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WORKSHOP:acting with Leonard Grobien
20 September 2026: In this one-day workshop, you’ll gain an authentic insight into the world of theatre: under the guidance of actor and filmmaker Leonard Grobien, you’ll discover the basics of acting through simple exercises and learn how to bring emotions, stories and characters to life on stage. An introductory workshop for people with disabilities who are interested in acting.
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.
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.