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WORKSHOP:dance with Dr Kate Marsh
From 2 to 5 May, Un-Label invites you to the WORKSHOP:dance with Dr Kate Marsh at the Un-Label Studio. Participants will explore improvisation-based working methods, access as a creative principle, and new forms of artistic collaboration together. Sign up now and become part of an inspiring, inclusive dance process.
New Residency: Carlie Schoonees / I eat men like air
In February and March 2026, the composer Carlie Schoonees is in residence at the L.I.K. – Laboratory for Inclusive Culture. At the Un-Label Studio, she is developing her new composition I Eat Men Like Air, a solo percussion piece exploring female rage as a physical, embodied, and often suppressed force.
Further training: Inclusive methods in practice
On 14 March 2026, at Un-Label studio Cologne: An introduction to inclusive methods for theater education, teaching, and artistic practice—with speakers Anna Scholten and Konrad Wolf.
Creative Lab ‘Artistic practice shaped by disabled experience’
7–10 May 2026, at the Academy of Cultural Education in Remscheid: With renowned speakers like Jo Verrent from the outstanding disabled-led arts organization Unlimited (UK), internationally acclaimed artist, performer and Deaf coach Eyk Kauly (D), Laura Guthrie and Hana Pascal Keegan from the celebrated disabled-led theater company GRAEAE (UK), and Dr. Kate Marsh (UK), disabled dancer, lecturer, and researcher with 20 years of expertise.
Further training: Sign language in the performing arts
25 September, 2026, at Un-Label Studio Cologne: Create accessible culture with sign language! In this training course with Rafael-Evitan Grombelka and Konstanze Bustian, you will learn how interpreters can be successfully integrated into performative processes, how to reach potential deaf visitors, and what appropriate, respectful communication with them and with deaf artists and colleagues can look like.
Further training: Collaboration between disabled and non-disabled cultural professionals
On 24 April 2026 online: An introduction to questions of collaboration between disabled and non-disabled team members. The training is aimed at cultural organizations and cultural professionals with and without disabilities who want to reflect on their practices and develop more inclusive working models.
Apply now: The third round of our qualification programme is now open!
Our qualification programme to promote inclusive access in cultural organisations is now entering its third — and for the time being final — round. Apply by 13 April 2026!
Un-Label Receives the PHINEO “Wirkt-Siegel”
What an honour: last night, we were awarded the prestigious PHINEO “Wirkt-Siegel” together with 36 other inspiring non-profit organisations.
Study “Learning to Change”: Identifying Barriers in Performing Arts Education
How accessible is performing arts education in Europe really – and what role do educational institutions play in shaping inclusive pathways? The new report Learning to Change: The Role of Educational Institutions in Fostering Accessibility for Disabled Artists &...