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Aix-en-Provence

Grand Théâtre

Bate Fado, dance performance by the Portuguese choreographer duo Jonas Lopes & Patrick Lander.

5, 6 May;

www.lestheatres.net

 

Théâtre du Pavillon Noir

D’amour, dance performance by Thomas Lebrun, CCN de Tours.

5, 6 May

 

Keith Jarrett’s legendary The Köln Concert, staged by choreographer Trajal Harrell, Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance

Ensemble.

28 May;

www.preljocaj.org

Altenburg

Theater Altenburg-Gera

Die blaue Stunde – Ein Tanzabend zur Nacht with the Children's and Youth Ballet.

16, 17 May

 

Jeu de Cartes/Pulcinella, double bill of ballets with music by Stravinsky:

Jeu de Cartes choreographed by John Cranko and Pulcinella in a new version by choreographer Arshak Ghalumyan.

Theaterzelt, 25 May introductory matinee, 31 May. www.theater-altenburg-gera.de

Amsterdam

ITA

I dreamt, it was, two-part piece for NDT 2: a new creation by associate choreographers Imre & Marne van Opstal and Saaba by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar.

27–30 May

 

Koninklijk Theater Carré

Hans van Manen in Carré, four works by the master choreographer with the Dutch National Ballet.

1–3 May

 

Meervaart

Premiere of Grimm, hip-hop ballet mix by Marco Gerris and Ernst Meisner for the Junior Company of the National Ballet and the ISH Dance Collective.

8 May tryouts; 9 & 10 May.

www.operaballet.nl

Antwerp

De Singel

Borda, created by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.

22, 23 May;

www.desingel.be

 

Opera

Premiere: Bizet's Carmen,staged by choreographer Wim Vandekeybus for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in collaboration with Ultima Vez, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

29, 31 May; 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 June;

www.operaballet.be

Arnhem

Musis & Stadstheater

Premiere of Sacre, dance production for young audiences

by Theater Oostpool, Introdans, Orkest Phion and Musis & Stadstheater Arnhem.

1–3 May;

www.musisenstadstheater.nl

Augsburg

Staatstheater

Les Noces & Le Sacre du printemps, Stravinsky ballet evening by Didy Veldman and Ricardo Fernando.

martini-Park, 8, 10, 17, 22, 24, 28 May;

www.staatstheater-augsburg.de

B

Baden-Baden

Festspielhaus

Cold Song by Marcos Morau to music by Ben Meerwein & Alex

Röser Vatiché, and Hofesh Shechter’s Wild Poetry with the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.

8–10 May;

www.festspielhaus.de

Basel

Kaserne Basel

Riesen, new creation by Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin,

in which you can interact with virtual dancers using your smartphone.

4, 9 May

 

Das Tanzfest

Basel region.

6–10 May:

 

That’s Twisted, dance performance by Baptiste Cazaux.

7 May

 

Line Dances, site-specific performance by Jeremy Nedd.

8, 9 May

 

For the 20th anniversary of the “miniMIR” education project by Béatrice Goetz:

 

Rocketship, frei sein, Girlanden

Reithalle,

9, 10 May

 

x LUNE LINES, dance project with young people from the Zentrum für Brückenangebote Basel.

13 May

 

Premiere: In Away with the Faeries, Declan Whitaker questions the role of Irish Dance.

27–31 May;

www.kaserne-basel.ch

 

Tanzhaus Basel

The MiR Dance Company from Gelsenkirchen presents the program Phoenix Effect:

Hasard & Boléro by Sita Ostheimer, and Ashes to Down by Akira Yoshida. Silo 2,

20, 21 May

 

UKBB tanzt, dance project of the Pro UKBB Foundation.

29–31 May;

www.tanzhausbasel.ch

 

Theater

New Works: Hakobyan/Jung:

The Urge by Lilit Hakobyan, and Éphémère by Anne Jung, Ballet Basel. Schauspielhaus,

10, 12, 19 May

 

van Manen/Kylián/Goecke:

Bella Figura by Jiří Kylián, the duet The Old Man and Me by Hans van Manen, and the iconic pas de deux Le Spectre de la rose in an expanded version by Marco Goecke,

13, 17, 20, 28, 29, 31 May

 

Dark Matter, five pieces by Marco Goecke,

22, 27 May;

www.theater-basel.ch

Bergen

Grieghallen

Bergen International Festival:

In Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, in collaboration with Moroccan choreographer Radouan Mriziga, encounters Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Rosas, and Gli Incogniti.

31 May; 1 June

 

Kode, Permanenten

Bergen International Festival:

 

Landscaping, nature and movement in a video installation by Eszter Salamon.

29–31 May; 2–7, 9, 10 June

 

Studio Bergen

Premiere: Unchained Melody, choreography by Mette Ingvartsen for Carte Blanche.

28, 29 May; 2–6 June

www.fib.no

Berlin

Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Auf meinen Schultern, solo by dancer and choreographer Raphael Moussa Hillebrand.

7–10 May

 

As I Want, portrait performance by choreographer Ashley Temba.

23–26 May;

www.ballhausnaunynstrasse.de

 

Chamäleon Berlin

Bello!, a symbiosis of acrobatic choreography and storytelling

with the Italian circus collective Fabbrica C.

Until 31 May;

www.chamaeleonberlin.com

 

Dock 11

The anniversary edition of the cult short piece festival, Lucky Trimmer #30 – Berlin Edition, 2026, under the artistic

direction of choreographer Raffaele Irace, brings together artists who push boundaries with their work.

30 April; 1, 2 May

 

Premiere The Freedom Picnic, collaborative project by choreographer Nir de Volff/TOTAL BRUTAL with dancers Medhat Adaabal and Mouafak Aldoabl.

7–10 May

 

Comfort Zone, collaboration between choreographer Tomi Paasonen and his partner and drag artist Colin Comfort, as well as their drag alter egos Tieza and Gieza Poke.

14–17 May

 

In Yes/No by Swiss choreographer Joshua Monten, four dancers explore the full spectrum of human acceptance and rejection. 28–31 May

www.dock11-berlin.de

 

Friedrichstadt-Palast

BLINDED by DELIGHT, the new Grand Show.

1–3, 5, 7–10, 12, 14–17, 19, 21–24, 26, 28–30 May;

2, 4–6 June

www.palast.berlin

 

HAU Hebbel am Ufer

In Frank, short for Frankenstein, choreographer Cherish Menzo explores the monster as a projection surface for societal anxieties and narratives. HAU2,

12, 13 May

 

Wait to be Seated, a happening on the concept of hospitality with the feminist collective She She Pop in collaboration with the Sandbox Collective from Bangalore.

20, 21 May

 

Being Alone, Artistic Perspectives from Central and East Asia and Beyond. HAU1, HAU2, HAU4,

29–31 May

www.hebbel-am-ufer.de

 

Junges Tanzhaus Berlin

Das Experiment, immersive dance performance by The Farm. 7–9 May

 

In Corinne Eckenstein's Hungry Hearts, five young women and girls from different generations explore their vulnerability. UNUSUALBEINGS Dance Company.

28, 29 May;

www.junges-tanzhaus-berlin.de

 

Radialsystem

Four Non Blondes, choreographic concert by Christoph Winkler

which re-examines the myth of blondeness.

1–3 May

 

Agora Baixou o Sol – Now the Sun Sets, vocal solo performance by Luísa Saraiva taking the traditional Portuguese song of the same name as a starting point to explore states of vulnerability.

1–3 May

 

Series Unexpected Lessons – Knowledges of Body and Sound:

Somewhere at the Beginning, solo performance by Senegalese choreographer and dancer Germaine Acogny.

25, 26 May

 

Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance,

film by Greta-Marie Becker

25 May;

www.radialsystem.de

 

Sophiensæle

Premiere: for (Regina, Rosa, Ruth & Rachel), musical-theatrical collage by composer Maya Dunietz, singer Jessica Gadani, multimedia artist Rachel Libeskind, and cellist Lori Goldston.

8–10 May

 

SCHREIEN (Screaming)Eine Forschungsreihe by Antonia Baehr.

10 May

 

(my body / running wild / this animal) glorious, dance performance by the dancer, artist, presenter, and body-oriented researcher SERAFINE1369.

16, 17 May

 

Premiere of Mr. Yellow, cabaret performance with opera and K-pop by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim, humorously and critically deconstructing (colonial) images, fantasies, and projections that continue to shape Asian-influenced masculinity.

28–31 May

 

Premiere of Great Acceleration, a performance by Oliver Zahn.

28–31 May

www.sophiensaele.com

 

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Gods and Dogs, two-part ballet evening:

Gods and Dogs by Jiří Kylián and Angels' Atlas by Crystal Pite, Berlin State Ballet,

14, 16 May

 

Premiere of Fearful Symmetries, two-part ballet evening: George Balanchine's Symphony in C to the composition of the same name by Georges Bizet, and the choreography

Fearful Symmetries by Christian Spuck,

30 May

www.staatsballett-berlin.de

 

Theater am Potsdamer Platz

Alizé, resident show of Cirque du Soleil.

Until January 2027

 

Theater an der Parkaue

MannOhMann, pop music theater by Kim, Seitz & Friends with young Berliners.

12, 13 May

 

Wolf, performance by Raphael Moussa Hillebrand based on Saša Stanišić's novel about bullying and fear, friendship and civil courage.

13, 20, 21 May

 

Die Nashörner, dance piece by Ursina Tossi after Eugène Ionesco.

20–22 May

 

Wazn Teez?, insect musical by Martin Heckmanns based on the picture book by Carson Ellis.

31 May;

www.parkaue.de

 

Theater im Delphi

Schwanensee – Jenseits der Bühne, immersive production

of the classic.

5, 6 May

 

Ballet of Lights: Dornröschen.

31 May;

www.theater-im-delphi.de

 

Uferstudios

Glitter in the Cracks Vol.2, drag and performance art with Sebastian Abarbanell, Soroa Lear, and Sara Lu, a collective of queer, interdisciplinary artists.

14, 16, 17 May

 

For the finale of the Tanzfabrik project RESIST! under the title Voices of Resistance, artists from the project and guests come together to make the power of social alliances visible, with, among others, Jasna L. Vinovrški, Maria F. Scaroni, Christina Ciupke, Sergiu Matis, and Jen Rosenblit.

16 May

 

Hyprid Festival, seven multidisciplinary productions.

22–24 May

 

ada Studio for Contemporary Dance

In the series neworks: The work of the two artists Bobi H. Stojaković and Marta Marja Ruszkowska explores

amateur dances from films.

29, 30 May; 1 June

 

Premiere of Berlin Loops, performance by C-Company that combines dance, original music and sounds, and several video works.

30 May;

www.uferstudios.com;

www.ada-studio.de

 

Volksbühne Berlin

Spooky Paradise, created by French theater director and set designer Philippe Quesne, Vivarium Studio.

1, 3, 29 May

 

Turn, Gob Squad’s invitation to dance in dark times with the solo ensemble Kaleidoskop.

16, 17 May

www.volksbuehne.berlin

Bern

Dampfzentrale

auawirleben, Theater festival Bern.

6–17 May

 

In Clap & Slap, Lithuanian choreographer Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Belarusian-born performer and choreographer Igor Shugaleev explore the paralyzing tension that arose in Eastern Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

12, 13 May

 

EXXY, performance by queer, disabled choreographer Dan Daw is a bold and vulnerable exploration of imposter syndrome and fluctuating self-esteem.

14, 15 May

 

Monga, performance and live concert by Brazilian artist Jéssica Teixeira, dedicated to the Mexican Julia Pastrana who was exploited as the "monkey woman" in freak shows in the 19th century.

16, 17 May;

www.auawirleben.ch

 

Kunsthalle Bern

In Yes/No by Joshua Monten, four dancers explore the full spectrum of human acceptance and rejection, Joshua Monten Dance Company.

10 May;

www.dastanzfest.ch

 

Schlachthaus Theater

auawirleben, Bern theatre festival.

6–17 May

 

METCH, concert performance by Bulgarian performer and musician Ivo Dimchev.

7 May;

www.auawirleben.ch

 

Stadttheater

Hello Earth!, choreography by Marco Goecke and Hege

Haagenrud. Vidmar 1,

2 May

 

Laboratoire Suisse de la Danse. Vidmar+,

8 May

 

Metaphysics, two-part dance evening:

Vanity Fair by Sidonie Fossé and The Unfolding by «Next Steps» artist Rachelle Anaïs Scott. Vidmar 1,

10, 29, 31 May;

www.buehnenbern.ch

 

Tanzhaus Bern

Trap, dance performance by Vanessa Cook Dance. Brückenpfeiler 3. OG,

8–10 May;

www.tanzhausbern.ch

Bielefeld

Stadttheater

Everything Will Be OK, two-part dance evening by Felix Landerer.

2, 9, 10, 13 May; 9, 27 June

 

TANZtastisch, an evening of dance with the Theater Ballet School.

23, 24 May

www.buo-bielefeld.de

Bonn

Theater

Sol Invictus, a love letter to dance and life by choreographer Hervé Koubii.

28–30 May;

www.theater-bonn.de

 

Theater im Ballsaal

Premiere: In Pieceful Minds, the terrain dance collective explores the two poles of group and individual.

5, 6 May

 

Bonner Theaternacht:

Short Cuts with ensemble members from fringe ensemble and CocoonDance Company.

13 May

 

Standard, choreography for ballroom dancing by Rafaële Giovanola, CocoonDance Company.

16, 20 May;

www.theater-im-ballsaal.de

Braunschweig

Staatstheater

Premiere of Triple Impact, pieces by Andonis Foniadakis, Tú Hoàng, and Ihsan Rustem.

1, 3, 9, 15, 23, 26, 30 May;

www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de

Bregenz

Festspielhaus Bregenz

Bregenzer Frühling 2026:

 

Saaba by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar and Folkå by Marcos Morau with the Nederlands Dans Theater.

2–7 May

 

With Sounding Light by choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, the Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan brings together nature, body, and sound in meditative ease.

29 May;

www.bregenzerfruehling.com

Bremen

Schwankhalle

I want to be moved by you, Dance Film Week with Canadian dance filmmakers Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer who founded Mouvement Perpétuel in Quebec.

11–16 May

 

Dance films by Mouvement Perpétuel.

12–16 May

 

Short dance films by North German filmmakers.

12 May

 

Where We Stand by Fay van Baar and Ezan-Kélé by Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui.

15–16 May

 

Outnow! Performing Arts Festival 2026.

21–25 May;

www.schwankhalle.de

 

Theater

In The Tide, Josep Caballero García embarks on a search for artistic principles of resistance, Unusual Symptoms, tanzbar_bremen.

3 May

 

In Tomorrow we dreamed of yesterday, Unusual Symptoms and Michikazu Matsune bring a landscape of shared memories

to the stage.

10 May

 

The Last Dance by Samir Akika asks how one can still find a playful attitude in a conflict-ridden world, Unusual Symptoms. 15 May

 

Premiere: a new work by Adrienn Hód, Unusual Symptoms.

29, 31 May

 

Josephine Baker, outdoor dance and theater performance by La Fleur. Goetheplatz,

31 May;

www.theaterbremen.de

Bremerhaven

JUB – Junges Theater

Hart am Wind 2026, North German Theatre Festival

for young audiences.

4–8 May

 

Du bist dran, a quartet for four performers and active audience by Regina Rossi.

4–8 May

 

With Tie Break, Constantin Trommlitz explores how dance battles serve as a metaphor for personal struggles, a production by K3 – Center for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg.

4–8 May

 

Um die Ecke, a play with dance and music for people aged two and up by Katrin Sagener & Teresa Hoffmann.

4–8 May

 

Stadttheater

Gefährliche Liebschaften, an evening of dance by Ana Isabel Casquilho, Young Soon Hue and Alfonso Palencia with music from Mozart to Chopin.

16 May;

www.stadttheaterbremerhaven.de

Brno

National Theatre Brno

Premiere: Giselle, choreography by Rodolfo Castellanos.

8, 9, 11, 30 May

 

Saaba by Sharon Eyal and Folkå by Marcos Morau with Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Janáček Theatre,

12 May

 

My Fatherland, multimedia theatre project by Dekkadancers company, based on the symphonic cycle by Smetana, a co-production with the Czech Philharmonic. Janáček Theatre,

16, 17 May

 

Kafka, choreographed by Markéta Pimek Habalová to music by, among others, Philip Glass, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, and Alfred Schnittke. Janáček Theater,

19, 22 May

 

Three-part ballet evening with NdB 2:

Archa by Uladzimir Ivanou, Dispute by Mário Radačovský and Inside by Markéta Pimek Habalova.

27 May;

www.ndbrno.cz

Bruges

Concertgebouw

À la carte, improvisation project by Ioannis Mandafounis with the dancers of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.

7 May

 

La doulce amour, a dance-music performance by Lara Barsacq & ClubMediéval.

17 May

www.concertgebouw.be

 

MAZ

The Love Behind My Eyes, dance performance by Lebanese

choreographer Ali Chahrour.

29 May

www.ccbrugge.be

Brussels

Bodeek

Kunstenfestivaldesarts:

This resting, patience, long-term performance by Ewa Dziarnowska.

9–12 May;

www.kfda.be

 

Bozar

Premiere: Us, performance by artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi.

17–19 May;

www.kfda.be

 

Cirque Royal

Bye bye Blackbird by Joost Vrouenraets and Dionysos (Suite)

by Maurice Béjart with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne.

7–10 May;

www.cirque-royal-bruxelles.be

 

Kaaitheater

Kunstenfestivaldesarts:

Premiere: Muette, solo performance by Boris Charmatz, Terrain. Kaaistudios,

21–24, 26–28 May;

www.kfda.be

 

La Bellone

Comrade, Miracle, Curse, performance by choreographer Thanapol Virulhakul from Bangkok.

25–29 May;

www.kfda.be

 

La Raffinerie

Premiere: El Mundo, dance performance by Moroccan

choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen for the inclusive dance company Dançando com a Diferença from Portugal.

8–11 May

 

Umunyana by Rwandan performer and artist Cedric Mizero Kigali-Gishoma combines film, object art, and performance. 18–20 May;

www.kfda.be

 

Piscine du Centre

Premiere: In You cannot can, performer Dana Michel dives into a swimming pool.

9, 10, 12–14 May;

www.kfda.be

 

Théâtre Les Tanneurs

Repertório N. 1, the first part of the trilogy with choreographies of self-defense in the face of structures of violence by Brazilian choreographers Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira.

8–10, 12, 13 May

 

Ridden, performance by Indonesian choreographer Leu Wijee, dealing with natural disasters.

20–23 May;

www.kfda.be

 

Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

NÔT, Surreal Theatre by Marlene Monteiro Freitas.

14–17 May;

www.kfda.be

Burghausen

Studienkirche St. Josef

As part of the exhibition HANS WIMMER – Volumen ist alles: dance performance by Dario Wilmington to the sound installation PINK with music by Fred Frith, Cornelius Claudio Kreusch, and Johannes Tonio Kreusch.

23 May;

www.burghausen.de

C

Chemnitz

Theater

Made in Chemnitz 2026:

 

Wachträume, dance piece by Margaux Pagès and Koh Yoshitake.

7 May

 

Caravaggio oder Die Stille unseres Herzschlages,

ballet by Bruno Bouché.

8, 15 May

 

11 Chemnitzer Ballettbenefizgala.

9 May

 

Cinderella, ballet by Sabrina Sadowska.

17 May

 

Schwanensee, ballet by Eno Peçi and Sabrina Sadowska with excerpts from the original choreography by Lev Ivanov.

21, 22 May

 

Der blaue Vogel oder Die Suche nach dem Glück, ballet by Sabrina Sadowska after Maurice Maeterlinck.

30 May;

www.theater-chemnitz.de

Coburg

Globe Coburg

Bernarda Albas Haus, cross-genre production based on the work of Federico García Lorca, choreographed by Mireia Martinez Pineda and directed by Matthias Straub.

3 May

 

Premiere of First Steps ‹Why Not?›, choreographic miniatures by the Ballet Coburg. Reithalle,

29, 31 May; 4, 9, 10, 16 June;

www.landestheater-coburg.de

Cologne

Alte Feuerwache

Premiere: HOPE – Stimmen gegen den Rollback,

an immersive "landscape of hope" by MIRA/Julia Riera, in which sound, light, and movement intertwine.

15–17 May;

www.sommerblut.de

 

Barnes Crossing – Freiraum für TanzPerformanceKunst

International SoloDuoFestival nrw + friends

29–31 May

www.barnescrossing.de

 

LATIBUL-Gelände

CircusDance Festival 2026

16–31 May

www.circus-dance-festival.de

 

Schauspiel Köln

Möbius, choreography between acrobatics, dance, and poetry

by French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane with artists from Collectif XY. Depot 1,

29–31 May;

www.splkln.de

 

TanzFaktur Sommerblut Festival:

My Freedom Is Your Distorted Gaze, dance and video performance by Céline Bellut critically examining the representation of bodies in digital environments.

15, 16 May;

www.tanzfaktur.eu

Copenhagen

The Royal Danish Theatre

Lady Macbeth, ballet by Akram Khan after Shakespeare.

May 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 19, 27; 4 June

 

Drøm, interactive, hybrid dance performance

by Mette Møller Overgaard, Danish Dance Theatre.

11–13, 16, 17 May;

 

Premiere: Giant Steps:

Balanchine’s Apollon to music by Stravinsky and The Four Temperaments to music by Paul Hindemith, as well as Corybantic Games by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Leonard Bernstein.

21–23, 26, 29, 30, May; 3, 5 June;

www.kglteater.dk

Cottbus

Staatstheater

Im Verborgenen, two-part ballet evening:

Fade-Out by Douglas Lee and Golden Wounds by Inma López.

3 May

 

Premiere of Da Vinci, choreography by Lucas Valente. Kammerbühne, 16, 20, 30 May

 

Ballett-Gala 2026.

23 May

www.staatstheater-cottbus.de

D

Darmstadt

Staatstheater

Become Ocean, creation by the duo LEE\VAKULYA for

Hessisches Staatsballett.

3, 10 May

 

Komm zu meinem Festival oder ich hacke deinen Toaster – deine KI, AI Festival:

 

Premiere of Mirror, an AI project by the Hessisches Staatsballett, in which the British

Choreographer Alexander Whitley explores the interaction of real and virtual dancers using motion matching and AI. Kleines Haus,

15–17, 30 May

 

[EOL]. End of Life – a virtual ruin landscape,

a performative installation in virtual reality by Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche (DARUM).

14–16 May

 

Premiere of Anfänge, transdisciplinary project by director Ayla Pierrot Arendt, in which she explores the relationship between humans, machines, and myth.

16, 28 May

 

MADE.Festival, productions of the independent performing arts in Hesse.

31 May

www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de

Dessau

Anhaltisches Theater

Premiere: Schwanensee choreographed by Stefano Giannetti to the music of Tchaikovsky.

8, 17, 23, 29 May

 

Blaue Augen, schwarzes Haar, dance evening by Stefano Giannetti based on the novel by Marguerite Duras.

31 May;

www.anhaltisches-theater.de

Detmold

Landestheater

Vom Fischer und seiner Frau, symphonic ballet choreographed by Ballet Director Katharina Torwesten.

20, 27 May;

in Neumünster: Theater in der Stadthalle,

22 May

www.landestheater-detmold.de

Dresden

Dortmund

 

KJT in Sckellstraße

KörperKlangBewegung, dance piece with the Senior Dance Theatre.

24, 25 May

 

Theater

Frida, ballet dedicated to the artist Frida Kahlo by Artist in Residence Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.

3, 9, 25 May

 

Tribute to Mozart, three-part ballet evening:

Petite Mort by Jiří Kylián, Jeunehomme by Uwe Scholz, and

a new creation by the American choreographer Tess Voelker.

23, 28 May;

www.theaterdo.de

 

Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste

Make It Pop!, Variations of Popular Art in the Performing Arts.

1 May–6 June:

 

Tanz in den Mai with the go plastic company & colleagues.

1 May

 

KA-IN, the new production by Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger, combines Moroccan acrobatic traditions with urban movement forms.

2, 3 May

 

À nos combats by Salia Sanou, dance meets boxing.

8, 9 May

 

The Long Run, piece about cultural appropriation and identity of tap dance. Choreographer Sebastian Weber, Sebastian

Weber Dance Company.

14, 16 May

 

La Edad de Oro, solo by flamenco virtuoso Israel Galván, dedicated to the Golden Age of Flamenco from the mid-19th to the early 20th century.

15, 16 May

 

Watch out!, Festival for young and old.

27–30 May:

 

elephant walk, dance performance for the very youngest (ages two and up) by Célestine Hennermann.

27, 28 May

 

Main Character: Lost, dance performance for young audiences by the choreographer duo Miller de Nobili.

28, 29 May

 

Beyond the End of Your Nose, dance acrobatics by Leipzig choreographer Lotte Mueller.

29, 30 May

 

A Room without Walls, radio ballet across four continents by children for children, accompanied by LIGNA.

29, 30 May;

www.hellerau.org

 

Schauspielhaus

Saaba by Sharon Eyal and Folkå by Marcos Morau with the Nederlands Dans Theater 2;

16 May;

www.musikfestspiele.com

 

Staatsschauspiel

In Parts and Pieces, ballet director Kinsun Chan takes up the Japanese Kintsugi philosophy and develops a choreographic reflection on the assembling of fragments. Semperoper Ballet. 8, 9, 10, 22, 23 May;

www.semperoper.de

Duisburg

Theater

Kaleidoskop:

Moto perpetuo by the choreographer duo Iratxe Ansa and

Igor Bacovich and Invocation by Mthuthuzeli November, as well as Vers un pays sage by Jean-Christophe Maillot.

22, 30 May;

www.ballettamrhein.de

Düsseldorf

FFT

Drunter und Drüber, dance for young audiences by Keren Levi. Bühne II,

27, 28 May;

www.fft-duesseldorf.de

 

Opernhaus

OrgelPassion:

Omelas by Stina Quagebeur, Glen Tetley’s

classic Voluntaries, and Goyo Montero’s Aurea.

2, 28 May; 6 June

 

Premiere Endstation Sehnsucht, ballet by John Neumeier based on the novel by Tennessee Williams.

4 May, Ballettwerkstatt, 8, 14, 16, 20, 25, 31

 

In Orbit, moving spatial installation between video and jazz sound by Jazz City Bilk x Ballett am Rhein. Balletthaus

Studio 1,

9, 10 May;

www.operamrhein.de

 

tanzhaus nrw

A Change is as Good as a Rest, dance and sound piece by Elsa Artmann/Gentle Work.

1 May

 

Urban Dance Sessions.

7 May, 11 June

 

Premiere: Tracks, dance performance with the tanzhaus nrw youth company.

9, 11 May

 

Tap Ahead:

Unbound, solo by London tap dance artist Avalon Rathgeb.

14 May

 

Footprints, jazz and tap dance with the Thomas Marek Trio.

15 May

 

Tap Ahead Gala.

16 May

 

Premiere: There is no picture of my parents and me (until there was), solo by Darko Radosavljev.

22 May open rehearsal; 29–31 May;

www.tanzhaus-nrw.de

E

Eisenach

Landestheater

Buena Vista Dancing Club, ballet by Jorge Pérez Martínez.

1, 14, 31 May

 

Romeo und Julia op. 64, ballet in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev, Adrian Piotrovsky, Leonid Lavrovsky, and Sergei Radlov, choreography by Jorge Pérez Martínez.

3 May

 

Next Wave – Masters of Dance – Visionen der Moderne: Chairman Dances by Lucinda Childs, Ephemerus by Ana Isabel

Casquilho, The Hunt by Robert Battle, and Concerto for 2 by Jorge Pérez Martínez.

21 May

www.landestheater-eisenach.de

Essen

Aalto Theater

Tanzhommage an Queen, dance piece by Ben Van Cauwenbergh

to music by Queen.

13, 15 May

 

Carmen, ballet by Johan Inger to music by Bizet, Shchedrin, and Álvarez.

23, 25 May

 

Relations:

Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land (1981) to Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem and Sleepless (2004) to a composition by Dirk Haubrich, as well as Johan Inger’s Walking Mad (2001) to Ravel’s Boléro and Arvo Pärt’s Für Alina.

30 May;

www.theater-essen.de

 

PACT Zollverein

Hidden Futures – Prediction and Promise,” a format that opens up new perspectives on the complexity of digital life, featuring Choy Ka Fai, among others.

8, 9 May

 

International Summer Battle 2026 in cooperation with Pottporus e.V.

14 May

 

Quinceañeras, dance-music performance by Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez & Luisa Fernanda Alfonso.

29, 30 May;

www.pact-zollverein.de

F

Flensburg

Stadttheater

Pinocchio, dance theatre by Emil Wedervang Bruland.

9, 30 May;

www.sh-landestheater.de

Frankfurt am Main

Junge Theaterwerkstatt am Zoo

Hey Sister!, dance performance by Hennermanns Horde, inviting you to rethink sisterhood.

10–12 May

 

Nirgendwo ist ein Ort (Nulle part est un

endroit), Krump solo by choreographer and dancer Anne-Marie, aka Nach.

27 May;

www.mousonturm.de

Frankfurt an der Oder

Kleist Forum

Re: Future. Ein tanz-theatrales Echo aus der Zukunft, improvisation-based performance by Hanne Seitz.

2, 3 May;

www.kleistforum.de

Freiburg

E-Werk

Festival Performing Democracy:

 

Songs of the Wayfarer, Crip solo by Claire Cunningham.

6, 7 May

 

In Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna, Soa Ratsifandrihana explores the history of movement.

12, 13 May

 

The multigenerational dance ensemble Nuvoir – Dancing in a Swarm presents the results of a week-long artistic research process on the theme of “Breaking Free.” Südufer,

30, 31 May

www.performing-democracy.de

www.ewerk-freiburg.de

 

Stadium im FT-Sportpark

DIE BEWEGUNG, sports-art performance by Julian Warner.

10 May

www.performing-democracy.de

 

Theater

Performing Democracy:

All'Arme, dance performance by Ginevra

Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, exposing the double-edged nature

of demonstrations of power.

12 May

 

Combat des lianes, dance performance by Zora Snake.

22 May

 

Weltraum

Sprechen, dance piece by Birgit Freitag and ensemble with professional and non-professional performers.

3, 4, 7, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21 May;

www.theater.freiburg.de

Friborg

Equilibre

Lumen, dance performance by Jasmine Morand, Cie Prototype Status.

9 May;

www.equilibre-nuithonie.ch

Fürth

Stadttheater

Sol Invictus, love letter to dance and life by choreographer Hervé Koubi.

30 Apr; 1–4 May;

www.stadttheater.de

G

Gelsenkirchen

Musiktheater im Revier

Phoenix Effect, two-part dance evening by Lali Ayguadé and Akira Yoshida, complemented by a short choreography by Olivia Court Mesa.

9, 17 May;

www.musiktheater-im-revier.de

Geneva

Bâtiment des Forces Motrices

Premiere of Svatbata, choreography by Marcos Morau to music by Alex Röser Vatiché and Ben Meerwein for the Ballet du

Grand Théâtre de Genève.

19, 20, 22, 23 May;

www.gtg.ch

 

Pavilion ADC

Premiere of Pléïades, in absentia, created by Cindy Van Acker in

collaboration with the Geneva percussion collective Eklekto.

27–31 May;

www.pavillon-adc.ch

Gera

Konzertsaal

Internationales BallettFestival Gera 2026:

 

In C, choreography by Sasha Waltz to the eponymous minimal music composition by Terry Riley; Sasha Waltz & Guests.

9 May

 

Double Bill with the Boston Dance Theater:

Carol Kaye Project with choreographies by Rosie Herrera, Rena Butler, Karole Armitage, and Jessie Jeanne Stinnett, as well as

Pinnacle Works with works by Itzik Galili, Alessandro Sousa Pereira, and Marco Goecke.

11 resp. 12 May

 

Kunstsammlng Gera

Bravo, Gera! Exhibition celebrating 100 years of dance

development in Gera.

8–21 May

 

Metropol Kino

Alexander von Swaine – Ein Faun unter Menschen, film by Felix

von Boehm and Ralf Stabel.

14 May

 

Theater Altenburg-Gera

Die blaue Stunde – ein Tanzabend zur Nacht with the Children's and Youth Ballet, Bühne am Park Gera,

2, 6, 17 May

 

Internationales BallettFestival Gera 2026:

Premiere of Romeo und Julia, the Moscow version of the ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, Adrian Piotovsky, Leonid Lavrovsky, and

Sergei Radlov, staged by Emanuele Babici.

3 May introductory matinee; 8, 25, 26 May

 

Glück, Tod und Traum, ballet in one picture by Yvonne Georgi for dancers, narrator, and wind ensemble, reconstructed for the stage by Ricardo Fernando with dancers from the Thuringian State Ballet. Bühne am Park,

10, 17 May

 

The Aalto Ballet Essen guesting with Carmen, ballet by Johan Inger to music by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin, and Marc Alvarez. Großes Haus,

10 May

 

The Bundesjugendballett John Neumeier presents Die UNsichtbaren, a dance collage by John Neumeier with orchestra, actors, and dance.

Großes Haus,

13,14 May

 

Cranko, film gala.

15 May

 

Aufbruch!, the Festival Gala.

16 May

 

Premiere of Jeu de Cartes / Pulcinella,

A Stravinsky Ballet Double Bill:

John Cranko's Jeu de Cartes and Pulcinella in a new version by Arshak Ghalumyan, transporting the audience back to the 1925/26 season, when Yvonne Georgi directed Pulcinella at the then Reußisches Theater.

17 May

 

Festival-Forum.

Bühne am Park,

18 May

 

Gera tanzt!, an evening with the Thuringian State Ballet. Bühne am Park,

19 May

www.theater-altenburg-gera.de

Ghent

Capitole

Opus, choreography by Christos Papadopoulos for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, inspired by Bach’s The Art of Fugue.

7, 9, 10 May;

www.operaballet.be

 

Club Wintercircus

All the Way Around, a journey in movement and sound with dancer and choreographer Meg Stuart, accompanied by jazz bassist Doug Weiss.

20, 21 May;

www.viernulvier.gent

Giessen

Stadttheater

Opiate, dance by Luana Rossetti & music by Mo Heidrich.

2 May

 

piece #0, dance piece by Johannes Wieland.

8, 31 May

 

Premiere: Fireworks, dance piece by Raimonda Gudavičiūtė.

23, 25 May;

www.stadttheater-giessen.de

Graz

Opera

Premiere: Modern Times, three-part dance evening:

404 – Not Found by Katarzyna Kozielska, Drift by Anne Jung

and The Gravity of Iron by Giovanni Insaudo to music by, among others, Davidson Jaconello.

20, 22, 27 May;

www.oper-graz.com

Görlitz

Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater

Smy! – bin ich?, dance piece by Leipzig choreographer Gundula Peuthert with the Sorbian National Ensemble Bautzen.

Haus Görlitz,

6 May;

www.g-h-t.de

H

Hagen

Theater

In ZwischenLand, choreographer Taulant Shehu explores facets of the theme of migration.

2, 7, 24 May

 

Platée, ballet-opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, directed by Anja Kühnhold, choreography by Giovanni De Domenico.

10 May

 

Shift, pieces by Eyal Dadon and Taulant Shehu.

22 May;

www.theaterhagen.de

Halberstadt

Kammerbühne

Macbeth, dance piece by Tarek Assam after Shakespeare to

live music by the Johannes Wasikowski Jazz Quartet.

3 May;

www.harztheater.de

Halle an der Saale

Oper

Das hässliche Entlein, fairy-tale ballet by Emma Louise Harrington after Hans Christian Andersen, Ballet Academy

at the Halle Opera House.

2, 9 May

 

Medea, reinterpretation of the ancient myth by Michal Sedláček.

10, 16, 25 May

 

Romeo und Julia, ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, Adrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky.

23 May

www.buehnen-halle.de

Hamburg

Ballettzentrum Hamburg – John Neumeier

All Moves #8, a Tanztriennale format inviting you to discover new forms of movement.

25 May;

office@tanztriennale.de

 

JazzHall

RE:PUBLIC with the dancers of the Hamburger Kammerballett. 10 May

 

Kampnagel

Wait to be Seated, a happening on the concept of hospitality with the feminist collective She She Pop in collaboration with the Sandbox Collective from Bangalore.

7–9 May

 

Spring Battle by the dance collective DIE ANTWORT.

16 May

 

Premiere: In Rockoko, Patricia Carolin Mai and her MAI:COMPANY explore positions between resilience and protest. 28–31 May

 

Tanz für junges Publikum by K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg:

right here, right now, dance project for and with children and young people.

8, 9 May

 

Kaschkasch, dance piece for the very youngest and their families, celebrating hiding and discovering.

28, 29, 31 May

 

Nirgendwo ist ein Ort / Nulle part est un endroit," Krump solo by the French artist Anne-Marie Van, also known as Nach.

30 May; 1 June;

www.kampnagel.de

 

Junges SchauSpielHaus Hamburg

A SchauSpielRaum production together with Shared Leadership in Dance (SLiD): In Feelers, Jenny Beyer, Antje Pfundtner, and Ursina Tossi invite young people to explore forms of touch as communication. Große Bühne Wiesendamm,

26, 27 May

 

Die Schönenn und das Biest, dance theater piece by choreographer Ceren Oran, freely adapted from

motifs of the well-known fairy tale. Große Bühne Wiesendamm, 29 May;

www.junges.schauspielhaus.de

 

LICHTHOF Theater

Body Rhythm Festival:

 

Gateway to Groove, tap dance meets vocal power: Hillary-Marie brings rhythm and storytelling to the stage, and the Groove Crew unfolds body percussion and a cappella in the space.

22 May;

www.lichthof-theater.de

www.festival.bodyrhythm.de

 

Staatsoper

The Times Are Racing:

Adagio from Adagio – Five Songs by Gustav Mahler by Pina Bausch (1974), Variations for Two Couples by Hans van Manen (2012), The Thing with Feathers by Demis Volpi (2023), and The Times Are Racing by Justin Peck (2017).

2, 7, 10, 12, 14 May

 

Nijinsky, ballet by John Neumeier to music by Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich, and Schumann.

16, 18 May; 24 June

 

Mixed program with the Bundesjugendballett John Neumeier.

21 May

 

Ballettwerkstatt.

25 May

 

Slow Burn, two-part ballet evening:

Slow Burn by Aszure Barton to a commissioned composition

by Ambrose Akinmusire and Blake Works V (The Barre Project) by William Forsythe to music by James Blake.

25, 26, 31 May;

www.hamburgballett.de

Hanover

DHC Halle

KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen

 

The Day Before, futuristic-apocalyptic music theater piece by composer Brigitta Muntendorf, director Christiane

Jatahy, and author Rosa Montero, putting Homer's Iliad to the test.

23, 24 May;

www.kunstfestspiele.de

 

EISFABRIK

tanzOFFensive 2026, the festival for the independent dance scene, featuring, among others, IVONA, Duo GLÄNZ, Anna Beghelli & Maé Nayrolles, Lilit Hakobyan, Zufit Simon, and Maura Morales.

8 May–14 June;

www.eisfabrik.com

 

Orangerie

Chapters of Celebration, directed by Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, who has invited six choreographers (Michele Rizzo, Cherish Menzo, Ninja Lasseindra, Iker Karrera, Jeremy Nedd, and Toni Jodar) to stage the celebrating body in “chapters”.

31 May

www.kunstfestspiele.de

 

POMP Kunstzentrum

Premiere: Couldn’t Care Less, dance and object theater performance by the Tilted Collective.

8–10 May;

www.freie-theater-hannover.de

 

Staatsoper

Verwandlungen:

I’m afraid to forget your smile by Imre & Marne van Opstal an Butterfly by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, Hanover State Ballet.

1, 12, 20, 24, 31 May,; 5 June;

www.staatsoper-hannover.de

Heidelberg

Karlstorbahnhof

Premiere: «YOU», dance performance by William Sánchez

H. with the inclusive dance company SZENE 2WEI.

28, 29 May

 

Things Falling, dance theater by William Sánchez H., working at the intersection of queer expression, theater, and diversity, SZENE 2WEI.

30 May

www.karlstorbahnhof.de

 

Theater

In Bodies of Water, Iván Pérez explores the relationship between humans and water.

8 May

 

Premiere: Freiraum, choreography by the DTH dancers. Zwinger 1,

15–17 May;

www.theaterheidelberg.de

Helsinki

Finnish National Opera

Pulse, three contemporary dance pieces:

Lips on the Ground by Julian Nicosia, en mode marron by Bintou Dembélé, and Hegoak by Larkin Poynton Olabarria.

2, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13 May

 

The Ballet School Presents: Spring Gala 2026.

13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22 May

 

Cinderella choreographed by David Bintley.

19, 21, 23, 25, 27 May

 

Helsinki International Ballet Competition.

28–30 May, 1–5 June

 

www.oupperabaletti.fi

 

Zodiak

Premiere: Theoria, dance performance by and with Hanna Ahti and Kid Kokko.

13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29 May;

www.zodiak.fi

Hildesheim

Stadttheater

Till Eulenspiegel, participatory dance piece by Felix Berner, Judith Hölscher, Lars Linnhoff, Amelie Müller, and David Pagan. 9, 14 May;

www.tfn-online.de

I

Innsbruck

Tiroler Landestheater

Schwanensee, choreography by Marcel Leemann.

2, 10, 16, 20, 28 May; 3, 27 June; 2 July

 

Next Level Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, choreographed by members of the dance ensemble. Kammerspiele,

3, 8, 15, 23, 29 May

www.landestheater.at

K

Kaiserslautern

Pfalztheater

Premiere of Romeo und Julia, choreographed by Alba Castillo, to music by Prokofiev.

12 May ntroductory soiree; 16, 23 May

 

Frankenstein, cross-genre spectacle of dance and drama based on the novel by Mary Shelley, directed by choreographer Bryan

Arias, Artistic Director of Drama Stephan Beer, and Artistic Director of Dance Luisa Sancho Escanero.

29, 31 May;

www.pfalztheater.de

Karlsruhe

Badisches Staatstheater

Dracula, ballet by Kenneth Tindall.

2, 8, 16 May

 

Premiere: Statements:

Blind Dreams by Raimondo Rebeck, the new creation Echoes in the Dark by Houston Thomas, and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort.

May 30 pre-premiere; 6, 10, 12, 18, 26, 30 June;

www.staatstheater.karlsruhe

 

ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien

William Forsythe presents Choreographic Instructions:

Himmel und Hölle and Turning Eyes (both 2019), two installations that provide instructions for movement sequences. ZKM Forecourt,

until 2 August;

www.zkm.de

Kassel

Staatstheater

Premiere: Mono no aware | The knowledge of the end is

bittersweet, choreography by Maura Morales, exploring the

Japanese concept of «Mono no aware», the melancholy of things. Schauspielhaus,

16, 23, 29 May

 

The Whole and Its Parts, choreography by Maria Campos and Guy Nader, inspired by the idea of ​​construction and deconstruction.

Interim,

31 May;

www.staatstheater-kassel.de

Kiel

Theater

Get into the Groove, choreography by Amilcar Moret Gonzalez and Kevin O’Day.

2, 17 May; 2, 14 June

 

Ballettgala.

14 May;

 

www.theater-kiel.de

Koblenz

Theater Koblenz

Premiere: For Creative Dialogues, Steffen Fuchs,

Ballet Director at Theater Koblenz, and Annett Göhre,

Director of Dance Theater Ulm, are embarking on an experiment: Each is developing their own choreography and rehearsing it with their company as well as the other’s ensemble. Theatezelt,

3, 15, 24 May

 

Gala TanzArt ostwest.

16 May

www.theater-koblenz.de

Krefeld

Theater

Premiere: KRMG.tanz 5:

Der Sandmann by Boris Randzio after E.T.A. Hoffmann

and shift.er.s by Hugo Viera.

17 May introductory matinee; 23, 28, 31 May;

www.theater-kr-mg.de

Krems an der Donau

Dominikanerkirche

donaufestival:

 

Bain brisé, solo performance by Yann Marussich, who surrenders to pain in a bathtub full of broken glass.

3 May

 

HOLD&RESIST_a springrite, experimental setups by the performance group Liquid Loft.

9, 10 May

 

Halle 1

donaufestival.

1–3, 8–10 May:

out of hands, performance by Belgian choreographer Michiel Vandevelde, delving into the underworld of being young,

fABULEUS.

1–3 May

 

Monga, performance and live concert by Brazilian artist Jéssica Teixeira.

8–10 May;

www.donaufestival.at

 

Kunsthalle Krems

deader than dead, video installation by Ligia Lewis.

1 May–1 Nov;

www.donaufestival.at

L

Lausanne

Arsenic

Fête de la danse:

 

Sturbzep, dance performance by Sophie Perez, Compagnie du Zerep.

7–9 May

 

In Duchesses, Marie-Caroline Hominal and François Chaignaud spin hula hoops around their hips like rings of Saturn.

8–10 May

 

Lounge, dance performance by Mariana Benenge, Marga Alfeirão, and Myriam Lucas.

14–16 May

 

Repertório N.1, the first part of the trilogy featuring choreographies of self-defense in the face of structures of violence by Brazilian choreographers Davi Pontes & Wallace

Ferreira.

20-22, 24 May

 

Bachelor en Contemporary, theses of students at Manufacture

– Haute école des arts de la scène de Lausanne.

28–31 May;

www.arsenic.ch

 

Théâtre Vidy Lausanne

Shout Twice, hybrid concert performance by Mélissa Guex and Katerina Andreou.

1–3 May

 

Between Silence and Movements: Beyond the Body,

dance performance by Syrian dancer Ahmad Joudeh.

La Passerelle,

18 May

www.vidy.ch

Leipzig

LOFFT – DAS THEATER

Counter Balance, a residency program in the lead-up to

Tanztriennale taking place in Hamburg in June, promoting artistic encounters: The LOFFT residency brings together

musician and choreographer Aoife McAtamney and librarian Lucy O'Donnell.

16 May

 

Siebenbrücken, dance piece by Irina Pauls, showing how new perspectives can emerge from destruction.

29–31 May;

www.lofft.de

 

Opernhaus

Romeo und Julia, ballet by Lauren Lovette.

8, 10 May

 

Premiere: Eurydice, ballet by Fran Díaz to music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and others.

5 May onboarding; 19 May preview; 30 May;

www.oper-leipzig.de

Leverkusen

Erholungshaus

stARTfestival:

 

This is not a dance, multidisciplinary theater production

by Iranian-born director Nastaran Razawi Khorasani,

giving form to the voices of choreographers and dancers still living in Iran. 7 May

 

In her creation Im Mohnfeld, Paloma Muñoz, with eight dancers from tanzmainz, creates an organic, animalistic physicality.

29 May;

www.kultur.bayer.de

 

Forum Leverkusen

The Dutch Compagnie Introdans presents three pieces

by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: Fall in a new version, In Memoriam, and the new creation Residence for dancers Marc Brew and Nelson Parrish Earl.

7 May;

 

www.forumleverkusen.de

Linz

Landestheater

Amor & Psyche, dance piece by Jeroen Verbruggen to music by, among others, Thomas Ades, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Charles Ives.

9 May;

www.landestheater-linz.at

London

Lilian Baylis Studio

PUFF, solo by Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll for

Passinho dancer Hiltinho Fantástico.

13, 14 May;

www.sadlerswells.com

 

Mulryan Centre for Dance

With the “Emerging Dancer Award,” the English National Ballet promotes talent within the company.

Six nominated dancers will present classical and new choreography to a jury.

28 May;

stream available from 4 June on the English National Ballet’s YouTube channel.

www.ballet.org.uk

 

Royal Ballet and Opera

Streaming platform:

ROH.org.uk/stream

 

Alchemies, three works by resident choreographer Wayne McGregor:

Yugen from 2018, the minimalist UNTITLED, 2023, and the world premiere of a new ballet to music by Bushra El-Turk.

1, 6 May

 

Mayerling, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.

4, 9, 11, 16, 18 May

 

Made in America, triple bill with Tulsa Ballet:

Classical Symphony by Yuri Possokhov, Nicolo Fonte's Divenere, and Remember Our Song by Andy Blankenbuehler. Linbury Theatre,

13-17 May

 

Spring Gala: Stories from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

14 May

 

La Fille mal gardée, ballet by Frederick Ashton.

23, 27, 30 May;

www.roh.org.uk

 

Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Breakin’ Convention Festival.

2–3 May

 

In Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, in collaboration with Moroccan choreographer Radouan Mriziga, encounters Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Rosas,

Gli Incogniti.

8–9 May

 

Still Pointless – BalletBoyz at 25.

12–16 May

 

Gentleman Jack, ballet by Annabelle Lopzez Ochoa to a commissioned work by Peter Salem for Northern Ballet.

19–23 May

 

Hamlet, contemporary interpretation of the Shakespearean classic by the late South African choreographer Dada Masilo, The Dance Factory.

25, 26 May

 

Memory Keepers, created by Sadé & Kristina Alleyne to music by Giuliano Modarelli for Sadler’s Wells National Youth Dance Company.

30 May;

www.sadlerswells.com

 

Sadler’s Wells East

Premiere: AUGMENTED: Dance powered by MAM + AISOMA, a collaboration between Studio Wayne McGregor with Juilliard in New York and London’s Rambert School.

1–2 May

 

A Good Man is Hard to Find, interdisciplinary performance by the artist duo Bullyache, addressing the global financial crisis of 2007–08.

7–9 May

 

Remachine by the Dutch-Swedish choreographer Jefta van Dinther explores the interplay between humans and a hypermechanized environment.

14–16 May

 

Return to the Forest, performance by Theater-Rites and Gregory Maqoma.

28–30 May;

www.sadlerswells.com

Lucerne

Kulturhaus Südpol

Dead Horse in a Bathtub, solo dance concert by Nicolas Cantillon, Cie 7273.

7 May;

www.dastanzfest.ch

 

Theater

Die Lieben der Berenice, dance opera directed and choreographed by Anton Lachky.

1, 9 May; 4, 11, 19 June

 

Hemmige, the hip-hop of Muhammed Kaltuk meets a sound collage by composer Gabriele Mareque, inspired by the

chansons of singer-songwriter Mani Matter, TanzLuzern.

6, 13, 15, 21, 24, 27, 30 May;

www.luzernertheater.ch

Ludwigsburg

Forum am Schlosspark

Beauséjour, creation by hip-hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki, addressing the challenges of the aging body.

2, 3 May

 

In Sounding Light, the dancers of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre from Taiwan create a reflection of the harmonious interplay

of nature in a world without humans.

22, 23 May;

www.forum.ludwigsburg.de

Ludwigshafen

Theater im Pfalzbau

Maldonne, hymn to women by Leïla Ka.

2 May

 

Coppélia, ballet by Ronald Hynd with the Prague National Theatre Ballet.

15, 16 May;

www.theater-im-pfalzbau.de

 

Luxemburg

 

Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

Palermo Palermo, piece by Pina Bausch from 1989, Tanztheater

Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

21–23 May;

www.theatres.lu

Lyon

Le Ciel

umami, choreographer Julia Moncla and visual artist and pastry chef Fanny Maugey join forces to discover the famous fifth taste.

20, 23 May

 

Les SUBS

In Nocturne (Parade) by Compagnie Non Nova – Phia Ménard, plastic dolls, the mother, death, and an untamed menagerie perform a macabre aerial dance.

26–28 May

 

Maison de la Danse

NÔT, surreal theater by Marlene Monteiro Freitas.

6, 7 May

 

AYTA, dance exploration of resistance, sound, and physicality by Youness Aboulakou, Cie Ayoun.

22 May

 

ima by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar as well Marcos Morau’s new creation Cold Song with the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.

27–31 May;

www.maisondeladanse.com

 

Opéra de Lyon

Opéra Breaking Battle.

21 May;

www.opera-lyon.com

M

Madrid

Matadero

The Hanover State Ballet presents Goldberg, a dance piece

by Goyo Montero to music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Owen Belton.

7–9 May;

www.mataderomadrid.org

 

Teatros del Canal

La Cordero y su ejército, dance performance by choreographer Sol Picó, Sol Picó Cia de Danza.

20–23 May;

www.teatroscanal.com

Magdeburg

Theater

Drifting Out by the choreographer duo Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, and Bolero by Yaron Shamir.

1, 25 May

 

Tanz in den Mai

1–9 May:

Premiere: Der Sandmann, choreography by Ballet Director Jörg Mannes for the 250th birthday of E.T.A. Hoffmann.

3, 14, 15, 28 May

 

Notte Morricone, choreography by Marcos Morau to the music of Ennio Morricone for the CCN/Aterballetto.

6 May

 

Move and Dance #2, Ballettgala.

9 May;

www.theater-magdeburg.de

Mainz

Mainzer Kammerspiele

Satisfaction:

Revivals of Stéphen Delattre's Drowning in the Here and Now, Black Snow, and Borderlines as well as the new creation Bubble Trouble by the Delattre Dance Company.

8–10 May;

www.mainzer-kammerspiele.de

 

Staatstheater

Im Mohnfeld, dance piece by Paloma Muñoz, tanzmainz.

3, 5, 17 May

 

Sky Night, dance theatre by Joan Clevillé about friendship, identity, and the secrets of the universe, tanzmainz.

U17,

7–9, 12, 18–21, 29 May

 

Premiere: In Sugar Rush by Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira,physical exertion transforms into a sensory rush, tanzmainz.

23, 25 May;

www.staatstheater-mainz.com

Mannheim

EinTanzHaus

Meet the Folks, regular meeting of the FolkDanceParty 2.0 project.

14 May

 

Rush(es), solo performance by Swiss choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis.

21, 22 May;

www.eintanzhaus.de

 

Nationaltheater

Premiere: Wer darf hier Mann sein?, choreography by Tom Weinberger, Arianna Di Francesco, and Imre & Marne van Opstal.

Altes Kino Franklin,

16, 20, 23, 31 May

 

Choreographische Werkstatt, choreography by Louis Thuriot and ensemble members of NTM Tanz. NTM Tanzhaus,

29 May

www.nationaltheater.de

 

FelinaTheater Mannheim

Free Dance over Female Tunes, dance miniatures by choreographers from the region. Second evening,

1 May, and the premiere of the third evening,

6, 9 May;

www.theater-felina.de

Marl

Theater

In Sugar Rush by Marco da Silva Ferreira for the tanzmainz

Ensemble, physical exertion transforms into sensory intoxication.

28–30 May;

www.ruhrfestspiele.de

Marseille

La Criée, Théâtre National de Marseille

Annonciation, Torpeur and Noces, choreographies by Angelin

Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.

12–16 May

www.theatre-lacriee.com

Meiningen

Staatstheater

Romeo und Julia by Jorge Pérez Martínez.

10, 28 May;

www.staatstheater-meiningen.de

Milan

Teatro alla Scala

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, ballet by Christopher

Wheeldon to music by Joby Talbot, Corpo di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala.

21–30 May;

www.teatroallascala.org

Mulhouse

La Filature

Bodies in Urban Spaces, interventions and body sculptures in

public space, staged by choreographer Willi Dorner.

30, 31 May

 

With skaters and dancers, Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms La Filature into a skatepark.

30, 31 May;

www.lafilature.org

 

Théâtre de la Sinne

Dancing Mozart in the 21st Century with the Ballet de l'Opéra

national du Rhin:

Amadé by Rubén Julliar and Gangflow by Marwik Schmitt.

28, 29 May;

in Colmar: 21, 22 May;

www.operanationaldurhin.eu

Munich

Deutsches Theater

Dorian Gray, dance theater by Enrique Gasa Valga for the

Limonada Dance Company.

12–17 May;

www.deutsches-theater.de

 

41st DOK.fest Munich. In Munich cinemas,

6–18 May;

@home, 11–25 May;

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

 

Fat Cat/Blackbox

Urban Dionysus, dance and performance project by Butoh

dancer Alexander Wenzlik.

22, 23 May

 

Gärtnerplatztheater

Rock to Heaven, Rock ballet by Jacopo Godani, Frédérick Gravel and Karl Alfred Schreiner to music by Leonhard Kuhn.

2, 3, 10 May

 

Troy, ballet by Andonis Foniadakis, based on The Trojan Women by Euripides.

27, 29 May; 3, 12 June;

www.gaertnerplatztheater.de

 

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF)

Premiere of Movement Unbound, documentary about the mixed-ability DIN A 13 dance company.

7 May; Neues Rottmann Kino, 12 May; Filmmuseum,

14 May; Liliom Kino, 16 May;

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

 

HochX

Hidden Heartache by Ailís Ní Ríain & Julie Herndon exploring musical perception from a non-hearing perspective.

15–17 May

 

Psycho, solo performance by Diego Tortelli & Miria Wurm focusing on breath.

29, 30 May;

www.theater-hochx.de

 

Münchner Kammerspiele

Glitsch, dance theater piece by Viennese choreographer Doris Uhlich.

Therese-Giehse-Halle,

11 May

 

Pinocchio, a fantastic adventure by Moved by the Motion based on Carlo Goldoni. Schauspielhaus,

24, 31 May

www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de

 

Nationaltheater

Illusionen – wie Schwanensee by John Neumeier.

2, 4, 8 May

 

Die Kameliendame, ballet by John Neumeier set to music by Chopin, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

6 May Ballett extra; 12, 13, 15, 23, 25 May

 

Neues Rottmann

DOKfest München:

Premiere: To Dance Is to Resist, film by Julian Lautenbacher, portraying a queer dance couple in Kyiv.

9 May; Rio 1, 10 May; Pasinger Fabrik, 12 May; Bellevue

di Monaco, 14 May;

www.dokfest-muenchen.de

 

Prinzregententheater

Premiere: Bayerisches Junior Ballett München im

Prinzregententheater:

The dancers of the junior company perform Jiří Kylián's classic Songs of a Wayfarer from 1982, Jorma Elo's neoclassical Slice to Sharp, and Marco Goecke's Devil's Kitchen.

29–31 May;

www.staatsoper.de

 

schwere reiter

Icarus, solo by Matteo Carvone about rise, hubris, and fall.

20, 21 May;

www.schwerereiter.de

 

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus

Munich Dance Histories:

Der blaue Reiter und der moderne Tanz: Begegnungen, an exploration of dances by Clotilde von Derp and Alexander Sacharoff.

9 May

 

Studiobühne der Theaterwissenschaft München

Munich Dance Histories:

lectures, demonstrations, and discussions about individual aesthetics and their connections to art reform and the visual avant-garde in Munich, as well as current perspectives on the beginnings of modern dance.

10 May;

www.munich-dance-histories.de

Mönchengladbach

Theater

Getanzte Bilder, ballet evening by Robert North to music by Christopher Benstead.

2, 8 May;

www.theater-kr-mg.de

Münster

Theater

Die Schwäne, Lillian Stillwell’s reinterpretation of Swan Lake.

5, 15 May

 

Amor/Absicht, double bill by Lillian Stillwell and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano.

6, 17, 27 May

 

Westwind Festival,

42nd Theater Meeting for Young Audiences NRW.

30 May–5 June

www.theater-muenster.com

N

Nordhausen

Theater

BALLETT TN LOS! Lädt ein,

the Nordhausen Ballet Gala with guests.

Theater im Anbau,

8 May

 

Die vier Jahreszeiten by Ivan Alboresi and Das Glühen by Adi Salant. Theater im Anbau, 22 May;

www.theater-nordhausen.de

Nuremberg

Staatstheater

Premiere: Les Ballets Actuels:

Richard Siegal's signature work My Generation, originally created in 2015 for the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet,

Overcast by Kirsten Wicklund which premiered with Ballet BC in 2021, and Justin Peck's Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, created in 2018 for the San Francisco Ballet.

2, 10, 14, 19, 23, 25 May;

www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de

O

Oldenburg

Oldenburgisches Staatstheater

Blühend, two-part dance evening by Ballet Director Antoine Jully: An den Ufern des Sees, choreographic images to

Eduard Tubin's Concerto for Double Bass and

Orchestra and Jully’s interpretation of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du pritemps.

2, 5, 10, 14, 23 May

 

Demo Mode:

So Fragile by Guillaume Hulot, Vincula Invisibilia Fracta by Nicol

Omezzolli, and Algorithm by Alice Topp. Kleines Haus,

13 May;

www.staatstheater.de

Oslo

The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet

La Bayadère, choreography by Natalia Makarova after Petipa. 2, 6, 8, 9, 14 May;

 

Presentation by the Norwegian National

Ballet School.

6–9 May

 

Free online streaming:

Jocasta's Line, double bill by Wayne McGregor.

Until 21 May;

www.operaen.no

Osnabrück

emma-Theater

Junge Choreograph:innen, Dance Company Theater

Osnabrück.

3, 14 May

www.theater-osnabrueck.de

P

Paris

Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse

In F*cking Future, Marco da Silva Ferreira explores the complex interplay between patriarchal systems and affects.

27–30 May

www.theatre-chaillot.fr

 

La Seine Musicale

Requiem(s), ballet about farewell and transience by Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.

6–9 May

www.laseinemusicale.com

 

Le Carreau du Temple

Festival Jogging brings together art and sport, performances and installations by, among others, François Chaignaud & Marie-Caroline Hominal, Catherine Gaudet, Silvia Gribaudi,

Jonas&Lander.

21–24 May;

www.lecarreaudutemple.eu

 

Opera

Roméo et Juliette by Rudolf Nureyev.

Opéra Bastille, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12 May

 

Die Kameliendame, ballet by John Neumeier based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Palais Garnier,

5–10, 12–16, 19–23 May;

www.operadeparis.fr

 

Philharmonie de Paris

... alarm clocks ..., dance-music performance by South African

choreographer Robyn Orlin with vocalist Camille and the male choir Phuphuma Love Minus.

4–7 May

www.philharmoniedeparis.fr

 

Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt

The Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin presents a trilogy by William Forsythe:

Quintet, Trio, and Enemy in the Figure.

1–6 May,

as well as The Look by Sharon Eyal and the new creation Ici by

Léo Lérus.

2, 4 May

 

Brel, duet by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with dancer Solal Mariotte.

11–20 May

 

Premiere of Suspended Chorus and Amazzoni, creations by Italian choreographer Silvia Gribaudi.

Les Abbesses,

18–23 May

 

My Fierce Ignorant Steps, choreography by Christos Papadopoulos.

24–31 May

www.theatredelaville-paris.com

Pforzheim

Theater

11. Internationale Tanzgala.

9 May

 

Premiere: Der Zwerg/Le Sacre du printemps, double bill with music by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Igor

Stravinsky, directed by Markus Hertel, choreography by Guido Markowitz, Women's Choir of the Pforzheim Theater, dance

Pforzheim Theater, Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim.

16 May public rehearsal; 22, 30 May;

www.theater-pforzheim.de

Plauen

Vogtlandtheater

Peer Gynt, ballet by Sergei Vanaev after Ibsen.

16 May;

www.theater-plauen-zwickau.de

Potsdam

fabrik Potsdam

Potsdamer Tanztage.

25 May–7 June:

 

Le Margherite, choreographic games by Italian choreographer Erika Zuenelli about chance, community, and transience,

Tant’ Amati.

26, 27 May

 

In Labour by Emily Gualtieri & David Albert-Toth, repetition becomes a political gesture.

29, 30 May

 

The wind rises, solo by Manuel Roque from Montreal, homage to the forces of nature.

31 May; 1 June

 

Hans Otto Theater

Potsdamer Tanztage:

In Nature of a Fall, choreographer and dancer Adi Boutrous focuses on the deepest contradiction of humanity:

the pull of destruction and the longing for harmony.

30, 31 May

 

Thalia Kino

Potsdamer Tanztage:

Àrru, cinematic experience by choreographer Elle Sofe Sara, in which Yoiken, a traditional Sami song, becomes a

lament against colonial mechanisms of exploitation.

22, 24 May

 

Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance,

documentary film.

28–31 May

 

T-Werk

Where is everybody?, created by Thomas Hauert, a collaboration with the inclusive Belgian dance ensemble

platform K.

28 May;

www.fabrikpotsdam.de

Prague

National Theatre

Scheherazade by Mauro Bigonzetti.

1, 2 May

 

Avant-Garde, three contemporary ballets:

 

4 Seasons by Robert Bondara, 27’52” by Jiří Kylián, and Marco Goecke’s Lovebirds.

21–23 May

 

State Opera

Swan Lake, choreography by John Cranko.

7, 8, 10 May;

www.narodni-divadlo

R

Radebeul

Landesbühnen Sachsen

Macbeth, dance theatre by Alessandra La Bella after

Shakespeare.

3, 10 May;

www.landesbuehnen-sachsen.de

Recklinghausen

Großes Festspielzelt

Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen:

 

Huang Yi & KUKA: Taiwanese choreographer and inventor Huang Yi invites the industrial robot KUKA to dance.

3–5 May

 

Gala by French conceptual dance

master Jérôme Bel shows the unifying power of art.

12–14 May

 

Ten Thousand Hours, creation of the Australian acrobatic ensemble Gravity & Other Myths.

25–31 May

www.ruhrfestspiele.de

 

Halle König Ludwig 1/2

Anitya – impermanence, poetic performance between circus and visual art by aerial artist Inbal Ben Haim.

15–17 May

 

La Langue de Molière, defiant ballet comedy with the transnational Ensemble La Fleur.

24–26 May;

www.ruhrfestspiele.de

 

Ruhrfestspielhaus

Israel & Mohamed, flamenco virtuoso Israel Galván

and theater maker Mohamed El Khatib in a dance dialogue.

9, 10 May;

www.ruhrfestspiele.de

Regensburg

Theater am Bismarckplatz

Sacre – ein Rausch, dance evening by Wagner Moreira.

2 May

 

Sound On!, dance concert.

13 May

 

Tanz Dahoam, participatory dance performances

in the Old Town.

16 May

 

Dollhouse, choreography by Andrey Kaydanovskiy based on motifs from Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

May 17

 

Natura, dance performance by Zinada (Jin Lee & Jihun Choi). Haidplatz,

21 May

 

Grey, dance theater piece by Sophie Haydee, Colindres Zühlke & Serhat “Saïd” Perhat.

Bismarckplatz,

23 May

 

Premiere: Dance Lab 4.0, young choreographers. Bismarckplatz,

30 May public rehearsal; 31 May; 7, 9, 10 June;

www.theaterregensburg.de

Rostock

Volkstheater

Kurze Begegnungen/1000 Days, dance theater by Aron Nowak

and Keith Chin. Ateliertheater,

2, 10, 24, 30 May;

www.volkstheater-rostock.de

S

Saarbrücken

Alte Feuerwache

Premiere: Reibungen, double bill with new creations by Lucyna Zwolinska and Albert Galindo.

2, 5, 10, 17, 22 May

 

Saarländisches Staatstheater

Cinderella, ballet by Stijn Celis to music by Prokofiev and Les Baxter.

7 May; 5, 9 June;

www.staatstheater.saarland.de

Salzburg

Großes Festspielhaus

Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele:

 

The Hamburg Ballet presents Die kleine Meerjungfrau, a ballet by John Neumeier freely adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, to music by Lera Auerbach.

23 May

www.salzburgerfestspiele.at

 

Landestheater

Studio 54, choreographies by Reginaldo Oliveira and Vincenzo

Venruso who, inspired by the legendary New York nightclub Studio 54, explore the phenomenon of disco. Rehearsal Center Aigen,

2, 6, 10, 19, 21, 22, 30, 31 May

 

Carmen by Croatian choreographer Valentina Turcu to music by Shchedrin, Rosa by Reginaldo Oliveira and Boléro by Korean choreographer Yonggeol Kim.

7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 25, 26 May

 

Ballhaus – Ein Sommernachtstraum, a commissioned work by John von Düfffel combining sports and ballet, directed by Carl Philip von Maldeghem, choreography by Reginaldo Oliveira.

28 May; 6, 9 June

www.salzburger-landestheater.at

 

SZENE Salzburg

Walking Dance Class, hosted by Flavourama, takes the audience across the city to the venues of the festival SommerSzene which takes place from 8–23 June.

18, 19 May;

www.szene-salzburg.net

 

SEAD

Friday Showing.

8 May

 

Festival Symphonic Dance, choreographers from around the world rehearse their pieces with SEAD students.

18, 19 May;

www.sead.at

 

Schaffhausen

 

Stadttheater

Premiere of Ballettsinfonie Nr.6, dance journey along the Rhine with the Schaffhausen Ballet School.

8–10 May;

www.stadttheater-sh.ch

Schwerin

Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater

Quid si sic, creation by Ballet Director Jonathan dos Santos based on the Petermännchen legend to a commissioned composition by Leon Gurvitch. Theaterzelt am

Küchengarten,

2 May

 

Unbound:

Gravitational Interaction by Garrett Smith, Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti and BONDS by Andonis Foniadakis. M*Halle,

9, 14 May

 

Premiere of Ballet Gala: Connexion #5, international celebration of dance with choreographies by Ana Isabel Casquilho,

Jonathan dos Santos, Brian Scalini and Nicola Wills. M*Halle, 28–31 May;

www.mecklenburgisches-staatstheater.de

St. Gallen

Lokremise

making a sullen roar (as the wind does), created by Fabrice Mazliah for the collective dance me to the end.

1, 2 May

 

Heartspace, choreographed by members of the St. Gallen Dance Company.

3, 13 May

 

Das Tanzfest:

Dead Horse in a Bathtub, solo dance concert by Nicolas Cantillon, Cie 7273.

8 May

 

Premiere: In his solo The Pink Panther, Javier Rodríguez Cobos explores the theme of theft in the cult film.

21, 29 May; 7, 16 June

 

Theater

Echos, dance performance by Frank Fannar Pedersen and Javier Rodríguez Cobos with the St.Gallen Symphony Orchestra

& Christian and Till Zehnder.

8, 10 May;

www.konzertundtheater.ch

St. Pölten

Festspielhaus

Wir sagen uns Dunkles by Marco Goecke, and Folkå by Marcos

Morau with NDT 2.

9 May

 

A fusion of dance and live performance with the

GöteborgsOperans Danskompani: In Atlas Song, the choreography of Imre & Marne van Opstal merges with the music of Anna von Hausswolff.

21, 22 May;

www.festspielhaus.at

Stockholm

Royal Swedish Opera

Gustavia, ballet drama by filmmaker Amir Chamdin and choreographer Pär Isberg about the Swedish court servant Gustav Badin.

29, 30 May;

www.operan.se

Stralsund

Theater Vorpommern

Marilyn, dance drama by Adonai Luna.

8, 14, 17, 25 May;

www.theater-vorpommern.de

Strasbourg

Pôle Sud

Fata Morgana, duo by Étienne Rochefort, Cie 1 Des Si.

5, 6 May

 

All Over Nymphéas, choreography by Emmanuel Eggermont for the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin.

10–12 May

 

Badke (Remix), dance performance by Amir Sabra and Ata Khatab.

19 May

 

Sous les fleurs by Thomas Lebrun, CCN de Tours.

24, 25 May

 

La Technique du poisson doré, circus style dance-music spectacle by David Séchaux, Cie Placement Libre.

28–30 May;

www.pole-sud.fr

Stuttgart

Opernhaus

Tribute to Tetley, three works by Glen Tetley:

Voluntaries to music by Francis Poulenc, Ricercare to music by Mordecai Seter, and Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps.

2, 3, 8 May

 

Dornröschen, ballet by Marcia Haydée.

16, 19, 21, 23, 30, 31 May; 4, 10 June;

www.stuttgarter-ballett.de

 

Theaterhaus

Premiere: ANTHEMS, double bill for the two companies

at Theaterhaus with works by Artist in Residence Barak Marshall.

7–10 May

 

Dream Team, the creations High Moon by Virginie Brunelle and The Blue Brides by Barak Marshall, Eric Gauthier's Podcast

Vol. 1 & 2 as well as Lickety-Split by Alejandro Cerrudo and Jardi Tancat by Nacho Duato with the dancers of Gauthier

Dance JUNIORS//Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

20–24 May;

www.theaterhaus.com

 

Theater Rampe

In his solo Work Body, Michael Turinsky focuses on the working body and its political charges.

2 May

 

Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera demand visibility for misogynistic

structures in Magic Maids.

29, 30 May;

www.theaterrampe.de

T

The Hague

Amare

Premiere: Storm – music by Shabaka Hutchings, OFFprojects x Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw. ​

7 May

 

The Rise, new dance production by Compagnie Oxygen.

8 May

 

Grimm, hip-hop ballet mix by Marco Gerris and Ernst Meisner for the Junior Company of the Dutch National Ballet

and the ISH Dance Collective.

20, 21 May

 

NDT Young Creatives Workshop.

31 May;

www.amare.nl

Trier

Theater

Schwanensee, choreographed by Roberto Scafati.

7, 14, 25 May

 

International Dance Gala.

21 May

 

La Divina Commedia – The Divine Comedy

Ballet by Roberto Scafati after Dante Alighieri.

24 May;

www.theater-trier.de

U

Ulm

Theater

For Creative Dialogues, Steffen Fuchs, Ballet Director at the Theater Koblenz, and the Ulm Dance Theater Director Annett Göhre are embarking on an experiment: Both are developing their own choreography and rehearsing it with their respective companies as well as with each other's ensembles.

7, 10, 16, 22, 23, 30 May

 

5. Tamztheater-Benefizgala.

13 May;

www.theater-ulm.de

Utrecht

Stadsschouwburg

JUMP Performing Arts Festival,

With, among others, Hana Sakai x Toshiki Okada (Giselle: A Summary), Théo Mercier & François Chaignaud (Radio Vinci Park), Choy Ka Fai (SoftMachine: The Return) and Milla Koistinen & DANCE ON Ensemble (SWEAT (anthem)),

14–23 May;

www.springutrecht.nl

V

Vienna

brut nordwest

Auflösungein (virtueller) Kontrollverlust, Virtual Reality

production by DARUM.

5–7, 19, 20, 23, 29, 30 May;

www.brut-wien.at

 

DAS Margareten – Raum für lebendiges Theater

Treibholz, dance theater by Nadja Puttner about identity and transgenerational trauma.

15, 16 May;

www.dasmargareten.at

 

Der Betrieb

The Season of Narratives, long-term performance by Swedish choreographer Alexander Gottfarb.

1, 2, 6–9, 13–16 May;

www.brut-wien.at

 

MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst

Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien:

 

Repertório N.1, the first part of the trilogy with choreographies of self-defense in the face of structures of violence by Brazilian choreographers Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira.

29–31 May;

www.festwochen.at

 

Tanzquartier Wien

Festival Rakete, choreography & performance by a new

generation, with works by Yoh Morishita, Alina Arshi & Juliette Uzor, Chloe Chignell, Shade Théret, Billy Morgan, Katharina Hölzl, New Kyd, Kenneth Constance Loe and Liina Magnea.

13–29 May;

www.tqw.at

 

Volksoper

Premiere: American Signatures:

Interplay by Jerome Robbins, Dispatch Duet by Pam Tanowitz,

the duet Each In Their Own Time by Lars Lubovitch, and Jessica Lang’s Let Me Mingle Tears with Thee.

8 May public dress rehearsal; 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 30 May;

www.volksoper.at

 

Volkstheater Wien

Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien:

Premiere: Music Music, solo by American choreographer Trajal Harrell who stages music as memory and history archived in the body.

23–25 May;

www.festwochen.at

 

Wiener Eislaufverein

Premiere: together with her team of stunt performers and musicians, choreographer Florentina Holzinger presents a unique, multi-hour Pfingstspiel.

23 May;

 

www.festwochen.at

 

Wiener Staatsoper

Giselle, choreography by Elena Tschernischova.

2, 8 May

 

Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.

16, 21, 27 May; 2, 9, 20, 21 June;

www.wiener-staatsballett.at

Villars-sur-Glane

Nuithonie

Nocturne, macabre aerial dance by the Compagnie Non Nova — Phia Ménard.

9 May

 

Premiere: T'es bonne!, dance performance by Mélanie Cerezo Gobet.

26–30 May

www.equilibre-nuithonie.ch

W

Warsaw

Teatr Wielki

Premiere: Androids, ballet by Robert Bondara to music by

Przemysław Zych. Mlynarski Hall,

10, 12–17 May;

www.teatrwielki.pl

Wiesbaden

Staatstheater

Internationale Maifestspiele 2026:

 

Club Origami, musical dance and paper performance by Takeshi Matsumoto for children.

2 May

 

re-, dance, sound, and video installation by Johannes Schropp. Georg-Buch-Haus,

15, 16 May

 

Turn, Gob Squad’s invitation to dance in dark times with the solo ensemble Kaleidoskop.

16, 17 May

 

Les Saisons, choreography by Thierry Malandain for the Malandain Ballet Biarritz to the music of Antonio Vivaldi and Giovanni Antonio Guido.

16, 17 May

 

Ida Flux, sound performance by Mareike Buchmann. Wartburg, 20 May

 

Hamlet, contemporary interpretation of the Shakespearean classic by the South African choreographer Dada Masilo, The Dance Factory.

21 May

 

Play Dead, surreal circus and dance performance by People Watching from Montreal.

27, 28 May;

www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de

Winterthur

Theater

Society, dance theatre by Pietro Cono Genova, Collective Limited Edition.

9 May;

www.theaterwinterthur.ch

Wuppertal

Historische Bandweberei Wilhelm Büsgen

KLANGFARBENTANZ, the listed factory transforms

into a space for performance, sound and visual worlds.

30 May;

www.next-impuls.info

 

Rex-Fimtheater

TANZRAUSCHEN Festival, dance films, documentaries,

workshops, masterclass.

6–9 May;

www.tanzrauschen.institute

Würzburg

Mainfranken Theater

Vox et spiritus, three-part dance theater piece with choir

by Dominique Dumais, Virginie Brunelle & Mirko Ingrao.

3, 31 May; 2, 7 June

 

Briefe an …, ballet by Dominique Dumais.

6, 15 May

 

Tanzen bis in die Puppen by Kevin O’Day.

28 May;

www.mainfrankentheater.de

Z

Zurich

Opera House

Premiere of Romeo und Julia, Shakespearean ballet by Cathy Marston set to music by Prokofiev.

17 May introductory matinee; 23, 29, 30 May;

www.ballett-zuerich.ch

 

Tanzhaus Zürich

Heavy Weight, choreographic research by Sheena McGrandles and Claire Vivianne Sobottke, exploring the capabilities of the body.

8 May

 

Workshop with the collective “dance me to the end” for professional and non-professional dancers of all ages.

28 May;

www.tanzhaus-zuerich.ch

Zwickau

Gewandhaus

Carmen Suite/Le Sacre du printemps, dance evening by Sergei Vanaev.

2, 10 May

 

3. Internationale Benefiz-Tanzgala.

23 May;

www.theater-plauen-zwickau.de