LOCAL DANCING (WDC)

dance, performance

FRI 21.08.2026
4:00pm — 5:00pm

WDC Pavilion in the Rheingau, Brömserburg, Rheinstraße 2, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein

local dancing is part of the Implantieren festival 2026.

A large group of people dances together in a circle in an industrial space. Colorful lights create a lively, communal atmosphere. © Xing Yuehao

Information on accessibility

The venue does not have accessibility measures

local dancing invites everyone to dance local dances together, purely for the pleasure of it, accompanied by live keyboard music. There is the 5-5-5-5-5 Dance, the Summertime Sadness Dance, the Fairy Dance, and the Procession Dance. Drawing on queer forms of transmission and newly invented instant traditions, local dancing imagines popular group dances that may have traveled through time and now appear in nonbinary, unpaired forms. Untethered to any nation, these dances pretend to be local wherever they happen to be. They invite us to gather, finding support in the repetition and routine of circular choreography.

Concept: Clara Reiner

Choreography and practice: Jacob Bussmann, Frédéric De Carlo, René Alejandro Huari Mateus, Clara Reiner

Music: Jacob Bussmann Production: Clara Reiner

Supported by IMPLANTIEREN 2022/23, Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden, Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main and Kulturamt der Stadt Offenbach am Main.

Supported by the residence program in the frame of ID_Tanzhauses Frankfurt Rhein-Main, a project by ID_Frankfurt – Independent Dance and Performance e.V. and Stadtteilbüro Nordend Offenbach.