Circus Mühle
A mill for the performing arts
Technical Information
- TitleCircus Mühle
- Year2023
- Runtime 60:00 min.
- Language German
- GenrePerforming Arts
- Country Germany
- Aspect Ratio 16:9
- Shooting Format Digital
- Color Color
Synopsis
The CircusMühle Kelbra is an international creation and production space for the performing arts, with a special focus on public space and circus. The venue is intended to encompass all aspects of the artistic process and thus become a space for collaborative collaboration. Artists can work on and realize their creative ideas during residencies. They can draw on the venue's professional, spatial, and material infrastructure while simultaneously radiating their work into the region and beyond.
Crew Information
Jana Korb
Artistic Director, Founder, Residencies, Rigging, Applications
Artist in Residence on site
Hoppe Hoppinsky
Co-founder, exterior design, technology
Resident artist on site
Tobias Stiefel
Co-founder, design, monument preservation
Associate artist
Director Statement
Since its founding at the end of the 19th century, the Old Kelbra Mill has gone through various phases and historical stages. It was first mentioned as a field mill around 1600. This probably referred to a windmill that stood on what is now the neighboring property. At some point after that, a water mill was built, powered by a tributary of the Helme River. At the end of the 19th century, the Th. Rudloff Mill Works was founded, and the mill more or less took on its current form and expansion, with two residential buildings, the large mill building, and the granary. From around the 1920s onward, the water drive was gradually replaced by steam and electric drive, thus becoming a so-called artificial mill. With the reunification of Germany, the mill operations ceased, and the mill works were liquidated by the Treuhandanstalt (Treuhand Agency). Since reunification, there have been various conversions, including vacation apartments, a discount supermarket (in the 1990s), and a laser technology labyrinth (2010s). During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used primarily as a warehouse until we were able to take it over in November 2022.
