To mark its 200th anniversary, Sparkasse Bremen is giving 2000 Bremen schoolchildren the gift of LA STRADA MACHT SCHULE!
LA STRADA - international festival of street arts takes place for the first time on Friday morning in the Wallanlagen and on the Common Ground on the forecourt of Theater Bremen.
For 31 years, LA STRADA - International Festival of Street Arts in Bremen has been inspiring visitors with creative, touching and surprising artistic impulses that make public space a new experience. Every year, the festival attracts many visitors of all ages and transforms the city into a lively stage. It offers both professional artists and up-and-coming talents a platform to present new forms of performative productions from dance, theater and circus. Internationally renowned for its innovative strength, the festival transforms the city into a major cultural arena every year.
And this year there is a new format!
With LA STRADA MACHT SCHULE!, the LA STRADA team wants to make a contribution to the cultural education of children and young people. Art and culture open up new perspectives for young people, encourage creativity and provide space for humor, utopias, questions and imagination. Bremen school classes are therefore invited to exclusive, free performances on Friday, June 13, 2025. Places are limited and registration is required. The stage programs are organized according to age groups, so that the students are together in a class group on one stage.
Below you will find all the information at a glance:
// TARGET GROUP
LA STRADA MACHT SCHULE! is aimed at all grades. An age-appropriate program is offered for the different age groups and arranged by stage.
// PRESENTATIONS
Grades 1 to 4
10:30 a.m. // Senkebühne 1 Kinematos
MANOAMANO // Aerial Artistry
This acrobatic duo wows audiences with a mix of precision, vertigo and comedy at a height of six meters. They transform traditional ground acrobatics into impressive aerial stunts. manoAmano doesn't fly - they know they never will - but they keep trying.
ROMY TRABNER will be playing on the festival grounds as a supporting program at the beginning and end.
Grades 5 to 10
10:00 a.m. // Wiesenbühne - Tangram 2.0
CRISTIANE CASADIO & STEFAN SING // Dance and juggling
Love is heaven and hell at the same time. Cristiana Casadio and Stefan Sing merge the genres of dance and juggling for their relationship play. Complex and imaginative, they embody passion and anger, explore the meaning of devotion to love and ask who controls whom? - Brace for Impact
KNOT ON HANDS // Partner acrobatics
In Brace for Impact, three acrobats explore the limits of balance and discover new ways of movement and trust. KNOT ON HANDS presents an innovative form of partner acrobatics with clear movements and unique body language.
Grades 7 to 13
10:00 a.m. // Common Ground at Theater am Goetheplatz The Looser
MATTEO GALBUSERA // Street theater
A lonely postal worker spends his Sundays fishing... and dreams of being a tennis star! Matteo Galbusera creates a wonderful mix of clowning, visual comedy and street theater. Ready for the king of the absurd?
// REGISTRATION
Registration is required. To register your school class, please follow this link:
CLASS 1 - 4 // 10:30 a.m. // Register here
(fully booked, succession procedure via waiting list)
CLASS 5 - 10 // 10:00 a.m. // Register here
(fully booked, succession procedure via waiting list)
CLASS 7 - 13 // 10:00 a.m. // Register here
(fully booked, succession procedure via waiting list)
In case of full capacity, additional registrations will be placed on a waiting list and considered in the order of their receipt.
You will receive a confirmation after registration. When registering, you will be asked about accessibility requirements. Please indicate if there is a need for wheelchair spaces. In this case, we will contact you in advance so that you are well informed about how and where to find the spaces.
Up to 41 people (pupils, teachers, school companions) can be registered per class. Please fill out a separate form for each class if you would like to register several classes. Filling out the registration form takes about 2 minutes.
// COST
Attending LA STRADA MACHT SCHULE! is free of charge. However, we recommend that each child brings a small contribution for the hat, as this voluntary gesture is part of the festival experience. The aim is to make the value of art visible and to give children the experience of coming into contact with the artists themselves and throwing something into the hat. We recommend a hat amount of €0.50 - €3. If this is not possible, that is not a problem. Everyone is welcome! We rely on solidarity and assume that you and the parents are the best judges of this.
// DIRECTIONS & SAFETY
The Domsheide stop (streetcar lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and bus lines 24, 25) and Theater am Goetheplatz (streetcar lines 2, 3) are approx. 5 minutes away from the festival site.
To ensure that all routes can be taken safely, volunteer helpers, so-called “angels”, will be deployed to accompany you and the students safely from the streetcar stop to the festival site. You will recognize them by their red T-shirts and high-visibility vests. If there are any problems, please contact the angels immediately. Paramedics and police will also be present at the festival site to ensure everyone's safety.
// Weather conditions
If there are light showers, the program will take place. Please check the information on our website in the morning. In case of heavy rain and storm the program has to be cancelled. We hope for good weather!
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