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.
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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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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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Understanding Body Work
On three evenings (12-13 June 2025), six students from the MA Solo Dance and Authorship (SoDA) at the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT) present their ongoing research projects. This article reflects on two of these presentations.
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They relate
When I Saw the Sea, choreography by Ali Chahrour, celebrated its European premiere on 2 June 2025 in HAU 1. Performance: Zena Moussa, Tenei Ahmad, Rania Jamal. Music: Lynn Adib, Abed Kobeissy
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Unravelling Expectations
A Study in Thread by Arada Böhm and Laura Faiß offers a new meaning to women’s craftsmanship, and challenges societal views on gender stereotypes. The piece premiered on 22 May and ran until 25 May 2025 at Brotfabrik.
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Laughing at Ourselves
A Year without Summer, directed and choreographed by Florentina Holzinger, premiered on 21 May 2025 at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, featuring an all cis-female, naked cast—Holzinger’s signature—who display a range of diverse and at times visceral talents.
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For All the Tired Horses
Dawn by Adam Seid Tahir, which premiered at MDT Stockholm and was presented at Sophiensæle from 23–25 May in the festival Making Life in the Ruins, creates inspiration, reviving ancient runic symbols.
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Embodiment at Arm’s Length
An excerpt of her upcoming piece developed through the Master’s program in Choreography at HZT Berlin, Vera Shchelkina’s Everyone here is a bit of a horse, which played in the Potsdamer Tanztage festival from 22–23 May, directs encounters through manual contact.
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Art, Bullets, Cold Blood
Continue reading “Art, Bullets, Cold Blood”On 16 May 2025 at the Forum Theatertreffen 1965-2025 in the foyer of the Berliner Festspiele, choreographer Carolina Mendonça offered insight into Something Is Approaching, a new piece that will celebrate its premiere in June.
Where Am I?
On Stage, a performance by Maria Hassabi, had its German premiere at Radialsystem on 25 and 26 April 2025.
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In Search of Your Own Voice
“Inner Mining – experiment #1: voice” is a piece by Jule Flierl that celebrated its premiere at Dock 11 on 24 April 2025. It is performed by bottom up productions: Chihiro Araki, Felipe Fizkal, and Julek Kreutzer.
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She’s always on the move
The series I’M A UTERUS >< PROCREATORS & WARRIORS IN RESISTANCE takes place on three evenings in the CORDILLERA Raum für Körper und Utopien (Space for Bodies and Utopias). I attend the performance ANUNCIA EN EL PEDREGAL by Silvia Ospina on 19 April 2025.
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She Eats Éclairs in Paris
Since November 2024, choreographer Mel Brinkmann has been meeting with seven young dancers once a week in Mädchen*zentrum Szenenwechsel. The result is Divas, an expressive dance performance performed from 11 to 13 April 2025 at Uferstudios.
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