Fallen!Zusammen is a movement and theatre piece for young audiences, created and performed by myself and Coila-Leah Enderstein.

the 40-minute work playfully explores the action of collapse and the potential for creation within the motion of falling down. the performance was created with various questions mind: how we can strengthen resilience in the face of collapse? what can we learn from children about falling down? how is humour a critical tool for hope? what can interruption and things breaking down provide, in terms of searching for balance and the ability to continue? Coila and i developed this work through workshops with the children at the Apfelsinenplatz Kita.

you can watch a trailer of the performance here.

Fallen!Zusammen was first presented in June 2023 at Apfesinenplatz, Berlin, and again in July 2024 as part of KinderSommerTheater Neukölln at Young Arts Dammweg campus.

Concept, stage design, choreography, performance: Nicola van Straaten & Coila-Leah Enderstein | Costume design: Zee Hartmann | Sound technician: Kayla Elrod | Dramaturgical support: Vera Strobel Production management: Falk Grever | Video documentation: Aaike Stuart.

Fallen!Zusammen is a production of Offensive Tanz für junges Publikum Berlin as part of the RAUSGEHEN project, funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. In cooperation with Berlin Mondiale and the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde in Gropiusstadt.