In the organizer's words:

THE NEW NORMAL is a permanent state of in-between.
Together we say goodbye to our visions - because reality is changing by the minute. And at the same time not at all.
We are shape-shifters in a world that has ceased to make sense. And honestly, we don't even know ourselves.

What happens when everything that was once "normal" suddenly no longer applies?
Between insecurity and a desire for freedom, between self-righteousness and inner emptiness, people search for new rules. And for themselves.
Because in a time when anyone can be anything - perhaps no one is anything anymore.

THE NEW NORMAL is an invitation to spend time where you would otherwise rather not go:
In the void. In the midst of never-ending change, in which the provisional seems to have become a permanent state - both individually and collectively.

An evening about the indefinite, the uncertain, the seemingly endless.

"The crisis lies precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born:
In this interregnum, the most diverse morbid phenomena appear."
- Antonio Gramsci

The production THE NEW NORMAL is a walk-in dance performance by the collective flies&tales - located somewhere between performance, dance, text and music.

Duration: 60 minutes

Artistic direction & choreography: flies&tales | Dance: Mihyun Ko, Josefine Patzelt, Lenah Flaig | Music: Eric Eggert | Lighting: Thomas Mörl | Project management: Ronja Bader | Photo: Paloma García de Juan

Supported by: Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Tanzgenerator Bonn