KABAWIL e.V.

National Network
Germany
Address

Flurstrasse 11, Hinterhof
40235 Duesseldorf
Germany

Telephone
+49 211 9365500
E-Mail
kron@kabawil.de
E-Mail (2)
info@kabawil.de
E-Mail (3)
knopp@stadt-konzepte.de
Mobile Phone
+49 171 2828323
Website
http://www.kabawil.de
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Youth and education
General Information
The NGO KABAWIL was founded in 2003. KABAWIL'S work is based on their concept of relation oriented cultural work with people. KABAWIL’s work emphasises on actual and future living environments of the participants, based upon biography works. KABAWIL’s staff consists of professional actors and educators with different cultural backgrounds, they are project related employed. All projects and productions are financed by subsidies (200 000 € per annum) and by a private donor a year (70 000€pa). KABAWIL collaborates and exchanges with: museum kunst palast + Junges Schauspielhaus + Forum Freies Theater + Tonhalle Duesseldorf + Zakk GmbH + Brother’s Keeper e.V. + Globalklang e.V. University of Ghana + University of Kobe + Dance Box, Kobe + University of Canakkale + Pera Güzel Sanatlar, Istanbul + Krater Theater, Amsterdam KABAWIL works in about 7 to 10 different dance – theatre – music projects with varying participants of all ages and nationalities. All productions involve about 300 participants a year.
Mission and Objectives

KABAWIL’s work is based on their concept of relation oriented cultural work with youngsters and adults. It brings people from different backgrounds (social status, education and nationalities) together. Besides the professional training the groups also learn how to communicate, how to solve conflicts, to take responsibilities for themselves and others, some start to develop a new perspective for their life. Performing is one of the concepts milestones, it brings public apperception, approval and acceptance. KABAWIL’s work always emphasises on the actual and future living environments of the participants, based upon biography works with the various groups. KABAWIL’s team represents the Fine Arts, Dance, Music, Theatre,Creative Writing, cross cultural teaching and learning, sharing and interacting in a multicultural team on an eye to eye level. All these elements enable and help to develop new means of collaboration.
Establishing bridges between people of different cultures, ethical groups and different worlds. Nomads of culture and understanding.

Main Projects / Activities

KABAWIL’s work per annum:
a. Working with teens without a school leaving certificate and without perspective for their future (Move it – project title)
b. Annual dance theatre production with 25 teens of various backgrounds and professional actors based on a sociopolitical relevant topic developped with the group and if funded, performances abroad, like cultural exchange programms
c. Dance/Rap/Spoken Word projects in continuation with young men in juvenile prison
d. Cross generations projects – dance theatre Geht doch and Gezeitencafe
e. Gender related projects
f. collaborations with Tonhalle and museum kunst palast Duesseldorf
g. The art of chatting – developping artistic equations for the 21. Century in crosscultural workshops
h. . Framewalk - the Cross Cultural Workshop Week: In collaboration with local artists and students of the Performing Arts and Fine Arts from differing countries (so far with Ghana, Turkey, Japan and the Netherlands)

Contact (1) Full Name
Petra Kron
Head of the organisation
Andrea Kron - Petrovic
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr Reinhold Knopp