Opening of the Dance Platform 2018

The ceremonial opening of the Dance Platform 2018 takes place centrally in Hall 12 at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein. Together with guests from politics and society, partners, supporters and professional visitors, the Dance Platform gets underway with a reception framed by interventions by percussionist Dirk Rothbrust of the Ensemble Musikfabrik Cologne. Afterwards, it is possible to attend one of three evening performances on the Zollverein Site.

Speakers: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW; Muchtar Al Ghusain, Kulturdezernent der Stadt Essen; Stefan Hilterhaus, Künstlerischer Leiter PACT Zollverein