Services and accessibility

Three performances at this year’s Kuyum Dance Platform will once again be accompanied by German audio description: wireless headphones will be used to describe what is happening on stage during the performance. The performances are as follows:

Wed, Sept. 17, at 8:30 p.m.: “The Way We…” by Julienne Doko
Thu, Sept. 18, at 8:30 p.m.: “L-Movement” by Yahi Nestor Gahe
Sun, Sept. 21, at 8:30 p.m.: “Yin-Yang” by Tadhi Alawi & Samwel Japhet

Audio description enables blind and visually impaired people to access the visual elements of a play: movements, gestures, facial expressions, stage design, costumes, and props are described. Seats for performances with audio description are limited.

For further information and to register, please contact: info@kuyumarts.de / 0157-383 96 496  

If necessary, we offer a pick-up service on foot for blind and visually impaired people from the Osloer Straße subway station. The station has a guidance system for the blind.

Please register your pick-up request in advance at 0157-383 96 496. Thank you

The audio description is provided in German, by the authors Imke Baumann and colleagues.

With thanks to Berliner Spielplan Audiodeskription THEATER HÖREN-BERLIN.DE

Tickets for all performances and workshops will be available online starting August 6. You can find the link to order tickets online directly below the description of each event.

The prices for performances are:

Regular ticket: €15.00
Discounted ticket: €12.00
Support ticket: €20.00

The prices for the workshops are:
Regular ticket: €12.00
Discounted ticket: €10.00
Support ticket: €15.00

Discounted tickets are available for students, recipients of social welfare or unemployment benefits, guests with a disability pass, trainees, and recipients under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.

Guests with a disability pass receive a discounted ticket (booking online or on site at the box office, reservation by email or phone). If you attend the performance with an accompanying person, they will receive a free ticket at the box office. Please inform Kuyum in advance if you require an accompanying ticket. To do so, please send an email with the subject line “Accompanying Person” to: info@kuyumarts.de

It is also possible to bring an accompanying person to workshops. This person will also receive free admission. To do so, please send an email with the subject line “Accompanying Person” to: workshops@kuyumarts.de

The box office opens one hour before the start of the performance.

(for Kuyum Youth Day events at Theaterhaus Mitte, click here for more details)

Uferstudios for contemporary dance

Visitor address:
Badstr. 41a
13357 Berlin

Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin

Phone: +49 (0)30  460 60 887
Email: mail@uferstudios.com

Getting there by public transportation:

The best way to reach the Uferstudios by public transportation is via the Pankstraße subway station (U8; bus lines M27 and N8) and the Osloer Straße subway station (U8 and U9; tram lines M13 and 50; bus lines 150, 255, N8, N9, and N52).

The Osloer Straße underground station has an elevator and a guidance system for the blind. From here, it is approximately 600 meters to the Uferstudios.

The Pankstraße underground station is approx. 400 m from the Uferstudios, but is currently undergoing renovation and is therefore not currently step-free.

If required, we offer a pick-up service on foot for people with disabilities, e.g. from the Osloer Straße underground station.

If you would like to use this service, please send an email with the subject line “Pick-up service” to: info@kuyumarts.de

We strive to provide spontaneous assistance on site and to make all our services as inclusive as possible, but we cannot guarantee individual support if this has not been arranged in advance. Please register in good time by email or by calling: 0157-383 96 496

Venue Details

Venue Performances

• Performances in Studio 14: Step-free.

Studio 14 is located almost at ground level. There are no raised areas in the studio itself, and there is a slight slope of 1.0% from the outside to the studio entrance. Studio 14 has two wheelchair spaces.

Venues Workshops and youth workshop presentation at Uferstudios:

• Workshops in Studio 1:

Studio 1 has a 1.5 m lowered area that can only be accessed via 7 steps. The studio is therefore not step-free on the lower level. Access to the upper part of the studio is step-free. There are two wheelchair spaces here on the upper level. 

Step-free workshops at the Uferstudios:

•     Thu, Sept. 18, 2025, 2:30–5:30 p.m.: Dance aesthetics and sign language with Dodzi Dougban (Studio 3)
  See also: https://kuyumtanzplattform.de/dance-aesthetics-and-sign-language/
• Fri, Sept. 19, 2025, 3:00 p.m.: The public final presentation of the week-long, inclusive youth workshop “Don’t walk, dance!” in cooperation with the special school at Bienwaldring and the Albrecht Dürer Gymnasium will take place in Studio 1 and offers a few wheelchair spaces that are accessible on the upper level (see above).

Bar/Snacks:

The bar and snacks (Studio 13) are step-free in the entrance area in front of Studio 14.

There are two step-free, accessible toilets with showers (measuring 2.6 m x 2.1 m) on the premises. The door width of the respective sanitary facilities is 0.95 m. The toilets are located in the foyer of Studios 3, 4, and 5, as well as in the extension of the boiler house complex (by the chimney), which is accessible via a 1.2 m wide ramp with a 5.2% incline and a length of 6.60 m.

The box office (Studio 13) opens one hour before the start of the performance and is located in the entrance area in front of Studio 14. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office, subject to availability. Prices: see “Tickets, prices, and discounts”. 

Staff are available at the box office to answer questions and, where possible, to respond to special needs and provide assistance. We endeavor to provide spontaneous assistance on site, but cannot guarantee support if this has not been arranged in advance.

If you would like to inform us of any special needs, please send an email with the subject “Service” to: info@kuyumarts.de or call:  0157-383 96 496.

We strive to provide individual information about possible triggers and accessibility for each performance and workshop. This includes information about lighting, volume, special effects such as fog, possible content triggers, seating, and audience situation.

During the festival, staff will be available at the box office to answer questions and respond to special needs as far as possible. We endeavor to provide spontaneous assistance on site, but cannot guarantee support if this has not been arranged in advance.

If required, we offer a pick-up service on foot for people with disabilities from the Osloer Straße subway station (see above) by prior arrangement.

If you would like to use this service, please send an email with the subject line “Pick-up service” to: info@kuyumarts.de or call:  0157-383 96 496. (more information under Tickets, Price and Discounts)

There are two disabled parking spaces in the courtyard of the Uferstudios. These are located next to the dance office (marked with blue signs) and in front of the extension to the boiler house complex, to the right of the chimney.

The Uferstudios site can be accessed via two ground-level entrances, which are usually open Monday to Friday from approximately 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and are therefore freely accessible during these times. The entrance at Badstraße 41a is 1.10 m wide and is not intended for vehicles. Vehicles may only enter the site via the entrance at Uferstraße 23. There are also currently traffic restrictions on Uferstraße due to renovation work.

For the latest information, you can contact Uferstudios on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by phone at 030 460 60 887 or by email at mail@uferstudios.com. Further information is also available here: https://www.uferstudios.com/en/accessibility/

On Thursday, September 18, 2025, sign language interpreters will accompany the festival program at the Uferstudios:

2:30–5:30 p.m.: Workshop “Dance Aesthetics and Sign Language” with Dodzi Dougban. “As a deaf professional dancer, Dodzi Dougban shares his experiences with dancing and deafness and the cultural differences between deaf and hearing people: What is it like to move and dance without hearing?” Details about the workshop: https://kuyumtanzplattform.de/dance-aesthetics-and-sign-language/

6–8 p.m.: Following the workshop, dinner, exchange and networking. For workshop participants, deaf artists, and friends (mainly in DGS).

8:30 p.m.: “L-Movement” by Yahi Nestor Gahe (accessible performance without text).

“The dance production explores the physical and emotional power of laughter, starting from the center of the body and carried by flowing movement.”

Link to the piece: https://kuyumtanzplattform.de/l-movement/

9:30 p.m.: An audience discussion and exchange about the performance.

Moderated by Dodzi Dougban, in German Sign Language, German and English.

For further information and registration, please contact us at inclusion@kuyumarts.de or on 0157-383 96 496.

The phone is only staffed part-time in August and from September 1, 2025, Monday through Friday from approximately 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and also in the evenings during the festival. If you are unable to reach us, please leave a message on the voicemail, and we will call you back as soon as possible.