Dance your Pain
Participatory Dance Experience 40'-180'
2026

Dance your Pain is a participatory dance experience for public spaces. It invites the participants to dance with and despite pain: Through a roughly 40–60-minute DJ set featuring electronic music and spoken passages, a space is created where pain is allowed to groove freely—unburdened by diagnosis, healing, or pathologization.

The spoken passages provide instructions and inspiration on how to dance with and despite pain - Because dancing is fun and meant for all bodies, including those that (sometimes) hurt.

The DJ set is played through a silent disco system, streaming directly to headphones. It’s a relaxed come-and-go format, so participants can join whenever they like, dance for as long as they want, and return the headphones when they’re done.

EXPOSURE

Wild Card Pain Edition, Tanzhaus Zürich & Dampfzentrale Bern (2026)

Festival Zürich tanzt! (2026)

Tanzfest St. Gallen (2026)

CREDITS 

Concept | Voice: Lyn Bentschik
Music: Coco Schwarz
Text: Lyn Bentschik in Collaboration with Laura Higson
Production Manager: Pauline Della Bianca
Dramaturgical Support: Noa Winter
Trailer | Photos: Alun Meyerhans