About us
Michael Maurissens and Douglas Bateman founded the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv in Cologne in 2009.
The MDK is dedicated to creativity and exchange. Inviting artists and experts to collaborate on the choreographing of unique works that are influenced by the fields of architecture and conflict mediation. This pioneering approach to creation results in a body of work that embodies the collective’s passion for dance and dialogue that has been presented nationally and internationally.
Constantly curious about the relationship between the dancer and audience, they invite audiences to participate in often fun and always thoughtful experiences about our shared experience.
Alongside their stage performances audiences can engage through dance battles and choreographed community dialogues or co-create in workshop programs.
Core members
Michael Maurissens and Douglas Bateman founded the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv in Cologne in 2009. The productions are created in regular collaboration with invited choreographers, artists and theorists (e.g. Gob Sqad, Stefan Dreher, Angela Schubot & Jared Gradinger, Stefanie Thiersch, Georg Reischl, Vivienne Newport, Fabrice Mazliah, Prue Lang, Özlem Alkis, Dana Caspersen).
The collective’s focus includes research on collaborative art production and the development of collective creation methods in the performance context. By means of an independent and responsible structure, the collective faces the challenges of its artistic decisions, such as working as a non-hierarchical structure, reducing the usual temporal parameters for artistic process development (One Week Stand), and advancing a dialogue and fostering exchange at the interfaces to disciplines and themes such as communication, architecture, sociology, psychology, and conflict resolution.
Artistic Collaborators
Performance
Asha Thomas
Bryndis Brynjolfsdottir
Claire Leske
Flavia Tabarrini
Inma Rubio Tomas
Johanna Kasperovitch
Katharina Maschenka Horn
Katja Cheraneva
Kevin Ponge
Kristina Veit
Louella May Hogan
Maria Mercedes Flores
Nina P. Hänel
nutrospektif
Susanne Grau
Valerie Ebuwa
Music
A. Glacier
Adam Ster
Ain Bailey
Christopher Williams
Ensemble Handwerk
Greg Haines
Gregor Schwellenbach
Hans W. Koch
Johannes Helberger
Martin Kosorin
Ruben Palma
Tian Rotterveel
Vittoria Quartararo
Research
Enkidu Khaled
Hend Elbalouty
Hilda Moucharrafieh
Nomoreless
Zaid Al Aubaide
Creation
Kristel van Issum
Paula Rosolen
Amancio Gonzales
Dana Caspersen
Douglas Bateman
Fabrice Mazliah
Georg Reischl
Gob Squad
Jared Gradinger
Katarina Brestovanska
Katie Duck
Martin Sonderkamp
Michael Maurissens
Michael Steinbusch
Prue Lang
Sabina Perry
Stefan Dreher
Stephanie Thiersch
Vivienne Newport
Özlem Alkis
Design
Benjamin Klunker
Birgit Bungum
Cécile Martin
Hartmut Litzinger
Tanja Rühl
Dramaturgy
Doerte Weig
Jana Winterhalter
Lucie Ortmann
Media
Almut Elhardt
Julian Schmidt
Martin Miseré
Michael Maurissens
Nik van der Giesen
Paul Voggenreiter
Network
Funders
Team
transmissions / financial dramaturgy
neurohr & andrä / Marketing
Karen Gallagher / international network
Mara Nedelcu / production
Fee Josten / production management