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We're celebrating – JUBEL! In 2026, Barnes Crossing marks its 20th anniversary: two decades of productions, festivals, award-winning dance works, audience development, support for young artists and exchange! For us, this milestone is an occasion to make the history of this place visible while shaping its future. Throughout the year, we offer you a diverse program of events and encounter formats that reflect the full range of our work.
The initiative celebrates the power of stories and invites children to rediscover language, imagination and books. Barnes Crossing is taking part with read-aloud sessions at daycare centers in Rodenkirchen and Sürth.
This Saturday from 2 to 6 pm, Barnes Crossing offers two pieces to experience, a dance workshop, a kamishibai reading about children's rights – and all around it, a cozy afternoon with delicious waffles.
In this walk-in dance installation, performers and audience share the space while a pneumatic set pulses between tent, bubble and ruin. Through movement, voices and stories, an immersive experience unfolds that understands the body as an archive – making memory not only visible, but audible, tangible and something you can live through.
Next Generation meets Barnes Crossing. Two days curated by students of the Cologne Center for Contemporary Dance (ZZT): performative, site-specific, participatory!
Our JUBEL year is about more than moments on stage. With accessible restrooms, new social media formats and our website relaunch, we are also developing the venue behind the scenes. For more access, visibility and exchange – and for the next steps of Barnes Crossing.