ANGELS OF ANARCHY at tanzhaus nrw: Dance as powerful resistance

ANGELS OF ANARCHY: When movement shifts boundaries

Centimeter by centimeter, order begins to falter: MOUVOIR, Stephanie Thiersch, Monthati Masebe and Kathrin Röggla combine dance, spoken word, and live music into an intense stage experience about control, belonging, and the power of collective movement. On November 7, 2026, the world premiere takes place in the Great Hall of tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf.

Bodies in a present under tension

Seven performers encounter a world where spaces are occupied, truths are distorted, and relationships are shaped by control. The production starts with the small struggles at the garden fence and leads to larger societal gestures of appropriation. The choreography makes visible how fear shapes movements and how new forms of togetherness arise from resistance.

House dance meets contemporary stage art

The direction and stage concept by Stephanie Thiersch combine house dance with contemporary dance, spoken word, and a precise dramaturgical composition. House music, which originated in Black and queer communities in Chicago and New York, appears as a social practice: community is not a given state, but a process that continuously emerges anew on stage.

Electronic sound worlds and polyphonic language

Monthati Masebe's live composition transitions between traditional South African instruments, Afro-classic, Afro-electronics, live electronics, and looped throat singing. The sound becomes ancestral technology, the technology of the ancestors, and opens a psycho-spiritual resonance space. Kathrin Röggla's texts on suburban gardens, racism, and societal perception intersect with this musical architecture, creating a multifaceted acoustic dramaturgy.

An interdisciplinary production with a clear stance

Stephanie Thiersch's transcultural working method relies on exchange, friction, and mutual change. Her works explore transitions between bodies, cultural experiences, artistic practices, and forms of knowledge. For her work, she has received the German Dance Film Award and has been nominated for the Tabori Prize and the FAUST Prize.

Kathrin Röggla is one of the defining voices in contemporary German-language literature. Her fragmentary, polyphonic language examines how reality is socially constructed. For her literary and dramatic work, she has received the Nestroy Theatre Prize, the Austrian State Prize for Literature, the Else Lasker-Schüler Prize, and in 2023 the Heinrich Böll Prize from the city of Cologne.

A stage experience for awake senses

The lighting design, choreographic precision, and changing sound layers create a stage space where every movement gains meaning. Loud music, surtitles, and texts in German, English, and French guide the audience through a 70-minute performance. The production is aimed at visitors aged 14 and older and also addresses violence against women and minorities.

Conclusion: Dance as a collective resistance

ANGELS OF ANARCHY promises a physically powerful, linguistically sharply contoured, and musically extraordinary theatrical atmosphere. Those who want to experience contemporary dance, socially critical performance, and live-generated sound worlds directly will find a stage experience with resonance here. On November 7, 2026, it will be visible at tanzhaus nrw how movement arises from uncertainty and community emerges from movement.

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Sources:

• tanzhaus nrw – ANGELS OF ANARCHY, event page