Research and room for experimentation play an important role in the performing arts. Residencies provide individual artists and groups a chance to focus on their artistic process for a specific period of time. Often, each project brings a changing constellation of participants, and individual ways of working and methods can be re-invented or developed during a residency.
The Schwindelfrei Festival 2026 will feature presentations from the six residence groups selected for the festival. Three groups will arrive in Mannheim three weeks before the beginning of the festival to work. Three groups will arrive in Mannheim seven days before the beginning of the festival to work. The residency showings will have a workshop character as the participating artists will show their work in small scenes / skits, short performances or installations – allowing visitors a chance to observe their creative work processes.
residence groups 2026
Arens/Schädler/Ueberschär/Ausweg e.V. (Mannheim)
“(Auf)begehrten (AT)”
artists:
Charlotte Arens
Jasmin Schädler
Elisa Ueberschär
Ausweg Rhein-Neckar e.V. / Michael Dester
Residenz- und Spielorte Community Art Center & Café Kupfer/Ausweg Rhein-Neckar e.V.
böse blumen (Mannheim)
cult baby, Kapital II ARCHING INTO HYSTERIA
artists
Christina Bauernfeind
Sebastian Horn
Lola Zbornik
Rebecca Okechukwu
Residency- and venue zeitraumexit
INTER-ACTIONS (Heidelberg)
Sense of Community
artists
Edan Gorlicki
Eva-Maria Steinel
4 Tänzer*innen
Residency- and venue EinTanzHaus / Probebühne
Laila Mahmoud & Vincent Bababoutilabo (Mannheim/Berlin)
Analog Assemblies
artists
Laila Mahmoud
Vincent Bababoutilabo
und andere
Residency- and venue laboratorio17
ORE ARTS (Mannheim/Heidelberg)
“The Yams Deserve Better”
artists
Janaina de Oliveira Gerdemann
Isabella Schroth
Betelihem Fisshaye
Sandra Oliveira
Residency at zeitraumexit
venue Maquis Mami Wata
5elephants tanzkollektiv (Mannheim/Heidelberg)
o.T.
artists
Sarah Herr
Tobias Schmitt
Elisabeth Kaul
Andrea Kreisel
Residency at different Kindergarten & Theaterhaus G7
venue Theaterhaus G7 / Probebühne