With the momentum of our spectacular 35th anniversary last year still fresh in our minds and hearts, we look forward to kicking off the next festival season in 2026 with renewed energy.
\nIn the theatre tent on Burgplatz, where the heart of the festival truly beats, we will once again encounter top-class international productions, loyal artistic partners and promising newcomers. We will experience acrobatics, dance and music that make us forget time and space, that captivate, move and enchant us.
\nWith the Australian ensembles \u2018Circa\u2019 and \u2018Gravity & Other Myths\u2019, we welcome two of the world\u2019s finest contemporary circus troupes. For the first time, we are presenting contemporary circus in a church. To mark the occasion, we are offering a special ticket package with the \u201cDown Under Special\u201d.
\nScandinavian contemporary circus also has a place in the festival once again. The young Swedish company \u201cBelow Zero\u201d is making its German debut with us.
\nThe internationally acclaimed choreographers Hofesh Shechter and Sharon Eyal, who are performing here for the first time with their company \u2018S-E-D\u2019, use dance to celebrate life and the accompanying \u2018rollercoaster of emotions\u2019.
\nMourad Merzouki returns with \u2018CIE. K\u00e4fig\u2019 and opens the festival with \u2018Pixel\u2019, a classic that has been acclaimed worldwide for the past 12 years.
\nWith Oum, Nubya Garcia, Mehdi Nassouli and the vocal ensemble \u2018Lyyra\u2019, we are delighted to welcome musicians who could not be more different \u2013 yet they are all united by the power of music and the force of renewal.
\nFollowing the overwhelming success of our production \u2018MASS\u2019, we will once again be presenting a festival finale this year in December with the musical \u2018Christmas Tale\u2019 at St. John’s Church..<\/p>\n
Welcome to the D\u00fcsseldorf Festival 2026!
\nWe look forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n
Christiane Oxenfort and Andreas Dahmen<\/p>\n<\/div>