We, the Backstein Kollektiv, have a keen interest for socio-politically oriented art and want to create works that motivate the spectator to re-think the current status quo. By the interdisciplinary trio (Julie Grutzka, Soprano; Hendrik Hebben, Dancer; Moritz Fabian, Dancer/ Theater studies and Sociology student) these works are developed and performatively produced. Our works are based on extensive research, of which the results are shared with the audience through our performance.

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2018, we premiered “Ponies dieser Welt, erhebt euch!", a live performance on the topic of protest in today's society in Frankfurt am Main. 

In September 2020, as part of the dance festival Zukunft tanzt - Abend der jungen Choreografie at the Gallus Theater Frankfurt a.M., we presented our work “Blue Pill? Red Pill?”, which deals with whistleblowers and the concept of transparency.

2021, we created the short film “Tracing Empathy” in collective collaboration with the composer Felix Krell and the video artists DeDa Productions, which examines empathy as a solution to socio-cultural grievances in our society.

2022, as part of the three-part performance evening “COLLECTIVE WORKS” we organized with the artist Marcel Appel and the composer Felix Krell, we conceived the spatial installation “4qm & 26 pages”, in which the topic of the “sea of data” in social media and the terms and conditions of the Meta Universe were brought to the fore. In May 2022, we showed parts of the production at the TanzOrtNord Festival in Lübeck and led a workshop on the topic of “Voice & Movement”.

In October 2022, “COLLECTIVE WORKS” was invited to the 11th Festival Politik im Freien Theater in Frankfurt am Main.




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In March 2023, we developed the interdisciplinary performance “Welcome to the Mental Gym” with Marcel Appel, flutist Léa Villeneuve and lighting technician Manuel Oeschger, which premiered at the Gallus Theater Frankfurt. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the topic of mental health and its significance in today's society. Due to the positive response, a revival is planned for October 2023.
 

2024, we conceived our club performance “Psychedelic Social Club” in collaboration with DJ LuiLove and dramaturge Lena Stojsic, which premiered at ATELIERFRANKFURT e.V. in December. “Psychedelic Social Club” is an immersive club performance in which we explore how people react to clubs and performances when they are freely involved from the beginning as an equal part of the event and to what extent psychedelic states can be created without consumption through their willingness to let go and exchange ideas.