Calendar
February 2025
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Aarau
Bühne Aarau
Forest, inclusive dance performance by Annie Hanauer with Cie Beweg-Grund.
18, 19 Feb
www.buehne-aarau.ch
Aix-en-Provence
Grand Théâtre
Carmen, choreography by Abou Lagraa for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis.
4 Feb
Pierre & le loup, dance theater by Émilie Lalande, Compagnie (1)Promptu.
26 Feb
www.lestheatres.net
Altenburg
Theaterzelt
Premiere Rhythm Is a Dancer, play with ballet by Manuel Kressin, acting ensemble, students of the Thüringer Staatsballett.
16 Feb introductory matinee, 23 Feb, 2, 8, 21, 29 Mar
Amsterdam
ITA
Premiere Typhoon, new production of the choreography by Krisztina de Châtel from 1986 with the dancers of Introdans. 22, 23 Feb
www.ita.nl
Meervaart
Premiere Made in NL, a multi-part ballet evening with the Junior Company of Het Nationale Ballet: the pas de six from Schwanensee by Rudi van Dantzig, Embers by Ernst Meisner to music by Max Richter, the world premiere of Sonder by Zoë Greten, the European premiere of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Scurry Night, Milena Sidorova's new creation Ever after and Visions Fugitives by Hans van Manen to music by Prokofiev.
8, 9 Feb
www.operaballet.nl
Antwerpen
De Singel
Encantado by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues, Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças.
4, 5 Feb
umuko, performance by choreographer and singer Dorothée Munyaneza with five Rwandan artists, Cie Kadidi.
21, 22 Feb
Imprisoned Gods, hip hop and spoken word performance by Lukah Katangila.
28 Feb, 1 Mar
www.desingel.be
Antwerp Opera
Romeo und Julia, new choreography by Marcos Morau to music by Prokofiev for the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.
3–6, 9–12 Apr
www.operaballet.be
Augsburg
Staatstheater
Charlie, Ricardo Fernando's homage to Charlie Chaplin.
1, 3 Feb
Made for Two Reloaded, choreographies by Anne Jung, Alba Castillo, Francesca Frassinelli, Giovanni Napoli, Ihsan Rustem, Lukáš Timulak, Nikolaos Doede, Ricardo Fernando and iva & Repele. Brechtbühne at Gaswerk.
14 Feb
Dimensions of Dance. Part 5, choreographies by Andonis Foniadakis, Douglas Lee and Young Soon Hue-Simon. martini-Park.
21 Feb
Brecht Festival:
dance marathon The 48 Hours of Augsburg.
28 Feb–2 Mar
Avignon
CDCN d’Avignon
Les Hivernales 2025, festival for contemporary dance, with BBoris Charmatz & Emmanuelle Huynh, Massimo Fusco, Jonas & Lander, Pierre Pontvianne, Soa Ratsifandrihana and Ambra Senatore, among others.
6–15 Feb
www.hivernales-avignon.com
B
Baden CH
Baden
Kurtheater
haVITAt. Research project by Patricia Rotondaro, Dance and Art Königsfelden | Residence Center Dance+.
22 Feb
Soul Garden by Sidonie Fossé, choreographic research, Dance and Art Königsfelden | Residence Center Dance+
26 Feb
The Butterfly Effect, ballet evening by Junior Ballet Zurich with choreographies by Cathy Marston, Ihsan Rustem and Lucas Valente.
27 Feb
www.kurtheater.ch
Baden-Baden
Festspielhaus
TakeoverDas junge Festiavl Baden-Baden:
Dive, performance by Edouard Hue, Beaver Dam Company.
1, 2 Feb
Les nuits barbares ou les premiers matins du monde, mix of contemporary dance and urban dance by Hervé Koubi, Cie Hervé Koubi.
7, 8 Feb
Basel
Kaserne Basel
Silent Legacy, dance performance by Maud Le Pladec.
1, 2 Feb
All By Myself, new program series on self-empowerment and resistance:
Gimme a Break !!! by Baptiste Cazaux, and Down (full album) by Mélissa Guex and drummer Clément Grin.
7, 8 Feb
You live you learn, dance performance by Antje Schupp, and She was a friend of someone else by Gosia Wdowik.
14, 15 Feb
In his solo Fatigue, Viktor Szeri surrenders his body and his creativity to exhaustion.
21, 22 Feb
Lesson, performance by Krõõt Juurak.
21, 22 Feb
Musical Theater Basel
Hamlet by Valentina Turcu, Béjart’s Boléro and the repertoire medley Béjart et nous, Béjart Ballet Lausanne.
28 Feb, 1, 2 Mar
Theater
Julia & Romeo, dance spectacle based on Shakespeare by the Icelandic duo Erna Ómarsdóttir and Halla Ólafsdóttir with music by Prokofiev and new compositions by Valdimar Johansson.
3, 5, 8, 15, 21, 22 Feb
The Fall by choreographer Tilman O’Donnell. Kleine Bühne.
10, 11, 20 Feb
Premiere Go with Your Heart, choreographic work by director and light artist Tim Etchells and object artist Vlatka Horvat, Ballett Basel.
17 Feb. Nah dran, 18 Mar
Berlin
Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz
Tanz Macht Berlin: dance actors discuss acute needs and long-term visions.
1 Feb
Final presentation by Valeska Gert guest professor Saar Magal, who developed a performance-as-research presentation with students from the FU Berlin.
14 Feb
Ballhaus Naunynstraße
Stricken by Magda Korsinsky.
5–8 Feb
Cyclops, intermedial performance by Zé de Paiva.
19–22 Feb
Chamäleon Berlin
Play Dead, surreal mix of acrobatics, movement theater and dance with the Canadian ensemble People Watching.
30 Jan – 1 Jun
Deutsche Oper
Premiere A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ballet by Edward Clug to music by Milko Lazar.
21, 23, 26 Feb, 1, 9, 10, 30 Mar
William Forsythe, three Forsythe works: Blake Works I, Approximate Sonata 2016 and One Flat Thing, Reproduced.
27 Feb, 6, 12 Mar
Dock 11
In PunkDrumLove, the female trio Johanna Lemke, Eli Cohen and Almut Lustig race from climax to climax.
7–9 Feb
Appunti per il sole, performance dedicated to the sun by Daniele Albanese. 13–15 Feb
Angedockt, final project expo of the master's program in theater education at the UdK Berlin.
20–23 Feb
WARTEN – Szenen aus der Zwischenwelt, performance by Maren Strack, Kerstin Lücker and Johan Lorbeer.
27, 28 Feb, 1 March
Friedrichstadt-Palast
Falling | in Love, the grand show, curated by star designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
1, 20-23, 25, 27, 28 Feb
HALLE Tanzbühne Berlin
staubkinder, dance piece by Toula Limnaios to music by Gustav Mahler, cie. toula limnaios.
5–8, 12–15 Feb
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
In Glitch Witch the dancer and choreographer Meg Stuart, the dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi and the musician Mieko Suzuki meet in a desolate landscape. HAU3.
1 Feb
Dancing Plague, video work by 2girls-1comp., adaptation of the open-world computer game Grand Theft Auto V. HAU4.
3 Feb
Radialsystem
CTM Festival 2025 – Festival for Adventurous Music with musical experiments, performances and a five-day discourse program.
Until 2 Feb
Hands Made, performative reflection on hands by Begüm Ericyas.
8, 9 Feb
Lake Life, science fiction fantasy by artist Kate McIntosh.
15, 16 Feb
Berlin Philharmonic Biennale 2025: Premiere of Terminal Infinity, audiovisual, performative and immersive installation by choreographer Colette Sadler and composer Alexander Schubert, with Dance On Ensemble, youth dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, Berlin Philharmonic, scholarship holders of the Karajan Academy.
23, 24 Feb
Sophiensæle
Rachel und ich, performance by Lulu Obermayer with Rachel Troy.
5, 6 Feb
Premiere Unbestimmte Bewegung: daniel's destruction, multimedia snapshot of gay life experiences in Berlin by Yannik Böhmer.
8, 9 Feb
Premiere Turn The P/Age by Eva Meyer-Keller.
13–16 Feb
Ballads of Outlaw Feelings, solo performance by Melanie Jame Wolf.
15, 16 Feb
Premiere Whispers of Wood by Christoph Winkler Company.
20–23 Feb
Travelogue I – Twenty to eight, dance classic by Sasha Waltz from 1993.
27, 28 Feb, 1, 2 Mar
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Ballettgespräch: Movement in the Image.
2 Feb
Tanzkomplizen in Podewil
Das Experiment, dance piece by The Farm. 1 Feb www.tanzkomplizen.de
Theater an der Parkaue
Wazn Teez?, insect musical by Martin Heckmanns.
22, 24, 25 Feb
Uferstudios
FOLD, the Tanzfabrik format for artistic projects: Premiere of In Recess, performance by Alex Piasente-Szymański.
20–22 Feb
Premiere Sechs Schwestern, performance by Lea Moro.
21, 22 Feb
Salaš – a working tale by Darko Radosavljev.
27, 28 Feb, 1 Mar
Agita, performance by Maria Giulia Serantoni & Andrea Parolin. 28 Feb, 1 Mar
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
The Hunger, creation by Constanza Macras, DorkyPark.
8, 25 Feb
Wintergarten Varieté
Josephine – The Queen of Entertainment.
Until 23 Feb
Bern
Dampfzentrale
Almost Famous XIV – Classics Reloaded, Orchestra Divertimento Bern and New Dance Academy.
22, 23 Feb
Pierre, Residence Sharing with Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola.
26 Feb
Stadttheater
Fortuna, dance evening by Felix Landerer and Giuseppe Spota, Bern Ballet, Tanz Bielefeld. Vidmar 1.
16, 26 Feb
Laboratoire Suisse de la Danse.
21 Feb
Biel
Stadttheater
Premiere Neue Körper am Ende der Welt. Ein Sportstück by Marion Rothhaar and Regina Dürig.
1 Feb
Bielefeld
Stadttheater
Fortuna, joint work by Felix Landerer and Giuseppe Spota.
7, 8, 13, 14, 16 Feb
Tor 6 Theaterhaus
Schrittmacher 2024/25, community dance project.
1, 2 Feb
International Guest Performance Week:
Les Héritier x, trio by Marion Zurbach with the dancers Évo Mine Lambillon and Pierre Piton as well as the Renaissance flautist and electronic musician Stélios Lazarou.
19, 20 Feb
Under Currents, dance performance by Dimo Milev, developed with Landerer & Company.
22, 23 Feb
Birmingham
Hippodrome
Cinderella, choreography by David Bintley, Birmingham Royal Ballet. 19 Feb–1 Mar
Symphony Hall
Asthons Classics with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
15 Feb
Bochum
Schauspielhaus
Give up die alten Geister, production by countertenor and director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe. Kammerspiele.
2, 5, 22 Feb
Bonn
Bundeskunsthalle
Tanzwelten/City Dance Cologne, participatory exhibition.
Until 16 Feb
Theater
La Strada, dance production based on the classic movie by Federico Fellini, with the former first soloist of the Royal Ballet London, Alina Cojocaru, as Gelsomina, Alina Cojocaru & AC Workroom.
14, 15 Feb
Theater im Ballsaal
Standard, choreography for ballroom dancing by Rafaële Giovanola, CocoonDance Company.
21, 22 Feb
theater-im-ballsaal.de
Braunschweig
Staatstheater
Premiere Yesterday, highlights from the repertoire of choreographer Jasmin Vardimon, Tanztheater Braunschweig. Kleines Haus, 1, 5, 16, 28 Feb
Don Quixote oder Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Sancho Panza, dance theater by Gregor Zöllig.
7 Feb, 21, 28 Mar
Premiere of Tanzrausch, dance gala for Gregor Zöllig's tenth anniversary as director of the dance theater.
22, 23 Feb
Bregenz
Festspielhaus
Bregenzer Frühling festival:
Featuring, among others, Deepstaria by the British choreographer Wayne McGregor; tthe new creation Contrenature by the French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane with his Compagnie de Chaillot; Freedom Sonata, a dance hymn to freedom by Emanuel Gat, as well as works by Marco da Silva Ferreira and Maud Le Pladec for the CCN – Ballet de Lorraine.
From 8 Mar–26 Jun
Bremen
Schwankhalle
La mer en moi, dance with and in the water with the Togolese dancer Kossi Aholou-Wokawui in a choreography by Helge Letonja.
14–16 Feb
Resisting Bodies, double bill with the Ensemble Of Curious Nature: Who Brings the Bird by Hannah Ma and Fulgence by Samir Calixto.
26–28 Feb, 1 Mar
Theater
Fools at Work, happening between desire and consumption by house choreographer Samir Akika, Unusual Symptoms.
9 Feb
Calving, ritual of touching by the US choreographer Faye Driscoll.
16 Feb
Joujouville, the new dance piece by Samir Akika.
20 Feb
Keine Ahnung, project by Andy Zondag with texts by Nele Stuhler. 20–22 Feb
Über.Leben, community dance production by DE LooPERS-dance2gether. Theater am Goetheplatz.
22 Feb
Diamonds, dance piece by Renan Martins.
22 Feb
Bremerhaven
Stadttheater
Premiere Emotions of Dance, choreographies by Alex Kros, Ihsan Rustem and Alfonso Palencia.
12 Feb (Sample), 15, 20, 22 Feb, 2, 14, 16, 30 Mar www.stadttheaterbremerhaven.de
Bruges
Concertgebouw
umuko, performance by Rwandan-born choreographer and singer Dorothée Munyaneza with Rwandan artists, Cie Kadidi. 19 Feb
Brussels
De Kriekelaar
Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps as a contemporary duet of hand signals and gestures by the Belgian choreographer Michiel Vandevelde, Theater Neumarkt.
7, 8 Feb
Kaaitheater
Slovakia, what’s the story, Mum?, performance by Katja Dreyer. Kaaistudios.
26, 27 Feb
KVS Box
A Day is a Hundred Years, performance by the artist Jozef Wouters. 27, 28 Feb, 1 Mar
La Raffinerie – Charleroi Danse
Up Close!, solo performance by Michèle Noiret.
11 Feb
Danced conference:
40 années de création chorégraphique with Michèle Noiret.
13 Feb
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
MONUMENT 0.10 : The Living Monument, choreography by Eszter Salamon for Carte Blanche, Norway’s national company for contemporary dance.
20–22 Feb
C
Carouge
Pétanque La Fontenette
Down (full album) by Mélissa Guex and drummer Clément Grin. 22, 23 Feb
Charleroi
Amours aveugles, dance-music performance by Koen Augustijnen and Rosalba Torres Guerrero to music by Monteverdi.
21, 22 Feb
Chemnitz
Stadtbad Chemnitz
Premiere Von Nixen, Nymphen und Najaden: the dancers of the Chemnitz ballet ensemble conquer what was once the largest indoor pool in Europe in a choreography by Sabrina Sadowska. 1, 2, 8, 9 Feb
Theater
Schwanensee, ballet by Eno Peçi and Sabrina Sadowska.
6, 7 Feb matinee of the Opera Ballet School, 9 Feb
www.theater-chemnitz.de
Coburg
Globe Coburg
1001 Nacht, ballet in two acts by Mark McClain.
18, 23 Feb
Cologne
Alte Feuerwache
BREMS:::KRAFT, intermedial performance by A.TONAL. THEATER.
1, 2 Feb
URBÄNG!, festival for performing arts.
12–15 Feb:
The Breathing Ritual, rehearsal of the community performance with Stephanie Thiersch.
12 Feb
Talk Politics and Art.
12 Feb
A Beginning #1616, performance by Aurora Bouzá and Pere Jou.
12 Feb
Necromancy, VR performance by Kristóf Kelemen.
14, 15 Feb
Nuggets, performance by Maxim Storms.
14 Feb
Dancer of the Year, solo performance by Trajal Harrell.
15 Feb
L'homme rare, dance performance by Nadia Beugré.
15 Feb
Barnes Crossing – Freiraum für Tanz-PerformanceKunst hush, installation dance performance by Gitta Roser.
27, 28 Feb
Rochuskirche
As part of :unlimited, the experimental music series of the zamus:center for early music: In Memoriam Maria Jonas: Bruder Sonne und Schwester Mond, Sufi music and dance and Italian laude of the Middle Ages, conceived by the singer Maria Jonas and the Djoze player and composer Bassem Hawar, with the duo SANSTIERCE, guests from Syria, Iran and Iraq and the dervish dancer Janan Almasi.
7 Feb
Schauspiel Köln
C la Vie, dance ode to the life of Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Faso Danse Théâtre. Depot 1.
11, 12 Feb
www.tanz.koeln; www.schauspiel.koeln
Confignon
Salle communale
Bal chorégraphique with Les Ouinch Ouinch.
15 Feb
Friborg Equlibre “Carcaça”, dance performance by the Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira. Feb. 19; www.equilibre-nuithonie.ch
Copenhagen
Det Kongelige Teater
Premiere of Too Loud, Too Wild and Too Much!, ballet for young audiences by author Thomas Korsgaard, choreographed by Sebastian Kloborg.
7–10, 21–23 Feb
Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, stage design by Jérôme Kaplan.
19, 20, 22, 26, 27 Feb
Koreorama No. 2, contemporary ballets:
The Pearl by Eliabe D'Abadia, Am I doing it right by Carling Talcott-Steenstra and Have you noticed I'm grieving? by Oliver Starpo.
25, 28 Feb
Cottbus
Staatstheater
Der Sandmann, a cross-genre horror story based on E.T.A. Hoffmann, directed by Philipp Rosendahl, choreographed by Alessia Ruffolo to a new composition by The McDaniel Brothers. 15 Feb
Alma de la piel – Unter die Haut, dance piece by Imma López Marín. Kammerbühne.
22 Feb, 27 Mar
D
Darmstadt
Staatstheater
Tanzclub Get Funky!, participatory project of the Hessian State Ballet.
3, 10, 17, 24 Feb
Last Work, choreography by Ohad Naharin, Hessian State Ballet.
28 Feb
Dessau
Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Blaue Augen, scwarzes Haar, choreography by Stefano Giannetti based on the novel by Marguerite Duras.
8 Feb
Tanzt! Tanzt! Tanzt!, contemporary dance evening with choreographies by Stefano Giannetti, Nunzio Impellizzeri and Yaron Shamir.
9 Feb
Detmold
State Theater
Samba! Brasilien in Licht und Schatten, choreography by Mario Martello Panno.
1 Feb
Romeo und Julia, choreography by Katharina Torwesten.
19, 20 Feb
Dortmund
Theater
La Bayadère, choreography by Xin Peng Wang.
1, 5, 8 Feb
Premiere Dips, three-part ballet evening with Nadav Zelner's world premiere of Drama Class, Blushing by Marco Goecke and Saturn by Xin Peng Wang.
9 Feb introductory matinee, 13 Feb public rehearsal, 22, 28 Feb
Dresden
HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
Nebenan/Zblizka, contemporary art from Slovakia.
5–8 Feb
In Po víťazstve («It All Started with a Winner»), the Cuban choreographer Judith Sánchez Ruíz explores the phenomenon of rebellion in the context of today's societies with dancers from the Divadlo Štúdio tanca in Banská Bystrica.
5 Feb
House of Velvet, short film by Ivana Hucíková & Igor Smitka.
5 Feb
IHopeIWill, solo performance by Soňa Ferienčíková, threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský.
6 Feb
Altalicious, dance performance with Peter Šavel & kol.
8 Feb
GIREVIK, performance with Roman Škadra.
8 Feb
Premiere A Land Within, performance by Ioannis Mandafounis that invites the audience to wander through imaginary worlds, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.
28 Feb, 1, 2, 6–9 Mar
Palucca Hochschule für Tanz
Jubiläumsjahr 2025 – 100 Jahre Palucca Hochschule: Palucca bewegt, open day of encounters with workshops and discussion groups. 1 Feb
Sächsische Staatsoper
Nijinsky, John Neumeier's homage to the dance legend with music by Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich and Schumann.
1, 2, 9, 14, 20, 23 Feb
Staatsoperette Dresden
Double evening: Die Sieben Todsünden, ballet with singing by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, and 100 Leidenschaften, tap dance performance by Sebastian Weber, Sebastian Weber Dance Company.
13, 14, 25 Feb
Duisburg
Theater
Drei Meister – drei Werke: Rubies by George Balanchine, Visions Fugitives by Hans van Manen and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe.
2 Feb
Eisenach
Staatstheater
Paris, Paris, ballet by Julia Grunwald with film music, pop songs and evergreens.
15 Feb
Düsseldorf
Opernhaus
Kaleidoskop, three-part, new ballet evening with the Ballett am Rhein:
World premieres of Moto perpetuo by the choreographer duo Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich and Invocation by the South African choreographer Mthuthuzeli November; Jean-Christophe Maillot's Vers un pays sage.
Premiere at the Opernhaus: 15 Mar
further performances until 6 Jul
Bilker Bunker
In Crash! Deal with It by HARTMANNMUELLER.
1 Feb
FFT – Forum Freies Theater
Premiere Hot Walk, dance video performance by Keren Levi. Stage I.
7, 8 Feb
Du bist dran!, dance performance for everyone aged eleven and over by Regina Rossi. Stage I.
21, 22 Feb
Die letzte Show, dance performance for everyone aged ten and over by and with the actress Nora Vonder Mühll and the choreographer and dancer Ives Thuwis. Stage II.
22–25 Feb
Opernhaus
Drei Meister – drei Werke: Rubies by George Balanchine, Visions Fugitives by Hans van Manen and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe.
8, 21 Feb
tanzhaus nrw
Open Stage: Performance Session, hosted by Takao Baba.
1 Feb
junges tanzhaus: Tanzfest.
4 Feb
dances of transgression part II.
7–23 Feb
Hors du monde, a duet between dance and music by Taoufiq Izeddiou.
7, 8 Feb
Toi, moi, Tituba..., «collective solo» by the multidisciplinary artist Dorothée Munyaneza.
14, 15 Feb
Dance like nobody’s watching.
15 Feb
Urban Dance Sessions.
20 Feb, 20 Mar
Dog Rising by the Canadian choreographer and performer Clara Furey.
22, 23 Feb
E
Eisenach
Staatstheater
Paris, Paris, ballet by Julia Grunwald with film music, pop songs and evergreens.
15 Feb
Erfurt
Theater
Dornröschen, choreography by Vitaly Petrov after Marius Petipa, Thüringer Staatsballett.
16, 21 Feb, 12 Mar
Essen
Aalto Theater
Romeo und Julia, ballet by Ben van Cauwenbergh to music by Sergei Prokofiev.
7, 13, 15 Feb
Last, choreographies by Armen Hakobyan, Ana Maria Lucaciu and Ben Van Cauwenbergh to music by Franz Schubert, Erwin Schulhoff, Antonio Vivaldi.
21 Feb
PACT Zollverein
Untitled (Holding Horizon), new creation by Alex Baczynski-Jenkins.
28 Feb, 1 Mar
F
Flensburg
Stadttheater
Dornröschen, dance theater by Emil Wedervang Bruland to music by Tchaikovsky.
11 Feb
Frankfurt am Main
Gallus Theater
Premiere remembering for tomorrow, solo performance by dancer and choreographer Petra Lehr.
13–15 Feb
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm
In his final thesis for the master's degree in choreography and performance, The flickering flame of our memory, the Colombian dancer Santiago Mariño devotes himself to remembering and forgetting.
12–14 Feb
Ich nehm dir alles weg – ein Schlagerballett by Joana Tischkau.
21, 22 Feb
Freiburg im Breisgau
E-Werk
Premiere Yaku Samay – Atem des Wassers, mixedabled dance piece by Katja Gluding, com.dance e. V.
7– 9 Feb
Theater Freiburg
Firmamento, creation by Marcos Morau, La Veronal.
19 Feb
Fribourg
Equilibre
Carcaça, dance performance by the Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira.
19 Feb
Fürth
Stadttheater
Unfolding by Philippe Kratz and Promise by Sharon Eyal with tanzmainz.
5– 9 Feb
G
Gelsenkirchen
Musiktheater im Revier
Tanz.Hautnah, public training.
8 Feb
2 Jahreszeiten: Herbst / Winter: Kyōto by Emma Evelein and Fifth Season by Anton Lachky to music by Antonio Vivaldi and others.
15 Feb
Tanz.Werkstatt with the MiR Dance Company.
18 Feb
Carmina Burana, dance evening by Giuseppe Spota and Alessio Monforte.
22 Feb
Geneva
Centre des Arts – Ecole Internationale de Genève Cœurcolère, interdisciplinary performance by Olivia Csiky Trnka. 18–20 Feb
Comédie de Genève
Festival Antigel:
Zonder by Ayelen Parolin
25–27 Feb
Los días afuera/The Days Out There, musical, variety, documentary and theater by the Argentinian director Lola Arias. 27, 28 Feb, 1 Mar
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Antigel:
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell's opera in a contemporary setting with the Belgian dance theater collective Peeping Tom.
22–26 Feb
La Cité Bleue
In Semâ, the compagnie linga explores the laws of collective consciousness in space.
11 Feb
Les Scènes du Grütli
Festival Antigel:
The 7th part of the Dispositifs series: Smoke, solo by Philippe Saire for the dancer David Zagari.
19–21 Feb
Maison Saint-Gervais
La luz de un lago, interdisciplinary production by the artist duo El Conde de Torrefiel.
13–16 Feb
Musée Internationale de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
Corps sonores, installation by Massimo Fusco.
21–23 Feb
Pavillon ADC
Premiere Untitled (Holding Horizon) by Alex Baczynski-Jenkins. 7, 8 Feb
Théâtre am Stram Gram
Antigel:
Cécile by Sinking Sideways.
14–16 Feb
Gera
Theater Altenburg-Gera
Dornröschen, choreography by Vitaliy Petrov, Thüringer Staatsballett.
12 Feb
Ghent
Minardschouwburg
Zones of Resplendence, performance by Carolina Mendonça. 19, 20 Feb
Vooruit
Il Cimento dell’ Armonia e dell’ Inventione, new creation by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in collaboration with the Moroccan choreographer Radouan Mriziga to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Rosas, A7LA5, Gli Incogniti.
12–15 Feb
La Louvière Central
Theatre of Dreams, choreography and music by Hofesh Shechter, Hofesh Shechter Company.
19 Feb
Ghent Opera
World premiere Romeo und Julia, new choreography by Marcos Morau to music by Prokofiev for the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. 15, 19–21, 23, 25–27 Mar
Gießen
Stadttheater
Premiere (un)leashed, physical theater by KimchiBrot Connection.
28 Feb
Gothenburg
Göteborgsoperan
Hammer, choreography by Alexander Ekman to music by Mikael Karlsson.
2, 4, 15, 23 Feb
Solo Echo by Crystal Pite and We Loved Each Other So Much by Yoann Bourgeois.
6, 13, 18, 20 Feb
Graz
Opera
Sacré!, two-part ballet evening:
Fever by Louis Stiens to music by Debussy and Ravel and Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps choreographed by George Céspedes, Ballett Graz.
7, 8, 28 Feb
Greifswald
Kaisersaal Stadthalle
Im Lichte!, two choreographies for the Caspar David Friedrich anniversary by Lucyna Zwolinska and Bryan Arias, BallettVorpommern.
23 Feb
LiebeLoveAmore, new dance evening by Ralf Dörnen.
1, 8, 23 Mar
H
Hagen
Theater
Pardauz, dance object theater fun for ages three and up. Lutz. 2, 3 Feb
Premiere Jolanthe / Der Feuervogel, double evening of opera and ballet: Tchaikovsky's lyrical opera Jolanthe and Stravinsky's ballet suite Der Feuervogel choreographed by Francesco Nappa. 15, 21 Feb, 12 Mar
Interactions, three-part dance evening: The Longlongneverending by Emilie Leriche, Les Amants voilés by Francesco Nappa and Masculine/Feminine by Lukas Timulak.
19 Feb
Halberstadt
Kammerbühne
Sternzeit – Plancks Vision, dance piece by Tarek Assam to music by Pan Sonic, Ladislav Delay and others.
1 Feb
Premiere of Da Vincis Magie, dance piece by Tarek Assam to music by Patrick Schimanski.
15 Feb, 28 Mar
Halle an der Saale
Oper
Romeo und Julia, contemporary production by choreographer Michal Sedláček with costumes by Olo Křížov.
7, 21 Feb
Ich ... | Radio & Julia, ballet evening by Johan Plaitano and Edward Clug with music by Ryan Teague and Radiohead.
9, 15, 22 Feb
Hamburg
Forum der Hochschule für Musik und Theater
Premiere Junge Choreografen by the Hamburg Ballet.
25, 26 Feb
Kampnagel
Hairkunft, performance by Hendrik Quast.
6–8 Feb
In Bullshit, the performers of She She Pop find themselves in the endless loop of a sales show.
7–9 Feb
Deep Deep Love, participatory performance by Fernanda Ortiz. 12–14 Feb
Premiere Just Love: the House of Brownies focuses on joy as a resistant practice. 12–15 Feb
The Voice, voice performance by Rita Mazza.
14, 15 Feb
Sweet & Tender Collaborations, performance installation by the Attempts of Togetherness initiative.
19–22 Feb
Probebühne Eins: K3 resident choreographers Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica, Robert Ssempijja and Constantin Trommlitz provide insights into their research.
20 Feb
Showing with the Bottom Up Dance School.
21, 22 Feb
Choreographer Patricia Carolin Mai presents her newly founded MaiI:Company, explicitly aimed at as many people as possible without professional dance experience.
25 Feb
Fokus Tanz: In Hatched Ensemble, the South African choreographer and activist Mamela Nyamza demystifies the history of classical dance.
27, 28 Feb, 1 Mar
Ich nehm dir alles weg – ein Schlagerballett by Joana Tischkau 27, 28 Feb, 1 Mar
BOUNCE with Sons of Wind celebrates the collective power and resilience of hip-hop dance.
28, 29 Feb, 1 Mar
In STUCK by Mounia Nassangar, five Waacking dancers celebrate their autonomy.
28, 29 Feb, 1 Mar
Residency showing of the two Krump dancers Vehbi Can Yesil and Benson A’Kuyie.
28 Feb
Meow Mondayz: Vogue Night by Zaniah Revlon and Ava 007.
28 Feb
LICHTHOF Theater
Arme Arme Reiche Reiche. Eine Suche an den Rändern, acting, dance and performance by Vasna Aguilar and Henri Hüster to texts by Sean Keller and Dagrun Hintze.
1, 2 Feb
Premiere Archives & Beyond, performance project by Dorothee Daphi and Pascale Grau.
21–23 Feb
Goodbye/Farewell, new project by Antje Velsinger / new trouble. 27, 28 Feb, 1, 2 Mar
Staatsoper
Epilog, chamber music ballet by John Neumeier to music by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss and Simon & Garfunkel.
1 Feb
Ballett-Werkstatt. 2 Feb
Tod in Venedig by John Neumeier based on the novella by Thomas Mann. 9, 11, 12, 15, 21, 22 Feb
Hanover
Staatsoper
World premiere Ikarus, ballet by the Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis to a commissioned composition by Julien Tarride.
7, 12, 21, 29 Mar
Ballhof
Real Dance Festival.
28 Jan–2 Feb
FOR REAL #2: Trazos, installation/choreography by Mónica García Vicente with photographer Irving Villegas.
1, 2 Feb
Two video works in cooperation with the Kestner Gesellschaft: Tri Tempi by William Forsythe and Transept by Boris Charmatz, based on his first solo work SOMNOLE from 2021.
1, 2 Feb
Work Body, new creation by Michael Turinsky, inspired by Pier Pasolini's poem Le cenere di Gramsci about the Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci. Ballhof Zwei.
1 Feb
Network meeting: «Hannover tanz nach vorn». Festival center, 1 Feb
Cumberlandsche Bühne
Vagabundus, dance performance by the Mozambican choreographer Idio Chichava.
1, 2 Feb
Eisfabrik
Host Club – last art standing, interactive performance by Bodytalk.
1 Feb
Premiere Hades, solo by Luana Rossetti.
21, 22 Feb
Staatsoper
Du bist so schön: Archium by Liliana Barros, Busk by Aszure Barton and Love by Sharon Eyal.
1 Feb
Tanzhaus Ahrberg Viertel
Ellas, dance performance by mónica garcía vicente DANCE PROJECT, inspired by Bernarda Alba's House by Federico García Lorca. 13, 14 Feb
Theater im Pavillon
Traum, dance theater by and with Yara Eid, Natalie Aurora Speer and Heino Sellhorn. 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 28 Feb
Heidelberg
Choreografisches Centrum Heidelberg
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg. 1–9 Feb:
Der ganze Mensch hat Sinn im Tanz, homage to Jone San Martín Astigarraga. 2 Feb
reACT – eine intensive Beziehung zwischen Licht und Ton by visual artist sim[ray]sir = Nils Herbstrieth. 1 Feb
Günter Krämmer – Best Of, dance photography from five biennials. 1–9 Feb
Foreign Body and Future Futures, films by Howool Baek and Brian J Johnson & Company 605.
5 Feb
Round table TanzSzene Baden-Württemberg.
7 Feb
CC Showing, insights into Angelo Petracca's current rehearsal work.
18 Feb
HebelHalle
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg:
Mellowing, choreography by Christos Papadopoulos with the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble. 1 Feb
BaWü-Choreograf*innen 1, an evening of the Baden-Württemberg independent scene, with Fran Diaz, Alessandro Giaquinto, Philipp Raiß and Sara Scarella. 2 Feb
Black Lights by French choreographer Mathilde Monnier.
4 Feb
Underdogs, urban dance by Anne Nguyen.
6 Feb
loosy, dance performance by Company 605 from Canada.
8 Feb
Tanzgala Baden-Württemberg.
9 Feb
Participation Evening, dance improvisation with UnterwegsTheater Ensemble, Tanzgruppe Heidelberg and dance enthusiasts: finale of United by Dance – Tanzbiennale Heidelberg
15 Feb
Heiliggeistkirche
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg:
Church Battle Kids, organized by Nostos Dance Theater and choreographer Mr. Quick (David Kwiek). 1, 2 Feb
Theater
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg:
touch_taff, inclusive dance piece by Corinna Clack, Gaëlle Morello and Jona Oldenburg. Zwinger 1.
1, 2 Feb
Yo Florencio, queer solo performance by Spanish choreographer Joaquín Collado. Zwinger 2.
2 Feb
Encantado by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues with Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças. Marguerre-Saal.
2 Feb
Khôra, dance performance by Belgian choreographer Astrid Boons. Marguerr-Saal.
3 Feb
Anita Berber – Rekonstruktionen, lecture performance with Martin Stiefermann. Zwinger 3.
3 Feb
Baile de Autor, flamenco by Manuel Liñán. Alter Saal.
4 Feb
Spiel im Spiel, dance performance for young audiences by Ceren Oren. Zwinger 1.
4 Feb
JTDQNHD, solo performance by Spanish choreographer Fernando Troya. Zwinger 3.
5 Feb
Nederlands Dans Theater 2 with Lucid Variations: Folkå by Marcos Morau and Nadav Zelner's new creation An untold story. Marguerre-Saal.
5 Feb
Norma, dance piece by the Spanish choreographer Antonio Ruz. Alter Saal.
6 Feb
Mont Ventoux, dance piece by the Spanish-Italian company Kor'sia. Marguerre-Saal.
7 Feb
BaWü-Choreograf*innen 1, creations by artists from the region. 7 Feb
Simple, dance piece without music by Ayelen Parolin. Alzter Saal.
8 Feb
Jezebel, solo performance by Cherish Menzo. Zwinger 3.
8 Feb
Tanzgala Baden-Württemberg. Marguerre-Saal.
9 Feb
Pollock, dance piece by Iván Pérez, Dance Theatre Heidelberg 13, 17, 23 Feb
Helsinki
Finnish National Opera
Sleeping Beauty by Javier Torres.
1, 5, 7 Feb
Premiere Blushing, Young dancers' evening. Almi Hall.
27 Feb, 1 Mar
Premiere Édith Piaf – La vie en rose, choreography by Reija Wäre.
28 Feb, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 21, 22 Mar
Tanssin talo
Side Step Festival 2025:
Premiere Sfäärit (Spheres), dance-music performance by Marianna Henriksson and Anna Mustonen.
6–8 Feb
Zodiak
Side Step Festival 2025:
Goner, performance by Marikiscrycrycry.
4, 5 Feb
Don't clap for Crap (not another shit show), remake of the cult pas-de-deux Kein Applaus für Scheiße from 2010 with Florentina Holzinger and Vincent Riebeek, with Riebeek and Nica Rosés.
7, 8 Feb
Hof
Theater
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, ballet by Ludwig van Beethoven and Salvatore Vignanò from 1801, choreography by Igor Kirov. 2, 22, 23, 26, 28 Feb
I
Innsbruck
Congress Centrum Innsbruck
2nd Innsbruck Winter Dance Festival 2025.
30th Jan–2Mar:
Lágrimas Negras, dance piece by Enrique Gasa Valga, Limonada Dance Company.
15, 16 Feb
Premiere Dorian Gray, dance production by Enrique Gasa Valga, inspired by Oscar Wilde, Limonada Dance Company.
20, 21, 26–28 Feb., 1, 2 Mar
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana choreographed by Ilya Jivoy.
22, 23 Feb
Tiroler Landestheater
Romeo und Julia, dance piece by Marcel Leemann with music by Prokofiev.
2nd Feb
The Room, dance piece by Caroline Finn. Kammerspiele.
6th, 15 Feb
Premiere Rausch, three-part dance evening:
Unfamiliar Connections by Francesca Frassinelli, Celestial Fractures by Julian Nicosia and Boléro by Ihsan Rustem.
23 Feb, introductory matinee, 1, 6, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26 Mar www.landestheater.at
K
Kaiserslautern
Pfalztheater
Premiere The Pulse of the Stone/Der Puls von Gestein, dance evening by Helge Letonja to Chopin's Préludes, dance ensemble of the Pfalztheater.
1, 5, 21, 27 Feb
Karlsruhe
Badisches Staatstheater
Saiten/Sprünge, ballet evening with choreographies by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Hans van Manen and Mthuthuzeli November.
1, 9 Feb, 13 Mar
Leuchtfeuer, ballet evening with choreographies by Raimondo Rebeck, Kristina Paulin and Mauro Bigonzetti.
15 Feb
Kassel
State Theater
Premiere Der Tod und das Mädchen, two-part dance evening: Der Tod und das Mädchen by Andonis Foniadakis and Shuv by Eyal Dadon.
1, 8 Feb
Shinakai No Tamashii ("Souls in the Sea"), butoh dance with Tadashi Endo. TiF.
1, 8 Feb
DANCE JAM SESSION, TANZ_KASSEL.
TiF.
27 Feb
Kiel
Theater
Schwanensee, choreography by Yaroslav Ivanenko.
12 Feb
Kiel
Krefeld
Theater
Tschaikowskys Träume, ballet by Robert North.
5, 25, 27 Feb, 15 Mar
Peter und der Wolf, ballet by Robert North to music by Prokofiev.
23 Feb
L
Lausanne
Arsenic
Entepfuhl, dance performance by Alina Arshi.
6–9 Feb
Music and dance with Oswèla.
28 Feb, 1 Mar
Théâtre de Beaulieu
Prix de Lausanne 2025, International Ballet Competition.
2–9 Feb
Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne
La guerre des pauvres (“The War of the Poor”), dance performance by Olivia Grandville based on the novel by Éric Vuillard. Salle 17, Le Pavillon.
8–13 Feb
Leipzig
LOFFT – DAS THEATER
Wir in der Welt, dance project of Bewegungsinitiative Leipzig. 21, 28 Feb
Opernhaus
Premiere Humans, a two-part ballet evening by Sofia Nappi and Louis Stiens to music by Clara Schumann, Henry Purcell and Werner Egk, among others, Leipzig Ballet.
1, 9, 12, 28 Feb
Leuven
STUK
Fase, four movements to the music of Steve Reich, key work by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker from 1982, Rosas. 21, 25–28 Feb, 6, 8, 9 Mar
Leverkusen
Forum
Inside Juggling, new circus theatre production by Jonas Schiffauer (Hippana Maleta) and Liza van Brakel.
12 Feb
Linz
Landestheater
Lovetrain 2.0, dance piece by Emanuel Gat to the music of Tears for Fears, Tanz Linz.
8 Feb
Posthof
Heimspiel 2025:
Ritus, exhibition of the Institute of Dance Arts at Bruckner University.
6, 7 Feb
Lisbon
Teatro Camões
Premiere The Companhia Nacional de Bailado with «
Workwithinwork by William Forsythe, Upstream by Andrew McNicol and Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto.
20 Feb–2 Mar
London
Lilian Baylis Studio
Maldonne, Hymn to Women by Leïla Ka.
4, 5 Feb
Royal Ballet and Opera
Onegin, ballet by John Cranko based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin.
7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 25 Feb, 29, 31 May, 3–5, 7, 11, 12 Jun
Premiere Phaedra and Minotaur, Greek mythology staged by opera director Deborah Warner and choreographer Kim Brandstrup. Linbury Theatre.
6–11 Feb
Folclor, choreographies by Pontus Lidberg, Rafael Bonachela and Norge Cedeño & Thais Suárez for Acosta Danza. Linbury Theatre, 15–20 Feb
Light of Passage, ballet by Crystal Pite to Henryk Górecki's Symphony No.3 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"), The Royal Ballet.
20, 21, 28 Feb, 1, 5, 11, 12 Mar
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Larsen C, dance performance by the Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos.
4, 5 Feb
Encantado by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.
7, 8 Feb
Vollmond, piece by Pina Bausch from 2006, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
14–23 Feb
Deepstaria, new creation by choreographer Wayne McGregor. 27 Feb–2 Mar
Sadler’s Wells East
∞ {Infinite}, dance meditation by the HUMANHOOD Dance Company.
12–15 Feb
Birdboy, solo by Irish choreographer Emma Martin for dancer Kévin Coquelard, United Fall.
20–22 Feb
She’s Auspicious, Bharatanatyam solo with Mythili Prakash.
28 Feb–2 Mar
Ludwigsburg
Forum am Schlosspark
Nederlands Dans Theater 2 with Lucid Variations.
1, 2 Feb
The Leipzig Ballet: Hommage an Uwe Scholz.
15, 16 Feb
Premiere Bach bewegt! Tanz!, dance-music project by choreographer Friederike Rademann to baroque arias and orchestral pieces with students from the Stuttgart region and the original sound orchestra of the Gaechinger Cantorey.
21, 22 Feb
Ludwigshafen
Theater im Pfalzbau
Festspiele Ludwigshafen:
Initium, four-part dance evening with the Berlin Ballet Company founded by the Staatsballett Berlin dancers Alexander Abdukarimov, Arshak Ghalumyan and Oleksandr Shpak.
15 Feb
Luxembourg
Grand Théâtre
In DUB, choreographer Amala Dianor celebrates the exuberant creativity of short dance choreographies on social media.
11, 12 Feb
The Game – Grand Finale, the final chapter of a project by Luxembourg choreographer Jill Crovisier.
13, 14 Feb
Alter Ego, flamenco with the Alfonso Losa company.
25, 26 Feb
Luzern
Theater
Premiere Seeing Within Sight, choreographies by Javier Rodríguez Cobos and Inbal Pinto, TanzLuzern.
9, 13, 15, 21 Feb, 15, 22 Mar
Lyon
Maison de la danse
Nos matins intérieurs, dance piece for jugglers and musicians with the Collectif Petit Travers in collaboration with le Quatuor Debussy.
8, 9, 12–14 Feb
Le Rêve de voler, duo with Nicolas Barry and Sophie Billon and ÉAÉDEM, choreography by Marie Gourdain.
13, 14 Feb
Carmen, choreography by Abou Lagraa for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis.
18–21 Feb
Mirlitons, concert performance with the dancer and choreographer François Chaignaud and the musician Aymeric Hainaux.
20, 21 Feb
Lüneburg
Theater
Gefährliche Liebschaften, dance piece by Olaf Schmidt based on the novel by Pierre-Ambroise-François.
9, 14 Feb
M
Magdeburg
Theater
Schneewittchen, ballet by Jörg Mannes to music by Giovanni Sollima, Elena Kats-Chernin and Michael Nyman.
2 Feb
Premiere Carmen/Morgenröte eines Stiers, ballets by Jörg Mannes and guest choreographer Jeroen Verbruggen.
1 Feb, Nah dran (introduction), 15, 22 Feb
Mainz
Mainzer Kammerspiele
IMPACT, choreographies by Kevin O’Day, Douglas Lee and Stéphen Delattre to a composition by Milko Lazar with sound design by Davidson Jaconello.
18–20 Feb
Staatstheater
Promise by Sharon Eyal and Unfolding by Philippe Kratz, tanzmainz.
2, 16, 23 Feb
Premiere Echoes of Tension, production of the tanzmainz club. U17.
2, 8 Feb
Premiere Camera obscura, dance piece by Philippe Kratz.
15, 17, 18, 26 Feb
Malmö
Manchester
The Hall
Premiere Figures in Extinction [3.0], the third and final part of the triptych by Crystal Pite & Simon McBurney for NDT 1. Aviva Studios.
19–22 Feb
Mannheim
Nationaltheater
Poem an Minotaurus/Le Sacre du printemps, two-part dance evening by Stephan Thoss. OPAL.
2, 6, 8 Feb
Just a Game, choreographies by Stephan Thoss, Giovanni Visone, Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum and Edward Clug. Altes Kino Franklin.
22 Feb
Meiningen
Staatstheater
Cinderella, op. 87, ballet by Andris Plucis, Eisenach ballet ensemble.
2, 16 Feb
Meyrin
Théâtre du Forum Meyrin
Bate Fado, performance concert by Jonas & Lander.
19 Feb
Milan
Teatro alla Scala
Solitude Sometimes by Philippe Kratz, Annonciation by Angelin Preljocaj and Carmen by Patrick de Bana.
28 Feb–12 Mar
Munich
Hasting Studiobühne
Premiere Seite an Seite, choreography by Christine Hasting with young people from the «Modern Dance & Improvisation» class. 21–23 Feb
HochX
Transfigured by Rykena/Jüngst.
19, 20 Feb
Guest performance series Split + Merge:
Wolfgang, dance piece by Nicki Liszta, backsteinhaus produktion.
28 Feb, 1 Mar
Münchner Künstlerhaus
Gauklerball: Tango im Moulin Rouge, choreography by Johannes Härtl with students from the 2nd and 3rd year of Iwanson International.
8 Feb
Nationaltheater
Duato/Skeels/Eyal:
White Darkness by Nacho Duato, Chasm by Andrew Skeels and Autodance by Sharon Eyal.
2 Feb
Giselle, choreography by Peter Wright after Coralli, Perrot and Petipa.
6, 9, 21 Feb
Schmetterling, choreography by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. 26, 28 Feb
PATHOS theater
Guest performance series Split + Merge:
Bestseller, danced requiem by and with Martin Clausen and Rafał Dziemidok.
27, 28 Feb
schwere reiter
see the music – and dance! Ein gelebtes Experiment, dance theater by Johanna Richter on a live musical journey from Arvo Pärt to John Cage and Steve Reich.
18, 20 Feb
This is me, dance theater by Johannes Härtl.
22, 23 Feb
Seidlvilla
Tanzraum II – Schlussfieber, choreographies by final year students of Iwanson International.
5 Feb
Tanzraum III – Im Prozess with Iwanson students in the 2nd year of training.
27 Feb
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (SMAEK)
Das Verschwinden, installation with performances by and with Ruth Geiersberger and accomplices.
4–16 Feb
Das verschwindende Jetzt, performance with long-time former Pina Bausch dancer Josephine Ann Endicott, illustrator and performer Christoph Lammers, with text performances by Ruth Geiersberger and Michel Watzinger on the dulcimer.
7, 14 Feb
Mönchengladbach
Theater
Premiere Tanz Projekt I (AT) for children and young people. Studio.
23 Feb
Münster
Theater
Premiere Jeanne D’Arc, dance evening by Lillian Stillwell.
1, 8, 12, 21, 25 Feb, 8, 23 Mar
Theater im Pumpenhaus
RE., Krump performance with Nadine Gerspacher and Arias Fernández, Cia. Nadine Gerspacher.
21, 22 Feb
N
Nancy
Neubrandenburg
Schauspielhaus
Premiere Luft, continuation of the Elemente Zyklus with Deutsche Tanzkompanie Neustrelitz.
14 Mar
Neuchâtel
Théâtre du Passage
Préparation pour un miracle, solo by Marc Oosterhoff, Cie Moost.
19, 20 Feb
Théâtre – Maison du Concert
Notus, dance performance by Maxime Jeannerat and Adamantia Papakyriaki, Cie La Méthode.
7–9, 14–16 Feb
Nuremberg
Staatstheater
Bonachela/Lake/Montero, three-part ballet evening with the Nuremberg State Theater Ballet:
Including a world premiere by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake, Lux Tenebris by Rafael Bonachela, and Goyo Montero's Tilt.
17, 18 Mar public rehearsal, 19 Apr introductory matinee, premiere 26 Apr
www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de
KunstKulturQuartier
Curious Space – eine Tanz-Sopund-Performance by Alexandra Rauh. Tafelhalle.
1, 14, 15 Feb
Staatstheater
Der Steppenwolf, dance piece by Goyo Montero based on the novel of the same name by Hermann Hesse.
1, 7, 21 Feb
O
Oldenburg
Staatstheater
Premiere VIBE(S)-LICH(T), a three-part ballet evening:
Soft Knocks by Australian choreographer Alice Topp, Out of Love by Lilit Hakobyan and a new creation by SoYeon Kim based on compositions by Frédéric Chopin arranged by Ólafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott.
1, 8, 9, 25, 28 Feb, 11, 23 Mar, 17, 26, 30 Apr www.staatstheater.de
Oslo
The Norwegian Opera and Ballet
Don Quixote, ballet by Rudolf Nureyev.
7, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 25, 27 Feb, 1, 5, 7 Mar
The Cello, choreography by Jo Strømgren, a co-production of Jo Strømgren Kompani and Silesian-Moravian National Ballet.
26–28 Feb, 1, 2 Mar
P
Paris
Brûler d’envies, final presentations with the graduates of the Centre National des Arts du cirque.
Until 16 Feb
Opéra
Onegin, ballet by John Cranko based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin. Palais Garnier, 8–10, 12, 14, 16–18, 20–22, 24–28 Feb, 1, 4 Mar
Théâtre de la Ville Sarah Bernhardt
Bilaka, performance by iLaUNA.
8–12 Feb
Vers un pays sage by Jean-Christophe Maillot and Autodance by Sharon Eyal with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
28 Feb, 1–5 Mar
www.theatredelaville-paris.com
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Trinity, choreography by Jin Xing, Jin Xing Dance Theater Shanghai.
27, 28 Feb
Théâtre le 13ème Art
Les Saisons, ballet by Thierry Malandain, Malandain Ballet Biarritz.
5–15 Feb
Pforzheim
Theater
Tristan und Isolde, new dance piece by Guido Markowitz based on the opera by Richard Wagner.
2 Feb, 1 Mar
Premiere Black Swan by Mar Rodríguez Valverde and Wonder by Gil Kerer.
21 Feb
Plauen
Vogtlandtheater
Ramayana by Sergei Vanaev.
8, 27 Feb
Potsdam
fabrik Potsdam
Made in Potsdam, festival of contemporary art.
Until 16 Feb
Potsdam
fabrik Potsdam
Made in Potsdam, festival of contemporary art.
Until 16 Feb
Prague
National Theatre
bpm – beats per minute:
ARTZA by Eyal Dadon, Bohemian Gravity by Yemi A. D. and Sharon Eyal's Bill.
1, 8 Feb
State Opera
Premiere L’Histoire de Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to music by Jules Massenet.
20, 21, 23, 27 Feb, 1, 22 Mar
Q
Quedlinburg
Neue Bühne
Da Vincis Magie, dance piece by Tarek Assam to music by Patrick Schimanski.
21 Feb, 15 Mar
R
Radebeul
Landesbühnen Sachsen
Premiere Im Puls, dance evening by Natalie Wagner.
8, 15 Feb
Regensburg
Antoniushaus
«Next to me», dance evening by Gabriel Pitoni, Tanzcompany Theater Regensburg.
12, 13, 15, 16 Feb
Remscheid
Teo Otto Theater
Der Feuervogel and Boléro with the Ballet Opéra Grand Avignon.
15 Feb
Reutlingen
Theater Reutlingen Die Tonne
Internationales Tanztheater XXV with two ensembles from Switzerland:
Goodbye Stracciatella by Tabea Martin with the Compagnie BewegGrund and Together by Clément Bugnon and Matthias Kass with the Company Idem.
8, 9 Feb
Rostock
Volkstheater
Amadeus, cross-disciplinary production by Daniel Pfluger based on the play by Peter Schaffer with acting, dance and music theater ensemble.
1, 2, 18 Feb
Perspectives, evening for young choreographers with the Volkstheater dance company.
26 Feb
Rotterdam
Theater
World premieres by winners of the RIDCC XL Production award for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam: GOATS by the duo Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson and The breakable by the Chilean-Israeli choreographer Olivia Court Mesa.
25 Feb preview, 26–28 Feb
S
Salzburg
Landestheater
Fridas Welt, ballet about Frida Kahlo by Reginaldo Oliveira.
9, 13, 14 Feb
Internationale Ballettgala.
15th Feb
Das Traumfresserchen, ballet for children from five years by Kate Watson and Josef Vesely based on the children's book The Rainbow Fish by Michael Ende. Kammerspiele.
25–27 Feb, 1–4, 6, 8 Mar
Schaffhausen
Stadttheater
Anna Karenina, ballet by László Velekei after Leo Tolstoy, Hungarian National Ballet Győr.
13 Feb
Schwerin
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater
Four Seasons Recomposed, new ballets by Craig Davidson, Xenia Wiest, Juanjo Arques and the new ballet director Jonathan dos Santos, Company Ballett Schwerin.
2 Feb
Strawinsky – Petruschka/Der Feuervogel:
Petruschka by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich and Der Feuervogel, choreography by Xenia Wiest.
16 Feb
Solothurn
Stadttheater
Neue Körper am Ende der Welt. Ein Sportstück by Marion Rothhaar and Regina Dürig.
22 Feb
St. Gallen
Lokremise
Premiere Beyond, pieces by Yoann Bourgeois and Hofesh Shechter. 8 Feb public rehearsal, 21 Feb
Theater
Moved, two-part dance evening: and now still by Alan Lucien Øyen and Minus 16 by Ohad Naharin.
4, 6, 11 Feb
St. Pölten
Festspielhaus
C la Vie, dance ode to the life of Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Faso Danse Théâtre.
15 Feb
Steckborn
Phoenix Theater
Premiere Div’in, immersive dance theater production by Léa Thomen.
6, 7 Feb
Stockholm
Royal Opera
Premiere of Infra by Wayne McGregor to music by Max Richter and Mats Ek's new creation A Cup of Coffee to music by Anders Hillborg.
7, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21 Feb
Stralsund
Theater
Premiere LiebeLoveAmore, dance evening by Ralf Dörnen.
1, 22 Feb
Strasbourg
Opéra
Premiere Three early works by William Forsythe, premiered with the Ballett Frankfurt: Quintett (1993), Trio (1996) and Enemy in the Figure (1989) with the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin.
27, 28 Feb, 1, 2 Mar
Pôle Sud
Voice Noise, voice happening by choreographer Jan Martens, GRIP.
5–7 Feb
Stuttgart
Opernhaus
Mahler x Drei Meister:
Das Lied von der Erde by Kenneth MacMillan, Maurice Béjart's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Spuren by John Cranko.
1, 6, 14, 19, 26 Feb, 2 Mar
Benjamin Britten's Der Tod in Venedig based on Thomas Mann's novella, staged by choreographer Demis Volpi.
9, 12, 18, 28 Feb, 8, 18 Mar
Theaterhaus
ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart;
selected events in live stream: www.eclat.org.
5–9 Feb
Elements, the four elements translated into dance by Mauro Bigonzetti, Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis and Louise Lecavalier, Gauthier Dance.
13–16 Feb
T
The Hague
Amare
Figures in Extinction [3.0], the third and final part of the triptych by Crystal Pite & Simon McBurney for NDT 1.
7, 8 Feb previews, 26–28 Feb, 1 Mar
The Nutcracker by Jeroen Verbruggen with Introdans.
15, 16 Feb
Korzo
Premiere The Bone Algorithm, interdisciplinary performance by Amos Ben-Tal, OFFprojects.
13 Feb
Trier
Theater
Schwanensee choreographed by ballet director Roberto Scafati. 7, 16 Feb
U
Ulm
Theater
Premiere Die Möwe Jonathan, dance theater by Annett Göhre based on the novel by Richard Bach. Podium.
1, 6, 8, 11, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27 Feb
V
Verniers
Salle du Lignon
Chora, dance performance by the Bonn ensemble CocoonDance.
8, 9 Feb
Vienna
brut nordwest
Premiere Come Back Again, performance by Viennese choreographer Doris Uhlich.
12–16 Feb
Exhibit Eschenbachgasse
Invisible Collection, exhibition project by Sööt/Zeyringer.
15, 16, 18–23, 25, 26 Feb
Tanzquartier Wien
Premiere Soso by choreographer Samuel Feldhandler.
7, 8 Feb
Ich nehm dir alles weg – Ein Schlagerballett by Joana Tischkau. 14, 15 Feb
Untitled (Holding Horizon), new creation by Alex Baczynski-Jenkins.
21, 22 Feb
Premiere For Mouth at Each End, Alex Franz Zehetbauer forms a choir with the TWQ dance group PARASOL.
27 Feb open rehearsal visit, 14, 15 Mar
Premiere Unlikely Places, solo performance by Ian Kaler.
28 Feb, 1 Mar
NEST – Neue Staatsoper
Prokofiev’s Peter und der Wolf in a choreography by ballet director Martin Schläpfer with the youth company of the ballet academy of the Vienna State Opera.
2, 5– 8 Feb
www.wiener-staatsballett.at, www.nest.at
Theater Nestroyhof/Hamakom
Fragments out of Time, dance & puppetry by Rose Breuss and Christoph Bochdansky in collaboration with the dance company Of(f) Verticality.
24, 25 Feb
Volksoper
KaiserRequiem, cross-genre production of the chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann, and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor KV 626 directed and choreographed by Andreas Heise.
2, 5, 8, 19, 26 Feb, 3, 5 Mar
Wiener Staatsoper
Die Kameliendame,
ballet by John Neumeier based on the novel La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas.
19, 24 Feb, 1, 2, 7, 10, 22 Mar
67th Vienna Opera Ball.
27 Feb
Villars-sur-Glâne
Nuithonie
Dive, dance performance by Edouard Hue, Beaver Dam Company.
7 Feb
W
Wiesbaden
Staatstheater
Premiere Chronicles, choreographies by Liliana Barros, Dunja Jocić, David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen, Anouk von Dijk and others, Hessisches Staatsballett.
16, 23 Feb, 1, 6, 8, 14 Mar
Wuppertal
Opernhaus
Água, piece by Pina Bausch from 2001, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
February 1, 2
Würzburg
Mainfranken Theater
Premiere Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet, dance by ballet director Dominique Dumais and Kevin O’Day.
2, 5, 9, 11, 15 Feb
Classic Soul, choreography by Dominique Dumais to music by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone and piano compositions by J. S. Bach.Theaterfabrik Blaue Halle.
18, 19, 27 Feb
Theaterhalle am Dom
no photos on the dancefloor, the new project of kollektiv anderer tanz by Thomas K. Kopp.
21, 22 Feb
Z
Zurich
MAAG Halle
Billy Elliot – the Musical.
Until 15 Jun
Opernhaus
Giselle choreographed by Patrice Bart.
1, 18, 25, 28 Feb
Of Light, Wind and Waters, ballet by Kim Brandstrup based on works by Hans Christian Andersen.
7, 14, 22 Feb, 20 Mar
Premiere Ballet meets science: The Butterfly Effect, choreographies by Cathy Marston, Ihsan Rustem and Lucas Valente for the Junior Ballet.
16, 23 Feb
Tanzhaus Zürich
Show-Off, platform with Zurich dance artists.
5–7 Feb
night body night voice, dance and sound performance by Charlotte Mathiessen.
28 Feb–2 Mar