Calendar
May 2026
A
Aix-en-Provence
Grand Théâtre
Bate Fado, dance performance by the Portuguese choreographer duo Jonas Lopes & Patrick Lander.
5, 6 May;
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;
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.
Antwerp
De Singel
Borda, created by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.
22, 23 May;
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;
Arnhem
Musis & Stadstheater
Premiere of Sacre, dance production for young audiences
by Theater Oostpool, Introdans, Orkest Phion and Musis & Stadstheater Arnhem.
1–3 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
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;
Chamäleon Berlin
Bello!, a symbiosis of acrobatic choreography and storytelling
with the Italian circus collective Fabbrica C.
Until 31 May;
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
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
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
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;
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;
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
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
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;
Theater im Delphi
Schwanensee – Jenseits der Bühne, immersive production
of the classic.
5, 6 May
Ballet of Lights: Dornröschen.
31 May;
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;
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
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;
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;
Schlachthaus Theater
auawirleben, Bern theatre festival.
6–17 May
METCH, concert performance by Bulgarian performer and musician Ivo Dimchev.
7 May;
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;
Tanzhaus Bern
Trap, dance performance by Vanessa Cook Dance. Brückenpfeiler 3. OG,
8–10 May;
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
Bonn
Theater
Sol Invictus, a love letter to dance and life by choreographer Hervé Koubii.
28–30 May;
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;
Braunschweig
Staatstheater
Premiere of Triple Impact, pieces by Andonis Foniadakis, Tú Hoàng, and Ihsan Rustem.
1, 3, 9, 15, 23, 26, 30 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
MAZ
The Love Behind My Eyes, dance performance by Lebanese
choreographer Ali Chahrour.
29 May
Brussels
Bodeek
Kunstenfestivaldesarts:
This resting, patience, long-term performance by Ewa Dziarnowska.
9–12 May;
Bozar
Premiere: Us, performance by artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi.
17–19 May;
Cirque Royal
Bye bye Blackbird by Joost Vrouenraets and Dionysos (Suite)
by Maurice Béjart with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne.
7–10 May;
Kaaitheater
Kunstenfestivaldesarts:
Premiere: Muette, solo performance by Boris Charmatz, Terrain. Kaaistudios,
21–24, 26–28 May;
La Bellone
Comrade, Miracle, Curse, performance by choreographer Thanapol Virulhakul from Bangkok.
25–29 May;
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;
Piscine du Centre
Premiere: In You cannot can, performer Dana Michel dives into a swimming pool.
9, 10, 12–14 May;
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;
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
NÔT, Surreal Theatre by Marlene Monteiro Freitas.
14–17 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
Barnes Crossing – Freiraum für TanzPerformanceKunst
International SoloDuoFestival nrw + friends
29–31 May
LATIBUL-Gelände
CircusDance Festival 2026
16–31 May
Schauspiel Köln
Möbius, choreography between acrobatics, dance, and poetry
by French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane with artists from Collectif XY. Depot 1,
29–31 May;
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;
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;
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
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
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;
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
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;
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;
Schauspielhaus
Saaba by Sharon Eyal and Folkå by Marcos Morau with the Nederlands Dans Theater 2;
16 May;
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;
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;
Düsseldorf
FFT
Drunter und Drüber, dance for young audiences by Keren Levi. Bühne II,
27, 28 May;
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;
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;
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
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;
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;
F
Flensburg
Stadttheater
Pinocchio, dance theatre by Emil Wedervang Bruland.
9, 30 May;
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;
Frankfurt an der Oder
Kleist Forum
Re: Future. Ein tanz-theatrales Echo aus der Zukunft, improvisation-based performance by Hanne Seitz.
2, 3 May;
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
Stadium im FT-Sportpark
DIE BEWEGUNG, sports-art performance by Julian Warner.
10 May
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;
Friborg
Equilibre
Lumen, dance performance by Jasmine Morand, Cie Prototype Status.
9 May;
Fürth
Stadttheater
Sol Invictus, love letter to dance and life by choreographer Hervé Koubi.
30 Apr; 1–4 May;
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;
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;
Pavilion ADC
Premiere of Pléïades, in absentia, created by Cindy Van Acker in
collaboration with the Geneva percussion collective Eklekto.
27–31 May;
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
Ghent
Capitole
Opus, choreography by Christos Papadopoulos for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, inspired by Bach’s The Art of Fugue.
7, 9, 10 May;
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;
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;
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;
Görlitz
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater
Smy! – bin ich?, dance piece by Leipzig choreographer Gundula Peuthert with the Sorbian National Ensemble Bautzen.
Haus Görlitz,
6 May;
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;
Halberstadt
Kammerbühne
Macbeth, dance piece by Tarek Assam after Shakespeare to
live music by the Johannes Wasikowski Jazz Quartet.
3 May;
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
Hamburg
Ballettzentrum Hamburg – John Neumeier
All Moves #8, a Tanztriennale format inviting you to discover new forms of movement.
25 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
POMP Kunstzentrum
Premiere: Couldn’t Care Less, dance and object theater performance by the Tilted Collective.
8–10 May;
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;
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
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;
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
Zodiak
Premiere: Theoria, dance performance by and with Hanna Ahti and Kid Kokko.
13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29 May;
Hildesheim
Stadttheater
Till Eulenspiegel, participatory dance piece by Felix Berner, Judith Hölscher, Lars Linnhoff, Amelie Müller, and David Pagan. 9, 14 May;
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
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;
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;
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;
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;
Kiel
Theater
Get into the Groove, choreography by Amilcar Moret Gonzalez and Kevin O’Day.
2, 17 May; 2, 14 June
Ballettgala.
14 May;
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
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;
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;
Kunsthalle Krems
deader than dead, video installation by Ligia Lewis.
1 May–1 Nov;
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;
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
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
London
Lilian Baylis Studio
PUFF, solo by Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll for
Passinho dancer Hiltinho Fantástico.
13, 14 May;
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.
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;
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;
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;
Lucerne
Kulturhaus Südpol
Dead Horse in a Bathtub, solo dance concert by Nicolas Cantillon, Cie 7273.
7 May;
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;
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;
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;
Luxemburg
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Palermo Palermo, piece by Pina Bausch from 1989, Tanztheater
Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
21–23 May;
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;
Opéra de Lyon
Opéra Breaking Battle.
21 May;
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;
Teatros del Canal
La Cordero y su ejército, dance performance by choreographer Sol Picó, Sol Picó Cia de Danza.
20–23 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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
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;
Marl
Theater
In Sugar Rush by Marco da Silva Ferreira for the tanzmainz
Ensemble, physical exertion transforms into sensory intoxication.
28–30 May;
Marseille
La Criée, Théâtre National de Marseille
Annonciation, Torpeur and Noces, choreographies by Angelin
Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.
12–16 May
Meiningen
Staatstheater
Romeo und Julia by Jorge Pérez Martínez.
10, 28 May;
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;
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;
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;
Munich
Deutsches Theater
Dorian Gray, dance theater by Enrique Gasa Valga for the
Limonada Dance Company.
12–17 May;
41st DOK.fest Munich. In Munich cinemas,
6–18 May;
@home, 11–25 May;
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;
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;
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;
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
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;
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;
schwere reiter
Icarus, solo by Matteo Carvone about rise, hubris, and fall.
20, 21 May;
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;
Mönchengladbach
Theater
Getanzte Bilder, ballet evening by Robert North to music by Christopher Benstead.
2, 8 May;
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
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;
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;
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;
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;
Osnabrück
emma-Theater
Junge Choreograph:innen, Dance Company Theater
Osnabrück.
3, 14 May
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
La Seine Musicale
Requiem(s), ballet about farewell and transience by Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.
6–9 May
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;
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;
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
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
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;
Plauen
Vogtlandtheater
Peer Gynt, ballet by Sergei Vanaev after Ibsen.
16 May;
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;
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;
R
Radebeul
Landesbühnen Sachsen
Macbeth, dance theatre by Alessandra La Bella after
Shakespeare.
3, 10 May;
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
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;
Ruhrfestspielhaus
Israel & Mohamed, flamenco virtuoso Israel Galván
and theater maker Mohamed El Khatib in a dance dialogue.
9, 10 May;
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;
Rostock
Volkstheater
Kurze Begegnungen/1000 Days, dance theater by Aron Nowak
and Keith Chin. Ateliertheater,
2, 10, 24, 30 May;
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;
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
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;
SEAD
Friday Showing.
8 May
Festival Symphonic Dance, choreographers from around the world rehearse their pieces with SEAD students.
18, 19 May;
Schaffhausen
Stadttheater
Premiere of Ballettsinfonie Nr.6, dance journey along the Rhine with the Schaffhausen Ballet School.
8–10 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
Stralsund
Theater Vorpommern
Marilyn, dance drama by Adonai Luna.
8, 14, 17, 25 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
V
Vienna
brut nordwest
Auflösung – ein (virtueller) Kontrollverlust, Virtual Reality
production by DARUM.
5–7, 19, 20, 23, 29, 30 May;
DAS Margareten – Raum für lebendiges Theater
Treibholz, dance theater by Nadja Puttner about identity and transgenerational trauma.
15, 16 May;
Der Betrieb
The Season of Narratives, long-term performance by Swedish choreographer Alexander Gottfarb.
1, 2, 6–9, 13–16 May;
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;
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;
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;
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;
Wiener Eislaufverein
Premiere: together with her team of stunt performers and musicians, choreographer Florentina Holzinger presents a unique, multi-hour Pfingstspiel.
23 May;
Wiener Staatsoper
Giselle, choreography by Elena Tschernischova.
2, 8 May
Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
16, 21, 27 May; 2, 9, 20, 21 June;
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
W
Warsaw
Teatr Wielki
Premiere: Androids, ballet by Robert Bondara to music by
Przemysław Zych. Mlynarski Hall,
10, 12–17 May;
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;
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;
Rex-Fimtheater
TANZRAUSCHEN Festival, dance films, documentaries,
workshops, masterclass.
6–9 May;
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;
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;
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;
Zwickau
Gewandhaus
Carmen Suite/Le Sacre du printemps, dance evening by Sergei Vanaev.
2, 10 May
3. Internationale Benefiz-Tanzgala.
23 May;