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Ben Schütz

Ben Schütz

Producer / Artistic Director

I'm Ben Schütz and I founded the Body Rhythm Festival in 2015 - the first international festival for body percussion in Germany. This annual event attracts 200 participants from all over the world to workshops and concerts.
I share my knowledge of body percussion at renowned institutions such as music academies, universities and Goethe Institutes. My field of activity extends to coaching drama students, developing arrangements for choirs and working with youth orchestras. I have taught and performed in many different places around the world, such as China, Europe and Latin America.
Trained at the Music College Hannover in drums and percussion with a focus on jazz, rock, pop and music education, my worldwide journey of discovery took me to São Paulo, Brazil, where I gathered valuable inspiration for my teaching methods - this still characterises my work today.

Lenja Rother

Lenja Rother

I'm Lenja Rother and I've been involved in the concept and organisation of the Body Rhythm Festival since 2019. Here we create a safe and inspiring space in which community can develop through music. I have been co-producer of the festival since 2024 and design the structural framework.
As a result of my great enthusiasm and love of learning, I practise saxophone and piano, yoga and swimming. When I'm travelling, I'm sailing, hiking or cycling.
I have been working for five years as a freelance consultant and coach in the field of values-based living and working. It makes me happy to observe people and teams on their journey and to accompany them in their further development. Sustainability is a topic close to my heart, and I am committed to ensuring that economic decisions are in harmony with ethical values and a respectful approach to our environment. I also represent this attitude at the Body Rhythm Festival.

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Sponsoring & Support

In order to enable people with low incomes to attend the festival - through discounted ticket prices or scholarships - we rely on a wide range of support.
Would you like to support the Body Rhythm Festival financially or through your involvement? Would you like to approach us for a company? Then please get in touch with us.

We are currently looking for:

- Social Media Manager (during the live event)

- Artists Catering

- Hosts for our artists in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld and Ottensen

Sponsoring
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Thanks for 10 wonderful years!

We would like to thank everyone who has helped and supported us in setting up and developing the festival.

We would especially like to thank Detlef von Boetticher for eight adventurous years of joint production. Thank you for the many lovely musical moments with rap and guitar, good ideas, pragmatic solutions and always a wink and a sense of humour.

Our thanks also go to Anke Hundius for her co-operation in the early days of the festival.

Special thanks to Keith Terry, who brought the global body music community together with his artistic vision.

Deep gratitude and eternal remembrance to Fernando Barba, who selflessly shared his warmth of heart, creative energy and inviting methodology with the world.

We would also like to thank our families, in particular Friederike Martina-Schütz and Klaus Schütz, Ute Rother and Norbert Rother, for their support and love, on which we can always rely.

We would like to thank all our friends, colleagues and partners for their energy, inspiration, open ears and hearts: Alex Ostapenko, Ana Vrbaški, Anita Gritsch, Andy Klupp, Anna Anjos, Anna Heudorfer, Anna Llombart, Billie Ukena, Björn Lingner, Bewegungswelten Team, Carla Fonseca, Catrin Zander, Charles Raszl, Christoph Gerl, Clemens Künneth, Daniel Völker, Eduardo Macedo, Elisa May, Esther Diethelm, Fabrik Team, Gabriel Hahn, Georg Tedeschi, Hanna von Boetticher, Hervé Dieu, Hong Nguyen, Jac Gofers, Jana Alu, Jesús Pulpón, J. P. Koch, Karen Leimig, Kai Schulz, Karla Bauer, Kevin Schleuning, Laura Sánchez, Lichthof Theatre Team, Markus Reinhard, Max Reckleben, Melanie Torney, Merel Martens, Niko Sieveking, Pedro Cosorte, Sarah Lasaki, Sönke Christian Herm, Thies Ibold, Valentin Jagodzinski, Y8 Team, all helping hands and volunteers and all those we have not mentioned here.

We would like to thank all participants who bravely enriched the festival with a contribution on the Open Stage.

Thanks to all the great performers on the stages of our concerts.

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If you did not find an answer there, please send us your question via the contact form. We will be happy to help you!

E-mail: festival@bodyrhythm.de
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In our newsletter we will keep you up to date on exciting activities around the Body Rhythm Festival as well as our workshops and other Body Rhythm Hamburg events at irregular intervals, approximately every two months.

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