The Green Room - offering space for

reflecting | learning | engaging | growing

in Cologne and Online

What people are saying…

“The GreenHaven Residency Program makes a fundamental contribution to the protection of human rights and artistic freedom. It raises our awareness of the situation of refugee and dissident artists and their communities.”

– Roman Luckscheiter, Secretary General of the German Commission for UNESCO

“The Green Room was founded a year ago in Cologne and creates opportunities for performing artists to raise awareness of various aspects of their artistic work, and to strengthen performance. The experts working at the center use meditative, body-related, and performance-medicine methods… Experienced and renowned teachers also work through one-to-one offers. Individual counseling is offered live or online. For those interested in the offering, but living outside the region, group workshops are also offered on weekends.”

– DOV (German Association of Orchestras) Magazine

"Being a professional performing artist is a wonderful way to spend one’s life, but it‘s also not easy”, says O’Donnell. “You have to perform at the highest levels all the time, often without appropriate financial compensation." What many artists sorely miss, she said, was preventive measures as well as rehabilitative supports.

That's exactly where The Green Room places its offers. Here, creative artists are helped in a variety of ways... The ambience is airy and liberating; those who enter can first enjoy a deep breath.“

– Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger

“Fantastic Atmosphere, and a great place to not only learn valuable skills, but also meet charismatic people. Great!”

– W.L.

“…The initiative is called "The Green Room," a place where artistic, psychosocial, and physical practices combine. Here, artists, students of artistic studies, and amateurs with an interest in artistic development, orientate themselves and continue their education, free from performance pressures and the stresses of the stage. The wide range of psychosocial and somatic methods on offer take place in the form of group classes, confidential individual counseling and coaching. Each instructor, coach, mentor, or counselor at the center combines health-related expertise in various psychosocial and/or somatic methods with artistic activity on a highly qualified level and against a background of many years of professional practice.”

– Pianist Magazine

“Against the backdrop of current events, TGR is an oasis, a healing place. A huge thank you for your support and help.”

– N.I.

The Green Room ist ein Zentrum für künstlerisch orientierte und motivierte Unterstützung der psychosozialen und somatischen Gesundheit für darstellende Künstler*innen. The Green Room is a center for artistically oriented and motivated support for psychosocial and somatic health for performing artists. Cologne Germany Köln Koeln musicians' health dancers' health Musikergesundheit Tänzergesundheit Performing artists' health; Mental Health in the Arts; Psychological Health for Performers;