Katapult

Join us for open training in the next days! 🖖🏽🤸🏾🎭💜

How does it work? No pre-sign up needed. Come to the office or ask for the responsible person and you’ll get an introduction into the space.

The first time you’ll have to become a member. It costs 10€ and includes the first day of training. Afterwards drop-in is 7€, or 5€/session with a 10x times card. If you have Urban Sports, Wellpass or Wellhub, you can also use that for open training and the jam sessions.

See you there!

Join us for open training in the next days! 🖖🏽🤸🏾🎭💜

How does it work? No pre-sign up needed. Come to the office or ask for the responsible person and you'll get an introduction into the space.

The first time you'll have to become a member. The annual membership costs 10€ and includes the first day of training. Afterwards drop-in is 7€, or 5€/session with a 10x times card. If you have Urban Spots or Wellhub, you can also use that for open training and the jam sessions.

See you there!

10 years of Katapult 🎉 10 years of art and culture 🎭

Over the past weeks we looked back at what 10 years of running a circus space means in numbers.
In today's post we especially want to focus on the human part of facilitating a place for encounters, connections & community work.

When we moved and opened the location in Schöneweide in 2018, many people from the local circus scene gave a helping hand, donated material and money in the crowd funding campaign. Thanks a lot! We did not forget about that fact all these years.

We also want to thank all our lovely audience members, the fantastic team and humans, who helped running and facilitating the space with us & every artist, producer and dreamer, who used the space to make their ideas come reality. There is nothing more beautiful than seeing an idea coming into reality.

We especially want to thank our team of 5 people working in the office, 15 open training volunteers, 3 freelance technicians, 4 people volunteering regularly at show nights, 2 volunteer photopraphers, 2 people helping with cleaning the space. Your work is important, seen & very much appreciated. Thank you for being part of the team!

We also want to thank the Senat of Berlin (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt) for financial support over the past 8 years, which helped us keeping the prices on the same level since 2018 & operating at a professional level with a small team of employees (1,5 full time equivalent in hours, spread over 5 people).

Our 10 year anniversary celebration will take place on 10th and 11th of October. Save the date!

Join us for open training in the next days! 🖖🏽🤸🏾🎭💜

10 years of Katapult 🎉 10 years of art and culture 🎭

What started with a very strong focus on being a hub for the contemporary juggling scene, turned over the years into a space for the broader contemporary dance and circus community. Especially in the last years, we have a huge aerial community hanging out at Katapult.

We celebrate our 10 year anniversary on 10th
& 11th of October. Save the date!

10 years of Katapult 🎉 10 years of arts and culture 🎭

When we opened up the second and current location in Schöneweide in 2018, it was an empty storage hall. It didn't have a proper back door, nor rigging possibilities. Together with many helping hands, structural and metal engineers, plus 12 tons of concrete for the foundation of the rig, we made it happen, took of a bit of the roof and installed an aerial rig. Who remembers that time? 💪

10 years also means loads of taping and retaping the dance floor and a huge consumption of toilet paper rolls. 😂

In 2021 a funding through by Fonds Darstellende Künste enabled us to publish a book named 'Notes on creation'. For that Declan Mee and Oli Pinchbeck interviewed more than 30 artists on a wide eange of subjects related to contemporary performing arts. The book is a collection of thoughts, insights and opinions around the creative process in the arts field.

The books can be ordered on our website. Reach out to us, if you want to order your copy.

Contributors of this book:

Anna-Katharina Andrees
Mikel Ayala
Joanna Bassi
Laure Caillat
Lucas Castelo Branco
elisabeth_clarkehasters
Ricardo de Paula
Nata Galkina
Dave Grossmann
Firenza Guidi
Peta Lily
Sebastian Kann
Elena Kreusch
Maksim Komaro
Eric Longequel
M.P.A.C. (Mighty Performing Arts Collective)
Etienne Manceau
Romain Marguaritte
Guillaume Martinet
Laura Murphy
Denis Paumier
Natalie Reckert
Benjamin Richter
Matthias Romir
Alexander Vantournhout
Sabine Van Rensburg