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Breaking Workshop for people with dance experience

Fri, Jan. 9, 2026, 7:00 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.

Community, competition, love, and anger: Arlette Dellers and Pia Ringel from the FLUX Crew invite you to a breaking workshop for beginners with a dance background. Guided by the groove of the music, you will dance together with the coaches and discover the great potential of breaking for communal and free dance expression. You will learn the technical basics, how to play with the music, and how to dance together in a cypher. You will also gain an insight into the peculiarities of the breaking scene and the tension between community, competition, love, and anger.

The workshop is part of the Breaking Jam Callout Factory. On January 10, the European breaking scene will be dancing and celebrating at the Kaserne Basel!

Meeting point: Abendkasse
The workshop ticket is also valid as a ticket for the CALLOUT FACTORY on January 10 at 2:00 p.m. (doors open at 1:00 p.m.)!

* The workshop offers an opportunity to gain initial experience in breaking. You should enjoy dancing and have some dance experience, but professional dance training or stage experience is not necessary. If you are unsure whether you have enough dance experience, then definitely come along!

18.01.26 // 6 p.m.

Free admission

The Physical Introduction is an introduction to ‘Borda’ that works not through words, but through movement. Simple physical exercises awaken the senses and sensitise the audience for the subsequent performance.

The format is aimed at anyone interested, regardless of age or movement experience.

The meeting point is at the box office at 6 p.m. After the introduction, there will be plenty of time to relax and get into performance mode.

Performance: ‘Borda’ on 18 January 2026 at 7 p.m.

Thu 22 Jan 26 // 10:00 a.m.

The toddler concert with Lana Zickgraf, Anna-Sophia Kraus (violin) and Timm Kornelius (bassoon) invites little ones and their parents to enjoy a special musical experience in an open and child-friendly setting. In a relaxed atmosphere, babies (0–2 years) and adults can experience music up close without having to sit still. They convey closeness, lightness and a lot of joy in making music together.

Duration: approx. 45 minutes

Information and tickets here

Sat 07.02.26 // 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The children's disco at the Kaserne is back for another round! With music at a child-friendly volume, children and families can dance, socialise and enjoy non-alcoholic drinks. DJ Montes from the Goldfingerbrothers will be providing the right sound.

The admission price is based on the age of the children: tickets cost CHF 1 per year at the box office, up to a maximum of CHF 10 for older children and adults.

Exercises in Fallow Land - collective singing with megaphones

Sat 07.02.26 // 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sat 18.04.26 // 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Rahel Kraft and Sylvi Kretzschmar share their feminist practice at the intersections of spoken word, live art and music with megaphones in public spaces. With their nomadic choir ‘RIOTOUS’, they invite FLINTA* people to sing together, make sounds and raise their voices about our constant busyness and functioning, about time justice and the longing for regeneration and time out. The workshop aims at transformation through vocal experiments, listening exercises, and breath and body work with the megaphone. ‘The Art of Lying Fallow’ facilitates an exchange about upheavals and breakdowns, about supposed gaps in one's CV, about exhaustion, new beginnings and rebellion.

Information and tickets here

#Voice #Body #LyingFallow #Megaphone #Choir #Performance #VocalAssembly #VoiceIsGenderless #TimeJustice #FeministArt

Helvetiarockt Music Lab - Push the button

Fri-Sun 27 February-1 March 2026 // 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day

During the workshop with Alexia Thomas, you will immerse yourself in the world of music: you will learn about digital instruments and how to combine sounds to create your own beat. Here you will discover different ways of building the structure of a beat or song. Are you in?

We look forward to receiving your registration.

The workshop is aimed at women, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender people aged 14 to 25.

Dynamic pricing model, more information here.

Coach: Alexia Thomas

Registration deadline: 13 February 2025

Physical Introductions are free introductions to dance productions that work through movement rather than words. Simple physical exercises awaken the senses and sensitize the audience for the performance that follows.

The format is aimed at anyone interested, regardless of age or movement experience, and no registration is required.

We are offering two VHS courses this winter semester. Both courses can be booked independently of each other. The registration deadline is October 9, 2025.

Highlights of the Kaserne Basel (2025)
10/16/25 “RAGE” Emilienne Flagothier
11/21/25 “Spiegelneuronen” Sasha Walz & Guests / Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll)
12/11/25 “KLAPA” Patricija Bronić

Highlights at Kaserne Basel (2026)
01/17/26 “Borda” Lia Rodriguez
02/27/26 “Carnoid” Fabrice Mazliah
03/11/26 “Monga” Jéssica Teixeira

Registration and information here

Want to go to the theater more often?
Do you want to take a look behind the scenes and get to know the makers?
You want to talk critically about theater, discuss, argue?
Are you between 15 and 25? Or between 25 and 45?

Then join the Supervistas! The two groups “Young Adults” and “Forever Young” explore Basel's dance and theater landscape once a week. It's not just about watching, but also about discussing, exchanging ideas and asking questions with each other and with the directors, actors, dancers and other experts. The project, formerly known as “Die Voyeur*innen”, was created in 2012 on the initiative of Kaserne Basel and junges theaters basel. The Supervistas also take place in Bern, Zurich, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Geneva.

When: every Thursday evening (September to June, later entry possible)
We visit: Kaserne Basel, junges theater basel, Theater Basel, Vorstadttheater Basel, ROXY Birsfelden and others.
Direction: Elena Manuel, Isabelle Romano and Max Schaffenberger
Annual fee: CHF 300 (incl. admissions), CHF 150 with KulturLegi
Registration: basel@supervistas.ch , salut@supervistas.ch 

Support: Hertner-Strasser Foundation, Sulger Foundation, Ruth and Paul Wallach Foundation, Hirzel Foundation, Ernst Göhner Foundation 
 

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Movo - Association for performing arts with deaf and hearing people

Movo is an association that supports performing arts in sign language on stage and behind the scenes, for artists and audiences alike. The association organizes regular theater courses in sign language in Zurich, Bern, and Basel. Among other things, Movo offers educational programs for cultural institutions, organizes group theater visits, dance courses without language, and other cultural events, stages plays, and provides deaf interpreters.

Individual appointments and questions about guided tours:
Recha la Dous
Phone +41 61 6666 027
E-mail r.ladous@kaserne-basel.ch 

A look behind the scenes of a cultural institution:
Behind the scenes at Kaserne Basel, employees from a wide range of professions work all day and often also at night to offer artists the best possible performance and audiences a unique live experience. What does the day-to-day running of an event look like outside of the performances? How is the theater, dance and music program created? What technology is hidden behind the historic walls of the Kaserne? How has the Kaserne Basel developed over the last four decades? During a guided tour of the premises, you will get to know the Kaserne Basel and the site, including the newly opened kHaus, from a new perspective.

We offer: 
- Guided tours for different groups (e.g. school classes, university, companies, etc.) 
- Guided tours with different focal points (e.g. technology, theater/dance, music, professions, architecture, etc.)
- Guided tours available in German, English or French
- Combination options (e.g. with a visit to a theater or concert, aperitif)