About
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Something Great is a non-profit organisation and arts centre in Germany dedicated to contemporary performing arts in their many forms, including dance, performance, theatre, music, and interdisciplinary work that connects these disciplines with other art forms and fields of knowledge.
Headquartered in Berlin, housed at Schloss Mentin in the Ruhner Berge (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), and working year-round with venues and festivals worldwide, Something Great supports, presents, and tours work by emerging and established artists from around the world.
Through collaborations with associated artists and the programming of residencies, events, and online radio shows, Something Great’s activities reach audiences in contexts that are usually kept apart: local and international, urban and rural, live and digital.
At the same time, Something Great develops community projects in the villages of the Ruhner Berge, creating spaces for dialogue and exchange between international artists and local residents.
Guided by the question “Why should cities be the only centres of international artistic and cultural life?”, Something Great has been building the SG Arts Centre since 2022, recognising that its location in rural eastern Germany, between Berlin and Hamburg, is not peripheral but a place of radical possibility.
Background
Founded in 2017, Something Great began as a Berlin-based office for the international distribution of contemporary performing arts, with a focus on dance and performance. Since then, it has organised more than 2,500 guest performances worldwide, bringing the work of its associate artists to major contemporary arts festivals and venues in Germany, across Europe, and beyond. Alongside its current associate artists, it has previously collaborated with artists such as Florentina Holzinger, Bruno Beltrão / Grupo de Rua, Ivo Dimchev, Radouan Mriziga, Doris Uhlich, and Nature Theater of Oklahoma, among many others.
Who We Are
Founder & Artistic Director
Rui founded Something Great in 2017. He is responsible for the organisation’s artistic direction and is its legal representative.
Niki Fischer
Co-Managing Director
Niki leads the organisation’s production processes and co-oversees its general management.
Laura Cecilia Nicolas
Co-Managing Director
Laura oversees all the organisation’s administration processes and finances and co-oversees its general management.
River Lin
Artistic Collaboration
River is an artistic collaborator of Something Great since 2024, working closely with Rui on the international programmes of the SG Arts Centre.
External Relations
Nicole oversees the external relations of Something Great connected to the touring of associate artists’ projects and the co-production of new creations.
Luca Napoli
Assistant External Relations
Luca supports the external relations and communications of Something Great connected to the touring of associate artists’ projects.
Felix Franz Vogler
Sponsorship & Donor Relations
Felix manages the sponsorship and donor relations linked to the SG Arts Centre and holds legal power of attorney to represent the organisation.
David Heck, Milena Gehrt
Production Collaborators
David and Milena collaborate with us as part of the production team during the programmes and public events of the SG Arts Centre in Ruhner Berge.
Contact us
General Inquiries
For general inquiries write us to this e-mail
Call our office:
+49 30 28640944
Our physical addresses:
Office (Berlin)
Dresdener Straße, 8
10999 Berlin
Arts Centre (Ruhner Berge)
Schloss Mentin
19376 Ruhner Berge
For directions, check our visit section.
Our official and postal addresses:
Weichselstraße 44
12045 Berlin
Ruhner Straße 6A
19376 Ruhner Berge
Legal information:
For details such as our legal name or registered addresses, please refer to our imprint page