When does Women Who Carry the Island take place at FFT Düsseldorf?

The performance takes place on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 8:00 PM.

How long does the performance last?

The dance performance lasts 60 minutes.

How much does a ticket cost?

The regular price is 20 euros. A reduced ticket costs 12 euros. A supporter price is 30 euros.

In which languages will the performance be shown?

The performance will be experienced in Spanish, English, and German.

Is the event accessible?

For the performance, early boarding is available. No registration is required for this. Wheelchair and bean bag tickets can be requested via email from FFT.

Where will the event take place?

The performance will take place on Stage I of the Forum Freien Theaters FFT at Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1 in 40210 Düsseldorf.

Women Who Carry the Island: Dance, Sound, and Female Resilience at FFT Düsseldorf

Name: Cooperative Maura Morales: Women Who Carry the Island
Start: 2026-12-05T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-05T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Forum Freies Theater (FFT), Bühne I

Women Who Carry the Island: A Politically Poetic Dance Piece About Invisible Strength

At FFT Düsseldorf, the Cooperative Maura Morales transforms Cuba into a physical, sonic, and societal landscape. Women Who Carry the Island connects dance, singing, electronic music, and personal memory into a poignant artistic experience about care, responsibility, and the often invisible labor that holds families and communities together.

The Female Body as an Island

Maura Morales, whose biography is shaped by growing up in Cuba, places the female body at the center of the production. It appears as a territory, support, boundary, and projection surface between imposed duty and suppressed desire. Two dancers and a singer tell stories of resilience, solidarity, and the burdens of daily life.

The choreography combines precise body work with a sensual spatial effect. Movement becomes language as gestures of carrying, holding, and staying transition into an expressive dance notation. The exhibition atmosphere of a classical art presentation gives way to an immediate stage encounter: The audience experiences the body as a living archive and as a political image.

Yoruba Chants and Electronic Sound Spaces

Yoruba chants meet the electronic sounds of composer and live musician Michio Woirgardt. Between voice, rhythm, and silence, a multilayered sound dramaturgy emerges that makes cultural memory physically experienceable rather than merely illustrated. The music opens spaces for an aesthetic experience between intimacy, resistance, and collective history.

Texts provide insights into Morales' thought processes and expand the choreographic work's reflection level. Thus, a contemporary dance performance arises that connects personal memory with societal analysis and poses the question of who carries the islands on which we live.

Art Historical Context and Cultural Education

Women Who Carry the Island is rooted in the tradition of politically engaged dance art that views the body not merely as a formal means of expression but as a bearer of history, gender, and social experience. The production works with the tools of dance theater, performance, live music, and poetic text work.

The production by the Cooperative Maura Morales is created in co-production with FFT Düsseldorf and the Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf. The performance lasts 60 minutes and is experienced in Spanish, English, and German.

Conclusion: A Moving Encounter with Body, Memory, and Responsibility

Visitors can expect an intense, poetic, and political stage evening that makes dance an experiential form of social knowledge. Women Who Carry the Island touches through its physical precision, its soundscapes, and the profound question of invisible labor. Those seeking contemporary choreography, cultural education, and a sensually concentrated aesthetic experience should see this performance live at FFT Düsseldorf.