SPOKEN DANCE
SPOKEN DANCE is a collective and collaborative project dedicated to artistic audio description in contemporary dance and performance. The project has existed since 2021 and is funded from 2025 to 2027 through the production-independent funding programme of the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich and in cooperation with HochX Theater & Live Art. Since its beginning, the project has been realised in the cities of Hamburg and Munich, while also engaging in national and international networking and exchange. This takes place through workshops, lectures, regular dance classes, joint theatre visits, post-show discussions, discussion formats, artistic laboratories, and residencies. These activities are primarily aimed at blind and visually impaired people and in some cases also invite sighted participants and collaborators.
Audio description is the verbal description of bodies, movements, situations, and everything that happens on stage. In SPOKEN DANCE, audio description is explored as an artistic aesthetic of accessibility and as an artistic form of access.
SPOKEN DANCE is a project initiated by blind and sighted dance practitioners. Its aim is to organise regular meetings to move together, get to know contemporary dance and other dance forms, and jointly research how dance can be described through words.
Would you like to join our WhatsApp group and stay up to date?
Then feel free to send us an email at: contact@rykenajuengst.com
Upcoming dates
11 February 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
18 March 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
22 April 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
13 May 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
17 June 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
15 July 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
30 September 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
28 October 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
25 November 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm
Kulturzentrum LUISE, Munich
Home pick-up possible, or meeting at 6:15 pm at Poccistraße underground station
Team
Artistic Direction & Concept: Carolin Jüngst, Lisa Rykena
Access Dramaturgy & Awareness Workshops: Manuela Schemm, Fia Neises
Collaboration & Movement Classes: Laura Manz
Assistance: Lea Kossian, Celine Lacherdinger, Sarah Hohendorf
Artistic Production: Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
In Cooperation with HochX Theater & Live Art
Foto: Vera Drebusch. The image shows a stage bathed in pink light. In the foreground, the dark silhouette of a person holding a microphone is visible, while in the background a dancer kneels on a circular platform, striking an expressive pose.
Premiere:
Multiple dates: movement classes held once a month at the LUISE Cultural Center.