Break @WAU

DJ set by Katja Ruge

Katja Ruge’s work moves between music and photography. As a photographer, she has portrayed musicians such as Björk, Beth Ditto, Peaches, Aphex Twin, Helena Hauff, and ÂME. With her DJ and live set series “Electric Lights – Women in Electronic Music,” named after her photo series, she combines portrait photography with electronic music. 

As a DJ, Katja Ruge creates cinematic soundscapes from Italo disco, new wave, dark disco, bleep, electronica, and electronic 80s – a journey between nostalgic ecstasy and futuristic drive. 

Ruge’s strength lies in warm-ups and reading rooms: an art of DJing that she has refined in a wide variety of contexts. At WAU, she will create a set that picks up on the mood of the concert by Shida Shahabi and Helen Island and continues it dynamically.

Dates

Past
Fri 9.1.2026, 21:30 / WAU

Location

WAU
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

Open Monday to Friday, 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., kitchen open until 3:00 p.m.
On performance days, WAU remains open until 2 hours after the end of the performance.
On weekend performance days, WAU is open 1.5 hours before and 2 hours after the performance, with the kitchen open.
On Saturdays and Sundays without performances, WAU is closed.

Access: Entry to the WAU at HAU2 is at ground level. There are two designated parking spaces in front of the building (in Großbeerenstraße).
Sanitary facilities: There are sanitary facilities for people with disabilities.

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