FAVORITEN Festival

FAVORITEN – the Dortmund based theatre, dance and performance festival of the independent scene in North Rhine-Westphalia – has been held every two years in Dortmund since 1985 (until 2008 under the name Theaterzwang). It is the oldest German festival of the independent performing arts and aimes equally at people in the city and region as well as at a national and international professional audience. For the 2022 + 2024 festival editions, Anne Mahlow, Margo Zālīte and Sina-Marie Schneller will be the artistic directors of FAVORITEN. Under the motto (Un)Learning for possible futures, they address the challenges of the present and the future on an artistic and discursive level. The joint, continuous process of (un)learning and growing together between genders, generations, classes and borders will be the centre of the festival. They merge with Dortmund and the city society and at the same time reach out on a global level via the digital space and learn with and from international partners. The FAVORITEN Festival is held by the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. and the Cultural Office of the City of Dortmund.