Calendar
April 2025
A
Aachen
Fabrik Stahlbau Strang
The 30th edition of the schrit_tmacher Festival (also at venues in Heerlen, Eupen, and Kerkrade).
Until 13 Apr
Parade, a 12 square-meter work by the artist Karl von Monschau. Foyer.
Until 13 Apr
The Watcher, dance performance by Václac Kuneš, accompanied by the indie rock band Please The Trees, 420PEOPLE.
3–6 Apr
Belonging:
Cloudburst by Miguel Altunaga and Terms of Agreement by Marcus Jarrell Willis with Phoenix Dance Theatre.
10–13 Apr
Aarau
Bühne Aarau
Premiere Ich kann nicht schlafen, dance theater piece for everyone ages eight and up with the youth club u16. Tuchlaube.
22, 24 Apr
Aix-en-Provence
Théâtre – Pavillon Noir
Mer Plastique, dance performance by Tidiani N’Diaye.
28, 29 Apr
Amsterdam
National Opera & Ballet
Premiere Lady Macbeth, ballet by US choreographer Helen Picket in collaboration with dramaturge James Bonas to music by Peter Salem.
5, 6, 9, 11–13, 15, 18, 20, 22 Apr
Mannetje Jas, dance performance for young audiences by Wubkje Kuindersma, National Opera & Ballet, Studio Boekman.
12–16 Apr
Antwerp
De Singel
BLUEPRINT Chapter II – Rhyme, Recovery, Renewal, Hip-Hop Festival.
4–6 Apr
Le Silence, performance with breakdance, house, and krump by Antoinette Gomis, Compagnie Antoinette Gomis.
4 Apr
Opera Antwerp
Romeo und Julia, new choreography by Marcos Morau to music by Prokofiev, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.
3–6, 9–12 Apr
Premiere Now we are earth, choreography by Nicole Beutler for the Dance On Ensemble.
25–27 Apr
Augsburg
Staatstheater
New Comer, choreographies by Alfonso López González, Mateo Mirdita, and Thomas Krähenbühl, Ballet Augsburg.
Brechtbühne at Gaswerk.
6, 26, 27 Apr
Dimensions of Dance. Part 5, a three-part ballet evening with choreographies by Andonis Foniadakis, Douglas Lee, and Young Soon Hue-Simon.
Martini-Park.
12 Apr
International Ballet and Dance Gala 2025, Ballett Augsburg & guests. Martini-Park.
20, 21 Apr
Charlie, Ricardo Fernando's homage to Charlie Chaplin.
29 Apr
B
Barcelona
Mercat de les Flors
Radical d’Arrel:
Lâs Alegrías, contemporary flamenco with Maria del Mar Suárez La Chachi.
3, 4 Apr
Cher, flamenco solo by and with Juan Carlos Lérida.
4–6 Apr
Maja y Bastarda, solo performance by Laila Tafur.
5, 6 Apr
Jarana, dance performance by Laia Santanach.
10–13 Apr
Nosaltres i els temps, dance performance by Mal Pelo.
24-27 Apr
Rel i Grapa, dance-music performance by choreographer Víctor Pérezarmero and composer Raúl Pérezarmero.
26, 27 Apr
Basel
Kaserne Basel
Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna by Soa Ratsifandrihana.
4–5 Apr
Theater
Go with Your Heart, choreography by director and light artist Tim Etchells and object artist Vlatka Horvat.
3, 9, 11, 22, 26, 28 Apr
Three Works: can't be present due to traveling by Oleg Stepanov, In Some Sense by Tilman O'Donnell, and Afternoon Forest Bird by Jonathan Earl Fredrickson and Ophelia Young.
4–5 Apr
Bautzen
SNE
Smy! – Bin ich?, dance piece by choreographer Gundula Peuthert for the Sorbian National Ensemble.
12, 13 Apr
Berlin
Admiralspalast
Rock the Ballet, best-of dance show with new choreographies by Adrienne Canterna.
3–5 Apr
Cão Sem Plumas ("Dog Without Feathers"), dance-music show by Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker based on the poem by João Cabrat de Melo Neto.
13 Apr
Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
Flight of the Canaries, performance by Bishop Black.
2–5 Apr
Chamäleon Berlin
Play Dead, surreal blend of acrobatics, dance, and physical theater with the Canadian ensemble People Watching.
Until 1 Jun
Deutsche Oper
William Forsythe, three Forsythe works: Blake Works I, Approximate Sonata 2016, and One Flat Thing, Reproduced
2, 10, 18, 25 Apr
Dock 11
LUSH BLAST: Tasting the Untamed, dance performance by Alica Minar & Dorota Michalak
10–12 Apr
Premiere fish áI lens, multidisciplinary and autobiographical dance performance by and with Megumi Eda and Shintaro Oue. 17–20 Apr
Premiere Inner Mining – experiment #1: voice, vocal performance by Jule Flierl, bottom up productions.
24–27 Apr
EDEN
Zeitgeister, presentations of children's dance classes.
5, 6 Apr
Friedrichstadt-Palast
Falling | in Love, grand show curated by star designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
1, 3–6, 8, 10–13, 15, 17–20, 22, 24–26, 29 Apr, 1–4 May
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
In Hexploitation, the She She Pop collective explores the fear of old women. HAU2.
4–6 Apr
Tambourines, choreography by Trajal Harrell, inspired by the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble.
12–13 Apr
The Third Prince – The Game by media artist Choy Ka Fai. HAU3.
9–10 Apr
The Power (of) The Fragile, performance by Mohamed Toukabri. 16–17 Apr
as long as you want, duet with Sheena McGrandles and Eli Cohen. HAU2.
29, 30 Apr
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Theatertreffen 2025.
2–18 May
Instituto Cervantes
Vestiario, dance performance by Maria Colusi.
9, 10 Apr
Konzerthaus Berlin am Gendarmenmarkt
Aphorisms, dance homage to the composer Ursula Mamlok with dancers from the New Chamber Ballet New York and musicians from the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin.
9 Apr
Radialsystem
presents a revival of Sasha Waltz's 1993 dance classic Travelogue I – Twenty to Eight, with Sasha Waltz & Guests.
3–6 Apr
The Whole Truth about Lies, musical theater piece by Nico and the Navigators.
10–13 Apr
On Stage, performance by visual artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi.
25, 26 Apr
Anda, Diana, performance by Diana Niepce.
25, 26 Apr
Sophiensæle
Bodies of Light, performance by Isabelle Schad at the intersection of visual arts and dance, and her work Close by, So far – Landscapes of Infinity.
2–5 Apr
Bird Dances, dance performance by Kareth Schaffer.
10–13 Apr
Drag Launch. D.R.A.G. guidelines for basic standards and best practices by Olympia Bukkakis and D.R.A.G.
16 Apr
Sip & Speak, hosted listening session and Ataya tea ceremony with Isabel Lewis & Djibril Sall. Hochzeitssaal.
19 Apr
null&void, solo performance by Agata Siniarska.
25, 26 Apr
After Hope by artist and musician Anton Kats, a.k.a. ILYICH.
30 Apr, 2–4 May
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Schwanensee, choreography by Patrice Bart after Ivanov and Petipa.
5, 6 Apr
2 Chapters Love:
Stars Like Moths by Sol León and 2 Chapters Love by Sharon Eyal.
14, 17, 19, 22 Apr
Premiere Winterreise, ballet by Christian Spuck to music by Hans Zender based on Franz Schubert's Winterreise.
Premiere talk 27 Apr, 11, 14, 17, 23, 29 May
Tanzkomplizen im Podewil
Oz – Der Zauber in uns, urban dance fairytale by Joy Alpuerto Ritter.
5–8 Apr
Theater an der Parkaue
Die Nashörner, dance piece by Ursina Tossi based on Eugène Ionesco.
3, 6, 11 Apr
Wazn Teez?, insect musical by Martin Heckmanns based on the picture book by Carson Ellis.
5 Apr
Theater o.N.
i... livin' space, u... sci fi, and us/wir/nous, a mobile music and dance trilogy for all ages by Julie Peters and Andreas Pichler.
4–7 Apr
Uferstudios
Diven, dance performance by Mel Brinkmann.
11–13 Apr
www.uferstudios.com; www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
The Hunger, creation by Constanza Macras. DorkyPark.
3, 10 Apr
Bern
Dampfzentrale
ANGRYBODIES, music performance project by Anouk Friedli and Guus Diepenmaat.
18 Apr
Stadttheater
Fortuna, a dance evening with Felix Landerer and Giuseppe Spota, Bern Ballet, and Tanz Bielefeld. Vidmar 1.
6. Apr
Premiere Zwielichter, a dance evening with choreographies by Lesley Telford, Marioenrico D'Angelo ("Next Steps" artist), and Xie Xin.
10 Apr Public rehearsal, 26, 29 Apr, 3, 9, 24, 28 May
Bielefeld
Stadttheater
Premiere Innen•Leben, two-part dance evening by Paloma Muñoz and Johannes Wieland.
5, 13, 25 Apr, 1, 3, 13, 28 May
Bochum
Schauspielhaus
Give up die alten Geister, production by countertenor and director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe. Kammerspiele.
13, 25 Apr
Bonn
Theater
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, choreographed by Gerard Mosterd, with the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from Ukraine.
10, 11 Apr
Theater im Ballsaal
Chora, sound-space installation by CocoonDance.
4, 5 Apr
Braunschweig
Staatstheater
tanz JUNG!:
Supernormal Superpower, dance piece for young audiences by Alessandro Schiattarella. Kleines Haus.
3, 7 Apr
Die Zeit ist reif, dance and performance parcours.
4–6 Apr
Yesterday, highlights from the repertoire of choreographer Jasmin Vardimon, Tanztheater Braunschweig.
17 Apr, 2, 10, 16, 30 May, 5 Jun
Bregenz
Festspielhaus
Bregenzer Frühling:
Premiere New Earth, new creation by Shahar Binyamini, followed by Bolero X, with students from the Zurich University of the Arts.
5 Apr
Contre-nature, dance acrobatics by French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane, Compagnie de Chaillot.
12 Apr
Freedom Sonata by Emanuel Gat.
3 May
Bremen
Theater
Dawn, a dance performance by Finnish choreographer Milla Koistinen for Unusual Symptoms.
12, 20 Apr
Diamonds, dance piece by Renan Martins, Unusual Symptoms. 18 Apr
Grit, solo performance by Milla Koistinen.
19 Apr
Joujouville by Samir Akika.
21 Apr
Bremerhaven
Stadttheater
Emotions of Dance, choreographies by Alex Kros, Ihsan Rustem, and Alfonso Palencia with music ranging from Yma Sumac to Postmodern Jukebox.
12 Apr, 2, 9, 17 May
Bruges
Concertgebouw
Night of Bits:
Gimme a Break!!!, solo by Baptiste Cazaux featuring rave music, meditative practices, and headbanging, as well as mo lemons no melon by and with Inga Huld Hákonardóttir and Yann Leguay.
25 Apr
Brussels
KVS
Wasco!, dance performance by choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez with musician Maarten Van Cauwenberghe, HetPaleis & Voetvolk.
26 Apr
La Balsamine
x.dates, dance performance by Alban Ovanessian.
17–19 Apr
La Raffinerie – Charleroi Danse
Le Départ, solo by Zora Snake.
17, 18 Apr
Je prends feu trop souvent, duo by Caroline Cornelis, inspired by Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
23, 24 Apr
Les Brigittines
Danses en fête.
19–29 Apr
Chromatique, dance-music performance for young audiences by Louise Baduel in collaboration with musician Marc Melià, inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns's The Carnival of Animals.
23, 26 April
Schaerbeek, De Kriekelaar
The Cloud, dance performance by Arkadi Zaides.
4, 5 Apr
C
Chemnitz
Theater
Premieres Showcase VIII:
Zwischen Athena, Apollon und Dir, dance piece by Daniel Morales Pérez.
3, 17, Apr, 15 May
Romeo und Julia, ballet by Luciano Cannito.
6 Apr, 11 May
Ballett Chemnitz & Friends.
10 Apr
Kaleidoskop, choreographic quartet with works by Fabrice Guillot, Andonis Foniadakis, Tu Hoang & Hiro Murata, and Yvruk.
11, 26 Apr
Rhapsody in C, ballet on the life and work of George Gershwin by Sabrina Sadowska.
24 Apr, 1 May
Chur
Das Zelt
Beyond, choreographies by Yoann Bourgeois and Hofesh Shechter with the Tanzkompanie St. Gallen.
29 Apr
Coburg
Globe Coburg
Premieres Kaleidoskop, a four-part ballet evening with works by John Neumeier, David Campos, Luis Tena Torres, and Mark McClain.
12, 21, 27 Apr, 2, 6 May
Cologne
Schauspiel Köln
Choreographies by Lucinda Childs, Tânia Carvalho, Lasseindra Ninja, and Oona Doherty for the Ballet National de Marseille – (LA)HORDE. Depot 1.
11, 12 Apr
www.tanz.koeln; www.schauspiel.koeln
TanzFaktur
fünfzehnminuten, platform for young artists from Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia.
4, 5 Apr
Copenhagen
Det Kongelige Teater
Don Quixote choreographed by Nikolaj Hübbe.
2, 3, 5, 9–11 Apr
Cottbus
Piccolo Theater
Smy! – Bin ich?, dance piece by choreographer Gundula Peuthert for the Sorbian National Ensemble Bautzen.
5 Apr
Staatstheater
Der Sandmann, multi-disciplinary horror story based on E.T.A. Hoffmann, directed by Co-Director of Drama Philipp Rosendahl and choreographed by Alessia Ruffolo.
11 Apr
Mit Herz und Verstand, three-part ballet evening:
Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti to Italian music of the 18th and 19th centuries, Conrazoncorazon, inspired by the musicals of the 1920s and 1930s, and Sortijas by Spanish choreographer Cayetano Soto.
21 Apr, 24 May
D
Darmstadt
Staaatstheater
Chronicles, choreographies by Liliana Barros, Dunja Jocić, David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen, Anouk von Dijk, Fran Díaz, and Leïla Ka, Hessisches Staatsballett.
5, 12, 17, 19, 27 Apr, 16 May
Dessau
Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
Tanzt! Tanzt! Tanzt!, a contemporary dance evening with choreographies by Stefano Giannetti, Nunzio Impellizzeri, and Yaron Shamir.
5, 13, 25 Apr, 2 May
Dortmund
Theater
Dips, three-part ballet evening featuring Nadav Zelner's world premiere of Drama Class, Marco Goecke's Blushing, and Xin Peng Wang's Saturn.
5 Apr, 16 May
Ein Mittsommernachtstraum, ballet by Alexander Ekman to music by Mikael Karlsson.
19, 27 Apr, 4, 11 May
Dresden
HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
32. Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik
Until 18 Apr
Beethoven 7, two-part dance evening by Sasha Waltz based on the commissioned work Freiheit/Extasis by contemporary composer Diego Noguera and Beethoven's 7th Symphony, with Sasha Waltz & Guests.
24, 25 Apr
11. Lange Nacht der Dresdner Theater with Sasha Waltz & Guests.
26 Apr
Tanz in den Mai with the go plastic company & Kolleg*innen.
1 May
Messe Dresden
22nd DDP Cup, Championship for Hip-Hop and Showdance.
5 Apr
Palucca Hochschule für Tanz
Jubiläumsjahr 2025 – 100 Jahre Palucca Hochschule:
Stunde des Tanzes, students of the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden present choreographies from their current repertoire.
3 Apr
Sächsische Staatsoper
200 x 200 Semperoper Ballett, 200 dancers celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of a permanent ballet ensemble: the Semperoper Ballett.
Theaterplatz.
1 Apr
Schwanensee, choreographed by Johan Inger.
2, 17, 19, 22, 27 Apr, 2 May
Premiere Tag Team, creative choreography match for the 200th anniversary at Semper Zwei:
Tag Team – Phase 1 by Julian Nicosia.
2 Apr
Tag Team – Phase 2 by Francesca Frassinelli.
11, 12 Apr
Tag Team – Phase 3 by Giovanni Insaudo.
23–25 Apr
200 Jahre Semperoper Ballett.
Historisches Archiv.
3, 8 Apr
TanzTalk: Dialoge – Die Kunst des Pas de Deux
3 Apr
TanzTalk: Üben. Üben. Üben. – Die Probensituation im Bühnentanz
Semper Zwei.
9 Apr
TanzTalk: Dresden. Deutscher Ausdruckstanz. DDR – Erfahrungen und Erinnerungen.
Semper Zwei.
15 Apr
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
In Wonderful World, Semperoper Ballet Director Kinsun Chan and Swiss choreographer Martin Zimmermann explore extreme situations. Semperoper Ballett.
14–16 Apr, 19–21 May
Duisburg
Neumarkt
Premiere UFO – Junge Oper Urban:
Out in Space, participatory dance piece by Sara Angius with student co-authors, Ballett am Rhein.
26, 28, 30 Apr, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 May
Theater
Drei Meister – drei Werke:
Rubies by George Balanchine, Visions Fugitives by Hans van Manen, and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe.
11 Apr
Düsseldorf
FFT
Drunter und Drüber, dance performance for young audiences by Keren Levi.
Bühne II.
8, 9 Apr
Premiere: In Democratic Playground: Exploring the Room, Elbers/Zhukov and their accomplices explore the core of democratic processes: willingness to negotiate, disagreements, and shifts of perspective.
Bühne I.
30 Apr, 4, 5 May
Opernhaus
Kaleidoscope:
new creations Moto perpetuo by the choreographic duo Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, Invocation by Mthuthuzeli November, and Vers un pays sage by Jean-Christophe Maillot.
12, 20, 26 Apr
Drei Meister – drei Werke:
Rubies by George Balanchine, Visions Fugitives by Hans van Manen, and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe.
17 Apr
tanzhaus nrw
La Vacabose, dance performance by Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica and collaborators.
4, 5 Apr
MODINA Showing with Marko Milić and Uroš Krčadinac, The Field.
9 Apr
THE JAMMM, festival for urban styles.
11–13 Apr
Nacht der Museen:
Point of No Return, dance performance by Yeliz Pazar.
26, 27 Apr
E
Eisenach
Landestheater
Next Generation, four-part ballet evening:
Paradeigma by Lucia Giarratana, Word by Adson Lipaus Zocca, Ephemerus by Ana Isabel Casquilho, and Vier Lieder by Andris Plucis.
24 Apr
Zorbas, ballet by Jorge Pérez Martínez to music by Mikis Theodorakis, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.
26 Apr
Essen
Aalto Theater
Carmen, ballet by Johan Inger to music by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin, and Marc Alvárez.
5 Apr
Smile, a Chaplin evening by Ben van Cauwenbergh and Armen Hakobyan.
13 Apr
Premiere Cinderella, ballet by Jean-Christophe Maillot to music by Prokofiev.
6 Apr Introductory matinee, 19, 26, and 27 Apr
Grillo Theater
Premiere Sacrilegious, production by choreographer and director Saar Magal
5, 9, 12, 13 Apr
Museum Folkwang
Lunar Cycle, interdisciplinary production by the new visiting professor at the Institute for Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts, choreographer Richard Siegal.
1–13 Apr
Festival DOPPELBILDNSSE. Alma Mahler-Werfel im Spiegel der Wiener Moderne: musical performance by the Musical Arts program of Folkwang Universität der Künste.
24 Apr
PACT Zollverein
Mothers and Daughters, three duets between mothers and daughters, choreographed by Eszter Salamon, with Erzsébet Gyarmati and Eszter Salamon, Sulekha Ali Omar and Safia Abdi Haase, as well as Christine Nypan and Drude Haga.
25, 26 Apr
Philharmonie Essen
Festival DOPPELBILDNSSE. Alma Mahler-Werfel im Spiegel der Wiener Moderne: movement project of the Drama program at Folkwang Universität der Künste.
12, 13 Apr
F
Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Depot
A Land Within, transformational performance by Ioannis Mandafounis, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.
4–6, 9–13 Apr
SCH!, dance piece for everyone ages eight and up by Ioannis Mandafounis.
26–27 Apr
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm
Los días afuera/The days out there, documentary musical by director Lola Arias, performed by women and transgender people who were imprisoned in Argentinian prisons.
3–4 Apr
We Are All Here – The Show by Laura Hicks and Ilana Reynolds.
25–27 Apr
Frutti di Mare by David Kwiek aka Mr Quick and Angelo Berber aka J-Soul.
26 Apr
WHACK-IN, a new collective offering workshops and events for anyone into whacking.
26 Apr
Produktionshaus NAXOS
the land speaks to me of something shared: a prayer for ancestral rhythms, dance performance by Anna Lublina and Samuel Hatchwell (hoyah).
3, 4 Apr
Freiburg im Breisgau
Theater Freiburg
In Ernst, dancer and choreographer Alma Toaspern transforms into the 80-year-old ape Ernst, set by Danish artist Christian Friedländer.
2 Apr
Fribourg
Equilibre
Age of Content, dance exploration of virtual images by the Ballet National de Marseille/(LA)HORDE.
5, 6 Apr
Fürth
Stadttheater
Matthäuspassion – 2727, choreography by Tamir Ginz, Kamea Dance Company.
8–12 Apr
G
Gelsenkirchen
Musiktheater im Revier
Blaubart 2.0, dance evening by Italian choreographer Andrea Costanzo Martini.
6, 17, 27 Apr
Tanz.Hautnah, public training.
26 Apr
Geneva
Comédie de Genève
Hominal/Hominal, a dance performance with Marie-Caroline Hominal & David Hominal.
3–5 Apr
Pavillon ADC
VIVA, festival of arts for young audiences.
4–17 Apr
Fun Times, dance performance by Ruth Childs.
9–13 Apr
Premiere of creations by Mark Lorimer, Stavroula Siamou, and Sophia Rodrìguez for students of the Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scène de Lausanne.
15–16 Apr
Gera
Theater Altenburg-Gera
Premiere Rachmaninov – Zwischen den Welten, ballet about the composer's life and work by Jiří Bubeníček, Thüringer Staatsballett.
6 Apr Introductory matinee; 11, 12, 25, 27 Apr
Dornröschen by Vitali Petrov.
21 Apr
Ghent
NT Gent
Voice Noise, voice happening by choreographer Jan Martens, GRIP.
11, 12 Apr
Gießen
Stadttheater
Premiere Anaconda, dance by Reut Shemesh & music by Simon Bauer.
12, 24 Apr
Gothenburg
Göteborgsoperan
Dusk to Dawn:
Crystal Pite's Frontier and the world premiere of I cannot love without trembling by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.
3–27 Apr
Graz
Opera
Premiere Follia!, choreography by Iratxe Ansa & Igor Bacovich and Maura Morales, Ballett Graz.
4, 6, 10, 24 Apr
Greifswald
Kaisersaal Stadthalle
LiebeLoveAmore, a new dance evening by Ralf Dörnen.
26 Apr
Görlitz
Gerhart Hauptmann Theater
Premiere Wings of Wealth and Woemby choreographer Saeed Hani.
13 Apr
H
Hagen
Theater
Jolanthe/Der Feuervogel, double bill of opera and ballet: Tchaikovsky's lyrical opera with Stravinsky's ballet suite choreographed by Francesco Nappa.
17 Apr
Premiere Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, choreographed by Masa Kolar, and Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps, choreographed by Francesco Nappa.
26 Apr, 3, 7, 16, 29 May
Halberstadt
Kammerbühne
Da Vincis Magie, dance piece by Tarek Assam to music by Patrick Schimanski.
19 Apr
Halle an der Saale
Oper
Dusk, choreographed by Nanine Linning with music by Gustav Mahler, John Adams, and Arvo Pärt.
6, 27 Apr
Premiere The Ugly Duckling, fairytale ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen for children ages four and up, choreographed by Emma Louise Harrington and Boris Kehrmann, Ballettakademie am Opernhaus Halle.
12, 13 Apr
Ich... | Radio & Juliet, ballet evening by Johan Plaitano and Edward Clug with music by Ryan Teague and Radiohead.
13 Apr
Romeo und Julia, ballet in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev, Adrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Radlov, and Leonid Lavrovsky.
20 Apr
Hamburg
Kampnagel
KRASS Festival – Humor als Widerstand.
Until 6 Apr
The festival Claiming Common Spaces celebrates 10 years of the Alliance of International Production Houses.
3–5 Apr
Armageddon, new show by Choke Hole, the "extreme drag wrestling" spectacle from New Orleans.
3–5 Apr
Vier Wände und ein Dach, lecture performance with Lina Majdalanie & Rabih Mroué.
3–5 Apr
Klangfest 2025:
La poétique de l'instable ("The Poetry of the Unstable"), dance-music performance by Cie. Arcosm.
26–28 Apr
Staatsoper
Odyssee, ballet by John Neumeier based on the epic poem by Homer.
11, 15, 22, 25, 26 Apr
Matthäus-Passion, John Neumeier's ballet to the music of J. S. Bach.
17, 20 Apr
Endstation Sehnsucht, ballet by John Neumeier based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
30 Apr, 1, 2, 9, 11 May
Hanover
Eisfabrik
Aïta, dance theater piece by resident choreographer Adam Chakir.
4 Apr public rehearsal, premiere in May.
Radical Cheerleading, piece about dance as a form of protest by Zufit Simon.
24, 25 Apr
Quartier Theater
REDSHIFT – Tales of gaining power, dance and object theater performance by Alba Scharnhorst and Selina Glockner.
4, 5 Apr
Schauspiel Hannover
Der wunde Punkt, dance performance for young audiences by Antje Pfundtner and company. Ballhof Zwei.
24 Apr
Staatsoper
OsterTanzTage
13–21 Apr
Icarus, ballet by Andonis Foniadakis to a commissioned work by Julien Tarride.
4, 13, 24 Apr
Sonoma, a journey between sleep and fiction by choreographer Marcos Morau, La Veronal.
15 Apr
Touch Base by Imre & Marne van Opstal and Rooster by Barak Marshall with the Ballet Junior de Genève.
17 Apr
Les Saisons, choreography by Thierry Malandain to music by Antonio Vivaldi & Giovanni Antonio Guido, Malandain Ballet Biarritz.
20 Apr
Generation TANZ, cross-generational open stage performance with dance from Hanover.
21 Apr
Das Staatsballett Hannover in Bildern, photographs by Ralf Mohr and Carlos Quezeda.
13–21 Apr
Tanzhaus AhrbergViertel
Ellas, dance performance by mónica garcía vicente DANCE PROJECT, inspired by Bernarda Alba's House by Federico García Lorca.
2, 3 Apr
Theater im Pavillon
MAGMA Project at "5. Arabisches Theatertreffen":
Dream, dance theater piece by Syrian-German performer and choreographer Yara Eid.
10 Apr
With The Love Behind My Eyes, Lebanese choreographer and performer Ali Chahrour concludes his trilogy on the theme of love.
11 Apr
Heerlen
Culturhuis
schrit_tmacher Festival:
Figures in Phases, educational project of the Nederlands Dans Theater.
10 Apr
Stationshuiskamer Hbf
Blind Spot – Heerlen, theatrical walk with choreographer Jelena Kostić.
4–6, 11–13 Apr
Theater
Garden in the Sky, duet by and with Saburo Teshigawara and Rihoko Sato in collaboration with Finnish-Dutch cellist Jonathan Roozeman, live on stage, based on solo works by Bach, Kodály, and Cassadó.
9 Apr
Heidelberg
Choreographisches Centrum Heidelberg
Bonda, work-in-progress show with Italian dancer and choreographer Gianni Notarnicola.
16 Apr
Theater
Unseen Horses, dance performance by Greek choreographer Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Dance Theatre Heidelberg. Zwinger 1. 2, 3, 10, 11 Apr, 11, 13 May
Helsinki
Finnish National Opera
T(r)anssi, three contemporary choreographies:
Playlist (Tracks 1, 2) by William Forsythe, Half Life by Sharon Eyal, and Signing Off by the choreographic duo Paul Lightfoot and Sol León.
11, 12, 23, 25, 30 Apr, 2, 7, 10, 13, 15 May www.oopperabaletti.fi
Dance House Helsinki
Nederlands Dans Theater 1 presents Figures in Extinction, a triptych by Crystal Pite and Complicité & Simon McBurney.
8–11 Apr
Helsinki Flamenco Biennial:
Screaming Duende, a performance with flamenco innovator Israel Galván and the Mieskuoro Huutajat men's choir.
22 Apr
La Edad de Oro, solo by Israel Galván.
23 Apr
Kill Carmen and ¡Lorca!, contemporary flamenco with the Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin.
24, 25, 26 Apr
Après vous, Madame, contemporary flamenco solo by Paula Comitre, inspired by the legendary dancer La Argentinita.
25–26 Apr
Hof
Theater
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus by Igor Kirov.
2, 6 Apr
Ballet Blanc, chamber dance evening with choreographies by the ballet ensemble.
17, 20, 26 Apr, 4, 11 May
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Innsbruck
Congress Centrum Innsbruck
Osterfestival Tirol.
4–20 Apr
Mellowing by choreographer Christos Papadopoulos with the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble.
12 Apr
Beytna, a culinary dance piece by Lebanese choreographer Omar Rajeh.
17 Apr
Silenzio by LeineRoebana.
20 Apr
Tiroler Landestheater
Rausch:
Unfamiliar Connections by Francesca Frassinelli, Celestial Fractures by Julian Nicosia, and Boléro by Ihsan Rustem.
5, 10 Apr, 7, 18, 24, 30 May
Premiere Beben, dance piece by Marcel Leemann with live music by Oskar Haag. Kammerspiele.
27 Apr Introductory matinee, 3, 10, 11, 14, 16, 25 May
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Kaiserslautern
Pfalztheater
The Greatest Conspiracy, performance of dance, spoken word, and live music choreographed by Daniel Proietto.
5, 17, 26 Apr
Premiere Rausch/Paradis, dance evening with choreographies by Alba Castillo, Jone San Martin, and Alan-Lucien Øyen.
25, 29 Apr
Karlsruhe
Badisches Staatstheater
Saiten/Sprünge, ballet evening with choreographies by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Hans van Manen, and Mthuthuzeli November.
2 Apr
Premiere Romeo und Julia, ballet by Jean-Christophe Maillot.
19 Apr Introductory evening, 26, 29 Apr
Kassel
Staatstheater
Dance Jam Session. Museum for Sepulchral Culture.
3 Apr
Der Tod und das Mädchen by Andonis Foniadakis and Shuv by Eyal Dadon.
5 Apr
Mozart_Requiem: Selig sind die Toten, choreography by Antonio Ruz with compositions by W. A. Mozart and Heinrich Schütz, TANZ_KASSEL.
11, 20 Apr
TANZ_KASSEL & Friends, Duo_Session:
Dancers from TANZ_KASSEL & Friends present their own works. Schauspielhaus.
12 Apr
Premiere Celebration, world premieres by Noa Zuk and Ohad Fishof. Schauspielhaus.
26 Apr
Kiel
Theater
Balanchine – Lee – Ivanenko: Balanchines Allegro Brillante, Gatefall by Douglas Lee, and the new creation Skoki Skoki by Yaroslav Ivanenko.
10, 13 Apr
Following a Bird/Walking Mad, two-part dance evening by Yaroslav Ivanenko and Johan Inger.
16 Apr
Krefeld
Kulturzentrum Fabrik Heeder
first & further steps, a format for NRW's young dance scene. 4–26 Apr
ELEVEN | ELEVEN, new dance production by the Wuppertal/Essen collective ELEVEN, exploring the concept of "limbo".
4 Apr
Incanto, research into dance and music by the Italian company Parini Secondo.
Open rehearsal, 16 Apr
Criminal Pleasures, multidisciplinary dance performance by the company flies&tales.
16 Apr
Final presentation of the dance project TanzStation under the direction of Didem Günel.
23 Apr
FEMINA SA-GA – Genesis, voguing performance with Marie-Zoe Buchholz, aka ZOE.
26 Apr
L
Lausanne
Arsenic – Centre d’art scénique
Joyaux lourdement subestimés, dance performance by Bast Hippocrate.
3–6 Apr
Création 2025 by artist and choreographer Alex Baczynski-Jenkins
3–6 Apr
ww.arsenic.ch
Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne
Toi, moi, Tituba by choreographer and singer Dorothée Munyaneza. Room 17, Le Pavillon.
Hominal/Öhrn, dance performance with Marie-Caroline Hominal and Markus Öhrn. Salle 76, La Passerelle.
8–10 Apr
Leipzig
LOFFT – DAS THEATER
Premiere Symbioses, contemporary circus diptych by Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes.
24–27 Apr
Opernhaus
Premiere Die Mondprinzessin, ballet by French choreographer Martin Chaix, inspired by a Japanese legend.
1 Apr Preview, 12, 18, 21, 27 Apr; 3 May
Welttanztag.
29 Apr
Leuven
STUK
Out of Hands, dance and acrobatics by Michiel Vandevelde, fABULEUS.
23–26 Apr
Fabula, performance by Claire Croizé. 30CC, Schouwburg.
29 Apr
Leverkusen
Erholungshaus Leverkusen
stARTfestival:
Unfolding by former "stARTacademy" scholarship holder Philippe Kratz and Promise by Sharon Eyal with dancers from tanzmainz.
30 Apr
Forum
Cão Sem Plumas ("Dog Without Feathers"), dance-music show by Brazilian choreographer Deborah Colker.
8 Apr
Linz
Landestheater
Fall and Orbo Novo, choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to music by Arvo Pärt and Szymon Brzóska.
2, 20 Apr
Lovetrain 2.0, dance piece by Emanuel Gat to music by Tears for Fears.
25 Apr
Lisbon
Teatro Camões
Coppélia, choreography by John Auld after Arthur Saint Léon, Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti to music by Léo Delibes.
11–29 Apr
London
Lilian Baylis Studio
ROOH: Within Her, dance performance by the Pagrav Dance Company.
23–25 Apr
Peacock Theater
My First Ballet: Swan Lake, English Natinal Ballet & English National Ballet School.
16–27 Apr
Royal Ballet and Opera
Balanchine: Three Signature Works:
Serenade, Prodigal Son and Symphony in C, The Royal Ballet. 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 Apr
Premiere of International Draft Works 2025. Linbury Theater.
9, 10 Apr
Romeo and Juliet, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
25 Apr, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 21, 24, 26 May
Royal Festival Hall
Ravel's choral symphony Daphnis and Chloé as a dance and acrobatic show with the Australian circus troupe Circa, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
23 Apr
Sadler's Wells Theatre
The Forsythe Programme with the English National Ballet: Playlist (EP) from 2022, Herman Schmerman (Quintet) and Rearry (London Edition 2025).
10–19 Apr
Breakin' Convention 2025, International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre.
2–4 May
Sadler's Wells East
Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert, staged by Trajal Harrell, Zürich Dance Ensemble.
4, 5 Apr
Skatepark by Mette Ingvartsen with skaters and dancers.
10–12 Apr
Snow White: The Sacrifice by balletLORENT.
16–19 Apr
Southbank Centre
A Wound With Teeth and Phantom, dance pieces by choreographer Holly Blakey. QEH.
9–11 Apr
Tate Modern
I'm so Disappointed in You, multimedia performance by artist Daria Blum. The Tanks.
5 Apr
The Place
Jérôme Bel, Jérôme Bel's 1995 "autobio-choreo-graphy" with Forced Entertainment performer Terry O'Connor.
15–16 Apr
Lucerne
Theater
Swan – A Different Story, dance piece by Yabin Wang, TanzLuzern.
6, 20 Apr
Seeing Within Sight, choreographies by Javier Rodríguez Cobos and Inbal Pinto, TanzLuzern.
13 Apr
Ludwigshafen
Theater im Pfalzbau
Ludwigshafen Festival:
Roommates, dance evening featuring six choreographies, including works by Lucinda Childs, Peeping Tom, Claude Brumachon, Cecilia Bengolea, and François Chaignaud, and (LA)HORDE - Marine Brutti, for two to nine dancers from the Ballet national de Marseille.
26 Apr
Simple, play on rhythm and construction by Belgian choreographer Ayelen Parolin.
29, 30 Apr
Lugano
Sala Teatro LAC
Beethoven 7, two-part dance evening by choreographer Sasha Waltz based on the commissioned work Freiheit/Extasis by contemporary composer Diego Noguera and Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Sasha Waltz & Guests.
13 Apr
Luxemburg
Grand Théâtre
Invisibili, theater, dance, and visual arts in front of a 15th-century fresco, staged by Aurélien Bory, Compagnie 111.
2, 3 Apr
Full Moon, dance performance by Josef Nadj with seven African dancers.
3, 4 Apr
Lyon
Maison de la danse
Les chats ou Ceux qui frappent et ceux qui sont frappés, performance by Marlène Saldana and Jonathan Drillet.
3, 4 Apr
Un oiseau, solo performance by Joana Schweizer, Cie Aniki Vóvó. Le Ciel.
9–11 Apr
Assembly Hall by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. Kidd Pivot.
10–12 Apr
Roommates guides you through six choreographies, including works by Lucinda Childs, Peeping Tom, Cecilia Bengolea, and François Chaignaud, and (LA) HORDE – Marine Brutti, for two to nine dancers from the Ballet national de Marseille. (LA)HORDE. 15–18 Apr
Showgirl, performance by Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet. 16–18 Apr
Transformation, solo by Anne Martin.
17, 18 April
Lüneburg
Theater
Gefährliche Liebschaften, dance piece by Olaf Schmidt based on the novel Les Liaisons dangéreuses by Choderlos de Laclos.
4 Apr
Premiere Tanzwelten 2, choreographies by Michael Langeneckert, Giovanni Napoli, and Olaf Schmidt.
12, 27 Apr
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Madrid
Conde Duque Cultural Center
Natural Order of Things, dance performance by Guy Nader and Maria Campos, GN|MC.
3–4 Apr
Mainz
Mainzer Kammerspiele
Frankenstein, ballet by Stéphen Delattre based on the novel by Mary Shelley, Delattre Dance Company.
15–17 Apr
Staatstheater
tanzmainz festival # 5:
In R·onde·s, French choreographer Pierre Rigal explores the ancient movement form of circle dancing.
1 Apr
Janne Gregor brings the urban dance style Krump to the stage with Ich kann’s nicht lassen. U17.
1 Apr
In Circular Vertigo, dancer Mijin Kim dares to confront herself with a 100-kilogram pommel horse suspended from the ceiling, Overhead Project. U17.
3 Apr
Absurde, surreal dance journey by Anton Lachky and the Eléonore Valère Company.
3 Apr
Elements of Freestyle with the ISH Dance Collective from the Netherlands.
4, 5 Apr
In 40/40, dancer Katharina Radeva celebrates 40 years of her life. U17.
4 Apr
In Zona Franca, Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll blends Brazilian folk dances with Afro-dance and Afro-House.
5 Apr
In C, choreography by Sasha Waltz to the composition of the same name by Terry Riley, tanzmainz, Sasha Waltz & Guests.
9, 15, 16 Apr
Camera obscura, dance piece by Philippe Kratz, tanzmainz.
12, 13 Apr
Nostalgia, dance performance by Roni Haver & Guy Weizman, tanzmainz.
25, 26 Apr
Mannheim
EinTanzhaus
Blueprint, Pas de deux between circus and dance by Overhead Project.
4, 5 Apr
The Goings-on, dance by choreographer Kevin O'Day.
11, 12 Apr
Premiere First Creation, choreographic workshop for the "Mpower urban" project featuring short pieces by emerging choreographers from Baden-Württemberg's club and street dance scene.
26 Apr
Access All Areas, multimedia project by Mireille Solomon.
27 Apr
Nationaltheater
Just a Game, choreographies by Stephan Thoss, Giovanni Visone, Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum, and Edward Clug. Altes Kino Franklin.
7 Apr
Premiere One Love, choreographies by Andrew Skeels and Martin Harriague. Altes Kino Franklin.
25 Apr
Theater Felina-Areal
Premiere Free Dance over Female Tunes, dance miniatures based on music by female composers.
13, 16 Apr
Meiningen
Staatstheater
Cinderella, Op. 87, ballet by Andris Plucis, Ballet Ensemble Eisenach.
5, 19 Apr
Die Rückeroberung der Hoffnung, adrama-dance performance by Miriam Haltmeier. Kammerspiele.
9, 19, 25 Apr
Milan
Teatro alla Scala
Peer Gynt, ballet by Edward Clug after Ibsen to the music of Edvard Grieg.
8–18 Apr
Teatro alla Scala Academy's Ballet School Gala.
28 Apr
Monte-Carlo
Grimaldi Forum
Premiere Schoenberg's La nuit transfigurée, new creation by Marco Goecke, George Balanchine's Les Quatre Tempéraments, rehearsed by long-time Balanchine protagonist Patricia Neary, and Alexei Ratmansky's Wartime Elegy, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.
23–27 Apr
Mulhouse
Complexe sportif de la Doller
Kamuyot, dance festival by Ohad Naharin for 14 dancers from the CCN – Ballet of the Opéra national du Rhin.
28, 30 Apr
Gymnase Maurice Schoenacker
Kamuyot, dance festival by Ohad Naharin for 14 dancers from the CCN – Ballet of the Opéra national du Rhin
25–26 Apr
La Filature
Smashed, dance and juggling performance by Gandini Juggling. 1–4 Apr
Munich
Gärtnerplatztheater
Peer Gynt, ballet by Karl-Alfred Schreiner based on Ibsen's work, to music by Edvard Grieg and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir.
11 Apr
Premiere Sparks, new choreographies by and with dancers from the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
24 Apr
Knust Knuz Gallery
Premiere What Do You Need to See? – On Being Watched, two-part performance project by Lena Grossmann.
19–21 Apr, 31 May, 1 Jun
Mariahilfplatz
Symbiosis,
contemporary circus diptych by Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes.
2–4 Apr
Museum Brandhorst
As part of the exhibition Five Friends. John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly: Dancing Postmodernism:
The Gärtnerplatztheater ballet presents Merce Cunningham's How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run from 1965, as well as a "Museum Brandhorst Event" featuring elements from Cunningham's works with music by John Cage.
10 Apr, 8, 25 May
Nationaltheater
Frühlingsmatinee der Heinz Bosl Stiftung.
6 Apr
Ballet Festival Week 2025.
10–16 Apr
Premiere Wings of Memory:
Bella Figura by Jiří Kylián (1995), Faun by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (2009), and Das Frühlingsopfer by Pina Bausch (1975).
5 Apr Rehearsal, 10–12, 14–16 Apr
Lost Letters, by and with Matthew Golding and Lucia Lacarra, former principal dancer of the Bavarian State Ballet, Lucia Lacarra Ballet.
13 Apr
Le Parc, a Mozart ballet by Angelin Preljocaj.
21 Apr
Onegin, ballet by John Crank based on Pushkin.
30 Apr, 3, 6, 14, 20 May
PATHOS theater
Paskudnik, performance by Tubi Malcharzik.
2, 3 Apr
Deep Talk – Das Leben des HARTMANNMUELLER, performance by Hartmannmüller.
5 Apr
schwere reiter
Ten years of HIER = JETZT, an anniversary platform for contemporary dance.
21 Apr–4 May
Overtime, a dance performance by Chris-Pascal Englund Braun. 1, 2 May
Open Spaces 1 & 2 with works by participants.
3, 4 May, (Audience Award ceremony).
Mönchengladbach
Theater
Premiere Surprise, ballet evening by Robert North with new choreographies.
5, 13, 20, 30 Apr, 3, 9, 10 May
75 Jahre Ballett am Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, panel discussion.
6 Apr
Münster
Theater
Jeanne D'Arc, dance evening by Lillian Stillwell.
3, 16 Apr
Fliegen, dance and live music for the very youngest by Helena Cánovas Parés.
2, 3, 9, 11 Apr
Memory, three choreographies about heritage, preservation, and the museum: The Attachment Piece by Anouk van Dijk, a work by Sol Bilbao Lucuix, and Doris Humphreys' Water Study (1928), a collaboration with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster.
26 Apr matinee, 29 Apr public rehearsal, 3, 8, 17, 29 May www.theater-muenster.com
Theater im Pumpenhaus
valse, valse, valse, contemporary waltz by Swiss choreographer Johanna Heuser.
11, 12 Apr
Premiere Blutkörper, dance theater piece by René Haustein & bodytalk.
25–27 Apr
N
Neubrandenburg
Schauspielhaus
Schweben, two-part ballet evening:
Halb du, halb ich by Torsten Händler and Der Tod und das Mädchen ... Hommage an Caspar David Friedrich by Lars Scheibner, Deutsche Tanzkompanie Neustrelitz.
5 Apr
Neuss
Rheinisches Landestheater
Internationale Tanzwochen Neuss:
Cathedral by Marcos Morau, Tenir le temps by Rachid Ouramdane, and Rooster by Barak Marshall with the Ballet Junior de Genève.
25, 26 Apr
Nice
Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur
Premiere Forsythe/Brumachon/van Manen/Ekman:
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude by William Forsythe, Les Indomptés by Claude Brumachon, Hans van Manen's Three Gnossiennes and CACTI by Alexander Ekman.
2-6, 8 Apr
Nordhausen
Theater im Anbau
Virginia Woolf, choreographed by ballet director Ivan Alboresi, and Wenn es Zeit ist ..., ballet by Alba Castillo.
26 Apr
Nuremberg
Staatstheater
Der Steppenwolf, dance piece by Goyo Montero based on the novel by Hermann Hesse.
5, 12 Apr
Premiere Bonachela/Lake/Montero, three-part ballet evening: Lux Tenebris by Rafael Bonachela, a world premiere by Stephanie Lake, and Goyo Montero's Tilt.
19 Apr Introductory matinee, 26, 30 Apr
O
Oberhausen
Theater
Preach, urban dance theater piece by Kwame Osei, Kama Frankl-Gross, and Christopher Deutsch.
2, 30 Apr
Suits, urban dance theater by Kwame Osei.
8–10 Apr
Swimmy, interactive dance theater by Kama Frankl-Gross based on the picture book by Leo Lionni.
27, 29 Apr
Internationaler Tanztag.
29 Apr
Oldenburg
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
Premiere Romeo und Julia, choreographed by Antoine Jully. 5, 13, 19, 21, 25 Apr
vibe(s)-lich(t):
Soft Knocks by Alice Topp, Out of Love by Lilit Hakobyan, and the White Swallow by So-Yeon Kimvon der Beck, based on compositions by Chopin, arranged by Ólafur Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott.
17, 26, 30 Apr
Oslo
Norwegian Opera & Ballet
Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
2, 8, 10, 11, 23, 24, 29 Apr, 3, 8, 9 May
Dialogues II, duets by Sharon Eyal, Akram Khan, Samantha Lynch, and Mats Ek.
3–5 Apr
Student performances celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Ballet Academy.
10–12 Apr
Osnabrück
emma-Theater
Midwinter, dance piece by British choreographer James Wilton about the Celtic mythology of his homeland.
13, 16, 24 Apr
Drei kleine Schweinchen, dance theater piece based on the fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs. Junge Bühne.
27 Apr
Theater am Domhof
Hieronymus B., choreography by Nanine Linning about the life and work of the painter Hieronymus Bosch.
20, 21, 30 Apr
P
Paris
CENTQUATRE-PARIS
Festival Séquence Danse Paris:
EXIT ABOVE after the tempest/nach dem Sturm, walking study by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Rosas.
1 Apr
Out of Context – for Pina, choreography by Alain Platel, laGeste.
7–9 Apr
Brut, dance performance by Israeli choreographer Noa Shadur. 8–10 Apr
Maldonne, a hymn to women by Leïla Ka.
10–13 Apr
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la danse
A Wound With Teeth and Phantom, dance pieces by dancer and choreographer Holly Blakey.
2–5 Apr
In Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna by Soa Ratsifandrihana.
9–12 Apr
Two solos from 1995: Múa by and with Emmanuelle Huynh and 3, Avenue de l'Espérance by Julie Nioche and Rachid Ouramdane.
29, 30 Apr
La Villette
The 10th edition of the hip-hop event Golden Stage:
Sons of Wind by Bounce, La Diva aux pieds nus by Niclas Huchard, and La danse des légendes du hip-hop français with Artizans.
10–12 Apr
A four-part dance evening with the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: Twelve Ton Rose by Trisha Brown to a composition by Anton Webern, Clapping Music and Fase: Piano Phase by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker to minimal music by Steve Reich, as well as Jan Martens' new creation Graciela Quintet and On Speed, a fragment from his solo Elisabeth Gets Her Way. Grande Halle. 24–26 Apr
Le Carreau du Temple
Simple, a play of rhythm and construction by Belgian choreographer Ayelen Parolin, RUDA.
9, 10 Apr
Le 13ème Art
Alice, dance piece by Taiwanese choreographer Po-Cheng Tsai for his company B.Dance.
10–17 Apr
Opéra
La Belle au bois dormant, ballet by Rudolf Nureyev. Opéra Bastille.
2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18, 21, 23 Apr, 27, 29, 30 Jun
OCD Love, Sharon Eyal's 2015 choreography in a Parisian revival, and Appartement by Mats Ek. Palais Garnier.
1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10–12, 16–18 Apr
Presentations by the École de Danse. Palais Garnier.
24–29 Apr
Palais de Tokyo
CND x Palais de Tokyo:
Filles-Pétroles #1, dance performance by Nadia Beugré.
3, 4 Apr
The Dancing Public #1, performance by Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen.
4, 5 Apr
Gimme a Break!!!, solo by Baptiste Cazaux featuring rave music, meditative practices, and headbanging.
5, 6 Apr
Longing Is Longing For You #1, dance performance by Habib ben Tanfous.
10, 11 Apr
Slowly, Slowly ... Until the Sun Comes Up, performance by Ivana Müller.
11–12 Apr
Théâtre de la Ville
Sarah Bernhardt's On achève bien les chevaux, a production by Bruno Bouché, Clément Hervieu-Léger, and Daniel San Pedro based on the film drama by Sydney Pollack, with 44 dancers, actors, and musicians, CCN – Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Cie des Petits Champs.
1–5 Apr
Premiere Helicopter, revised version of Angelin Preljocaj's 2001 choreography for Karlheinz Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet, Le Quatuor Arditti, Ballet Preljocaj.
10 Apr–3 May
www.theatredelaville-paris.com
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Dialogues II, an evening with contemporary Pas de deux:
A Sort of ... by Mats Ek with Clotilde Tran-Phat (Staatsballett Berlin) and Johnny McMillan (L-E-V Sharon Eyal), Sacred Monsters by Akram Khan with Philippe Lens and Nicha Rodboon (Ballet Royal de Flandres), Into the Hairy by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar (L-E-V), and Couch by Samantha Lynch with dancers from the Norwegian National Ballet.
24–27 Apr
Pforzheim
Theater
Premiere Junge Wilde, a platform for the dance ensemble's young choreographers.
17, 19, 21, 26 Apr, 2, 10 May
Plauen
Vogtlandtheater
In Ramayana, choreographer Sergei Vanaev explores an Indian national epic.
21, 26 Apr
Potsdam
fabrik Potsdam
explore dance – Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum e. V.:
Was geht, Erdling?, dance performance by Caroline Beach & Saida Makhmudzade.
11 Apr
Prague
National Theatre
Premiere Sarkasms, three-part ballet evening:
a world premiere by Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Hans van Manen's Sarcasms to music by Prokofiev, and the new creation Katastrof by Eyal Dadon.
24, 25, 27, 30 Apr, 7 May
State Opera
Coppélia, choreographed by Ronald Hyndnach, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Marius Petipa.
2, 5 Apr
Putbus
Theater
LiebeLoveAmore, dance evening by Ralf Dörnen.
2 Apr
Wasser, choreography by Lars Scheibner, Deutsche Tanzkompanie Neustrelitz.
13 Apr
Q
Quedlinburg
Neue Bühne
Da Vincis Magie, dance piece by Tarek Assam to music by Patrick Schimanski.
25 Apr
R
Radebeul
Landesbühnen Sachsen
Im Puls, dance evening by Natalie Wagner.
25 Apr
Regensburg
Theater am Bismarckplatz
Eine Winterreise, a dance evening by Wagner Moreira based on Hans Zender's Schubert's Winterreise – Eine komponierte Interpretation, Tanzcompany Theater Regensburg.
5, 11, 22, 29 Apr, 17 May
Rendsburg
Stadttheater
Pinocchio, dance theater for the whole family by Emil Wedervang Bruland, with music by Gioachino Rossini, Niccolò Paganini, and Johann Strauss II, among others.
9 Apr, 3, 25 May
Rome
Teatro Costanzi
Onegin, ballet by John Cranko based on Alexander Pushkin (with guests Nicoletta Manni and Friedemann Vogel,
3, 5, and 8 Apr).
3–9 Apr
Rostock
Volkstheater
1984 – Liebe im Spiegel, dance theater by Laura Witzleben based on the novel 1984 by George Orwell.
6 Apr, 3 May
Rotterdam
Theater
In Zona Franca, Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll blends folk dances from northern Brazil with Afro-House, Companhia Suave.
10 Apr
Typhoon, revival of Krisztina de Châtel's 1986 choreography with Introdans.
23 Apr
Rudolstadt
Theater im Stadthaus
Premiere Friedrich/Le Sacre du printemps, double ballet recital by Ivan Alboresi with music by Beethoven and Stravinsky, a collaboration with Theater Nordhausen.
12, 27 Apr, 9, 17 May
S
Saarbrücken
Alte Feuerwache
Premiere Masse, a youth club production with iMove.
17, 24 Apr
Saarländisches Staatstheater
Dreischritt:
Hans van Manen’s Polish Pieces to music by Henryk Górecki, the new creation Falling Into by ballet director Stijn Celis to music by John Adams, and IMPASSE by Swedish choreographer Johan Inger to music by Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf.
3, 6, 25 Apr, 21, 31 May, 7, 13 Jun
Salzburg
Felsenreitschule
Osterfestspiele Salzburg.
12–21 Apr
Requiem(s), creation by French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj for 19 dancers from his Ballet Preljocaj, to music by Mozart, Messiaen, and Ligeti, among others, as well as songs by the metal band Systems of a Down.
17 Apr
Landestheater
Premiere Bossa Nova, Brazilian ballet evening by Kristian Lever and Jonathan dos Santos. Probenzentrum Aigen.
2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28 May
www.salzburger-landestheater.at
SZENE Theater
Osterfestspiele Salzburg:
Wounds & Wonders, a night between electro and Mussorgsky, techno and soprano with DJ Alma.
17 Apr
Schaffhausen
Stadttheater
Sol Invictus, a declaration of love to the dance and life of Algerian-born choreographer Hervé Koubi, Compagnie Hervé Koubi.
1 May
Schwerin
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater
Dido and Aeneas, ballet opera by Henry Purcell, libretto by Nahum Tate based on Virgil's epic poem Aeneid, directed and choreographed by Reyna Bruns and Jonathan dos Santos.
5, 12, 25, 27 Apr
Schwäbisch Hall
Kirche St. Michael
Premiere FLOCK:Anima, dance project developed for the church space by the FLOCK Dance Company, supported by approximately 50 amateur dancers.
4–6 Apr
Siegen
Apollo Theater
Midwinter, dance piece by British choreographer James Wilton about the Celtic mythology of his homeland with the Theater Osnabrück company.
4, 5 Apr
St. Gallen
Lokremise
Beyond, two-part dance evening: Fantaisie mineure by Yoann Bourgeois and Contemporary Dance 2.0 by Hofesh Shechter.
2, 4 Apr
Theater
Premiere Oresteia, a dance piece by Frank Fannar Pedersen and Javier Rodríguez Cobos.
12 Apr Public rehearsal, 17, 22 Apr
St. Pölten
Festspielhaus
Voice Noise, voice-happening by choreographer Jan Martens, GRIP.
26 Apr
Stockholm
Kungliga Operan
Giselle, choreographed by Natalia Makarova after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot.
3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24 Apr
Strasbourg
Pôle Sud
Inside Out, solo by Marie Cambois.
2–3 Apr
Conference Corps et Héritage with Emmanuel Eggermont.
22 Apr
About Love and Death, solo performance by Emmanuel Eggermont in memory of the dancer and choreographer Raimond Hoghe.
23–24 Apr
Stuttgart
Schauspielhaus
Premiere Nacht/Träume, four-part dance evening:
Sospessi by Vittoria Girelli, La Jeune Fille et la Mort by the choreographic duo Simone Repele & Sasha Riva, Marco Goecke's Pas de deux Nachtmerrie, and Lost Room by Fabio Adoriso, Stuttgart Ballet.
17, 23 Apr, 11, 13 May, 6, 9, 19 Jun
Theaterhaus
Premiere FireWorks. Celebrating 40 Years of Theaterhaus Stuttgart with Gauthier Dance & Gauthier Dance JUNIORS:
Part 1 – The FireWorks Project with world premieres by, among others, Mauro Bigonzetti, Stijn Celis, Andonis Foniadakis, Marco Goecke, Johan Inger, Barak Marshall, Benjamin Millepied, and Sofia Nappi, as well as Part 2 with Alejando Cerrudos Lickety-Split, the expanded Boléro by Andonis Foniadakis for 14 dancers, Marco Goeckes solo Infant Spirit, and Hans van Manen's classic Solo for three (!) dancers.
30 Apr, 1–4 May
TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz
Ich bin nur anders oder Primzahlen sind wie das Leben, dance theater piece by Katja Erdmann-Rajski.
12, 13 Apr
T
The Hague
Amare
In Zona franca, Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll blends folk dances from northern Brazil with Afro-House.
1 Apr
Origin, new creations by RIDCC XL Production award winners: GOATS by the duo Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson and The Breakable Us by Olivia Court Mesa for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
9 Apr
Henryk Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, dance-music performance with Sinfonia Rotterdam and Conny Janssen Danst.
15 Apr
Falling into Shadow, three-part dance evening with NDT 2.
23–25 Apr
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, National Opera & Ballet of Ukraine (Odessa).
28 Apr
Skatepark, a performance by Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen with skaters and dancers.
2, 3 May
Toulouse
Théâtre du Capitole
Coppélia choreographed by Jean-Guillaume Bart.
18, 19, 22–25 Apr
Trier
Theater
Metamorphosen, three-part ballet by Philippe Kratz, Adi Salant, and Roberto Scafati.
11, 16, 22 Apr
Schwanensee, choreographed by Roberto Scafati.
13, 17 Apr
U
Ulm
Theater
Premiere Le Sacre du printemps, choreographed by Annett Göhre to music by Stravinsky (reduced version by Jonathan McPhee).
12, 23, 26, 27, 30 Apr
V
Vienna
Bears in the Park Art Space
imagetanz 2025:
Handle with care featuring HUGGY BEARS.
5, 6 Apr
brut nordwest
imagetanz 2025:
Premiere MANSHIN, interdisciplinary performance by Hyeji Nam.
4, 5, 7 Apr
Lost Night, performance by Swedish choreographer Björn Säfsten.
11, 12 Apr
studio brut
imagetanz 2025:
Premiere Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top, performance by Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark).
8–10 Apr
Premiere STOP – From Macho to Davičo, performance by Zoe Gudović aka Zed Zeldich Zed.
26, 28–30 Apr
NEST – Neue Staatsoper
Premiere Mein erstes Dornröschen,ballet for children ages six and up by Christiana Stefanou with the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy.
5, 12 Apr
Tanzquartier Wien
In GAP, choreographer Doris Uhlich collaborates with formerly homeless people.
4, 5 Apr
Premiere: ROMAbaron – KEIN Z*******BARON: Actress Simonida Selimović radically reinterprets Johann Strauss's famous operetta Der Zigeunerbaron. A production by the theater collective Hybrid and the theater collective Romano Svato.
11–13 Apr
Alluding to Frankenstein, Cherish Menzo's new trio FRANK explores embodiments of the monstrous.
25, 26 Apr
Theater Akzent
Aus dem Rahmen tanzen, inclusive dance performance by the Ich bin O.K. dance studio, inspired by works of art from museums.
1, 2, 6, 11 Apr
Volksoper
The moon wears a white shirt: Alfred Schnittke's Drittes Klavierkonzert, choreographed by Martin Schläpfer, Ligeti Essays by Karole Armitage, and Paul Taylor's Dandelion Wine to music by Pietro Locatelli.
2, 4 Apr
Premiere Nureyev's Dog, family piece with music and dance choreographed by Florian Hurler.
25 Apr Public dress rehearsal, 27 Apr, 2, 4, 11, 19, 22 May,
13 Jun
Wiener Staatsoper
Premiere Pathétique, a three-part ballet evening:
Divertimento No. 15, Balanchine's Mozart ballet, Summerspace by Merce Cunningham, and the world premiere of Martin Schläpfer's choreography of Tchaikovsky's dramatic symphony Pathétique.
8 Apr Dress rehearsal, 9, 11, 14, 21, 26 Apr
Free streaming of the premiere on 9 Apr from 7:00 p.m. at play.wiener-staatsoper.at (available for 72 hours)
W
Warsaw
Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa
Giselle, ballet by Petipa, Coralli, and Perrot, to music by Adolphe-Charles Adam, staged by Maina Gielgud, Polish National Ballet.
11–13, 15–17 Apr
Premiere Creations 17, choreographic workshop featuring new works by emerging choreographers. Mlynarski Hall.
25–27, 29 Apr
Windisch
Klosterkirche Königsfelden
Tanz & Kunst Königsfelden:
Premiere Carmen, new choreographic and musical production by Filipe Portugal.
12 Apr Showing, 23 May–1 Jun
Winterthur
Theater
Dream Team, multi-part dance evening with choreographies by Virginie Brunelle, Barack Marshall, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Nacho Duato for Gauthier Dance JUNIORS/Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
1–4 Apr
Petitpas & ich, dance piece for dancer and puppet for young audiences ages five and up with the company MAFALDA and Cie Chamar bell clochette.
15–17 Apr
Theater am Gleis
A Long Story About Our Baby, autofictional dance performance about queer family fantasies by Project.tgthr (Eevi Kinnunen & Olivia Ronzani).
5 Apr
Wuppertal
Opernhaus
Die sieben Todsünden, two-part Brecht/Weill evening by Pina Bausch, premiered in 1976. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
12–17, 19–21 Apr
20 dancers for the XX century and even more, dance project by Boris Charmatz, conceived in 2012 at the Musée de la danse in Rennes, with 26 dancers from the ensemble and guests. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz. 25–27 Apr
Book presentation Close-up Boris Charmatz. Kronleuchterfoyer. 26 Apr
Würzburg
Mainfranken Theater
Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet, dance pieces by ballet director Dominique Dumais, Mirko Ingrao, Neshama Nashman, Kevin O'Day, and Alba Valenciano López.
11 Apr
Z
Zurich
MAAG Halle
Billy Elliot – the Musical.
Until 15 Jun
www.billy-elliot.ch; www.maag-moments.ch
Opernhaus
Autographs, three-part ballet evening:
Emergence by Crystal Pite to music by Owen Belton, Infra by Wayne McGregor to music by Max Richter, and William Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated to music by Thom Willems.
2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 19 Apr, 13, 14 May, 6, 11 Jun
Schauspielhaus
Tambourines, choreography by Trajal Harrell, inspired by the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble.
24–26 Apr
Tanzhaus Zürich
Comeback, one-woman show by dancer and choreographer Eugénie Rebetez.
4–6, 8–13 Apr
Zwickau
Gewandhaus
In Ramayana, Sergei Vanaev explores an Indian national epic. 4, 19 Apr