Foto: Heike Kandalowski
Leere Bühne warm beleuchtet

Folkwang

The Folkwang stages

New auditorium | Campus Essen-Werden

Small stage in accordance with SBauVo NRW Part 1 Assembly venues

Audience seating depending on the type of performance: 377 to 424
Total stage area incl. orchestra pit approx. 180 m²

  • Stage:
  • 10 manual counter hoists
  • 2 electric lighting hoists
  • 4 manual panorama hoists right/left
  • 1 electric panorama hoist rear
  • 2 electric panorama lighting hoists right/left
  • 1 curtain hoist in the portal
  • 2 electric forestage hoists
  • maximum lifting height of all hoists approx. 8 m
  • Movable orchestra pit
  • no floor openings, recesses, platforms
  • Lighting:
  • ETC EOS lighting control system with Havarie ION, year 2010
  • 120 adjustable offsets 1 Kw/2 Kw/5 Kw
  • DMX ring main
  • 32A and 63A individual connections in the stage area
  • Communication:
  • Stage management and monitoring system from Riedel, built in 2000
  • Sound system:
  • 2-channel universal sound system
  • 8-channel room sound system
  • Mixing console according to ARD standard
  • Playable media: DAT / CD / compact cassette

Floor plans and sections of the New Auditorium can be requested from the head of Department 4.

Pina Bausch Theater

Informationen on the renaming on Oktober, 12th 2009

Stage area according to NRW regulations for public venues
Total area including cyclorama ca. 250 m²

Maximum audience capacity: 99

  • Technical equipment:
  • 6 electric backdrop hoists and 2 electric panorama hoists for spotlights, drops and sets
  • Transtechnik “Iris” digital lighting fly system
  • 96 digitally controlled lighting circles
  • DMX ring cable  / loop cable system for control of lighting and effects
  • Spotlight placement with 1 KW  and 2 KW spotlights (profile and Fresnel lenses)
  • 4 moving head spotlights
  • 1 piece 1.2 KW HMI trackers
  • Also 6 each of 32 A and 63 A high voltage connections in the Old Auditorium (hall-level and galleries)
  • Video cabling Old Auditorium in/out for TV and image transmission in both auditorium and foyer
  • 2-way intercom: wardrobes <> flyloft <> foyer
  • PA system Old Auditorium <> foyer
  • Total of 10 additional internet/intranet connections in the Old Auditorium (hall-level and galleries) for data and image transmission

Further information about the technical equipment and technical diagrams of the Old Auditorium can be requested from the director of the department 4.

Chamber Music Hall

Stage surface
total area: c. 130 m²

Max. no. of seats: 99

Sound system and media cabinet available
No stage technology / lighting technology equipment

New hall in the west wing | Campus Essen-Werden

  • Scenic area according to SBauVO NRW
  • Total area: approx. 195 m²
  • Max. Seating capacity: 130
  • No stage and lighting equipment

Small Concert Hall - Duisburg

Stage surface
total area of hall c. 215 m²
Stage area c. 70 m²

Max. audience capacity: 150

  • Lighting:
  • Fixed concert lighting
  • Also, max. 48 circuits are adjustable with lighting rigging system.
  • Sound:
  • General hall sound system
  • CD/MC/MD can be fed through control desk 
  • Lighting and sound direction for the hall can be controlled from separate booth with view of stage

Information on other equipment and technical designs may be requested from the director of the department 4.

Concert Hall | Campus Bochum

Total area ground floor:
Total area 301 m² (auditorium flat and rising plus podium 43 m²)

Total area upper floor:
Auditorium approx. 160 m²
Max. Seating capacity: 400

  • Controllable hall lighting, permanently installed artistic lighting
  • Audio feed possible through permanently installed sound system
  • Video feed (projector/motorized screen) possible

Further information about the equipment and technical drawings can be requested from the management of Department 4

Black Box | Campus Bochum

  • Stage:
  • Floor space 12.00 m x 20.00 m
  • Playing area max. 11.50 m x 10.00 m
  • Max. Height of stage sets: 3.50 m
  • Audience seated on grandstand: 106 pax
  • Simultaneous attendance without seating: max. 350 pax
  • 3 recessed openings in the floor
  • 8 electric chain hoists
  • 6 trusses, 2 fixed 4 mobile
  • Panorama with black poster 4.20 m high
  • Opera black
  • Opera white
  • Lighting:
  • LED spotlights:
  • 8 Arri Studio Tungsten
  • 6 ETC Profiler Lustr
  • 6 ETC Profiler Studio HD
  • 3 Lupolux
  • 3 SGM floodlights
  • 12 ETC Pars
  • 4 Elation floor ramps
  • Conventional spotlights:
  • 1 Enizoom 2 Kw
  • 2 Niethammer 1 Kw
  • 4 Sunstripes
  • ETC Element lighting console
  • DMX 5-pole ring cable
  • 24 dimmer channels, thereof12 switch
  • 3 X 16 A connections separate
  • Video:
  • Projector Epson 3500 ANSI Lumen fixed optics
  • Various video and mapping programs
  • Mad Mapper Module 8
  • Sound system:
  • Yamaha LS 9-32 console
  • RCF Full Range TT5-A Stereo
  • 2 bass separate TTS 26- A
  • 12 RCF active speakers
  • 2 monitors TT 25- SMA
  • 6 RCF TT052-A
  • Sennheiser EM 300 4-channel wireless microphone system
  • 4 Sennheiser headsets
  • 2 handheld microphones Sennheiser
  • 4 Sennheiser dynamic microphones

Information on further equipment and technical drawings can be requested from the management of Department 4.