At a time when dancers are being banned from the stage, we take a look behind the scenes and show intimate sketchbooks that put the first thoughts and drawings for a choreography or dance piece on paper. »As I imagine it...« juxtaposes these initial thoughts with the finished piece and provides insights into the artistic work of dancers who usually choose the body as their material rather than paper. The ephemeral moment of dance is thus translated into an impressive documentation.

The exhibition will be presented simultaneously at the Karlskaserne Ludwigsburg and the KULTUR KIOSK Stuttgart and will be accompanied by performances. 

Duration KULTUR KIOSK: 27 March - 30 April 2021
Lazarettstraße 5, 70182 Stuttgart

Duration Karlskaserne: 26.03. - 18.04.2021
Hindenburgstraße 29, 71638 Ludwigsburg

Soft-Opening KULTUR KIOSK: 26.03.2021 4 - 9 pm with distance and mask.
The curators Isabell Ohst and Stephanie Buck and some artists will be present. A performance by Susa Ramsthaler will be shown at 8 pm.

Finissage: 15.04.2021 at 7 pm
Welcome: Jochen Raithel, director of the Labyrinth art school
Greeting: Wiebke Richert, Head of the Department of Art and Culture of the City of Ludwigsburg
Introduction: Isabell Ohst, curator
As part of the finissage, an excerpt from the performance "Rocking Women like Rock" by Smadar Goshen will be shown. Selina Koch and Sophie Gisbertz will dance.
Dancers will read from their sketchbooks.


Participating artists: Johannes Blattner, Christine Chu, Grégory Darcy, Smadar Goshen, Selina Koch, Max Levy, Emi Miyoshi, Susa Ramsthaler, Elisabeth Schilling and Laura Yoro

Curators of the exhibition: Isabell Ohst and Stephanie Buck Exhibition design: Iassen Markov

The exhibition is funded by the impulse programme "Kunst trotz Abstand" of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg and by TANZPAKT Stuttgart in the programme TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, NEUSTART KULTUR and the state capital Stuttgart.

Poster motif: Sketches by Max Levy
Graphic design: Malte Reinisch