amelie Mallmann, Augenblick mal! 2015
Upcoming Performance Dates
28.10.25
tba, Zagreb, KRO
18.03.26
tba, Olpe
14.04.26
Kulturzentrum Hallenbad, Wolfsburg
14.04.26
Kulturzentrum Hallenbad, Wolfsburg
05.11.26
VHS, Monheim
05.11.26
VHS, Monheim
06.11.26
tba, Köln
06.11.26
tba, Köln
Production Details
Age: for everybody aged 11 and above |  Duration: 50 Minutes

Produced by Performing Group and tanzhaus nrw


together with: Julia Mota Carvalho and/or Elina Brams Ritzau and/or Marie-Lena Kaiser and/or Daniel Mathéus
Idea and Direction: Leandro Kees |
Piece Development: Leandro Kees, Daniel Mathéus, Martin Rascher
Dramaturgy: Daniel Mathéus, Leandro Kees |
Dramaturgical Collaboration: Julia Mota Carvalho
Sound Composition & Video: Martin Rascher |
Drawings: Leandro Kees
Technology & Management: Martin Rascher
Thanks to: Verena Brakonier, Rob Dirix, Martina Kessel, Hendrik Lebon, Franz Mestre, Bertram Müller, Stella-Béatrice und Alfred Thun;
Special Thanks to: Alexander Thun
TRASHedy is a production by the Performing Group and tanzhaus nrw as part of “Take-off: Young Dance”. Further supported by the Kunststiftung NRW. The piece was created as part of the take-off residency program “New Steps.” Leandro Kees is one of the choreographers of the EU program “Fresh Tracks Europe”, funded by the European Union Culture Program. “Take-off: Young Dance” is funded by the Cultural Office of the state capital Düsseldorf and the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. “Take-off: Young Dance” is a cooperation between Düsseldorf cultural, educational and social institutions under the overall management of tanzhaus nrw.

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