Content
WARM-UP
Spilling the Beans
Goyo Montero Kicks off Our
New Questionnaire Series
IN MOTION
Whispers of Japan
Luciano Castelli: Butoh
and Japan-Inspired Imagery in Basel
CLOSE-UP
Dazzling
The FireWorks Project:
Gauthier Dance Celebrates Its Home
À la grecque
The Vienna State Ballet Excels in
Alexei Ratmansky's Drama Kallirhoe
Nostalgia
Alexei Ratmansky Choreographs
Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge
Emperor Waltz Reloaded
In Geneva, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Invites to a Bal Impérial
AT A GLANCE
Side Steps
Martino Semenzato, Alice & Ellen Kessler,
Goyo Montero, Leroy Mokgatle – and more
Spilling the Beans
Monthly Questionnaire:
Goyo Montero
PEOPLE
Senses of Relationship
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
Creator of Worlds
Shahar Binyamini
HIGHLIGHTS
Our Favorites
from Berlin to Strasbourg
CALENDAR
REVIEWS
Cologne, on tour
Gabriela Carrizo
Chroniques
Dessau
Stefano Giannetti Valses,
Kurt Jooss Der Grüne Tisch
Düsseldorf
Bridget Breiner
Dornröschen
Frankfurt am Main, on tour
Joana Tischkau
Runnin'
Gießen
Constantin Hochkeppel & Ensemble
In the end, I was somehow expected in this world
Hamburg
Yolanda Morales
The Sun Is Burning
Graz
Scalini, Axelroad, Traylen
Ring
Mainz
Rafaële Giovanola
Gravity
Munich
Rykena/Jüngst
Stripping Bolero
Regensburg
Wagner Moreira
Sacre – Ein Rausch
Saarbrücken
Angelin Preljocaj, Stijn Celis, Diego Tortelli
Ikonen
Wiesbaden
Maciej Kuźminski
Cantos
Screening & Exhibition
Farewell to the Opera and Urban Stomp
SERVICE
January 2026
Calls for Applications, Career,
Workshops – and more
PERSPECTIVES
High-Performance Training
Future Leaders Forum in Amsterdam
Empowerment
An Interview With
Luca Ponti and Paul Hess
No Cash Cow
Crowdfunding in the
Independent Arts Scene
A Question of Attitude
Room for Improvement:
An Interview with Ralf Dörnen
MIXED MEDIA
Books, Streaming, Music – and more
Abracadabra, Webtoon,
Friendship – a superpower
IN PRACTICE
Stepping out of Competition
An Interview with Jenny Beyer,
Antje Pfundtner, and Ursina Tossi
Miscellaneous
Dance at Toihaus, Intimacy Coordination,
and Young Creation Award
PREVIEW