Playground at LUGA 2025
Playground, at the exhibition of urban gardens, temporary installations, and agricultural projects in Luxembourg 2025.
LUGA โ Luxembourg Urban Garden is an open-air exhibition dedicated to urban gardens, landscape and artistic installations, agricultural projects, and living spaces. Taking place from May 7 to October 18, 2025, it invites visitors to explore the connection between city and nature.This temporary exhibition will take over five iconic locations in Luxembourg: the Alzette Valley, Edouard Andrรฉ Municipal Park, the Pรฉtrusse Valley, Kirchberg, and the city of Ettelbruck in Nordstad.
Through various themed trails, immerse yourself in a vision of the city of tomorrow. Enjoy a moment of relaxation surrounded by vibrant gardens, captivating agricultural landscapes, and welcoming spaces for leisure and social interaction. For six months, LUGA will serve as an open-air laboratory of ideas. Largely free of charge, it offers a platform for exchange and experimentation, where every visitor can contribute to a collective reflection on the future of our cities. A diverse program of events will enrich this unique experience, aligning with LUGAโs core themes.
Teaser Playground
Chinese Pole & acrobatics
Do Artists Need Their Audience? Without a doubtโwithout spectators, there is no show. But can artists also rely on their audience physically? Miguel Rubio takes on this challenge with Playground.
Here, the staging depends entirely on the spectators. Their gaze, their presence, and even their bodies support the structure of the performance. Seated on eight chairs connected to the Chinese pole, they become a key element of the scenography. Those who accept this role will feel just how much the artist leans on them to keep everything in balance. Blending Chinese pole acrobatics, dance, theater, and humor, Playground is a performance full of surprises and extraordinary adventures. It is an aerial and absurd playground where comedy meets acrobatic prowess, suspended more than eight meters above the ground.
After collaborating with numerous companies and diverse projects, Miguel Rubio wanted to take the Chinese pole to the streets. He designed a self-sufficient system in which the audience itself becomes the pillar of the performance. With Playground, the magic of the Chinese pole comes to life, unfolding anywhere and for everyone.
