Calendar
August/September 2026
A
Amsterdam
ITA
The double bill As We Are pairs Germaine Acogny’s solo Josephine, dedicated to Josephine Baker, with Gregory Maqoma’s energetic group piece Bantu.
1, 2 Oct
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
United Dance Summer Dance Week.
Studios, Dutch National Opera & Ballet,
10–15 Aug
Premiere of Legacies, four-part ballet program featuring Het Nationale Ballet: Symphony in C by George Balanchine,
Requiem by Toer van Schayk, Simple Things by Hans van Manen, and a new creation by Kirsten Wicklund set to music
by Willem Jeths.
10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 26, 27 Sept
Antwerp
De Singel
Israel & Mohamed, flamenco virtuoso Israel Galván and theater maker Mohamed El Khatib in a dance dialogue.
12, 13 Sept
Back to Kidal, dance and music performance by Serge Aimé Coulibaly in collaboration with Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré, exploring themes of freedom, colonialism, and resistance; Faso Danse Théâtre.
25, 26 Sept
hetpaleis
Wasco!, action-painting performance by Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten van Cauwenberghe; hetpaleis & Voetvolk.
5, 6 Sept
Opera
De Materie, Louis Andriessen’s monumental opera, staged as a visually stunning music-theater piece by artist and choreographer Phia Ménard and the choreographic duo Antonio De Rosa and Mattia Russo (Kor’sia); Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27 Sept
Athens
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
Athens Epidaurus Festival:
Antigone, radical reinterpretation of the Sophocles tragedy by Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen (winter
guests) and ensemble members of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
7 & 8 Aug
B
Baden
Kurtheater
Premiere of Mind the Gap – Edition II, the emerging talent program from Tanz und Kunst Königsfelden:
Goldberg Variations by Heinz Spoerli and new works by Caroline Finn and Filippe Portugal.
21, 22 Aug
Barcelona
Mercat de les Flors
Living & Leaving, opening of the Trilogy of Life by Marcos
Morau and his company La Veronal: The duet, performed by Marina Rodríguez and Fabio Calvisi, explores the tension
between living and taking leave.
18–20 Sept
Basel
junges theater basel
Internationales Theaterfestival Basel
25 Aug–6 Sept
Matters of Rhythm, solo by performance artist Rita Mazza, in which she explores how sound can become visible.
28, 30 Aug
Kaserne Basel
To open the season, Basel-based choreographer Jeremy Nedd transforms the Reithalle into a site of danced resistance in Slidin’ thru.
11–13 Sept
In her solo Dive into You, Greek choreographer Kat Válastur connects the figure of the oracle with processes of growth and transformation in nature. Reithalle,
19, 20 Sept
ROXY Birsfelden
Work Body, solo piece by Viennese choreographer Michael
Turinsky, a plea for an aesthetic of resistance that views the disabled body as a powerful political subject.
1 & 2 Sept
Theaterfestival Basel.
25 Aug–6 Sept
Izithukuthuku – Die zerrissene Seele des Arbeiters, high-energy dance-theater piece by choreographer Vusi Mdoyi and director
Phala Ookeditse Phala, in collaboration with the VAP Dance Academy from Johannesburg: Pantsula meets traditional South African dance, telling stories of protest, labor, and the contradictions of modern urban life.
26 & 27 Aug
One Song, performance—part concert, part endurance test, part ritual—by Belgian artist Miet Warlop: twelve performers play and sing a single song until they are completely exhausted.
29 Aug
Premiere of Eyal/Goecke:
Techno meets Stravinsky: Sharon Eyal’s Bedroom Folk set to electronic music by Ori Lichtik, and Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps interpreted by Marco Goecke, performed live by the
Basel Symphony Orchestra.
3 Sept
Pre-premiere performances:
11, 14, 20, 26 Sept
Vorstadttheater Basel
Theaterfestival Basel:
Souvenirshop, imaginative dance performance for young audiences blending acrobatics, object theatre, and visual magic, by Bronks & not standing / Alexander Vantournhout.
30, 31 Aug
Bassano del Grappa
Teatro al Castello "Tito Gobbi"
Operaestate Festival:
Brother to Brother – dall'Etna al Fuji, dance production by Roberto Zappalà in collaboration with the Japanese Taiko
drumming group Munedaiko.
7 Aug
Bach Dance Concert, collaboration between choreographer Roberto Zappalà and pianist Ramin Bahrami, fusing Bach's
piano music with the contemporary dance of Compagnia Zappalà Danza.
9 Aug
Smoking Rooms, dance performance by Italian choreographer Michele Di Stefano and his company mk, explores the
boundaries of identity and energy through constantly shifting formations.
11 Aug
Bergisch Gladbach
Zanders–Areal
Premiere of Zanders Project: The Space, dance and music
performance by Britta Lieberknecht Dancers & Musicians.
1 Aug
Berlin
Ballhaus Naunynstraße
Premiere: In Amigues Adios by Bishop Black, five performers set out in search of those who helped shape queer Berlinover the years.
4–8 Sept
In Caminhos das Águas – Unaufhaltsames Fließen, choreographer Fernanda Costa seeks new, self-determined
images of Black women.
25–28 Sept
Berlinische Galerie
Tanz im August:
In DOWN (full album), dancer Mélissa Guex and drummer Clément Grin enter a frenzied state: moving from lethargy to
trance, from despair to ecstasy.
25, 26, 28 Aug
Chamäleon Berlin
Drag art meets contemporary circus in Carnivale Royale by Amsterdam’s House of Circus.
Until 2 Aug
Kintsugi – contemporary circus by Machine de Cirque (Quebec), inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi.
18 Aug–17 Jan
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bovary, dance piece by Christian Spuck based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert, set to music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Thierry
Pécou, György Ligeti, and others.
25 Sept
Dock 11
b12 summer 2026:
asteroids 3, choreographies by Akira Uchida, Marco di Nardo, and Evangelos Poulinas featuring participants from the
b12 festival.
1–2 Aug
Euphoria 2.0, interdisciplinary production by Hoyoung Im that explores the four fundamental human emotions found in the
Confucian Zhong Yong.
6–9 Aug
L2/are we listening, interdisciplinary dance piece by Sara Shelton Mann, Jesse Zaritt, and Niall Jones.
14–16 Aug
Joan, queer, emancipatory performance blending show and ritual by Hannah Schillinger, drawing on motifs from Schiller’s
Die Jungfrau on Orléans.
20–23 Aug
Premiere of Monumento, interdisciplinary solo performance by Chilean choreographer Felipe Fizkal.
27–30 Aug
POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival 2026.
9–12 Sept
Friedrichstadt-Palast
BLINDED by DELIGHT, the new Grand Show.
14–16, 18–23, 25, 27–29 Aug;
1, 3–5, 8, 10–12, 15, 17–20, 22, 24–26, 29 Sept
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Tanz im August
13–26 Aug
In Trapicana by Joana Tischkau, dance and trap music meet revue and tourism. Together with Jeremy Nedd, Sophie
Yukiko, and the Malpaso Dance Company, she deconstructs the tension between cultural authenticity, exoticization, and
the classic “tourist trap.”
HAU1,
13–16 Aug
In It’s the End of the Amusement Phase, Chara Kotsali declares an end to the relentless fun of late capitalism.
14–16 Aug
Sarkha, a film by Jumana Dabis about Palestinian women and girls brought together by dance.
HAU2,
17 Aug
In The Choreography of Water, artist trio Simona Deaconescu,
Ioana Vreme Moser, and Simina Oprescu explore the body as something fluid through sound and movement.
HAU3,
18–20 Aug
Music Music – Histoire(s) du Théâtre VII, new solo by US choreographer Trajal Harrell.
HAU1,
21–23 Aug
Les Oiseaux, dance performance by Greek choreographer Lenio Kaklea, tells the story of the vulnerability of our ecosystem. HAU2,
21–23 Aug
Bat Dances, dance performance by choreographer Kareth Schaffer and composer Jonas Hauer, depicts the world from
the perspective of a bat.
HAU3,
26–29 Aug
Bruits Marrons, dance and music piece by Calixto Neto about resistance, community, and solidarity, inspired by the music of
composer Julius Eastman.
27–29 Aug
Masterwork for Six Dancers by Emese Cuhorka and Csaba Molnár is inspired by Bauhaus aesthetics and Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadisches Ballett, En-Knap.
HAU1,
27–29 Aug
In Enfleshed, Ligia Lewis & Liz Rosenfeld explore portraits of their fathers through movement, dance, and song.
HAU3,
25–28 Sept
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Tanz im August:
Sounding Light, dance piece by Cheng Tsung-lung exploring the beauty of nature: Twelve dancers from Taiwan’s Cloud Gate
Dance Theatre enact scenes from the forest and produce many of the sounds themselves using their bodies.
15–17 Aug
Après moi, le déluge, creation by (LA)HORDE
(Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel) for the Ballet national de Marseille—is a collective assessment of life in crisis-ridden times.
20–22 Aug
13. Tanztreffen der Jugend
26 Sept–2 Oct
Junges Tanzhaus Berlin
4 to the floor, the second edition of the international
whacking dance festival—featuring a battle, workshops, and opportunities to connect.
16 Aug
Club Oval, crossover dance battle.
21 Aug
dance lab.
22, 23 Aug
Club Oval Junior, crossover dance battle for dancers aged eight and up.
22 Aug
Flamenco Tablao.
27, 28 Aug
performance playground.
29 Aug
Premiere of Mein Tanz 2, a choreographic project in which children and young people create short dance pieces for the dancers of the JTB Company.
17–19 Sept
Wettergeschichten, dance project by Christoph Winkler, makes climate change tangible for children and young people and
combines traditional weather and nature dances from various cultures with innovative holovision technology.
24–27 Sept
Komische Oper Berlin at Schillertheater
Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival 2026
4–13 Sept
LAKE Studios
SUBMERGE: getting into the work, v.8, performance festival featuring free workshop labs & performances.
22 Aug–20 Sept
Radialsystem
wielding fissures – carving cracks in the surface of the now—new series that views the body as a site of vulnerability, resistance, and imagination:
double bill: Mille et Une Nuits, immersive opera by Iranian choreographer Sorour Darabi; and Adorno, in which Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll explores the tension between the collective mass and human uniqueness.
1 & 2 Aug
The second part of the series UNEXPECTED LESSONS – Knowledges of Body and Sound focuses on music and dance practices as forms of resistance. Alongside the listening session Meshwar Mixtapes – Intro to Afghanistan, a Dabke workshop with Nancy Naser Al Deen will take place.
1 & 2 Aug
Joyful Failure – An Evening on the Poetry of Failure by laborgras feat. Liam Byrne & Ensemble.
6–9 Aug
Pressing, solo performance by Dani Brown that strips the word "cunt" of its vulgarity and transforms the female sexual organ into a speculative artistic entity.
6–9 Aug
Tanz im August:
In F*cking Future, Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira celebrates queerness and freedom.
14–16 Aug
Clap & Slap, a powerful performance by artists Agniete Lisickinaite and Igor Shugaleev—a reflection on responsibility and guilt, nationalism and patriotism, self-defense and
aggression.
20–22 Aug
In Hornfuckers, Diana Niepce plays with the risk of losing one's balance.
22, 23 Aug
In for the time being, performers from Sasha Waltz & Guests immerse themselves in altered states of consciousness through a ritualized act.
26–30 Aug
Zweiland, a 1997 choreography bySasha Waltz, unfolds a poetic
exploration of the theme "Images of Germany" against the backdrop of a symbolic wall.
27–30 Aug
20 Jahre – Radialsystem: music, dance, workshops, performances
9–12 Sept:
UNEXPECTED LESSON 3 – Beyond Academia? How Dance Re-writes Research, performative talk with Mariama Diagne &
Sandra Noeth.
11 Sept
UNEXPECTED LESSON 4 – Decolonizing the Body in Dance, workshops and lecture performances with Rajyashree Ramesh, Martha Hincapié Charry & Sage Ni‘Ja.
11, 12 Sept
Open House – Radialsystem für alle.
12 Sept
Schrumpf! Greyline, performance for young audiences by Renae Shadler.
12 Sept
Temporary Title, 2026 – In the Middle, Somewhat Rehearsed, exhibition by Xavier Le Roy.
12 Sept
In C – special performance, a special version of the choreography by Sasha Waltz based on Terry Riley’s minimalist composition In C: Acid Pauli and other musical guests interpret the composition.
12 Sept
Salon Dreiklang
Presence – Sonzai, intimate dance performance by Tiziana Longo featuring live music by violinist Hoshiko Yamane,
exploring the Japanese philosophy of “Sonzai” through a meditative blend of dance and immersive violin music.
29 & 30 Aug
St. Elisabeth-Kirche
Tanz im August:
Phoenix.Sun, solo by Kasia Wolinska exploring destruction, renewal, and change.
24–26 Aug
Sophiensæle
Tanz im August:
In Every-Body-Knows-What-Tomorrow-Brings-And-We-All-Know-What-Happened-Yesterday, Mohamed Toukabri becomes
an archaeologist of his own body.
14–16 Aug
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Giselle, choreography and staging by Patrice Bart (after Coralli and Perrot) set to music by Adolphe Adam.
12, 18, 20 Sept
Stadtbad Oderberger im Hotel
Tanz im August:
In YOU CANNOT CAN, Dana Michel explores her personal relationship with water and the question of why swimming
is not something everyone takes for granted.
15–17 Aug
Tempelhofer Feld
Tanz im August:
The Outbox Me Battle x Tanz im August format brings together dancers from various styles—ranging from street dance and ballroom to contemporary.
29 Aug
Theater am Potsdamer Platz
Alizé, resident show by Cirque du Soleil.
Until Jan 2027.
Theater an der Parkaue
Wolf, performance by Raphael Moussa Hillebrand based on the novel by Saša Stanišic.
9, 22, 30 Sept
Theater im Delphi
Schwanensee–Jenseits der Bühne, immersive production of the classic featuring the Grand Classic Ballet.
27, 28 Sept
Theater Thikwa
Premiere: In Früchte des Zorns, the performance group SKART—together with choreographer Dasniya Sommer and the Theater Thikwa ensemble—explores the constructive potential of conflict, bickering, and anger.
9–13 Sept
Uferstudios
The Love Project no. 1 by Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen.
1, 2 Aug
Studies on Infinity – Nudity and Landscape, dance performance by Isabelle Schad based on somatic research.
6–8 Aug
Carry & Care, participatory performance by and with Diana Naber & friends.
7, 8 Aug
Platform 14, the 7th edition of the international dance festival, brings together works exploring themes such as identity, memory, and perception.
13–15 Aug
One piece of paper, performance by the Japanese group My piece of paper; No News by Silent Shout Co. 1 (featuring a dancer and a juggler); and Last Space with the Frantics Dance Company.
13 Aug
Inquiets by L’Émerveillée; Peti | SILT with Ashley Affolter & Zsófia Safranka-Peti; Swan song, solo by Alessandra La Bella;
Ladies Room with Selina Shida Hack & Gianna DiGirolamo, as well as the duet M U G A by Francesco Paolino.
14 Aug
Echoes: Grounds we share, performance by Project001; Birds, duet by Moritz Lucht & Deborah Dalla Valle; Paul Damiano’s
solo Quiet Storm; the duet Until it’s too late by Kostas Charalampous & Zsofia Temesvari; Questioning Purity, solo by
Aleth Berenice; and Pulsaciones x minuto by the company Los que faltaban from Madrid.
15 Aug
reinkommen, a series by ada Studio for Contemporary Dance, featuring resident artists Johanna Ryynänen and
Aleksandra Petrushevska.
28 Aug
lllusions, performative installation by July Weber.
11 Sept
Bern
Dampfzentrale Bern
The 17th edition of Tanz in Bern is titled Mensch!.
20 Oct–8 Nov
Stadttheater
Premiere of Morgana, dance piece by Giuseppe Spota featuring a new composition for orchestra and electronics by Christof Littmann.
10 Sept; 8 Oct (public rehearsal); 17 Oct
Biarritz
Anglet, Théâtre Quintaou
Festival Le Temps d’Aimer la danse.
11–20 Sept
In Contre-nature, choreographer Rachid Ouramdane explores the relationship between earth, air, and movement with
dancers and acrobats; Compagnie de Chaillot.
12 Sept
Atabal
Ad Libitum, a dialogue between dance and live music by choreographer and dancer Simon Le Borgne, accompanied by
musician Ulysse Zangs.
20 Sept
Plaza Berri
Tremplin Corps & Graphique, platform for young dance
companies and emerging choreographers.
15 Sept
Promenoir de la Grande Plage
The Gigabarre with the Ballet de l’Opéra Grand Avignon offers dancers and dance enthusiasts the chance to experience
ballet barre training outdoors by the sea.
13 Sept
Théâtre de la Gare du Midi
Festival Le Temps d’Aimer la danse.
11–20 Sept
Summerland, new dance project by choreographer
Benjamin Millepied in collaboration with French singer
November Ultra.
10, 11 Sept
Prométhée, choreography by Martin Harriague for the Ballet de l'Opéra du Grand Avignon.
13 Sept
Choreography by Thierry Malandain:
Stravinsky’s L’Oiseau de feu, Ravel’s Boléro, and Minuit et demi, ou le Coeur mystérieux set to Camille Saint-Saëns’ Les Mélodies," performed by the CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz.
15, 16 Sept
Sol Invictus, declaration of love for dance and life by Hervé Koubi.
18 Sept
Joy, three-part ballet program featuring the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux: Joy by Alexander Ekman, Woke up
Blind by Marco Goecke, and L’Amour Sorcier by Iratxe Ansa & Igor Bacovich.
20 Sept
Théâtre du Casino Municipal
Festival Le Temps d’Aimer la danse:
Halley, dance performance by the choreographer duo
Led Shilhouette.
11 Sept
Gaua, dance performance by the Basque Collectif Ibawa, a tribute to the resistance of Basque women.
13 Sept
Choreographer Jone San Martin, together with the group Haatik, revives the legacy of the Herri Gogoa label, the first record label in Basque Country, which was secretly founded under Franco's regime.
15 Sept
Lost Letters, choreography about the power of communication by Matthew Golding, with dancer Lucia Lacarra, until 2016 a soloist with the Bavarian State Ballet, in the lead role.
17 Sept
Théâtre du Colisée
Hegoak, dance performance by the Traversée dantza konpainia
under the direction of choreographer Mizel Theret.
12 Sept
Outre-Rage, solo performance by Hubert Petit-Phar, Cie La Mangrove.
14 Sept
What songs may do ..., intimate duet by French choreographer Mathieu Geffré, Compagnie Rendezvous.
18 Sept
Des bleuets dans les yeux, poetic concert performance by the company Myriam Naisy / L'hélice.
19 Sept
Bielefeld
Rudolf-Oetker-Halle
Finale of Tanzfestival Bielefeld 2026.
1 Aug
Bochum
Jahrhunderthalle
Ruhrtriennale:
Premiere of Rebel Rebel, music-theater production by Artistic Director Ivo van Hove featuring songs by David Bowie, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
20, 22, 23, 25–27 Aug
Bonn
Theater
Scirocco, two-part dance program by the WINNDance Company— newly founded by Slava Tutukin and Marijn
Rademaker—featuring an ensembleof international ballet dancers over the age of 40:
Tod in Venedig by Imre & Marne van Opstal, Omar Román De Jesús, and Rainer Behr, inspired by Thomas Mann’s novella of
the same name; and John Neumeier’s ballet Bridge of Sighs set to music by Shostakovich, inspired by the
history of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.
26, 27 Sept
Bordeaux
Opéra de Bordeaux
Cadences Festival:
Bach/Bartók, dance and music project by Japanese choreographer and dancer Saburo Teshigawara and his longtime artistic partner Rihoko Sato, set to works for solo violin by J. S. Bach and Béla Bartók, performed live by violinist Sayaka Shoji.
20 Sept
Bremen
Theater
Common Ground, concerts, and performances at Goetheplatz:
In Fools At Work, resident choreographer Samir Akika transforms the square into a catwalk of longings and vanities;
Unusual Symptoms.
4 Sept
High Cave, new creation by Adrienn Hód exploring the concept of freedom; Unusual Symptoms in collaboration with Hodworks and OFF Foundation. Kleines Haus,
12, 30 Sept
As part of 3. Lange Nacht der Bühnen:
Unusual Symptoms—excerpts from the repertoire of the Theater Bremen dance company. Kleines Haus,
19 Sept
In The Tide, Josep Caballero García embarks on a search for artistic principles of resistance; Unusual Symptoms, tanzbar_bremen.
24 Sept
Premiere of Move on – Weitergehen, dance piece for everyone by Bünger; a Moks production.
Brauhaus,
26, 29, 30 Sept; 1 Oct
Bruges
Concertgebouw
Multicast Rosas danst Rosas, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s
signature piece in an XL version featuring dancers from all five generations of Compagnie Rosas.
29, 30 Sept
Brussels
Ancienne Belgique
A Love Supreme, piece for four dancers by Anne Teresa De
Keersmaeker and Salva Sanchis, based on the legendary jazz album of the same name by John Coltrane.
16–18 Sept
CC De Factorij
Badke(remix), dance performance by laGeste and Stereo48, deconstructs dabke, the traditional Palestinian folk dance.
9, 10 Sept
Kaaitheater
In Frames by Alexander Vantournhout, four performers create
constantly shifting bodily sculptures within a frame structure (Not Standing).
5, 6 Sept
KVS
In Chapters of Celebration, Belgian director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe joins forces with choreographers Michele Rizzo, Cherish Menzo, Lasseindra Ninja, Iker Karrera, Jeremy Nedd, and Toni Jodar for a dance marathon performance. Box,
2, 3 Sept
In Magec / the Desert, choreographer Radouan Mriziga reimagines the relationship between humans and nature. BOL, 5 & 6 Sept
In Frank—short for Frankenstein—choreographer Cherish Menzo explores the monster as a projection surface for societal fears and narratives; a collaboration between GRIP, Theater Utrecht, and the Dance On Ensemble. Box,
8 & 9 Sept
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
"Again Forever" by choreographer Lisa Vereertbrugghen explores the slow dance as an intimate and subversive act that stands in opposition to our performance-driven society.
Sept. 23–25
C
Chemnitz
Theater
Premiere: Showcase IX:
Sugar Pill, dance piece by Zoë Ashe-Browne.
17 Sept
Rhapsody in C, ballet by Sabrina Sadowska based on the life and work of George Gershwin.
24 Sept; 4 Oct; 7 Nov
Cologne
Kalker Laden, Stadtgarten Köln-Kalk
GEM:EINSAM:KEITEN, participatory dance performance by
TUN&LASSEN exploring loneliness and the profound ambivalence that accompanies it.
3, 5, 10, 12 Sept
Kölner Philharmonie
Kölner Sommerfestival:
Dance Me, choreography by Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ihsan Rustem performed by Ballets Jazz Montréal, inspired by the music and lyrics of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
4–9 Aug
Ottoplatz in Köln-Deutz
No Go, public space performance by Angie Hiesl + Roland Kaiser addressing the issue of discrimination.
6–8 Aug
Copenhagen
The Royal Danish Theatre
Summer Dance, open-air event by Dansk Danseteater.
Highlight: the premiere of Survive by choreographer Roza Moshtaghi for the Danish Dance Theatre.
26–30 Aug
To Joy, ballet program celebrating the Danish ballet tradition with a tribute to August Bournonville, the creator of the Danish National Ballet: featuring his final ballet, From Siberia to Moscow (1876); the wedding pas de deux from Abdallah
(1855); and August 2.0, created by Nikolai Hübbe and Dinna Bjørn, which adapts the Danish ballet master's famous technique for the 21st century. The finale: Bournonville's version of La Sylphide (1836).
29, 30 Aug; 2, 4, 9, 12, 16, 17. Sept
Jewels, three-part ballet by George Balanchine set to music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.
19, 20, 29 Sept
Cottbus
Staatstheater
Premiere: Romeo und Julia, interdisciplinary production
by director and set designer Philipp Grigorian.
26 Sept
D
Darmstadt
Staatstheater
In Nachtträume, Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau—working with music by Clara Aguilar and the dancers of the Hessian State Ballet—embarks on a nightmarish journey into the realms of power, powerlessness, and blind obedience.
12, 26 Sept
Dresden
Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
Les Oiseaux, dance performance by Greek choreographer Lenio
exploring the vulnerability of the ecosystem.
27–29 Aug
Taiwan Moves:
13 Tongues, dance piece by Cheng Tsung-lung for his Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, blending the bustling
street life of Taipei with Taoist rituals.
3–5 Sept
Fragments of Life and Art:
Amphi II, public-space performance by director Omer Krieger that grapples with the fascist forces of the past and present:
The piece is based on a dance choreographer Noa Eshkol created in 1953 for a ceremony commemorating the tenth
anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
18, 19 Sept
Goodbye, solo by choreographer and dancer Nitsan Margaliot, created from the interweaving of his own family history.
25, 26 Sept
A Suite of Dances – A Day in the Studio, two-part dance evening with the Dance On Ensemble dedicated to Israeli choreographer and artist Noa Eshkol (1924–2007):
Eshkol’s A Suite of Dances marks the first time her works are being performed by dancers outside her original company,
while A Day in the Studio is a contemporary response by French choreographer Noé Soulier.
25, 26 Sept
Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden
Tag der offenen Tür 2026.
26 Sept
Sächsische Staatsoper
Onegin, ballet in three acts by John Cranko based
on Alexander Pushkin.
18, 25, 27 Sept; 2, 5 Oct
Duisburg
Gebläsehalle, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Ruhrtriennale:
As We Are, double bill in which Germaine Acogny’s solo dedicated to Josephine Baker, Josephine, meets Gregory Maqoma’s energetic group piece Bantu.
16–19 Sept
Gießhalle im Landschaftspark Duisburg
Ruhrtriennale:
Brel, duet by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with dancer Solal Mariotte, dedicated to
chanson icon Jacques Brel.
29–31 Aug
Back to Kidal, performance by Serge Aimé Coulibaly combining dance, live music, spoken word, and video to tell the story of the great African odyssey towards freedom and self determination; Faso Danse Théâtre.
5, 6 Sept
Kraftzentrale, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord
Balkan Erotic Epic, four-hour immersive performance by
Marina Abramović in which the artist explores the eroticism and spirituality of Balkan mythology.
3–11 Sept
Theater
Grey Area, three-part ballet program featuring Bridget Breiner’s
creation Shards set to music by Jeff Buckley; The Grey Area by David Dawson set to music by Niels Lanz; and Threshold of a Fall by Canadian choreographer Lesley Telford set to music by Hauschka, György Ligeti, and Hildur Guðnadóttir.
27 Sept; 4, 10, 15 Oct
Düsseldorf
Alte Farbwerke
In choreographer Ayelen Parolin’s Simple, three dancers use their bodies as percussion instruments, setting the pulse and rhythm.
1, 2 Aug
FFT Düsseldorf
The 8th edition of the "Claiming Common Spaces" alliance
festival—held under the motto "Shift the Vibe"—brings together artists who, each in their own way, represent the work of
the Alliance of International Production Houses, featuring performances, dance, lectures, discussions, and encounters.
10–13 Sept
Two solo pieces by interdisciplinary artists and performers Karol Filo and Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, exploring East Germany and Eastern Europe in the 1990s.
Bühne II,
12 Sept
Kirche St. Antonius
Düsseldorf Festival!
16 Sept–4 Oct
Eternity, a production conceived for a sacred space by the Australian circus company Circa, immersing itself in the
spirituality of iconic works by Arvo Pärt, such as Tabula Rasa and Fratres.
30 Sept; 1–3 Oct
tanzhaus nrw
The 8th edition of the "Claiming Common Spaces" alliance
festival—held under the motto "Shift the Vibe"—brings together artists who, each in their own way, represent the work of
the Alliance of International Production Houses, featuring performances, dance, lectures, discussions, and encounters.
10–13 Sept
DUB-KE: Adventure in Arab Techno.
10 Sept
Echoes By Haus Mawu, a ritual sound performance by
multidisciplinary artists ZOE, Mandhla Ndubiwa, and Aaro Assy. 11 Sept
Untitled (briefly here bright), performative work by the West Iran-born artist, choreographer, and researcher Kiana Rezvani, combining dance, text, video, and voice.
11 Sept
In It’s the End of the Amusement Phase, Greek dancer and choreographer Chara Kotsali declares an end to the relentless fun of late capitalism.
12, 13 Sept
Sweeping Sisters, performative intervention by the duo Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera that questions the invisibility of care work and celebrates female solidarity.
Foyer,
12 Sept
4 Legs good REMIX, lecture-demonstration featuring Claire Cunningham, in which the Scottish artist demonstrates how she uses her crutches artistically, repurposes them, and experiments with them.
13 Sept
Theaterzelt am Burgplatz
Düsseldorf Festival!
16 Sept–4 Oct
Pixel, virtuoso blend of urban dance and contemporary dance by choreographer Mourad Merzouki, set within a digital
3D landscape created by digital artists Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne (Cie Käfig).
16–19 Sept
Silent Disco Walking Tour: Australian artist Guru Dudu transforms the city into a dancing stage—a blend of flash mob,
street dance, and improvised dance-theater.
16–19, 23–26 Sept
In the Brain, creation by Hofesh Shechter for his junior company Shechter II, exploring the connection between club culture and contemporary dance.
22, 23 Sept
In Praise of Shadows, show by the Swedish circus company Below Zero, combining daring acrobatics with dynamic
choreography.
24–26 Sept
Delay the Sadness, creation by Sharon Eyal featuring a soundtrack by Josef Laimon; S-E-D Dance Company.
28–30 Sept
Ten Thousand Hours, acrobatic show by the movement artists of the Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, demonstrating how years of practice give rise to a sense of weightlessness.
1–3 Oct
E
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh International Festival:
Mere Mortals, choreography by Aszure Barton for the San Francisco Ballet, weaves together the ancient myth
of Pandora with modern philosophical discourse on artificial intelligence and human progress.
28–30 Aug
Festival Theatre
Edinburgh International Festival:
In Ihsane, choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui delves into his father’s Moroccan heritage; Ballet du Grand Théâtre de
Genève, Eastman.
18–20 Aug
King’s Theatre
Edinburgh International Festival:
EXXY, performance by queer, disabled artist and choreographer
Dan Daw, is a bold and vulnerable exploration of imposter syndrome and fluctuating self-worth.
23 Aug
Studio Theatre
Edinburgh International Festival:
When Prophecy Fails, hypnotic physical theatre piece by the Scottish performance collective Groupwork, based on
the true story of humanity’s first UFO doomsday cult
in the 1950s.
27–30 Aug
Essen
Aalto Theater
Relations, a dance triptych:
Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land (1981) set to Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, and his piece Sleepless (2004) set to a composition
by Dirk Haubrich—based on Mozart’s Adagio for glass harmonica and quartet—alongside Johan Inger’s interpretation of Boléro, titled Walking Mad (2001).
19, 27 Sept
PACT Zollverein / Ruhrtriennale:
RI TE, explosive dance dialogue between Cape Verdean performance artist Marlene Monteiro Freitas and
flamenco virtuoso Israel Galván.
22, 23, 25 Aug
Dancers from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen present hypnotic trance dance works by Christos Papadopoulos: In the piece
Landless, the Greek choreographer— together with Georgios Kotsifakis—explores the relationship between the organic
body and space, while in OPUS he dissects the structure of Johann Sebastian Bach’s instrumental music.
4, 5 Sept
Universe by Mireia Fernàndez, Anna Farriol, Txell Felip, Júlia Santacana, and Jordi Sala (Engruna Teatre) makes the vast cosmos tangible for the very youngest audience members
through sound and form.
12 Sept
In Waste Me, choreographer Cecilia Moisio creates a world of "trash art" where objects and people have become
interchangeable and consumption turns into a self-imposed prison; Cecilia Moisio Company.
19, 20 Sept
G
Geneva
Ateliers peinture du Grand Théâtre / Coopérative Verntissa
La Bâtie – Festival de Genève:
RED, Hungarian artist Eszter Salamon’s homage to Valeska Gert, continues the history of feminist performance art
with avant-garde radicality.
28–30 Aug
Comédie de Genève
La Bâtie – Festival de Genève:
How Romantic, dance piece by Greek choreographer Katerina Andreou for Carte Blanche (the Norwegian national
contemporary dance company), an ironic commentary on how we experience life’s struggles as a spectacle.
3, 4 Sept
In his inclusive and participatory interpretation of Le Sacre du printemps, Serbian choreographer Saša Asentić deconstructs Stravinsky’s classic ballet, transforming it from a ritual of sacrifice into one of survival.
8, 9, 11–13 Sept
In My Fierce Ignorant Step, choreographer Christos Papadopoulos explores the power of memory, community, and
collective movement.
8, 9 Sept
Espace Vélodrome / Plan-les-Ouates
Asteroïde, creation by Italian choreographer Marco D’Agostin,
8–9 Sept
Le Galpon
La Bâtie:
Joyaux lourdement sous-estimés, dance performance by choreographer Bast Hippocrate, explores the complexity
of human relationships and intimacy, as well as the breaking down of heteronormative relationship norms.
28–30 Aug
Musée Ariana
La Bâtie:
Quelle Aurore, hybrid performance by choreographer and dancer Soa Ratsifandrihana in collaboration with
singer Bonnie Banane, a poetic and often humorous response to the feeling of sensory overload in today's world.
4–5 Sept
Gounouj in situ, site-specific dance piece by Guadeloupean choreographer Léo Lérus, combining traditional Guadeloupean
Gwo-Ka dances with contemporary dance.
9–11 Sept
Pavillon ADC
La Bâtie:
Premiere of Such a Devoted Bunch, dance performance
by Ruth Childs & Cécile Bouffard.
1–5 Sept
Repertório, dance trilogy by Brazilian choreographers Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, exploring dance as a means
of resistance against structural violence:
Repertório N.2 (10 Sept), Repertório N.3 (11 Sept), and
Repertório N.1 (12 Sept).
Tremplin Mouvement, springboard offering young, emerging dancers their first stage experiences in urban and club
dance styles.
26 Sept
Gera
Theater Altenburg-Gera
Jeu de Cartes/Pulcinella, double bill of balletsset to music by Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes choreographed by John Cranko (premiered in 1965 with the Stuttgart Ballet), and Pulcinella in a new version by Arshak Ghalumyan that transports the
audience back to the 1925/26 season, when Yvonne Georgi and her dance troupe staged the ballet at the then-Reußisches
Theater in Gera.
13 Sept–10, Oct
Ghent
Capitole
Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg, three early works by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker translating classical compositions into
dance, performed with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen,
25–27 Sept
S.M.A.K., Museum of Contemporary Art
Ricochet Days:
mystery loves company, performative residency by choreographer Meg Stuart and her company, Damaged Goods. Together with a team of artists, they transform the museum spaces into a collective laboratory.
21 Sept–7 Nov
Gießen
Stadttheater
Feuerwerkskörper, a dance piece by Raimonda Gudavičiūtė that explores what happens in our brains when we learn, understand, or lose control.
5 Sept
H
Halberstadt
Harztheater
Premiere of Schattenfänger, chamber dance piece in two parts by Tarek Assam and Zach Enquist exploring human duality; Tanz Harz. Kammerbühne,
5 Sept; 3 & 30 Oct
Halle an der Saale
Opera
Medea, reinterpretation of the ancient myth by Michal Sedláček featuring music by Samuel Barber, Les Tambours du
Bronx, and Apocalyptica.
27 Sept; 4, 10, 17 Oct
Hamburg
Kampnagel
Internationales Sommerfestival 2026
5–23 Aug
In Irresistible Revolution, Argentine choreographer Ayelen Parolin combines the imagery of Argentine street carnival
with choreographed forms of protest,
RUDA.
5–8 Aug
Premiere of Trapicana, German-Cuban collaboration by Joana Tischkau, Jeremy Nedd, and Sophie Yukiko with the Malpaso Dance Company, where dance and trap music
meet revue and tourism.
6–8 Aug
Sugar Island, minimalist performance spectacle by Spanish performance artist Cuqui Jerez, in which a ballet dancer
becomes stranded on a strange island in Lake Erie, Ohio.
7–9 Aug
Premiere: In And From Their Hair, Unending Forest, Danish-Ethiopian artist Adam Seid Tahir creates a poetic and physical
reinterpretation of Nordic mythologies from Black and queer perspectives.
6–8 Aug
Après moi, le déluge, creation by (LA)HORDE—Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, and Arthur Harel—for the Ballet
national de Marseille, is a collective stock-taking in times of crisis.
12–15 Aug
Keeping Score, new dance trilogy by choreographer Jacob Jonas exploring childhood, illness, and healing.
13–15 Aug
Premiere of RED, artist Eszter Salamon’s homage to dancer and cabaret artist Valeska Gert, continues the history of feminist performance art with avant-garde radicalism (see p. 72).
21–23 Aug
Finite Jest: profound solo performance by choreographer Melanie Jame Wolf exploring comedy, tragedy, and death.
20–22 Aug
Theaternacht: Showing of the Hajusom Hip-Hop
Dance Class.
Bunker, Room 2,
5 Sept
Kunsthalle
Internationales Sommerfestival 2026
Performance Special:
Monsters of Circumstances, solo by French choreographer Xavier Le Roy about overcoming fears.
22, 23 Aug
Kunstmeile Hamburg
Internationales Sommerfestival 2026:
DOOMERS, performance parcours spanning six exhibition spaces, in which choreographer and director Raja Feather
Kelly continues his interdisciplinary work.
15 Aug
Staatsoper
A Cinderella Story, Cinderella ballet by John Neumeier.
13, 15, 17, 18 Sept; 14–16 Oct
Tod in Venedig, a danse macabre by John Neumeier set to music by Bach and Wagner, loosely based on the novella by Thomas Mann.
26 Sept
Hanover
Eisfabrik
Premiere: With Déjà Nu, choreographer Adam Chakir creates a space between memory and the present, between intimacy and alienation.
13–16, 21–23 Aug; 18–20 Sept
Staatsoper
Verwandlungen:
I'm afraid to forget your smile by Imre & Marne van Opstal, and Schmetterling by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot; Hannover State Ballet.
13, 19, 25 Sept
Helsinki
Dance House Helsinki
Helsinki Festival:
13 Tongues, dance piece by Cheng Tsung-lung for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, blending the bustling street life
of Taipei with Taoist rituals.
Erkko Hall,
27–30 Aug
Lassin Läpi, dance and music performance, a collaboration between Viuluakatemia Aura and the Raija Lehmussaari Ballet School.
5 Sept
Superthing, collaboration between Finland’s Tanssiteatteri Minimi and the Lithuanian Šeiko Dance Company. Erkko
Hall,
8, 9 Sept
Minna Tervamäki – 40 years on stage.
12 Sept
Premiere of Wild is the Wind, triple bill marking the Tero Saarinen Company’s 30th anniversary: Room 7 (a solo by Carolyn Carlson for Tero Saarinen), Saarinen’s duet Garden, and the new creation Wild is the Wind by Sonya Lindfors. Erkko Hall,
22–26 Sept
Élixir de Mer, immersive dance performance by Johanna Nuutinen exploring the physical resonance of scents: the dancers translatethe art of perfume making into ritualistic
and intimate movements.
Pannu Hall,
30 Sept; 1–3 Oct
Finnish National Opera
Swan Lake choreographed by David McAllister.
21, 22, 25, 27, 29 Aug; 1, 3, 5, 9, 11 Sept
Helsinki Festival:
BLKDOG, hip-hop performance by British choreographer Botis Seva exploring existential questions regarding violence and early trauma, by Far From The Norm.
2, 3 Sept
Helsinki City Theatre
Premiere of Birds of Paradise, dance-theater piece by Finnish choreographer Tiia Kasurinen, inspired by the colorful courtship dances of male birds of paradise from Oceania.
6, 8, 11–13, 15, 17–19 Aug
K
Karlsruhe
Badisches Staatstheater
Statements, three-part ballet program:
Blind Dreams by Raimondo Rebeck, Echoes in the Dark by Houston Thomas, and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort.
26 Sept
www.staatstheater-karlsruhe.de
ZKM
William Forsythe presents Choreographic Instructions:
Himmel und Hölle and Turning Eyes (both 2019), installations that provide instructions for movement sequences.
Until 2 Aug
Kassel
Staatstheater
Premiere: Ein Rummelnachtstraum, cross-disciplinary theatrical fairground experience loosely based on Shakespeare;
directed by Alexander Eisenach, choreography by Ilana Reynolds. Festival grounds in front of the Ottoneum,
28–31 Aug; 1–4, 6 Sept
Transmuted Symphony, choreography by Andrea Peña, TANZ_KASSEL. TiF – Theater im Fridericianum,
30 Aug; 5, 18, 24 Sept
Blossom & Decay by Robozee explores the constant cycle of growth and decay. TiF – Theater im Fridericianum,
11, 24, 25, 27, 28 Sept
Koblenz
Theater Koblenz
Premiere: Zwischen den Stunden, three-part dance program by
Steffen Fuchs set to music by Kevin Puts and W. A. Mozart.
19 Sept
L
Lausanne
Théâtre Sévelin 36
Les Quarts d'Heure 2026, platform for emerging choreographic talent.
23–26 Sept
Vidy Théâtre Lausanne
In The Smallest Things, Marc Oosterhoff and Owen Winship transform an empty space into a performance featuring small feats and few words (Cie Moost). Salle 76, La Passerelle,
24 Sept–8 Oct
Leipzig
LOFFT – DAS THEATER
Leipziger Tanztheaterwochen
21 Aug–20 Sept
Nachhall, dance-theatre piece by Ana Ronzani featuring the
Senior Company of Leipzier Tanztheater.
18–20 Sept
Opernhaus
Der Karneval der Tiere, ballet by Bjarte Emil Wedervang Bruland set to Camille Saint-Saëns’ Le Carnaval des animaux, Grande fantaisie zoologique.
10, 11, 30 Sept; 1 Oct
Eurydike, ballet by Fran Díaz.
19, 26 Sept
Out of the Box, choreographic works by ensemble members of the Leipzig Ballet.
29 Sept
Schaubühne Lindenfels
Leipziger Tanztheaterwochen with the Leipzig Dance Theater.
21 Aug–20 Sept
Interlude Inn, dance-theater piece by Clara Sjölin featuring the older Junior Company.
21–23 Aug
Menschine, dance-theater piece by Maria Seidel featuring the younger Junior Company.
28–30 Aug
reinpflanzlich, dance-theater piece by Brit Böttge featuring the younger Junior Company.
29, 30 Aug
Premiere of Hiatus, dance-theater piece by Eva Thielken in which she and the company’s dancers seek a movement language capable of intensifying and transforming dance
through shared physical interaction.
4–6. Sept
Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance, a film by Greta-Marie Becker.
8 Sept
Linz
Landestheater
Premiere of Divine Matter – Zeichen & Wunder, double-bill dance evening: Worship, the world premiere by US choreographer Drew Jacoby, and the European premiere of Auto Cannibal by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake, set to a composition by Robin Fox; performed by Tanz Linz.
26 Sept
London
Peacock Theatre
Flamenc Oh!! by the Spanish company Yllana combines
flamenco with clowning and satire.
30 Sept–10 Oct
Royal Ballet and Opera
streaming platform ROH.org.uk/stream
Marianela – Timeless, program curated by Royal Ballet Principal Marianela Nuñez.
1 & 2 Aug
Carlos Acosta: Myths and Modern Masters,
multi-part program: Carlos Acosta in José Limón’s The Moor’s Pavane (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Nutcracker in Havana
Suite featuring Carlos Acosta (Acosta Danza, Birmingham Royal Ballet), the pas de deux from Agrippina Vaganova’s Diana and
Actaeon (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Carlos Acosta and a Principal from Acosta Danza in Nosotros by Raul Reinoso and Beatriz Garcia. And for the finale: Rooster by Christopher Bruce, with Carlos Acosta in the title role.
5–9 Aug
Premiere of The McRae / Vassilev Project, new work inspired by the music of Paganini, created in collaboration between
ballet star Steven McRae, star violinist Vasko Vassilev, and director Natalie Abrahami. Linbury Theatre,
11–19 Sept
Holding Light, dance performance by Fallen Angels Dance Theatre. Clore Studio,
12 Sept
Three Short Ballets with Northern Ballet: Hans van Manen’s 5 Tangos and Mthuthuzeli November’s Fools, plus a new work by New York choreographer Tiler Peck. Linbury Theatre,
29 & 30 Sept; 1 & 2 Oct
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
The Car Man, dance thriller by Matthew Bourne, produced by New Adventures, relocating Bizet’s opera Carmen to 1950s America.
1–29 Aug
Echoes of Tomorrow with the National Youth Ballet.
5 Sept
San Francisco Ballet presents Mere Mortals, a work choreographed by Aszure Barton set to the electronic sounds of British DJ and producer Floating Points (Sam Shepherd); the piece reinterprets the myth of Pandora through the lens of the AI era.
9–12 Sept
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents New Works: Blink of an Eye by Medhi Walerski, the duet A Case of You by Judith Jamison, Many Angels by Lar Lubovitch, Song of the Anchorite by Jamar Roberts, and Revelations by Alvin Ailey.
15–19 Sept
Also the Legacy program: choreographies by Alvin Ailey: Night Creature (excerpts), the solos A Song for You and Cry (excerpt), the cult classic Revelations (1960)—plus Grace by Ronald K. Brown.
16–19 Sept
Premiere of Rhythm Riot, three-partballet program with the English National Ballet: Balanchine’s Symphony in Three
Movements, plus the premieres of Auguries of Innocence by Jae Man Joo and Bow Out by Micaela Taylor.
24 Sept–3 Oct
Sadler’s Wells East
The Music is Black Festival:
The Dance Floor Is Black.
22, 23 Aug; 12, 13 Sept
Premiere of Blue | Glass, double bill with the National Dance Company Wales: Ordinary Courage by Theo Clinkard and the premiere of Untamed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Alessandra Seutin.
24–26 Sept
Southbank Centre
ZooNation: Future Artists of Hip-Hop. Riverside Terrace,
15 Aug
The Place
Anatomy of Survival, Vivienne Franzmann and Frauke Requardt.
Assembly @ Dance Base,
25–29 Aug
Choreodrome: Making Progress, works in progress by Eleanor Sikorski, Annie Hanauer, Oluwatosin Omotosho, Joe Moran,
Isaac Ouro-Gnao & Kesha Raithatha.
8, 9 Sept
Frame Rush, Screendance Festival 2026,
curated by MA Screendance students from the London Contemporary Dance School.
17 Sept
IHOPEIWILL, interdisciplinary performance installation by the collective threeiscompany and Jaro Viňarský, combining dance,
sound design, and visual art to explore issues surrounding the climate crisis.
22 Sept
The Last Quartet, dance performance by choreographer Seke Chimutengwende that explores concepts of finality and
movement.
24–26 Sept
Two solos: The Body Symphonic byLebanese choreographer and musician Charlie Khalil Prince is a political meditation on the human body as a site of resistance against crisis and oppression; in Le Mouton noir, Senegalese choreographer
Amadou Diop blends contemporary dance and hip-hop (Company Ngor).
30 Sept
Lucerne
Theater
Exploration of Energy, two-part dance program exploring the energy and intensity inherent in music: JE-UI by Jae-Duk Kim and Spring of Rites by Lida Doumouliaka (TanzLuzern).
5, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24, 26 Sept
Luxemburg
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Pastoral, creation by American choreographer Pam Tanowitz,
inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and transformed by a new score by composer Caroline Shaw; Pam Tanowitz Dance. 24, 25 Sept
Lyon
Les Subs
Shout Twice, dance performance by Katerina Andreou and Mélissa Guex, exploring the raw power of emotions and the
fusion of movement, sound, and space.
11, 12 Sept
La Demande d’asile, dance performance by Nicolas Barry.
17, 18 Sept
Maison de la danse
In My Fierce Ignorant Step, Christos Papadopoulos explores the power of memory and collective movement.
23–25 Sept
Requiem(s), ballet about farewells and transience by Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.
30 Sept–8 Oct
Opéra de Lyon
Premiere of Icônes:
Dance by Lucinda Childs and the new creation Høpe by Alessandro Sciarroni, performed by the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon.
5–10 Sept
M
Mainz
Staatstheater
Soul Chain, ballet by Sharon Eyal inspired by intense
emotions surrounding love; tanzmainz.
27 Aug; 13 Sept; 30 Oct
The 28th edition of Grenzenlos Kultur theater festival, featuring guest performances by artists with and without disabilities.
24 Sept–4 Oct
Variations for Two Disabled Bodies featuring Bobbi Byrne & Soso Ní Cheallaigh from Ireland. U17,
25 Sept
Enter the Robots, street theater with tanzbar_bremen. Gutenbergplatz,
26 Sept
Tritonplatz,
27 Sept
Una brillant imperfecció, dance performance by the Spanish company Vero Cendoya fromBarcelona.
26 Sept
A spectacle of herself, wild balancing act between contemporary circus, queer-feminist stand-up comedy, trash aesthetics, and vulnerable intimacy by Laura Murphy. U17,
29 Sept
Work Body, solo piece by choreographer Michael Turinsky, a plea for an aesthetic of resistance that views the disabled
body as a powerful political subject.
2 Oct
Mannheim
FelinaTheater Mannheim
Premiere: Freier Tanz im Delta XV,
first and second evenings:
11, 13 Sept and 17, 20 Sept
Premiere of Dancing Coltrane slow & fast, choreography by Catherine Guerin, Giovanni De Buono, Richard Oberscheven, and others, set to the music of John Coltrane.
23, 25, 26 Sept
Nationaltheater Theater Festival
27 Sept
Premiere of Dreamer, multi-part dance program:
works by up-and-coming choreographers Rubén Julliard
(formerly a soloist at the NTM) and Lilit Hakobyan,
a new piece by Stephan Thoss, and the reggae-inspired
dance piece The Dreamer by French choreographer Martin Harriague. NTM Tanzhaus,
30 Sept (public rehearsal);
Altes Kino Franklin: 8, 18, 28 Oct
Millstatt
ART SPACE Stift Millstatt
light things + dark things, performance by Andrea K. Schlehwein + NETZWERK AKS.
11, 12, 14, 15 Aug
The great Misery, performance by CarlosOsatinsky & Fernando Nicolás Pellicioli.
22 Aug
shifting terrain #3, creation by Andrea K. Schlehwein + NETZWERK AKS.
30 Sept
Mulegns
Remise
In Romulus, choreographer Ilia Jivoy explores timeless human drives: ambition, doubt, and the willingness to make sacrifices.
2 Aug
Premiere of Messalina, fragmentary dance-theater piece by Andrey Kaydanovskiy exploring power, desire, and disintegrating identity.
6–9 Aug
Mulhouse
La Filature
Hofesh Shechter’s Theatre of Dreams transports the audience into the secret landscapes of dreams.
25, 26 Sept
Munich
Deutsches Theater München
Carmen, choreography by Enrique Gasa Valga, Limonada Dance Company.
5–16 Aug
Hoch X and Live Art
True Romance, immersive performance by Stefan Mießler.
1 Aug
Tanzwerkstatt Europa:
Wetware, performance by Jan Rozman, combining stand-up, choreography, and theory into a darkly humorous process of self-examination in the age of surveillance capitalism.
5 Aug
and it gets better, solo by Helena Araújo, shedding light on the dark side of the art world.
8 Aug
Muffathalle
Tanzwerkstatt Europa, contemporary dance festival:
Rosas danst Rosas, the signature work by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for four female dancers, originally created in 1983.
4, 5 Aug
Vagabundus, dance-music performance by Mozambican choreographer Idio Chichava; inspired by the ritual dances of the Makonde people, it fuses dance and song into a collective
expression of heritage, loss, and togetherness. Cia Converge+. 7, 8 Aug
A Suite of Dances – A Day in the Studio, a two-part dance program dedicated to Israeli choreographer and artist
Noa Eshkol (1924–2007), featuring the Dance On Ensemble.
11, 12 Aug
Experimental Jam.
14 Aug
Registration for participants:
experimental.jam.munich@gmail.com
Final Lecture & Party.
14 Aug
Nationaltheater
Die Kameliendame, ballet by John Neumeier set to music by
Chopin, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
20, 24 Sept; 9, 10 Oct
Illusionen – wie Schwanensee, ballet by John Neumeier set to music by Tchaikovsky.
2–4 Oct
schwere reiter
Joan, performance by Hannah Schillinger, exploring the Western
warrior figure Joan of Arc from a queer perspective.
1, 2 Aug
Tanzwerkstatt Europa:
Premiere: Artists ZINADA, Jan Rozman, and Helena Araújo
present NAMI, showing how a migrant biography can lead to new artistic working methods.
6, 7 Aug
Break Your Limits, Urban Dance Battle.
9 Aug
anmeldung@urbanstylez-festival.de
Open Stage Who’s Next?
10 Aug
Toi, moi, Tituba…, dance-music performance
by multidisciplinary artist Dorothée Munyaneza; a quest to trace the lives of those stripped of their rights and forgotten
due to colonialism and slavery (Cie Kadidi)
13 Aug
Premiere of SOMEtimes all it takes is a little more TIME, kinetic body installation by choreographer Stephan Herwig
18–20 Sept
Mönchengladbach
Theater
KRMG.tanz 5, two-part dance program:
Der Sandmann, choreography by Boris Randzio based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fantastic tale, and shift.er.s by Hugo Viera.
20 Sept introductory matinee;
27 Sept
Münster
Theater
Die Schwäne, reinterpretation of Swan Lake by Lillian Stillwell to music by Tchaikovsky
26 Sept; 3, 11 Oct
N
Nuremberg
State Theatre
Premiere of Rausch, a unique theatrical event combining ballet, opera, drama, and concert as part of the Theaterfestival.
19 Sept
Nyon
Salle de la Colombière
far° festival des arts vivants:
Spiel im Spiel, dance-based exploration of the realm of possibilities inherent in play, by Ceren Oran; for young audiences aged three and up; Moving Borders.
21, 22 Aug
Salle des Marchandises
far° festival des arts vivants:
Choreographer Lisa Vereertbrugghen’s Again Forever explores the slow dance as an intimate and subversive act that stands in opposition to our performance-driven society.
14, 15 Aug
In Heavy, Baby, Auguste de Boursetty and Alex Freiheit conjure up childhood memories through dance and music.
17, 18 Aug
O
Oldenburg
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
Premiere of Echos der Leidenschaft, three contemporary pieces: Carmen by Ballet Director Antoine Jully, Lullaby by Douglas Lee, and Karuna by Giovanni Napoli.
28 Aug Ballet Workshop; 8 Sept Introductory Soirée; 27 Sept
Oslo
The Norske Opera & Ballet
Romeo and Juliet by Kaloyan Boyadjiev to music by Prokofiev. 29, 2, 3, 5 Aug; 11, 13, 17, 18 Sept
Osnabrück
Theater am Domhof
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana presented as a cross-disciplinary project by Spanish choreographer Alba Castillo.
4, 5, 13, 26, 27 Sept
P
Paris
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse
Rosas danst Rosas, the signature work by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, originally from 1983, presented in a remake with a new cast.
10–17 Sept
Fondation Fiminco
Festival d’Automne:
Shout Twice, dance performance by Katerina Andreou and Mélissa Guex that explores the raw power of emotions,
collective resonance, and the fusion of movement, sound, and space.
25, 26 Sept
Ménagerie de verre
Festival d’Automne:
Les femmes Africaines (sisters, wives, mothers, artists) – music from women’s hearts and hands, performance by choreographer and activist nora chipaumire.
11, 12 Sept
Panthéon – Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Festival d’Automne:
Nahl (Arabic for “bee”), dance performance inspired by the world of bees, created by Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouiguen featuring children aged nine to eleven.
30 Sept
Anticipations – Fondation Galeries Lafayette
Festival d’Automne:
This resting, patience, sensory durational performance by Polish choreographer Ewa Dziarnowska, a master of the art
of slowing down.
17, 18 Sept
Le Regard du Cygne
Festival d’Automne:
Schönheit ist Nebensache ou la beauté s'avère accessoire, dance and music performance by Brazilian choreographer
and dancer Pol Pi.
18 Sept
Musée de l’Orangerie
Masse, duet by Myriam Gourfink with dancer France Cartigny, explores states of perception and resonance.
21 Sept
Opéra
L'Histoire de Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan. Palais Garnier,
28 Sept–30 Oct
Théâtre de la Cité Internationale
Ocean Cage, intense performance hovering between ritual and trance by Tianzhuo Chen & Siko Setyanto.
14–19 Sept
Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt
Après moi, le déluge, creation by (LA)HORDE (Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel) for the Ballet national de Marseille, a collective stock-taking in times of crisis.
5–12 Sept
Focus Ben Duke
22 Sept–1 Nov
The Last Hamlet, production by British choreographer Ben Duke and his company, Lost Dog, deconstructs Shakespeare’s archetype and transforms the classic tragedy into a dark comedy, blending dance, text, and elements of stand-up comedy. Les Abbesses,
22–30 Sept
Antigone, radical reinterpretation of the Sophocles tragedy by Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen (winter guests) and ensemble members of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
1–7 Oct
Potsdam
Fabrik
Étape Danse, the European residency program: excerpts and works-in-progress by Mackenzy Bergile (Lorient), Vittoria Pagani (Milan), and Elisabete Finger (Berlin).
21 Aug
Studio Québec: Open Studio:
Glucose et Tremblements, showing with Simon Renaud.
8 Sept.
Shard, dance performance by Ceren Oran & Moving Borders. 11, 12 Sept
Premiere of Shifting Architectures, open-air performance by Roberta Ricci & Gabor Hartyani. Studiohaus,
12. Sept
explore dance – Dance for Young Audiences:
Hero, dance performance by Patricia Apergi from Athens.
25 Sept
Ritournelles. Oder: Um das Kreisen kreisen, dance performance for children aged three and up by Laura Gary & Johanna Ackva.
27 Sept
Prague
National Theatre
Premiere of Avant-Garde, three contemporary ballets by
Robert Bondara, Jiří Kylián, and Marco Goecke.
11, 12, 19 Sept; 11 Oct
State Opera
L'Histoire de Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
2, 3, 5, 6 Sept; 15 Oct
Q
Quedlinburg
Neue Bühne Quedlinburg
Schattenfänger, new chamber dance piece by Tarek Assam and
Zach Enquist exploring human duality; Tanz Harz.
20 Sept
R
Reggio Emilia
Collezione Maramotti
Festival Aperto:
Premiere of an exclusive site-specific project by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, in collaboration with Nederlands Dans Theater and her company, Kidd Pivot.
1–4 Oct
Piazza Prampolini
Festival Aperto:
Dance People, interactive open-air performance by Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis, Maqamat.
19 Sept
Sala Verdi
Festival Aperto:
In Soul(s) Power, Tunisian choreographer Hamdi Dridi alternates between the roles of DJ and sound storyteller.
19 Sept
Teatro Ariosto
Festival Aperto:
Prelude to Violence, dance piece by Lebanese artist and choreographer Ghida Hachicho, who uses a documentary-film
format to examine the processes that give rise to territorial violence.
19 Sept
The MM Contemporary Dance Company performs Faun and La morte del cigno, interpreted in a contemporary style by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, as well as the premiere of Atto bianco
by Enrico Morelli, inspired by the “White Act” from Swan Lake. 27 Sept
Riga
Homo Novus Festival:
Sand Flight, site-specific dance and sound project by Norwegian choreographer Ingri Fiksdal, performed on a specially constructed, massive sand dune.
11, 12 Sept
Riom
Riom Castle
Origen Summer 2026:
In Another Life by Robert Robinson examines excavations as a delicate unveiling of identity, place, and human existence.
2 Aug
Premiere: Of My Blood by choreographer Nicola Wills focuses on a family caught in a vortex of power, ambition, and betrayal.
6–9 Aug
Clavadeira
When Marble Cracks by choreographer Brice Asnar explores the instability of power, control, and collective conviction.
2 Aug
Premiere: Trias by Maša Kolar questions the cycle of myth, power, and decay.
6–9 Aug
Rome
Auditorium Conciliazione
Romaeuropa Festival
8 Sept–15 Nov
Two pieces by Italian choreographer Sofia Nappi: CHORA – The void as origin, which explores the central role of silence and
emptiness in artistic creation, and the duet DODI for dancers Adriano Popolo Rubbio and Paolo Piancastelli; Komoco, Sosta Palmizi.
8 Sept
Teatro Argentina
Romaeuropa Festival:
Post-Orientalist Express, a celebration of pop culture
by South Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn.
24, 25 Sept
Teatro Brancaccio
Romaeuropa Festival:
KA-IN, spectacular show by Raphaëlle Boitel for the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger, combining Moroccan acrobatic traditions with urban movement forms such as breakdance and parkour. 26, 27 Sept
Teatro India
Romaeuropa Festival:
L’Echo, meditative dance duet by Algerian choreographer Nacera Belaza and French actress Valérie Dréville.
10, 11 Sept
Summerland, dance project by choreographer Benjamin Millepied in collaboration with French singer November Ultra.
14 Sept
Teatro Vascello
Romaeuropa Festival:
In Landless, Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos, in collaboration with Georgios Kotsifakis, explores the relationship between the organic body and space.
18–20 Sept
Villa Medici – Accademia di Francia
Lora, solo by choreographer Rachid Ouramdane for Lithuanian
dancer Lora Juodkaite, known for her hypnotic, dizzying spins, performed by Compagnie de Chaillot.
30 Sept; 1 Oct
Rostock
Volkstheater
Premiere: Baltic Perspectives – dance theater by choreographers from the Baltic Sea region: Carla Anacker (Copenhagen), Cindy Ng (Helsinki), and Corinne
Kälin (Rostock). Ateliertheater,
25 Sept
Rovereto
Auditorium Melotti
Oriente Occidente:
Closing Performance – Totentanz: Marcos Morau’s Totentanz, featuring dancers from his company La Veronal and
graduates of the Mosa Ballet School in Brussels.
2 Sept
Corso Bettini
Oriente Occidente.
3–12 Sept
Urban dance by choreographer Kader Attou for his company Accrorap: Prélude Out, set to the intense music of Romain Dubois, as well as Esperanza, a participatory hip-hop ball that transforms the stage into a dance floor in the style of the legendary Soul Train broadcasts.
3 Sept
Mart
Oriente Occidente:
The Beauty of Imperfection, site-specific long-duration performance by Claudia Catarzi.
4–6 Sept
Studi per M, site-specific dance performance by Stefania Tansini.
7 Sept
Premiere of Habitat – Cruising Intermediale, immersive performance project by the research collective Cult of Magic that explores the interaction between visitors, architecture,
and artworks.
10–12 Sept
Muse
Oriente Occidente:
The Choreography of Water, interdisciplinary performance by Romanian choreographer Simona Deaconescu in collaboration
with visual artist Ioana Vreme Moser and sound artist
Simina Oprescu.
9 Sept
Piazza Urban City
Oriente Occidente:
Andrea de Siena and the Teatro del Mediterraneo invite the public to the Ronda for the traditional Pizzica folk dance from Puglia.
9 Sept
In Sciucàri by choreographer Andrea de Siena, the historic folk dances Tarantella and Saltarello are revived.
10, 11 Sept
Progetto Manifattura
Oriente Occidente:
In F*cking Future, Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira deconstructs masculinity and celebrates queerness and
freedom.
5 Sept
Premiere of Symphony No. 2 True and Eternal Bliss! and Dies Irae, performance-concert by Italian choreographer Gloria Dorliguzzo, based on scores by composer Galina Ustvolskaya.
7 Sept
Premiere of Living & Leaving, the opening piece of the Trilogy of Life by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau and his company, La Veronal: the duet, performed by Marina Rodríguez and Fabio Calvisi, explores the fundamental tension between living and taking leave.
11 Sept
Teatro Zandonai
Oriente Occidente:
May B, the 1981 dance classic by French choreographer Maguy Marin, inspired by Samuel Beckett, is more relevant than ever. 4 Sept
NO, contemporary flamenco by and featuring Irene Tena and Albert Hernández.
6 Sept
Replica, creation by Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi for Michele Abbondanza and Antonella Bertoni, the founding team of Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni.
8 Sept
CHORA – The void as origin, creation by choreographer Sofia Nappi, exploring the central role of silence and emptiness in
artistic creation.
10 Sept
Premiere of Bach to Sacre, a trilogy by Emanuel Gat: BACH, Silent Ballet, and Sacre, Emanuel Gat Dance.
12 Sept
S
Salzburg
AREA Lab
Flavourama Vol. XVIII – Hip Hop & House Dance.
27 Aug–6 Sept
Flavourama Academy.
3 Sept
Landestheater
Gala Salzburg Ballet Meets Friedemann Vogel:
In Die Seele am Faden, Stuttgart Ballet soloist Friedemann Vogel explores Heinrich von Kleist’s essay On the Marionette Theatre; accompanied by Ravel’s Boléro choreographed by
Yonggeol Kim and performed by the Salzburg Ballet.
5, 6 Sept
www.salzburger-landestheater.at
Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Flavourama Vol. XVIII – Hip Hop & House Dance
27 Aug–6 Sept
Flavourama Performatory—street dancers and musicians transform the museum spaces through short pop-up
performances into an interstitial performance zone where dance, sound, and visual art enter into dialogue.
27 Aug
Next Generation Battle, kids and teens compete in an “All Styles” battle before an international jury. Sculpture Terrace,
4 Sept
Solitär Mozarteum
Flavourama Preselection.
4 Sept
SZENE Salzburg
Flavourama World Finals
5 Sept
SEAD
Flavourama workshops.
4, 5 Sept
Hip on, Hop off, short city tour of Salzburg – including a dance jam on the bus.
5 Sept
Toihaus Theater
Flavourama Vol. XVIII – Hip Hop & House Dance
LOOP, house dance by Olivia Mitterhuemer for Potpourri Dance. 2 Sept
St. Pölten
Festspielhaus
Ballet BC with choreography by Crystal Pite, Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber, and Medhi Walerski.
26 Sept
Stuttgart
Opera House
Onegin, ballet by John Cranko based on Alexander Pushkin.
25–27 Sept
Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Flamenco Festival:
Flamenquitos© (platform).
1 Aug
Gala Flamenca Bailaoras
2 Aug
T
The Hague
Amare
This is Rambert, anniversary program marking the British company’s centenary, featuring new works by (LA)HORDE,
Bobbi Jene Smith, and Emma Evelein.
11, 12 Sept
Premiere of Out of Stillness, two-part ballet program with NDT 1: a world premiere by Hofesh Shechter and The Missing Door
by Gabriela Carrizo.
24–26, 29, 30 Sept
Turnhout
Cultuurhuis de Warande
Has Been, duet by choreographers Martin Zimmermann and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
24 & 25. Sept
V
Vienna
Funkhaus Wien
Jealousy, dance performance by Christine Gaigg, 2nd Nature.
1 Aug
Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz
[8:Tension] Young Choreographers’ Series:
In It’s the End of the Amusement Phase, Greek choreographer Chara Kotsali declares the end of late capitalism’s
relentless fun.
1 Aug
In shining rose, the performance duo maria mercedes builds a bridge between the life of a rose and the spreading of
rumors.
7, 9 Aug
mumok
[8:Tension] Young Choreographers’ Series:
Freestyle is A Heart to Beat, performative art and dance installation by Geneva-based dancer Jocelyn Kagina (Joce).
1 Aug
doors open close, dance performance by choreographer Philipp Gehmacher,
2 Aug
Manshin, reflection on presence, memory, loss, and belonging by artist Hyeji Nam.
2, 4 Aug
Captura y fuga, dance performance by Barcelona-based choreographer José Manuel Álvarez that combines flamenco with photography and digital art, inspired by the
archive of legendary photographer René Robert.
3, 5 Aug
HOLD&RESIST, spin-off version of the new performance by the dance company Liquid Loft (led by Chris Haring), featuring a soundscape created from the dancers' own body sounds.
4, 6 Aug
In many in a bed, the new performance by choreographer Lisa Hinterreithner, the audience can expect "interspecies
affairs." Hofstallung,
7, 9 Aug
Odeon
ImPulsTanz:
Bless This Mess, dance-music performance by Greek choreographer Katerina Andreou.
1 Aug
With Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M), New York-based choreographer Trajal Harrell created a work for three dancers that combines the formalism and minimalism
of Judson Dance Theater postmodern dance with the extravagance of voguing from the Harlem ballroom scene; Zürich Dance Ensemble.
2, 4 Aug
Music Music, new solo by US choreographer Trajal Harrell, accompanied live by Fado singer Lula Pena.
7, 9 Aug
Rathaus – Arkadenhof
ImPulsTanz:
Final Workshop Showing.
7 Aug
A lineup of teachers gathers to mark
the 10th anniversary of Public Moves.
8 Aug
Volksoper
West Side Story, musical by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim;
choreography by Bryan Arias.
5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 26, 29, 30 Sept
Volkstheater
In North Korea Dance, South Korean choreographer Eun-
Me Ahn humorously explores North Korean dance, which is practiced entirely under the control of a dictatorship.
3, 5 Aug
Underflow by choreographer Amala Dianor brings underground dance styles to the stage: hip-hop, waacking, krump, coupé-décalé, and pantsula are combined with live music by DJ Awir Leon.
6, 8 Aug
Vienna State Opera
Premiere of Living Legacies, three-part ballet program: Divertimento No. 15 by George Balanchine set to music by Mozart, Within the Golden Hour by Christopher Wheeldon set to music by Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi, and Frederick Ashton’s Rhapsody set to music by Rachmaninoff.
18, 19, 25, 28 Sept
WUK
[8:Tension] Young Choreographers’ Series:
Everything brings us back to the body, duet between a performer and an 18-kilogram brass plate, by
choreographer Ehsan Hemat.
1, 3 Aug
Winter Quarters, interdisciplinary solo performance
by artist Gabrielle Levie, uncoverimg the mechanisms of spectacle.
3, 5 Aug
W
Warsaw
Teatr Wielki
Androids, ballet by Robert Bondara to music by Przemysław
Zych. Moniuszko Auditorium.
17–20, 22 Sept
Weimar
DNT Weimar
Kunstfest Weimar
Maldonne—an anthem to rebellion and the power of women by French choreographer Leïla Ka.
21 Aug
AUSBRECHEN: Internationaler Abend des jungen Tanzes—three short dance pieces about rebellious bodies, control, and freedom by Hana Umeda, Islam Elarabi, and Stéphanie Mwamba.
26, 27 Aug
Izithukuthuku – die zerrissene Seele des Arbeiters, high-energy dance theater by choreographer Vusi Mdoyi and director Phala Ookeditse Phala, featuring the VAP Dance Academy from Johannesburg: Pantsula meets traditional South African dance.
30 Aug
Wiesbaden
Staatstheater
Silent Echo, two-part dance program featuring Hessisches Staatsballett: Midnight Raga by Marco Goecke and I am afraid to forget your smile by Imre & Marne van Opstal.
27 Sept
Winterthur
Theater
Ballet BC from Vancouver presents a three-part dance program: Frontier by Crystal Pite, set to music by Owen Belton and Eric Whitacre; Sway by Medhi Walerski, inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem "Hope is the thing with feathers"; and Obsidian by Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber, accompanied live by pianist Perri Lo.
30 Sept; 1 & 2 Oct
Wuppertal
Opernhaus Wuppertal
... como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si ..., revival of the 2009 piece by Pina Bausch, performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
18–20, 22, 23, 25–27 Sept
Z
Zurich
Fabriktheater, Rote Fabrik
Zürcher Theater Spektakel:
Clap & Slap, reflection by artists Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Igor Shugaleev on responsibility and guilt, nationalism and patriotism, self-defense and aggression.
15–17 Aug
In DI/Strauss technique, musician and performance artist Ivo Dimchev transforms the music of Johann Strauss into a sweat-inducing musical workout with the audience.
15–17 Aug
Hollow Embraces, performance by Palestinian dancers Ramz Siam and Nowwar Salem, traces the impact of systemic violence on the body while demonstrating the resilience of the
psyche in times of crisis.
20–22 Aug
Short Pieces, brief solos and duets by international dance artists.
20–22 Aug
AAA, vocal performance by Jana Jacuka exploring the practice of yodeling.
20–22 Aug
Gessnerallee
Multitud, participatory performance by Uruguayan choreographer Tamara Cubas featuring around 80 amateur dancers from Zurich, presenting community as a political act. 15–16 Aug
Landiwiese
Zürcher Theater Spektakel
Violenza 2025, performance by Michiel Vandevelde, Pankaj Tiwari, and Eneas Prawdzic exploring themes of "right-wing rhetoric" and "narratives of masculinity." Nord,
13–15 Aug
The Killing of the First Person by Chilean director and performer Nicolás Lange combines lecture-performance and contemporary dance in a poetic exploration of language, the body, and memory, based on his research into the persecution of homosexual and queer people in 15th-century Florence. Süd, 14–16 Aug
Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold, sci-fi performance by Stéphanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy that combines contemporary dance,
live music, and multimedia storytelling into a satirical parable about displacement, war, and responsibility. Süd,
18–20 Aug
Bruits Marrons, dance and music piece by Brazilian choreographer Calixto Neto exploring resistance, community, and solidarity, inspired by the music of composer Julius Eastman. Nord,
18–20 Aug
Brel, duet by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker with dancer Solal Mariotte, dedicated to
chanson icon Jacques Brel.
21–23 Aug
St.art by the Czech circus company Cirk La Putyka fuses elite sports with the performing arts, telling a story of failure and the courage to start anew.
Seebühne,
26–29 Aug
Pizza or A Door in the Dark does not Dance, eccentric, virtuosic "chamber opera" featuring impossible choreography by New
York’s Nature Theater of Oklahoma. Nord,
28–30 Aug
Ceramic Circus, one-man circus by Julian Vogel about a fragile world teetering on the brink of losing its balance. Süd,
28–30 Aug
Opera House
Oiseaux Rebels:
Carmen by Swedish choreographer Mats Ek, paired with Dani Rowe’s choreographic interpretation of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at
an Exhibition.
11, 13, 16, 18, 27 Sept
Schiffbau
Honda Romance, opulent visual performance piece by French actress and performer Vimala Pons. Halle,
26–28 Aug
Tanz Akademie Zürich
Open House. Toni-Areal,
26 Sept
Theater 11
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (New York) presents
two programs: Legacy with choreography by Alvin Ailey, including Night Creature (excerpts), the solos A Song for You and Cry, and Revelations (1960), plus Grace by Ronald K. Brown.
23, 25, 26, 27 Sept
And New Works:
Blink of an Eye by Medhi Walerski, the duet A Case of You
by Judith Jamison, Many Angels by Lar Lubovitch, Song of the Anchorite by Jamar Roberts, and Revelations by Alvin Ailey. 24, 26, 27 Sept
Universität Zürich
Porous Matter, immersive dance piece by choreographer
Anna Anderegg, created in collaboration with scientists and artists who study invisible microbes, fungi, and cell communities. Campus Irchel,
26–28 Aug
Zirkusquartier Zürich
ZirQus – Festival for Contemporary Swiss Circus Arts.
2–6 Sept