Continue reading “The Visibility Trap”The 38th edition of Tanz im August opened at HAU1 on 13 August 2026 with Trapicana, a collaboration between Joana Tischkau, Jeremy Nedd, Sophie Yukiko and the Malpaso Dance Company. The Berlin festival is showing a total of 19 works at various venues through 29 August 2026.
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Sky Stage
Les Oiseaux by Lenio Kaklea was shown 21–23 August 2026 at HAU2 in Tanz im August. It’s a dance of composite bodies, navigating choreography as systems: intersecting networks that test coexistence.
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Of Butterflies and Perfect Lines
Continue reading “Of Butterflies and Perfect Lines”On 29 August, I attend the SUBMERGE Festival at LAKE Studios Berlin. The double bill featuring To Critter by Angélica Roa and Suite On Sahara by South Chicago Dance Theatre is a highly contrastful program.
All the Best to You!
Continue reading “All the Best to You!”Zwanzig Minuten, directed by Judith Kuckart and Skoronel Reloaded, celebrated its premiere at Theater Thikwa on 2–5 July 2026, as well as on 8 and 9 July. Featuring Hannah Grzimek, Frank Herfeld, Torsten Holzapfel, Elise Neumann, André Nittel, Tim Petersen, Sabina Stücker, Estrella Urban, and Hilarius Urban, the piece brings together a mixed ensemble of performers with and without physical or mental disabilities.
Moved, Not Provoked
Continue reading “Moved, Not Provoked”What’s a Mob to a King: Plot Twist Redemption by Liina Magnea premiered at Sophiensæle Berlin, 12–15 June 2026, in the festival Never Work.
Sing For Me Always
Continue reading “Sing For Me Always”Told by My Mother, directed and choreographed by Ali Chahrour, was presented at HAU2 on 6 and 7 June 2026. These were the final performances of the work before its retirement, following its premiere in Beirut in 2021 and an extensive international tour.
On the Ball
Continue reading “On the Ball”Dancer and filmmaker Megumi Eda and sound artist Reiko Yamada found an exciting common denominator for their collaboration on YORIDOKORO – Silent Anchor (4-6 June 2026, Dock11): volleyball.
Syndreaming
Continue reading “Syndreaming”Where is everybody? by Thomas Hauert is a collaboration between members of his company ZOO and Platform K, an inclusive Flemish company of dancers with disabilities. It was presented at the Potsdamer Tanztage at T-Werk on 28 May, 2026.
All a Coincidence?
Continue reading “All a Coincidence?”The 36th Potsdamer Tanztage kicks off with Le Margherite (The Daisy) by Erika Zueneli / Tant’ Amati and enchanting, fragmented spatial constellations. The piece celebrated its German premiere on 26 May 2026, with an additional performance on 27 May.
Thrown to the Wolves
Continue reading “Thrown to the Wolves”Raphael Moussa Hillebrand’s piece Wolf, based on the children’s book of the same name by Saša Stanišić, is being performed this season at Theater an der Parkaue – and is receiving well-deserved applause.
Passion Project
Continue reading “Passion Project”Celebrating its fourth year, Against the Grain Performance Festival, curated by Manuel Meza, presents seven short dance works at Theaterforum Kreuzberg on 8 and 9 May 2026.
Heart Rings
Continue reading “Heart Rings”Whistle is a tender duet performed by choreographer Miguel Witzke Pereira with dancer Dasha Belous, through practices of sensitive physical listening. It was presented at Ballhaus Ost on 23 and 25 April 2026.
The Human Machine
Continue reading “The Human Machine “NOT (SO) HUMAN by Christine Saulut Bonansea creates a dystopian world about KI and augmentation, with the help of Luca Forcucci’s soundscape and Riccardo Castagnola’s projections. The piece can be seen at DOCK 11 from 16 to 19 April 2026.
Fill My Holes
Between Heart and Hole, created and performed by Iacopo Loliva, had its German premiere at Hošek Contemporary from 2 to 4 April 2026. The piece expresses the disappointment of failed attempts at love while praising the reliable pleasure that a butthole provides.
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From Limbo. A Letter of Complaint
With Goodbye Berlin (premiere on October 2025, showing this season at the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz), the choreographer Constanza Macras seems to be bidding more than a metaphorical goodbye to Berlin.
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With Goodbye Berlin (premiere on October 2025, showing this season at the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz), the choreographer Constanza Macras seems to be bidding more than a metaphorical goodbye to Berlin.
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Liberated Lonesome Bird
Nureyev, choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, staged by Kirill Serebrennikov and composed by Ilya Demutsky, celebrated its German premiere on 21 March 2026 at the Deutsche Oper performed by Staatsballett Berlin.
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Resistance Everywhere
Continue reading “Resistance Everywhere”As part of the evening’s Resist Resignation by the collective collapsetofraction, the pieces Revolt and Ohnmacht (Powerlessness), which address the repeated efforts in the fight against social injustice, were performed on 21 and 22 March 2026 at Theatre Pool Berlin.
Optics, Tactics and Haptics in the Capitalocene
Alice Heyward and Juan Pablo Cámara in conversation on Homopticum by Juan Pablo Cámara with Andrey Bogush, at Sophiensæle (6 and 7 March 2026)
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tanzschreiber goes TANZPLATTFORM DEUTSCHLAND 2026
From 11–15 March 2026, HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts, as host of the 17th edition of Tanzplattform Deutschland 2026, presents 13 of the most remarkable German dance productions of the past two years and, through an accompanying programme, offers opportunities for networking, discussion, and exchange.
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Snapshots
For their latest piece, for the time being (premiere on 10 March 2026 at Radialsystem), Sasha Waltz and Guests worked with the improvisation principles of Authentic Movement and Deep Listening.
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Exploring New Worlds
Notturno – ital. “nocturnal” – plunges into the memories and narratives of coma patients. The piece, by choreographer Veronika Riz, is being performed on 20 and 21 February at Uferstudios.
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Identity Puzzles
OMÂ, an “auto-fiction” created and performed by Roxana Küwen Arsalan, was remounted at Chamäleon Berlin from 17–19 February 2026. The final performance also featured Paulina Güllü as a Deaf performer, who translated all spoken language to German Sign Language.
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Listening Exercises
On 11 February 2026, Musicology and Dance Studies students shared the results of their research with artist Pol Pi on the idea of listening as a conscious act of connection at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts).
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A Table, a Trial, a Joke
Continue reading ” A Table, a Trial, a Joke”Gut gemacht!, by and with Antonia Baehr, Jule Flierl, Hermann Heisig, and Claire Vivianne Sobottke, is a comedy of judgment staged as a trial. This complex joke on the making and evaluation of art in the past and present was shown at HAU2 on 5 and 6 February 2026.
On a Land of Harm
I want revenge, grandma, created and performed by Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald, was restaged on 17 and 18 January 2026 at Sophiensæle as part of the 35th Tanztage Berlin. The piece addresses European colonial violence in Africa.
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Fruit Salad à la Salome
the intimacy of collision by Lebanese choreographer Dominique Tegho celebrated its premiere during the 30th anniversary of Tanztage Berlin (8 to 24 January 2026) at the Sophiensæle. A review of the second performance on 18 January 2026.
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Who’s to Blame?
Witch Hunting by Anne Nguyen/Compagnie par Terre, which looks at the idea of being made “different”, is a successful start to this year’s PURPLE International Dance Festival. The piece can be seen at HAU 1 from 17 to 19 January.
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Commoning Matter
bottom up productions, founded by Julek Kreutzer and Felipe Fizkal, de-hierarchises contemporary dance production. For Sophiensæle’s Tanztage Berlin, Isabela Fernandes Santana (as choreographer) and Mariagiulia Serantoni (as a dancer) collaborated with BUP to create O Que Resta do Fogo (14–15 January 2026).
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Anja Goette (1978 – 2025)
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Nachruf
Shifting Truth
A Scenario Of A System Off by Ixchel Mendoza Hernández examines perception and reality, both through dance and in words. The piece can be seen from 18 to 21 December 2025 at radialsystem.
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Time Decides (Dance as an Object of Exercise, or Exercise as Dance Object)
Continue reading “Time Decides (Dance as an Object of Exercise, or Exercise as Dance Object)”Toil by Sheena McGrandles, premiering at HAU2 from 3–6 December, presents dance as physical training and disciplined repetition—a dancer’s prosaic mode of work.
Between Desire and Destruction. Mixed Feelings
Continue reading “Between Desire and Destruction. Mixed Feelings”Manon Parent and Alma Palacios have been fixated on the author, actress, and resistance fighter Goliarda Sapienza for years. Autobiography of Contradictions (5-7 December 2025, Dock11) is a homage to her.
The Price of Looking Good
Showroomdummies #4, directed by Gisèle Vienne and Étienne Bideau-Rey, had its German premiere on 5 December 2025 at Haus der Berliner Festspiele. The piece raises disturbing questions about East Asian female stereotypes.
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Creatures of the Dark
Continue reading “Creatures of the Dark”Wunderkammer, choreographed by Marcos Morau with music by Clara Aguilar and Ben Meerwein and performed by Staatsballett Berlin, premiered on 31 October 2025 at the Komische Oper Berlin. With its striking scenes exploding one after another, it propels the audience through a dark sci-fi dream. The show continues until 23 April 2026.
Berlin as A Home for Queer?
The Queer Performance Festival takes place from 12-16 November. In this article, voices from the queer community report on Homecoming – The Grand Showcase, which fired up the Theater im Delphi on 15 November.
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Washed over
With the solo performance of DJAM LEELII, a Necroromantic (5-9 November 2025, sophiensaele), Djibril Sall created a ritual that conjured up memories of the ocean for all those who have lost their lives in its torrents.
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Above All, I Am Man
Continue reading “Above All, I Am Man”The Brotherhood is Carolina Bianchi and Cara de Cavalo’s second piece in the Cadela Força trilogy.It is simultaneously nuanced, vulnerable, and strong. The piece about the patriarchy behind sexual violence can be experienced at HAU from 30 October to 1 November.
Pas de Deux of Tenderness and Harshness
SLEEPWALKING BALLAD, a piece by Symbolic Movement Choir, celebrated its premiere on 9 October 2025 at the Pfefferberg Theater.
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A Totalitarian Kinetic Machine
la nef des fols (2024) by cie. toula limnaios returned to the company’s own HALLE Tanzbühne Berlin from 24 September to 4 October 2025. The choreography sought to embody a well-known allegory’s tension between order and delirium.
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“Please Don’t Make My Bed”*
magicians in bed is about interpreting bed creases. During the Unrenewable Energies festival (15 September – 17 October 2025, Uferstudios), Jeanne Eschert introduced a practice that is otherwise relegated to our homes and mostly to people who rarely leave their beds.
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Flat Yet Full
MASTEKTOMIE. Ein bittersüßes Abschiedslied (MASTECTOMY: a bittersweet farewell song), a colourful presentation on surgery, care, and affirmation by CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv, returned to Sophiensæle from 26–29 September.
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Happy Hour is Sad
Happy Hour, directed and choreographed by Tomi Paasonen and performed by Queer Church of Ballet, premiered on 25 May 2025 at DOCK 11. It mixes ballet, contemporary dance, and drag to contemplate the notion of happiness.
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Material Girl & Footprints
This year’s Tanznacht Berlin, “Vocal Affairs”, took place from 10 to 14 September 2025. The festival was curated by Mila Pavićević and Felicitas Zeeden and showcased a broad selection of formats and feminist voices.
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Marielle Presente! …Humanity is Overrated
The PLATAFORMA BERLIN FESTIVAL ran from 5 September to 13 September 2025 at Dock 11. BIPoC/Latinx artists were invited to present works that shed light on geopolitical issues, and how they connect to the current and future state of humanity.
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They’re Coming to Steal
Some Thing Folk by Ligia Lewis and the Cullberg Company celebrated its premiere on 28 August 2025 at HAU 1 during Tanz im August.
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Symmetrical Creatures, Softly Continuous
Screensaver Series: Sleeper Softwares, a work by J Neve Harrington focusing on access and neurodivergence, celebrated its German premiere at St. Elisabeth Church from 27 to 29 August 2025 as a part of Tanz im August. On the morning of 29 August, Harrington led a workshop for neurodivergent movers under the title Scaffold and Decoration.
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Spitting Out
In the 2025 SUBMERGE festival at Lake Studios, invited artists presented performance works alongside workshops, sharing practices that shaped their work. Siegmar Zacharias’ I don’t want to swallow anymore was presented on 16 August.
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To A(n imaginary) Cigarette
On 15 August 2025 during Tanz im August, Tournament, a collaboration between choreographer Adam Linder, composer Ethan Braun, and the solo ensemble Kaleidoskop, celebrated its premiere – a theatrical battle of symbols.
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Composition as Explanation
Dance On Ensemble’s invitation to Lucinda Childs to restage works from the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new commission, prompted reflection on history, aging, and their nuanced portrayals. The works were presented at Radialsystem from 24–27 July.
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Crowded Emptiness
Taw’am, meaning “twin” in Arabic, explores the grief of artistic director and performer Jouana Samia over the loss of her twin brother. It premiered on 10 July 2025 at Uferstudios Berlin.
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Sheeeee (…) ppphhh haaa
From 8-13 July 2025, Angela Vitovec, aka Angela Schubot, and a mixed ensemble of performers from Theater Thikwa and the independent dance scene will once again showcase Ya!, a performance created in collaboration with yarrow in 2024.
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A Poignant Plea for Climate Justice at the Deutsche Oper
With the trilogy Figures in Extinction, Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité celebrated its premiere in Germany on 4 July 2025 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This gripping piece about climate change, empathy, and death ran until 6 July.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, is what I see the truth at all?
In Portrait Performance, Ashley Temba reflects upon the assumptions made about him, and how they have affected the way he sees himself. The solo work premiered on 5 July and ran until 8 July 2025 at Ballhaus Naunynstraße.
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Dough, Stones, Storms
Studies on Infinity #3 – Caravaggio by Isabelle Schad was performed 27–28 June at Wiesenburg Sommerfest.ival 2025. Inspired by the Baroque painter’s intense naturalism, it blends collective body awareness in cycles of drama without climax or resolution.
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Une robe couleur du temps
In Aurora, Lina Gómez’s dancing meets the interplay of evolving light and sound by Alejandra Cárdenas (Ale Hop) and Bruno Pocheron at DOCK11 on 22 June as part of soundance festival berlin 2025.
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Dreams of Water
The open studio with Julie Peters and Kata Kwiatkowska took place at ada Studio on 20 June 2025. ada Studio’s series “reinkommen (come inside)” gave upcoming artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in their work and share it.
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Washing Machine of Life
Fil Rouge, choreographed and performed by Rossella Canciello, Paolo Cingolani, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Susanna Grob, Annukka Hirvonen, Anni Lattunen, and Jonas Marx during artist residency periods in Berlin and Italy between 2023 and 2024, was presented at DOCK 11 on 20 June 2025, as part of the soundance festival berlin.
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