The Moovy Dance Film Festival is organized by Culture Unlimited e.V.
The organization runs several other projects, which you can explore on its website.
WORKSHOPS
MOOVY NRW 2026 – NEW PLACES, NEW ENCOUNTERS
The “Regional Culture Program NRW” and the RheinEnergie Foundation are making it possible for Moovy to bring dance films to children, teens, and adults — in cities and, above all, in rural areas throughout North Rhine-Westphalia.
Our partners include the Theater Ballhaus and the Junior Cocoon Dance Company in Bonn, the Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf, as well as venues in Windeck, Wipperfürth, Pulheim, Troisdorf and Bad Honnef. In our creative dance film workshops with Michael Maurissens and Ágota Harmati, young people develop their own ideas for film and dance and experience telling their personal stories. This consistently leads to surprising and inspiring projects. The results are presented as part of the Moovy Festival in cooperation with the Cinepänz Film Festival. Another special highlight are our 360° dance films, which can be experienced by using VR headsets and offer new contemporary perspectives on dance and film.
FESTIVAL
MINI DANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN COLOGNE-MÜLHEIM
For one week, children and teens will immerse themselves in the world of dance film. Together with Michael Maurissens and Ágota Harmati, they will watch dance films, discover different forms of cinematic and dance expression, develop and produce their own dance films.
Throughout the program, participants learn step by step how a real dance film festival is created — from selecting and presenting the films to planning the program and on to organizing and running the festival. At the end of the week, they present their own works and curate a very special mini-dance film festival by and for children and teens.
The project is based at jugendzentrum.digital in Cologne-Mülheim. It is supported by the film collection of the Tanzarchiv Köln, which provides us with a diverse selection of dance films, offering exciting insights into the history and diversity of the genre. The Mini Dance Film Festival in Mülheim is funded by Kumasta Movies in Motion.
The project was funded by the “Bundesverband Jugend und Film e.V.” as part of the programme “Movies in Motion – mit Film bewegen”, within the federal programme “Kultur macht stark. Bündnisse für Bildung” of the Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).
DANCE FILM WORKSHOP
DANCE FILM WORKSHOP IN COLOGNE
We offer free dance film workshops for children and teens in Cologne. The workshops are designed for young people interested in artistic expression, movement and visual storytelling.
Together with choreographers and artists Michael Maurissens and Ágota Harmati, participants create their own dance films — based on their individual ideas, visions and forms of expression.
Throughout the entire creative process, they receive professional guidance: from the initial idea through the choreographic and cinematic development to the actual filming and editing.
The workshops provide a space for participants to explore their own ideas, movement and creative experimentation, and enable them to express their perspectives and stories through the medium of dance film.
MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE
AR WORKSHOP IN WINDECK
The workshop project takes place at our partner school, Gesamtschule Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg district. Together with the students, we combine photography, dance, pantomime and augmented reality (AR).
The students capture places and moments from their everyday lives and transform them into their own works of art through dance, movement and digital elements. With the help of augmented reality, they expand the real world including a digital layer, thereby making their personal stories, feelings and ideas visible and lasting.
The workshop is lead by Ágota Harmati and Norbert Pape.
Supported by Global Kids Village Digital.
MOOVY ON TOUR
MOOVY ON TOUR
Moovy on Tour: Moovy presents its program at major international festivals as well as in small communities in North Rhine-Westphalia.
A SELECTION OF 2026:
TEMPS D’IMAGES, tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Jan. 15–25, 2026
International Dance Solo Festival Bonn, Theater im Ballsaal, Apr. 17–30, 2026
Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Jul. 07-10, 2026
Gesamtschule Windeck, Jul. 08-10, 2026
Kurhaustheater Bad Honnef, Mar. 31st – Apr. 01st 2026 and Jul. 09-12, 2026
Stadtbücherei Pulheim, May 30th 2026 and Jul. 04-05, 2026
Engelbert-von-Berg-Gymnasium, Wipperfürth, Jul. 13-14, 2026
Festival Na Knap, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep. 30, 2026 – Oct. 3, 2026
Move! Festival, Krefeld, Galerie 35blumen e. V., Oct. 23–25, 2026
DARE Festival, Athens, Greece, Dec. 2026
DIGITAL ART
CURATORIAL RESEARCH
How can digital art transform encounters? This question has been our main research question since the spring of 2026 and is the focus of our symposium at this year’s Moovy Dance Film Festival.
Ágota Harmati, Klaas Werner and Hojin Lee will engage in a dialogue with artists, scholars, curators and the audience. Together, they will discuss hybrid spaces, new perspectives on the body and human interaction and choreographic processes shaped by digital technologies.
In this context, technology is understood not merely as a tool, but as an active part of artistic processes. Digital spaces become places of embodied experience and shared encounters.
Based on extensive research, a multifaceted, open symposium is taking shape, where everyone can join the discussion – on October 17th and 18th in TanzFaktur Cologne.
MOOVY AT THE CINEDANS FEST
ÁGOTA HARMATI PRESENTS A SELECTION OF XR WORKS FROM OUR PROGRAM
THE CINEDANS FEST AT THE EYE FILM MUSEUM
At the Cinedans FEST at the EYE Film Museum, Ágota Harmati, artistic director of Moovy, will present a selection of XR works from the Moovy Dance Film Festival program.
She has long worked at the intersection of dance, art, science, and technology. Digital, technology-oriented, and interdisciplinary formats are at the heart of her curatorial work.
The presented projects demonstrate how choreographic thinking is translated into virtual and hybrid spaces and how innovative artistic forms emerge in new media environments. Immersive technologies—from virtual to augmented to mixed reality—open up new perspectives on movement, space, and perception.
The festival program features works by artists from around the world with whom she collaborates and who are developing innovative approaches in the field of interdisciplinary dance and media projects.
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MOOVY @CAMPUS
EXCHANGE WITH UNIVERSITIES
PROMOTION OF DANCE, FILM AND TECHNOLOGY
Moovy is actively involved in exchanges with universities in Germany and abroad and promotes interdisciplinary projects at the interface of dance, film and technology.
With the Digital Narratives master’s program at the ifs – International Film School Cologne, Moovy explores the artistic possibilities of dance and artificial intelligence. Under the direction of Maren Demant and Amritha Warrier, students develop project ideas that address real-life challenges at the interface of choreography, technology and storytelling. Ágota Harmati, artistic director of the Moovy dance film festival, gave a lecture at the ifs to kick off the program.
At Witten/Herdecke University, the Chair of Digital Arts and Cultural Mediation, headed by Prof. Dr. Renate Buschmann, is researching new approaches to teaching choreography in virtual and augmented realities.
In cooperation with the Center for Contemporary Dance (ZZT), the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) and the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts in Tel Aviv, students are working under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Yvonne Hardt, Dr. Einav Katan-Schmid and Jung Saeyun on the joint development of a dance film, which is to be presented as part of Moovy.
COLOGNE DANCES TIK TOK
DANCE IN URBAN SPACE
YOUTH CULTURE MEETS ESTABLISHED ART
The “Köln tanzt TikTok” project brings dance art into public space: at various locations in the city, passers-by can use QR codes to access dance videos on the popular TikTok platform that have been developed by Cologne choreographers. The short videos combine elements of youth culture with professional dance art and create new approaches away from classical stages. The aim is to make dance more visible, promote participation and involve young people as equal actors in the cultural dialog. The project is deliberately designed to be low-threshold and invites people to discover dance spontaneously, regardless of location and digitally.
MOOVY NRW
WORKSHOPS AND FILM SCREENINGS
IN PULHEIM, MONHEIM AM RHEIN, TROISDORF, BAD HONNEF, WINDECK AND HÜRTH
Moovy NRW brings the fascination of dance films to Pulheim, Monheim am Rhein, Troisdorf, Bad Honnef, Windeck and Hürth. In each municipality, we present an individual film program on the theme of dance. A special highlight: 360° dance films in virtual reality allow the audience to immerse themselves in the action. The program is complemented by creative dance film workshops for young people from challenging social backgrounds – an offer that enables artistic participation and opens up new perspectives.
– Troisdorf Workshop and film screening: May 24 – 25, 2025, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Mülheimer Str. 23, 53840 Troisdorf
– Pulheim Workshop and film screening: June 14 – 15, 2025, Stadtbücherei Pulheim, Steinstraße 13, 50259 Pulheim and Abtei Brauweiler, Ehrenfriedstraße 19, 50259 Pulheim
– Bad Honnef Workshop: June 9 – 10, 2025, “TanzLabor auf dem Campus Bad Honnef” -Mühlheimer Straße 38, 53604 Bad Honnef
– Monheim am Rhein Film screenings throughout the summer of 2025 in: Sojus 7, Kapellenstraße 36 – 40, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Bibliothek Monheim am Rhein, Tempelhofer Straße 13, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Kunstschule, Berliner Ring 9, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, VHS Monheim am Rhein, Tempelhofer Str. 15, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Ulla-Hahn-Haus, Neustraße 2 – 4, 40789 Monheim am Rhein
– Windeck: Dance film screening and dance film workshop: June 11, Thu June 12, Windeck Comprehensive School, An der Realschule 18, 51570 Windeck
– Hürth: Dance film screening: July 18, dance film workshop: July 19 and 20, Kulturgasthaus Op D’r Eck, Keutenstraße 14, 50354 Hürth-Stotzheim
WHEELCHAIR DANCE WITH VR GLASSES
WHEELCHAIR DANCE WITH VR GLASSES
DIGITAL PARTICIPATION THROUGH DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY
As part of Moovy NRW, 360° dance films are being made accessible specifically for people with physical disabilities – especially wheelchair users. The project enables new, barrier-free access to art and movement through the use of virtual and augmented reality.
In accompanying workshops, participants acquire digital skills, try out creative forms of movement and explore innovative forms of artistic expression – from 360° dance films to AR-supported choreographies. The aim is to promote digital participation, boost participants’ self-confidence and support social participation.
A supplementary module in the Monheim library also teaches the safe and reflective use of VR technology in everyday life.
MOOVY ON TOUR
DANCE FILM ON THE ROAD IN EUROPE
INTERREGIONAL AND SUPRAREGIONAL NETWORKING
Moovy is not only active in NRW, but also has a national and international network. In the current season, the festival is represented with selected programs at various renowned festivals and platforms – from Mainz to Athens. In this way, Moovy brings dance film into different contexts, creates new connections and opens up spaces for exchange and visibility.
In the coming months, Moovy will be a guest at: - tanz.mainz, Mainz – April 02, 2025 – Dare Festival, Athens (Greece) – May 15-16, 2025 – Circus Dance Festival, Cologne – June 06-08, 2025 – tanz.tausch Wuppertal in cooperation with Tanzstation Barmen, Tanzrauschen and the Pina Bausch Center Under Construction – July 04, 2025 – Nimm Platz! at the Neumarkt in Cologne – Summer 2025 – Na knap Festival Ljubljana, Slowenien – MOVE Festival Krefeld – Regensburger Tanztage
WORKSHOPS IN COLOGNE
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN COLOGNE
YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR OWN CINEMATIC WORKS
As part of a dance film project in Cologne, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds develop their own cinematic works. They deal creatively with the reality of their lives and their urban environment, gain their first experiences in dance and film and try out new forms of expression.
The project promotes artistic participation and strengthens media and social skills. Local partners support the project with the aim of anchoring the activities in urban society in the long term.
DANCE FILM WORKSHOPS IN MONHEIM
DANCE FILM WORKSHOPS WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
A GLOBAL VILLAGE KIDS DIGITAL PROJECT
As part of the “Monheim tanzt digital” project, children and young people from challenging social backgrounds create their own dance films. In doing so, they creatively engage with their surroundings and their everyday lives, gain their first experiences with dance and film and thus actively shape their perspectives.
The aim is to promote artistic forms of expression and at the same time strengthen the participants’ media skills. Local partners accompany the project and support its sustainable anchoring on site.
The project is part of Global Village Kids Digital and is jointly supported by Moovy Dance Film Festival / Culture Unlimited, the Music School of the City of Monheim am Rhein and Sojus 7.
IMPULSE | 28 – 31 August 2024
INTERNATIONALE TANZMESSE NRW
DÜSSELDORF
TANZMESSE NRW
Moovy Tanzfilmfestival ist exhibiting at the Internationale Tanzmesse NRW from 28 to 31 September 2024. We look forward to meeting all of our old and new friends!
SYMPOSIUM | 25 July 2024
HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF
VR WORKSHOP
The T(r)anzkultur Summer School explores dance and transculturality through workshops, talks, and film screenings. It examines how Asian diaspora identity and experience are represented and articulated through dances. Featuring internationally renowned choreographers, dancers, filmmakers and scholars, the program includes workshops and discussions on new approaches and challenges in dance studies and Asian diaspora studies.
FESTIVAL | 25 May 2024
DARE DANCE FESTIVAL
ATHENS
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
Under the motto “a new Look and a new Body that create a powerful aesthetic, experiential and relational gaze around everything that surrounds us”, the dareDanceFestival presents an annual program of new short films and videodance screenings.
The vision of dareDanceFestival is to unite people and artists, bringing together the multifaceted population living in Greece and Europe, at a time when challenges are enormous and the answer of them is necessary to contain more new representations, more art communication, research and inclusion.
This year, Moovy has collaborated with the festival and presents a selection of five films: “Park”, “A Kiss”, “Swans Never Die”, “Desert Heart” and “Herbarium”.
SYMPOSIUM | 24 January 2024
KULTURPOLITISCHE GESELLSCHAFT E.V.
WORKSHOP: WHO DOES THE FUTURE BELONG TO?
The discussion focussed on the interplay between digitality and sustainability in the art and culture scene. Together they discussed how digital tools and technologies can be applied to art and culture in a sustainable way and what constitutes a sustainable and responsibly designed “Next Society”.
Julia Mai (Kultur Digital, German Federal Cultural Foundation), Tanja Neumann (METAhub), Sabine Köstler-Kilian (Extension Programme Performing Arts / Theatre at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg), Prof. Dr. phil. Leopold Klepacki (Institute for Pedagogy at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Ágota Harmati (Moovy Dance Film Festival) will provide impulses for the subsequent exchange in breakout sessions.
IMPULSE | 18 January 2024
TANZ:DIGITAL
BERLIN
NEW PLATFORM
We will discover more about the project on 16 March 2024 as part of the symposium “Dance 4.0 – Dance, Film and Science in the Digital Transformation” with Michael Freundt, Managing Director of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
tanz:digital is a central streaming and knowledge platform for the professional dance scene in Germany. The aims of the project are to develop innovative choreographic and artistic formats and to test new recording and production formats – Watch! Explore! Connect!
A collaboration between dance professionals, choreographers, dance institutions, dance archives and many other dance enthusiasts. A project of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
SYMPOSIUM | 27 – 29 November 2023
(VIRTUAL) ECOLOGIES IN THE FIELD OF DANCE
VR- PRESENTATION
With its dual focus on digitalities and ecologies, the 2023 annual conference of the Society for Dance Research (Gesellschaft für Tanzforschung, gtf) explores the influence and effectiveness of the often hybrid media-centred constellations that arise around dance and dancing. The symposium thus sees itself as a meeting place for interdisciplinary academic and artistic expertise and, with the participation of numerous co-operation partners, explicitly invites the sharing of knowledge and networks.
The Centre for Contemporary Dance (Zentrum für Zeitgenössischen Tanz, ZZT) is hosting and organising this year’s annual conference of the gtf. The symposium is planned and organised by Prof. Dr. Yvonne Hardt, Marisa Berg, Anna Chwialkowska and Ulrike Nestler from ZZT.
FESTIVAL | 3 – 5 November 2023
DIVE FESTIVAL
BOCHUM
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
DIVE focuses on the themes of digitality, immersion, virtuality and environment. The festival presented 360° performances and immersive art in a diverse programme. Moovy was part of the programme X-TENDED REALITIES at the Planetarium Bochum and the Kunsvereinbochum.
FESTIVAL | 3 & 4 November 2023
TANZAHOi
HAMBURG
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
The installations are curated in collaboration with the festival partners Moovy Festival, TANZRAUSCHEN and tanz:digital as an experiment of “decentralised organisation”, in which several platforms share resources, knowledge and projects in order to realise a jointly agreed result.
FESTIVAL | 18 December 2023
KREFELD TANZT ZEITGENÖSSISCH
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
Film programme with the festival motto: “Forms of resistance and togetherness”
FESTIVAL | 12 – 17 November 2023
ZED FESTIVAL
BOLOGNA
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
Seit 2018 feiert “Un festival c’est trop court!” den Tanz, indem es in Zusammenarbeit mit Éric Oberdorff, dem Choreographen und Direktor der Compagnie Humaine, eine Auswahl von Tanzfilmen in sein Programm aufnimmt. Moovy wurde eingeladen, ein VR-Programm zu zeigen.
FESTIVAL | 6 – 13 November 2023
NICE DANCE
FILM FEST
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
Since 2018, “Un festival c’est trop court!” has been celebrating dance by including a selection of dance films in its programme in collaboration with Éric Oberdorff, the choreographer and director of Compagnie Humaine. Moovy was invited to show a VR programme.
FESTIVAL | 26 Sept. – 1 Nov. 2023
DANCE CAMERA
ISTANBUL
KOLLAB-PROGRAMM
Moovy was invited to curate a dance film programme as part of the Dance Camera Istanbul festival. The dance film “Awsat” by Eliane Eid and “Flow” by Juan David Aranzazu, Diego Pérez, María Camila Muñoz, Ana Carolina Naranjo Rojo, choreography by Cinthya Flórez were selected.
IMPULSE | 29 & 30 September 2023
FESTIVAL DE VIDEODANZA DE PALMA
PARTNER
The Festival de Videodanza de Palma has been held in the Balearic Islands since 2013. Moovy collaborates closely in the artistic selection and production of the festival.
EVENT | 9 – 11 July 2023
NIMM PLATZ
NEUMARKT KÖLN
DANCE FILM PRESENTATION
The Moovy Dance Film Festival presents a fascinating selection of international dance films on three evenings at Neumarkt in Cologne:
