Sabine Kuxdorf

Sabine Kuxdorf studied Social Work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia. Her studies focused on interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches, which is why she is also interested in the Aesthetics of Access. As a performer, she gained experience in the production ‘Collisions Interdites’ by the DIPHTHONG collective and in the multisensory performance ‘Life is a Jungle’ by the choreographer Khadidiatou Bangoura, with whom she also carried out the research project ‘How does it feel?’ which focused on developing inclusive teaching approaches and methodologies for dance classes involving sighted, visually impaired and blind people. For the Ballett am Rhein, Sabine Kuxdorf was part of the team of authors responsible for the audio description of ‘Krabat’ and ‘True Crime’. She also developed the audio description for “The Threepenny Opera” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Theater Münster, for “Twelfth Night” at Schauspiel Köln, and for “la vacabose” at tanzhaus nrw. At the 2024 Ruhrtriennale, she created the audio description for ‘Futur Proche’, and in 2025 she developed the artistic audio description for ‘Jungmann Jungklaus’ at the Festival of Contemporary Dance NRW. As an access dramaturg, she supported the Artist Diploma Physical Theatre productions “Ungirling” by Meret König and “In the end I need a hug” by Carla Wyrsch. She also worked as an access dramaturg on the productions of “Mein Vater war König David” by ANALOG Theatre Cologne, “Sechs Schwestern” by choreographer Lea Moro, and “The M-Pet” by Thaddäus Jungmann. In Cologne in 2025, she worked on the rebellious ‘relaxed performance’ *stören* at the Drugland Theatre and the interactive play *MONSTER / wild things* at the COMEDIA Theatre. Most recently, she worked as an access dramaturg for the body concert ‘BUZZ’ at the imagetanz 2026 festival at the brut Koproduktionshaus in Vienna. Sabine Kuxdorf also worked as a reference person for audio description and as an accessibility consultant for the performance ‘Ahnfrauen’ at the Impulse Festival, and acted as an ‘Outside Ear’ for the productions ‘Erste Schritte zu den Schwellen’ by Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, ‘24 Hebel für die Welt – Berichte aus der Winterreise’ by Un-Label and ‘Train Train (2/3)’ by sound artist miu, as well as providing accessibility consultancy for ‘der Riss’ by pulk fiktion at the Freies Werkstatt Theater in Cologne. At the University of Hildesheim in 2025, she co-led a seminar with Svenja Schulte on creative audio description in film. For sticky fragments, she oversaw the development of creative audio description for ‘minor glitch’ on the grounds of the Wachsfabrik in Cologne-Rodenkirchen and for ‘Power Strangers’ at the Theater im Depot and in the mixing plant of the coking plant at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.