Calendar
October 2026
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Aix-en-Provence
Grand Théâtre de Provence
Premiere of Soulèvement, creation by Angelin Preljocaj, performed by 12 dancers, exploring the energy that connects people during times of resistance, rebellion, and collective action; Ballet Preljocaj.
7–10 Oct
Amsterdam
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Swan Lake choreographed by Rudi van Dantzig in collaboration with Toer van Schayk.
15, 17, 18, 22–25, 28, 29, 31 Oct
Antwerp
De Singel
In Chapters of Celebration, Belgian director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe— together with choreographers Michele Rizzo,
Cherish Menzo, Lasseindra Ninja, Iker Karrera, Jeremy Nedd, and Toni Jodar—invites the audience to a dance marathon performance.
2–4 Oct
U (un canto), dance-music performance by Alessandro Sciarroni.
9, 10 Oct
The Romeo, dance piece by New York choreographer Trajal Harrell inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo; it brings together
Butoh, voguing, and ancient theater. Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble.
23, 24 Oct
Opera
A la flamande festival:
Bartók/Beethoven/Schönberg—three early works by Flemish choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, performed by
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Symphony Orchestra, translating classical compositions into
dance: Béla Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, and Arnold Schönberg’s Verklärte
Nacht.
8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 Oct
Augsburg
Staatstheater
Premiere: Cinderella, new creation by Ballet Director Ricardo
Fernando, accompanied by the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
31 Oct
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Baden-Baden
Festspielhaus
The World of John Neumeier festival.
1–11 Oct
Ballett-Werkstatt.
1 Oct
Bavarian State Ballet performing John Neumeier’s
Illusionen – wie Schwanenseewhich combines motifs from Tchaikovsky’s ballet with the biography of the Bavarian "Fairy-Tale King," Ludwig II.
2–4 Oct
Hamburg Ballet performing Neumeier’s version
of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, told as a coming-of-age story.
9–11 Oct
Movement in Focus, dance photography workshop with Kiran West.
10 Oct
Kongresshaus
Absprung—students from the Hamburg Ballet School presenting
their own choreographies, created for the "Young Creation Award" of the "Prix de Lausanne."
5 Oct
Kurhaus Baden-Baden
The World of John Neumeier:
The National Youth Ballet presents the multi-part program The Pursuit of Harmony, featuring choreographies by John Neumeier, Raymond Hilbert, Wubkje Kuindersma, and
Sybil Shearer.
6, 7 Oct
Theater Baden-Baden
The World of John Neumeier
Scirocco, dance evening by the WINNDance Company—founded by Slava Tutukin and Marijn Rademaker—featuring an ensemble of international ballet dancers over the age of 40;
3, 4 Oct
Barcelona
Mercat de les Flors
Après moi, le déluge, creation by (LA)HORDE for the Ballet National de Marseille: a collective assessment of times shaken by crisis.
9–11 Oct
How Romantic, dance piece by Katerina Andreou for Carte Blanche.
16–18 Oct
Sugar Island, solo performance by Cuqui Jerez.
30 Oct
Basel
Kaserne Basel
Si me ves ir con todo, es porque a la noche lloro, interdisciplinary performance blending a punk musical
with an immersive video installation by Baby Volcano/Lorena Stadelmann. Reithalle,
24 Oct
Tanzhaus Basel
Premiere of transmission line, performative composition by the KlangLab Ensemble in collaboration with composer Robin Michel.
2–3 Oct
The Bridge, professional dance project for emerging talent, developed as part of a Professional Ballet School program in
cooperation with Tanzhaus Basel.
9–11 Oct
Wuw – Wind und Wand, dance piece by the ZINADA collective exploring creative ways to overcome walls.
16–18 Oct
SKIN Performance Dance and Dance Film Festival.
24–31 Oct
Theater
Premiere of Dark Matter II, a world premiere alongside signature pieces by Marco Goecke, including Äffi, Nachtmerrie, Tué, Midnight Raga, and All Long Dem Day, as well as the solo Infant Spirit, dedicated to Pina Bausch.
16, 21 Oct
van Manen/Kylián/Goecke, three-part ballet program:
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 extended version by Marco Goecke. 18, 24 Oct
Bautzen
SNE Bautzen
Für Maria – Mitte der Nacht, dance-theater piece by Mia Facchinelli set to music by Bohuslav Martinů, performed by the ballet company of the Sorbian National Ensemble.
17, 31 Oct
Bern
Berlin
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Opening event for the "Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship (Winter Semester 2026/27)":
In her lecture-performance The Powerful Margins: Dance of Struggles and Bodies of Resistance, dance artist Nach offers insights into her artistic practice.
28 Oct
Atelier Garden
Premiere of Metaxy, immersive dance performance by choreographer Renato De Leon set to the techno sounds of Berghain resident DJ Norman Nodge; inspired by Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy; a Leonis Works production.
30–31 Oct; 1, 6–8 Nov
Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
Premiere: As I Want, portrait performance featuring
choreographer Ashley Temba.
13–16 Oct
Chamäleon Berlin
Kintsugi, contemporaryncircus by Machine de Cirque from Quebec, inspired by the Japanese art of *kintsugi*.
Until 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.
1, 2, 6, 10. Oct
Sunville, Afrofuturist music theater by Sofia Jernberg, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, and Stephanie Thiersch. Tischlerei,
1, 2 Oct
Dock 11
Plataforma Berlin, 13th Ibero-American Festival.
1–4 Oct
Double bill: Three Ways to Sing to a Mountain II by Tiziano Cruz and Transformative Pleasure – Yoggaton by Maque Pereyra.
1, 2 Oct
In Between by Mai Júli Machado and Underneath climate cracks by Michael Gagawala Kaddu.
3, 4 Oct
Premiere of Point of Touch, dance performance by Alica Minar & col.
8–10 Oct
Premiere of Lear Shadow Play, dance piece for three performers by Norbert Servos and Jorge Morro, inspired by Shakespeare’s
King Lear (DanceLab Berlin).
15–18 Oct
Cranky Choreographing Books, dialogue combining dance and spoken word with Peter Pleyer & guests.
22–25 Oct
b12 fall:asteroids: In her performance project, choreographer Joy Alpuerto Ritter explores various concepts of beauty; in Rainer Behr’s piece, a time loop serves as the starting point for breaking through repetition via risk and experimentation.
30, 31 Oct; 1 Nov;
FELD Theater für junges Publikum
*karō, dance piece by Dance On Lab & Gabriele Reuter.
2, 3 Oct
Friedrichstadt-Palast
BLINDED by DELIGHT," the Grand Show.
1–4, 6–11, 13, 15–18, 20–25, 27,
29–31 Oct;
HALLE Tanzbühne Berlin
Premiere: an elephant in the room, diptych by Toula Limnaios exploring the unspoken and silence; cie. Toula limnaios.
21–24, 28–31 Oct
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Festival Love is a Verb #2: We the Heartbroken.
6–18 Oct
Mbok’Elengi, dance performance by Congolese choreographer and musician Jolie Ngemi that captures the atmosphere of the streets of Kinshasa.
8, 9 Oct
The Love Behind My Eyes, by Beirut-based choreographer Ali Chahrour, deals with a forbidden love.
12, 13 Oct
In La Gouineraie / The Lesbian Garden, performance artists Rébecca Chaillon and Sandra Calderan explore what it means to start a family.
16, 18 Oct
Alles Mögliche, happening on the empty theater stage
featuring the performers of She She Pop. HAU1,
22–24 Oct
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
13. Tanztreffen der Jugend
Until 2 Oct
Streetvoices, tribute to urban dance culture featuring the SYMBIONYX Youth Dance Company from Düsseldorf.
1 Oct
In find no words to say by JugendTanzCompany fabrik Potsdam, dance becomes a language in order to be heard.
1 Oct
Arena #11: young dance artists from Berlin and the surrounding area can exchange ideas through dance with
participants of the Tanztreffen der Jugend.
1 Oct
Performing Arts Season:
Myths & Rituals.
13 Oct–22 Jan
Balkan Erotic Epic. The Stage Version, immersive performance by Marina Abramović in which the artist explores the eroticism and spirituality of Balkan mythology.
13–17 Oct
Junges Tanzhaus Berlin
Mein Tanz 2: seven children and young people have choreographed dance pieces for the JTB Company.
1 Oct
FRATZ International 2026: productions for children aged zero to six.
9–15 Oct
The Sticky Dance: interactive, colorful performance installation for children and their families, featuring Second Hand Dance
from the UK.
10, 11 Oct
Bosque: performance for children aged two and up by Flores TeatroDanza / Teatro al Vacío (Mexico).
12, 13 Oct
Fabelhaft!: dance to watch and join in, by Veronika Heisig and Manuel Lindnet.
16, 17 Oct
Club Oval: crossover dance battle.
30 Oct
Komische Oper Berlin @ Schillertheater
Wunderkammer, choreography by Marcos Morau,
Staatsballett Berlin.
16, 18, 25 Oct
LAKE Studios Berlin
Unfinished Fridays V. 127 with LAKE residents & guests.
16 Oct
Perform Berlin: Performance Series.
24 Oct
Radialsystem
Premiere: Ocean Bound, dance performance by Sergiu Matis,
creating space for forms of mourning for which rituals are lacking.
29–31 Oct
Unexpected Lessons 5:
The Resonating Body – Writing & Orality, writing workshop,
performances, and conversation with Alvin Tran, emet ezell, Melanie Jame Wolf, and Celina Baljeet Basra.
30, 31 Oct
Sophiensæle
Premiere of Athar, performance by Syrian-German performance and video artist Enad Marouf, looking back to the 1960s and early 70s—a time of political change and the birth of liberation movements.
29–31 Oct
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Giselle, choreography and staging by Patrice Bart (after Coralli and Perrot) set to music by Adolphe Adam.
4, 8, 11, 23, 29, 30 Oct
Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Transcontinental.
Until 4 Oct
Luftmasse, performance by Paper Tiger Theater Studio featuring a visual concept by contemporary Chinese artist
Ai Weiwei.
1 & 2 Oct
Combat des lianes, creation by Cameroonian choreographer Zora Snake, addressing the resistance of indigenous communities against the destruction of their habitat.
1 & 2 Oct
Shel We, dance show by choreographer and Māori dancer Tupua Tigafua, is a tribute to American composer Shel Silverstein.
3 & 4 Oct
LAGOS is a R.A.V.E. (Radical Audio Visual Experience), piece for eleven dancers by Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku,
exploring the megacity of Lagos as a living choreography. Foyer, 3 & 4 Oct
On My Way Home, participatory performance by Reinaldo Ribeiro and Lucia Oir, exploring questions of identity, migration, and decolonization through personal stories. Staircase Hall/Foyer.
3 & 4 Oct
Tanzstudio im Podewil
FRATZ International 2026
BÄÄÄM, dance performance for Deaf and hearing audiences aged three and up, by tanzfuchs PRODUKTION.
9, 10 Oct
Baobab, dance performance with live music for children aged two and up, by Cíntia Rangel & Theater o.N.
11, 12, 14, 15 Oct
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.
8, 9, 18 Oct
Theater im Delphi
Schwanensee – Jenseits der Bühne, immersive production
featuring the Grand Classic Ballet.
23, 25 Oct
Theater Strahl
FRATZ International 2026:
Shelter, physical performance with live music by the Simone de Jong Company from the Netherlands.
11–13 Oct
Uferstudios
All over the Place (Insisting), performance project by Magdalena Meindl and Lea Martini.
1–3 Oct
Traces & Exposures, Tanzfabrik performance project by Daria Iuriichuk and Polina Fenko (Girls Scores collective).
1–4 Oct
Perfect Ruins, dance performance by Hea Min Jung.
8–10 Oct
Premiere: Where Do We Meet, choreographies of everyday life by Kosmas Kosmopoulos with Luna Park.
16–18 Oct
BERLIN MOVES @ Uferstudios
Tomorrow Never Knows & Bobby.
16–18 Oct
HZT Berlin: Bodily Self-Determination:
Bodies of Law Lecture Series by Carolina Mendonça & N.N. Campus,
22–29 Oct
Somatic Shrines for Crip Times: Act I, dance project by Justus Harris.
22, 23, 25 Oct
DANCE MUSIC listening series with Kaj Duncan David & Jana Sotzko Saturday,
24 Oct
Shape—festival of opinion-forming through art launched by the Tanzfabrik Berlin Bühne—has given six young people aged 14 to 20 the opportunity to curate their own festival.
29–31 Oct
reinkommen, ada studio series for contemporary dance: The Dark Cloud: The Digital Skin, open rehearsal with Soyeon Shin
and Po-Nien Wang.
30 Oct
Volksbühne Berlin
In A Year without Summer, Florentina Holzinger creates a
new apocalyptic vision of artificial life.
9–11, 17, 18 Oct
Premiere: With Mata Leão, the Brazilian artist duo Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira—joined by six performers from Berlin, Europe, and Brazil—expand upon their practice of "choreographies of resistance," developed since 2018.
29, 30 Oct; 1 Nov
The School of Self-Defense:
The Uprising Galore Ball, presented by Sophie Yukiko
(aka Yukiko Revlon) and Wallace Ferreira (aka Patfudyda Basquiat).
31 Oct
Dampfzentrale Bern
Tanz in Bern
20 Oct–8 Nov
Drip Tekhne, evolutionary journey through contemporary
dance by choreographer Adam Linder with dancers from the Danish Dance Theatre.
20, 21 Oct
In Tremor, artist Sylvie Robinson transforms her diagnosed essential tremor into an artistic means of expression and resistance.
23 Oct
In Work Body, Viennese choreographer Michael Turinsky explores the resonances between the disabled body and the
working body.
23 Oct
Borda, creation by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues exploring the ambiguity of in-between spaces.
25, 26 Oct
Rock me Baby, dance performance for young audiences by Karstein Solli & Øysten Elle.
27 Oct
In CROWD, choreographer Gisèle Vienne reveals the emotional worlds of a party crowd.
29, 30 Oct
Schlachthaus Theater
Tanz in Bern:
Die Anderen, dance performance for young audiences by the Anton Lachky & Eléonore Valère Company, addressing the
ecological crisis and its severe consequences with subtle urgency.
27–29 Oct
Stadttheater
Premiere of Morgana, dance piece by Giuseppe Spota featuring
a new composition for orchestra and electronics by Christof Littmann.
8 Oct public rehearsal; 17, 24 Oct; 1, 13, 22, 24, 28 Nov
Bielefeld
Stadttheater
Premiere of Summer Snow, choreography by Ella Rothschild originally created for the Batsheva Dance Company in 2021 painting a grotesque portrait of the human condition.
24 Oct; 1, 6 Nov
Bleiburg
Center for Choreography
DRIFT … zum Tunnel am Ende des Lichts, dance performance
by the company bodytalk in cooperation with the Polish Teatr
Rozbar, exploring societal structures of achievement.
31 Oct
Bonn
Theater im Ballsaal
CocoonDance Company presents Vis Motrix, creating bizarre
dance-based creatures that seem to come from another planet. 2, 3 Oct
LOVE EAT (never) SLEEP // absence#6 – abstraction of memory, immersive dance installation by IPtanz.
31 Oct
Bordeaux
Grand-Théâtre
Premiere: Soirée Roland Petit with the Ballet de l’Opéra
National de Bordeaux:
L’Arlésienne, Thaïs, pas de deux, excerpt from Ma Pavlova, La Prisonnière, pas de deux, excerpt from Proust ou les intermittences du Coeur and Carmen.
7–14 Oct
Braunschweig
Staatstheater
Premiere of Romeo und Julia, choreographed by Gregor Zöllig
to music by Prokofiev.
30 Oct
Bremen
Schwankhalle
30 Years of steptext dance project:
Skin deep – choreographies by Tú Hoàng and Helge Letonja that get under the skin; performed by Of Curious Nature.
9 & 10 Oct
Premiere: Blackbird Pie/Acid/Bolero – two choreographies by Helge Letonja and Phoebe Jewitt for Of Curious Nature, set to an original composition by Minouche Ninh Briot; works that demand a new, physical culture of time.
29–31 Oct
Theater
Move on – Weitergehen: dance-theater piece for ages 14+ by choreographer and dancer Tomas Bünger; a Moks production. Brauhaus
1, 6, 7, 9, 11 Oct
Premiere: Polaroids:Rewind – dance happening by Samir Akika (Unusual Symptoms).
23 Oct
Bremerhaven
Stadttheater
Premiere: Tanzrausch, an evening of dance featuring choreographies by Kinsun Chan and Rachelle Anaïs Scott and by Ballet Director Alfonso Palencia.
2 Oct (preview); 10, 18, 25, 30 Oct; www.stadttheaterbremerhaven.de
Brussels
CC Strombeek
In Chapters of Celebration, performer and director Benjamin
Abel Meirhaeghe—together with choreographers Michele Rizzo, Cherish Menzo, Lasseindra Ninja, Iker Karrera, Jeremy Nedd, and Toni Jodar— invites the audience to a dance-marathon
performance in which six singing dancers explore the ecstasy of human communities.
24 Oct
Kaaitheater
it doesn't go without saying (& other gossips), dance
performance by Alix Eynaudi and Elizabeth Ward. Kaaistudios, 29 & 30 Oct
La Raffinerie
Lick-Horn, duet by Bryana Fritz & Thibault Lac, inspired by the
late medieval tapestry series The Lady and the Unicorn.
9 & 10 Oct
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Joyaux — lourdement sous-estimés, the autofictional relationship choreography by queer artist Bast Hippocrate explores alternative couple structures.
21–22 Oct
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Variations sur les passions humaines, dance-theater piece by Nicole Mossoux and Patrick Bonté that examines how we deal with compulsion. Cie Mossoux-Bonté.
13–17 Oct
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Cagliari
Teatro Lirico
7 Danses Grecques, L’Oiseau de feu and Boléro, choreographies
by Maurice Béjart, Béjart Ballet Lausanne.
9–11 Oct
Charleroi
Les Ecuries
Je prends feu trop souvent, duo by Caroline Cornelis,
inspired by Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
13, 14 Oct
Chemnitz
Theater
Showcase IX:
Sugar Pill, dance piece by Zoë Ashe-Browne.
1 Oct
One Love for Jamaica, benefit project for Jamaica.
4 Oct
Rhapsody in C, ballet by Sabrina Sadowska based on the life and work of George Gershwin.
4 Oct, 7 Nov
Premiere: Hans Christian A., ballet by Sabrina Sadowska.
17 Oct (ballet matinee), 24, 29 Oct
Coburg
Landestheater
Premiere: Die Stunde da wir nichts voneinander wussten, ballet
by Hans Henning Paar based on Peter Handke.
Reithalle,
16, 18, 24, 25, 27 Oct
Cologne
Alte Feuerwache Köln
Premiere: Climb a mountain, choreographic exploration of disorientation and change by Julia Riera and her company, MIRA.
14 Oct
Bunker k101
lautLOS1.6. – 2 getanzte monologe gegen das Vergessen und die Macht des Schweigens by IPtanz.
16, 17 Oct
Filmforum NRW at Museum Ludwig
Moovy – Tanzfilmfestival Köln:
Premiere of Sulphur Edges, a film by Meg Stuart.
4 Oct
Short Films 1: Asphalt, Sand, Rituals, nine films.
9 Oct
Short Films 2: In the Aftermath, five films with poetic and surrealist qualities.
9 Oct
Short Films 3: Between Us, six films about human relationships.
10 Oct
Short Films 4: Beyond Innocence, three films about childhood in Brazil, Ukraine, and the Philippines.
10 Oct
Our Places, Our Moves, short films by young people from dance film workshops in NRW and Cologne.
11 Oct
Rona, a film by Gaby Saranouffi, deufert&plischke, Moeketsi Koena, and Thabisco Heccius Pule.
11 Oct
KKT. Kölner Künstler:innentheater
Premiere of ZICKZACK, a patterned dance-and-sound performance for audiences aged three and up by tanzfuchs
PRODUKTION/Barbara Fuchs.
30, 31 Oct; 3 Nov
www.k-k-t.de
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
Moovy – Tanzfilmfestival Köln:
Dressing the city and my head is a shirt, a film by Michael Maurissens about the public art project by Angie Hiesl and Roland Kaiser.
4–18 Oct
Opernhaus
Ballett Theater Basel performs Bella Figura by Jiří Kylián, The Old Man and Me by Hans van Manen, and Marco Goecke’s interpretation of Le Spectre de la rose.
10, 11 Oct
Orangerie Theater
URBÄNG! 2026 – the end of amusement, festival organized by Freihandelszone – Ensemblenetzwerk Köln, featuring Ivo Dimchev (Di/Strauss Technique), Marco Donnarumma (Ex
Silens), and Ugo Dehaes (Simple Machines), among others. 7–10 Oct
Schauspielhaus
Delay the Sadness, creation by Sharon Eyal with a soundtrack
by Josef Laimon, S-E-D Dance Company.
23–25 Oct
TanzFaktur Köln
(Rh)einfach Fest! 2026, featuring—among others—Performance und Ritual als kollektive und rituale Praxis by Marje Hirvonen and A Change Is As Good As a Rest by Elsa Artmann & Sanfte Arbeit.
1–4 Oct
As part of the Moovy Dance Film Festival:
Symposium "Community, Body, Encounter
in Digital Art."
17, 18 Oct
Registration: info@moovy-festival.com
Electra, dance performance by Reut Shemesh, exploring the figure of the mother as a body full of contradictions.
17 Oct
Phantasy Propaganda: Flesh Modality, dance performance by Jimin Seo.
18 Oct
Tanzmuseum, Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln
XR Exhibition:
Oneironautica III – V/We are nature.
4–18 Oct
Copenhagen
Royal Danish Theatre
Jewels, three-part ballet by George Balanchine set to music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.
2, 3, 10, 14, 15, 17, 22, 24, 27 Oct
Premiere: Jane Eyre, ballet by Cathy Marston based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë.
30 Oct–18 Nov
Cottbus
Staatstheater
Romeo und Julia. Eine Tragödie in vier Künsten, cross-disciplinary production by director and set designer Philipp Grigorian based on Shakespeare; choreography by Inma López.
3, 11, 25 Oct; 15 Nov; 9, 25 Dec
Da Vinci, choreography by Lucas Valente. Kammerbühne,
9, 16, 31 Oct; 20 Nov
Im Verborgenen, a two-part ballet evening:
Fade-Outs by Douglas Lee and Goldene Wunden by Inma López.
23 Oct
D
Darmstadt
Staatstheater
In Nachtträume, Marcos Morau and the dancers
of the Hessisches Staatsballett embark on a nightmarish
journey into the realms of power, powerlessness, and blind obedience.
9, 18 Oct
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2026.
30 Oct–15 Nov
Dresden
Dortmund
Dietrich-Keuning-Haus
FAVORITEN, theater, dance, and performance festival of
North Rhine-Westphalia’s independent scene:
INTO IT, dance piece for ages 10+ by performing:group and Marie-Lena Kaiser.
8, 9 Oct
LWL Museum Zeche Zollern
The Death At The Code!, hybrid performance blending dance and gaming by Brig Huezo.
1 Oct
Orchesterzentrum NRW
Apollon – Stop Tryna Be God, dance-music performance
by waltraud900 that breaks with theconventions of ancient drama and reimagines them in a multilingual context.
3 Oct
Sozial-Ökologisches Zentrum
The interdisciplinary performance by the ZOE / HAUS MAWU ensemble is a playful embodiment of Black culture that challenges all forms of binary thinking.
8, 9 Oct
Theater
Premiere of Dracula, ballet by Krzysztof Pastor.
6 Oct (public rehearsal), 11 Oct (matinee), 17, 24 Oct
Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
Floor on Fire – breakdance meets ballet, street style meets contemporary, and hip-hop meets pointe dance. As part of the "Taiwan Moves" series, a team of Taiwanese dancers will join local and international dancers for a shared performance evening.
23 & 24 Oct
Fragments of Life and Art—Jüdisches Leben in Kunst und Kultur.
Until 31 Oct
SHELLING, solo by Israeli choreographer Yasmeen Godder, offering an intimate encounter with the body as a living
archive.
30, 31 Oct
In Partitur des Körpers, choreographer Katja Erfurth explores the artistic journey of Israeli dancer, choreographer, and artist Noa Eshkol (1924–2007).
30, 31 Oct
Sächsische Staatsoper
Onegin, ballet in three acts by John Cranko, based
on Alexander Pushkin.
2, 5 Oct
Premiere of Different Grounds, three-part contemporary ballet program featuring choreography by Stephanie Lake, Shahar
Binyamini, and Julian Nicosia.
31 Oct
Staatsoperette Dresden
Ich, Eurydike, dance piece by choreographer Gabriel Pitoni that offers a fresh perspective on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set to music by Michael Ellis Ingram and an electronic composition by Paul Keilhau.
1, 17, 18, 31 Oct; 1, 10, 11 Nov
Duisburg
Grey Area – a three-part ballet program: 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.
4, 10, 15 Oct
Düsseldorf
FFT Düsseldorf
Masse in C-Moll, performance piece by Kathrin Spaniol and
Morgan Nardi.
1–3 Oct
Zuckerwatte in echt, dance theater for ages 10 and up by Julika
Schlegel and Franca-Rosa von Sobbe.
Bühne I,
12 Oct
Opernhaus
Premiere: Forsythe/Eyal:
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe and Strong by Sharon Eyal.
21 Oct.
Ballettwerkstatt,
30 Oct; 6, 7, 13 Nov
Resonanzraum 40
In 1987, Theater der Klänge began with a Bauhaus work: Das mechanische Ballett, based on Kurt Schmidt’s 1923 figurine designs. Now, the same choreography returns to the
same location—the rehearsal studio in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort. 23–25 Oct
tanzhaus nrw
Wunderwelt, dance performance for young audiences by Nitsan Margaliot, inspired by Oskar Schlemmer’s geometric costumes. Open rehearsal, 9 Oct
Premiere: Pandora, solo performance by Paula Pau & Andras Meneses Sousa exploring the figure of the showgirl.
9, 10 Oct
Premiere: Hang Time: The Niggaz’ I-Ching, choreographic meditation by Malik Nashad Sharpe (aka Marikiscrycrycry) on "hanging out" and the act of hanging. A state of community,
suspension, and haunting emerges—somewhere between a séance, a ritual, and a gathering.
16, 17 Oct
SoftMachine: The Return—choreographer Choy Ka Fai’s long-term research project on contemporary dance in Asia—distills fieldwork, interviews, and encounters with over 80 artists into a living archive.
23, 24 Oct
Will You become a Zombie with Me?
A Halloween gathering blending "wet glamour," drag, and transformation, led by Italian choreographer Chiara Bersani.
31 Oct
Theaterzelt am Burgplatz
Düsseldorf Festival!:
Ten Thousand Hours, acrobatic show by movement artists from the Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths.
1–3 Oct
E
Eisenach
Landestheater
Buena Vista Dancing Club, ballet by Jorge Pérez Martínez.
10 Oct
Premiere: Don Quixote, ballet choreographed by Jorge Pérez Martínez to music by Léon Minkus.
18 Oct(introductory matinee), 24, 25 Oct
Erfurt
Haus Dacheröden Erfurt
Exhibition: Spuren in Bewegung (Traces in Motion),
20 years of Tanztheater Erfurt.
7 Oct until end of 2026
Urban space:
10. Internationales Tanztheaterfestival Erfurt:
Bolero City – Dance interventions in everyday urban life, led by Ester Ambrosino.
14–17 Oct
Theater Erfurt
10. Internationales Tanztheaterfestival Erfurt:
4 Oct–14 Nov
Der Nussknacker with the Junior Company of Tanztheater Erfurt.
4 Oct
Primavera, flamenco with Guido El Tallo & Bella Paloma. Studio.Box,
9 Oct
Die Frau im Mond, dance theater piece by Daniela Backhaus. Studio.Box,
11 Oct
Essen
Aalto-Theater
Relations:
Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten Land (1981) and Sleepless
(2004), plus Johan Inger’s interpretation of Boléro, titled Walking Mad (2001),
2, 4, 9, 18, 24 Oct
PACT Zollverein
Premiere: In Volcano Time, Kate McIntosh explores the
dynamics of collective emotions.
16, 17 Oct
IMPACT26, transdisciplinary symposium on the theme "Friction Energy — On Practices of Encounter, Negotiation and Cooperation."
30, 31 Oct
F
Flensburg
Stadttheater
Premiere: Momentum, dance-theater piece by Emil Wedervang Bruland.
24 Oct
Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheim Campus
How to Make a Life?, theater festival exploring aging, youth,
human connection, and happiness.
Until 4 Oct
Premiere of Scènes de vie by choreographer Danya Hammoud—in collaboration with sound artist David Oppetit— featuring people of different generations from Frankfurt coming together in a choreography of everyday gestures of interaction.
3 & 4 Oct
Frankfurt LAB
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2026:
Atomic Joy, groovy urban dance piece by Brazilian-French choreographer Ana Pi that celebrates joy as an act of
resistance and a political manifesto.
1, 2 Nov
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm
How to Make a Life?: theater festival exploring aging, youth, encounters, and happiness.
Until 4 Oct
In the duet Monument 0.7: M/OTHERS, Eszter Salamon and her mother, Erzsébet Gyarmati, revisit their exploration of the relationship between mothers and daughters.
2 Oct
Video documentation of Mothers & Daughters, lecture & film,
3 Oct
Also
her workshop for mothers and daughters (in English),
4 Oct
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2026
Tanzfest
31 Oct
Freiburg
E-Werk
In A Migrant Cartography – Showing of Residency #6 by Andrea Lagos, an interdisciplinary team explores the artistic-performative translation of living, life-sized body maps.
Südufer,
2 Oct
Premiere of Uncharted, dance performance by the DAGADA dance company exploring time, space, and the question of how we experience joy.
9, 10, 15–17 Oct
Premiere: In The Ways She Plays, performers Jana Burianová and Mara Hache move through shifting landscapes of relationships,
10, 11 Oct
Premiere of Staub, multimedia performance installation by the Scheubeck | Seifert | Wang collective, exploring perception in an era of increasing acceleration.
Südufer,
16–18 Oct
In Personas by choreographer Maya Carroll and composer Roy Carroll, sound and movement meet in a rhythmic, intimate dialogue. Kammertheater,
17, 18 Oct
Irresistible Revolution, choreographic celebration by Argentine choreographer Ayelen Parolin,
3 Oct
Premiere of Amusez-vous: Jacques Offenbach, operetta revue by La Fleur directed by Monika Gintersdorfer, featuring music by Jacques Offenbach, Timor Litzenberger & Vetcho Lolas.
4, 10, 15, 25 Oct
G
Gelsenkirchen
Musiktheater im Revier
Tanz. Hautnah: A look at training and rehearsals. TanzGE Studio,
24 Oct
Geneva
Concorde Espace Culture, Vernier
The double bill As We Are pairs Germaine Acogny’s solo Josephine—dedicated to Josephine Baker—with
Gregory Maqoma’s energetic group piece Bantu.
27 Oct
Pavillon ADC
Los inescalables Alpes, buscando a Currito, contemporary flamenco by María del Mar Suárez – La Chachi.
6–8 Oct
Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M)
by choreographer Trajal Harrell combines the formalism and minimalism of postmodern dance from the Judson Dance Theater with the extravagance of voguing in the Harlem ballroom scene.
13, 14 Oct
&sous.les.montagnes, solo performance by Sami Lea Samira Bernath.
28–31 Oct
www-pavillon-adc.ch
Gera
Theater Altenburg-Gera
Romeo und Julia, staged by choreographer Emanuele Babici,
3, 17 Oct
Jeu de Cartes/Pulcinella, double bill featuring music by Stravinsky:
Jeu de Cartes choreographed by John Cranko and Pulcinella in a new version by Arshak Ghalumyan.
10 Oct
Ghent
Minardschouwburg
In the afterglow, dance duet spanning generations—
31-year-old dancer Emiel Vandenberghe and 82-year-old ballet legend Birgit Keil meet on stage.
14–15 Oct
S.M.A.K., Museum of Contemporary Art
Ricochet Days:
mystery loves company, performance residency by choreographer Meg Stuart and her company, Damaged Goods.
Until 7 Nov
Gießen
Stadttheater
Premiere of Breath Works, dance piece by Rafaële Giovanola,
17, 24 Oct; 21 Nov
Graz
Opera
Premiere: Romeo und Julia, dance performance
by Etienne Béchard, based on Shakespeare, set to music by Prokofiev.
4 Oct pre-premiere talk; 13 Oct preview;
17, 21, 23 Oct
Greifswald
Theater Vorpommern
Premiere of Gershwin Bits/Eismeer:
Gershwin Bits by Ralf Dörnen and Eismeer by Adonai Luna. Stadthalle (Kaisersaal),
11 Oct (introductory matinee), 16, 24 Oct
H
Halberstadt
Harztheater
Schattenfänger, new chamber dance piece by Tarek Assam and Zach Enquist exploring human duality;
Tanz Harz. Kammerbühne,
3, 30 Oct
Hamburg
Staatsoper
A Cinderella Story, Cinderella ballet by John Neumeier.
14–16 Oct
Die Kameliendame, ballet by John Neumeier based on the novel
by Alexandre Dumas.
21, 23–25, 28 Oct
Ballett-Werkstatt, 25 Oct, 22 Nov
Wonderland, ballet by Alexei Ratmansky, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
30, 31 Oct
Hanover
Eisfabrik
After Luck, dance performance by Lilit Hakobyan exploring the mutable nature of human relationships.
2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 Oct
Premiere: neues vom trickster, dance-theatermpiece by Commedia Futura, in which the spoken word transforms into movement and dance becomes a story capable of either saving
or destroying.
31 Oct
Staatsoper
Verwandlungen:
I'm afraid to forget your smile by Imre & Marne van Opstal and Schmetterling by Sol León & Paul Lightfoot.
3, 11 Oct
Theater im Pavillon
Am I, dance performance by Mónica García Vicente.
2, 4, 6 Oct
Heidelberg
HebelHalle
Premiere of Just Duets:
Artists from various disciplines in a joint program ranging
from chamber music, acrobatics, and contemporary dance to the flying trapeze.
24 Oct
TankTurm
TankTurm Fest:
In At the Heart of It All by choreographer Edan Gorlicki, two dancers who have never met before encounter each other live
before an audience—accompanied by a live concert. INTERACTIONS Dance Company.
10 Oct
Theater
Premiere of Orlando, choreography by Dance Director Tim Plegge, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel. Marguerre-Saal,
3, 9, 12, 17 Oct
Zwinger 3 (Junges Theater Heidelberg)
Premiere of Macht!: Inclusive dance and music theater by
Corinna Clack featuring 68 people aged eight to 32.
10, 11, 17, 18 Oct
Helsinki
Dance House Helsinki
Élixir de Mer, immersive dance performance by choreographer Johanna Nuutinen that explores the physical resonance of scents; the dancers translate the art of perfume-making into ritualistic and intimate movements. Pannu Hall,
1–3 Oct
Premiere: Ghosts of Rosegarden, dance and music performance by Elina Pirinen based on Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, featuring seven dancers and five musicians from the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. Erkko Hall,
6, 8–10 Oct
Premiere: The anniversary program Choreographer Alpo Aaltokoski – 40th Artist Anniversary presents three solo works by the Finnish choreographer: Tomorrow with Polish dancer Delfiina Huczkowski, Despues de Ayer – After Yesterday with Bolivian dancer Pachi Sejas, and Fertility with Ukrainian dancer Nina Bulgakova. Pannu Hall,
27–31 Oct
Finnish National Opera
Premiere: Hamlet, ballet by Croatian choreographer Leo Mujić based on Shakespeare, set to music by Tchaikovsky and Camille Saint-Saëns.
2, 6, 8, 10, 15, 17, 21, 23 Oct
Hof
Theater
Premiere of Jahreszeiten, two-part ballet evening by Christina Comtesse.
24 Oct
I
Innsbruck
Tiroler Landestheater
Premiere: Bodies, double-bill dance evening featuring choreography by Marcel Leemann & Caroline Finn.
4 Oct (introductory matinee); 17, 21, 30 Oct www.landestheater.at
J
Jena
Kulturschlachthof
10. Internationales Tanztheaterfestival Erfurt.
4 Oct–14 Nov
Avant Art Festival:
Ein Schritt von Dir, dance performance with live music by Ester Ambrosino.
24 Oct
K
Karlsruhe
Badisches Staatstheater
Statements:
Blind Dreams by Raimondo Rebeck, Echoes in the Dark by
Houston Thomas, and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort.
3, 7 Oct
Premiere: Cinderella, ballet by Kristina Paulin set to music by Prokofiev.
17. Oct introductory talk; 31 Oct
Tollhaus
Radical Classical, multi-part dance program featuring dancers from Gauthier Dance JUNIORS // Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
16 Oct
Kassel
Staatstheater
Transmuted Symphony, choreography by Andrea Peña,
TANZ_KASSEL. TiF,
10 Oct
Kempten
Stadttheater
Kemptener Tanzherbst 2026:
Tanz-Gala with the Delattre Dance Company from the Mainzer Kammerspiele.
17 Oct
Junger.Tanz.Schwaben.
18 Oct
Premiere of The Beach Day Variance, dance performance by Ralf Jaroschinski set to Triadic, for Cello and Piano Four Hands by Japanese composer Tetsuya Hori.
20 Oct
El Hilo De Los Sueños, dance performance by Nahuel Barrios and Carolina Maldarelli (Eon Company) that tells the story of people who feel marginalized. TheaterOben,
21 Oct
Premiere of Chimera, Butoh-inspired solo performance by dancer Eira Riera exploring the seductive power of illusions.
TheaterOben,
21 Oct
Verklärungen, contemporary, interdisciplinary adaptation of the string sextet Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 by composer Arnold Schoenberg, featuring dancers Anna Chiara Görig and Reinier Martinez Badiella. TheaterOben,
21 Oct
Le Kiff, musical-inspired dance piece by the French company Les Schini's about the small moments of happiness in everyday life.
22 Oct
Tanz.Szene.Schwaben.
23 Oct
Radical Classical, multi-part dance program featuring Gauthier Dance JUNIORS// Theaterhaus Stuttgart: choreographies by
Aszure Barton, Mauro de Candia, Marie Chouinard, Eric Gauthier, Andreas Heise, and Ohad Naharin, as well as Marco Goecke’s creation FURIA.
24 Oct
Kiel
Theater
Premiere of Don Quixote, choreography by Denis Matvienko after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, set to music by Léon Minkus.
24, 31 Oct
Koblenz
Theater Koblenz
Zwischen den Stunden, three-part dance program by Steffen Fuchs set to music by Kevin Puts and W. A. Mozart.
5, 11 Oct
Krefeld
35blumen e.V.
MOVE!_extended:
Tanzfilmfenster, dance film program by
Moovy – Tanzfilmfestival Köln.
23–25 Oct
Alte Kirche
MOVE!, Festival für Tanz und Stadtpraxis.
Until 31 Oct
Cobalt Garden, interplay of Baroque vocal art, contemporary dance, and new music; a co-production by zamus : Zentrum für Alte Musik and MOUVOIR/Stephanie Thiersch.
18 Oct
Altes Stadtbad
MOVE!_extended:
Artist residency showcase:
Gefallen, artistic research project by Rose Beermann.
23 Oct
Fabrik Heeder
MOVE!, Festival für Tanz und Stadtpraxis.
Until 31 Oct
MOVE!_extended:
Hardplay, performance by visual artist Miriam Kongstad exploring children's games in which societal norms become
physically ingrained at an early age.
17 Oct
TechnoDrift Krefeld – UNSICHTBARE STADT, site-specific edition of TechnoDrift with artist Maria F. Scaroni. Courtyard,
24 Oct
Spiel im Spiel by Ceren Oran & Moving Borders.
27 Oct
Historisches Klärwerk, Pumpenhalle
MOVE!_extended:
This Resting, Patience (Étude), three-hour performance by choreographer Ewa Dziarnowska.
31 Oct
Salon Goethe
ANIMA – the Soul, performance in stages featuring the Emanuele Soavi incompany, exploring presence, absence,
and other distances.
11 Oct
Theater
KRMG.tanz 4:
Getanzte Bilder, ballet evening by Robert North set to music by
Christopher Benstead.
11, 17, 31 Oct
L
Lausanne
ARSENIC
Back/Bridge, solo by dancer and choreographer Habibitch,
combining dance, archival footage, and video.
28 Oct–1 Nov
Ch’ttahh, solo by dancer Bilal El Had exploring Moroccan Chaabi dance.
29 Oct–1 Nov
Vidy Théâtre Lausanne
In The Smallest Things, Marc Oosterhoff and Owen Winship transform an empty space into a performance of small feats of skill, Cie Moost.
1–8 Oct
Los inescalables Alpes, buscando a Currito, contemporary flamenco by María del Mar Suárez, a.k.a. La Chachi.
2–4 Oct
Calentamiento (Echauffement), contemporary flamenco by Rocío Molina.
10, 11 Oct
Leipzig
LOFFT – DAS THEATER
Sex and Rage. Eat Me Raw, ritual performance combining dance, sound, and storytelling by Aziza Bouizedkane, Senja Brütting, and Aïsha Konaté.
16–18 Oct
Opernhaus
Der Karneval der Tiere, ballet by Bjarte Emil Wedervang Bruland set to music by Camille Saint-Saëns.
1 Oct
Eurydice, ballet by Fran Díaz set to music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and others.
2, 11 Oct
Premiere: Ein Sommernachtstraum, ballet by Juliano Nunes based on Shakespeare.
15 Oct onboarding, 27 Oct preview;
7, 13, 21, 27 Nov
Leuven
STUK
Under Construction, performance art project by South Korean choreographer and artist Geumhyung Jeong that explores the relationship between the human body and technology.
14–15 Oct
Dead Leaf, dance performance by choreographers Nassim Daddag and Lilian Damango, accompanied by live piano music from concert pianist Racha Arodaky; the piece explores falling and the loss of control at the intersection of breakdance and
contemporary dance.
20 Oct
In Performance Situation Room: Artificial Intelligence between Figure and Background, choreographers Michiel Vandevelde and
Arkadi Zaides demonstrate how they incorporate AI into their dance practice.
27–31 Oct
Leverkusen
Forum Leverkusen
Les Saisons, visually stunning choreography by Thierry
Malandain set to music by Vivaldi and his contemporary Giovanni Antonio Guido; Malandain Ballet Biarritz.
7 Oct
Linz
Landestheater
Divine Matter – Signs & Wonders, double-bill dance evening featuring Worship—a new creation by US choreographer Drew Jacoby set to music by Jon Hopkins, Hildegard von Bingen, Taizé, Björk, Matthew Herbert, and Rosalía, with sound design by Crystn Hunt Akron (Christine Hinterkörner)—as well as the European premiere of Auto Cannibal by Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake, set to a composition by Robin Fox. Performed by Tanz Linz.
2, 17, 30 Oct
London
Barbican
Pastoral, choreography by Pam Tanowitz set to a commissioned work by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral).
1–3 Oct
Dance Umbrella
In his solo Dance is Not for Us, Omar Rajeh takes the audience on a journey into the reality of his home country, Lebanon. The Pit,
16 & 17 Oct
Premiere of PIA, immersive dance and music performance by choreographer Katya Bourvis in collaboration with producer Tala
Lee-Turton and composer Hannah Peel; the latter’s concept album Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia will be performed live by a 17-piece brass band ensemble. Milton Court Concert Hall, 23 Oct
Cecil Sharp House
Dance Umbrella
not for glory, dance-music performance by Jack Anderson and
Charlotte Mclean in collaboration with composer Malin Lewis. 13, 14 Oct
Royal Ballet and Opera streaming platform
ROH.org.uk/stream
Three Short Ballets with Northern Ballet.
Linbury Theatre,
1, 2 Oct
Insights: The Royal Ballet School
A Centenary Celebration. Clore Studio,
3 Oct
A Centenary Celebration, 100 years of the Royal
Ballet School.
8–10 Oct
Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
13, 16, 19, 20, 22–24, 26–28, 30. Oct
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Premiere: Rhythm Riot, triple-bill ballet program with
English National Ballet:
Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements, alongside the premieres of Auguries of Innocence by Jae Man Joo and Bow Out by Micaela Taylor.
1–3 Oct
Cuban Baroque, double bill with Acosta Danza: the new creation Pearls by Andonis Foniadakis, set to Esteban Salas’s
Salve Regina, and Chacona by Goyo Montero, set to Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin.
7–10 Oct
Ballet Black at 25 – Double Bill
Ingoma, piece by former company member Mthuthuzeli November, and the new creation ...all towards hope by
Hope Boykin.
14–17 Oct
Firebird – a Double Bill with the London City Ballet:
a new version of John Neumeier’s Ghost Light to music by Franz Schubert with Alina Cojocaru as guest dancer, and Glen Tetley’s The Firebird to music by Stravinsky.
22–24 Oct
Swan Lake choreographed by Peter Wright and Galina Samsova with the Birmingham Royal Ballet
28–31 Oct
Sadler’s Wells East
Premiere: Deepfake, dance production by the choreographer duo Jess & Morgs (Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple) explores themes such as manipulation, misinformation, and the distortion of reality in the digital world.
1–3 Oct
Dance Umbrella:
The Herd/Less, new work by South African choreographer Mamela Nyamza.
8–10 Oct
Far From Home, dance-theatre piece by twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, addressing themes of migration and displacement.
15–17 Oct
TELLUS, new work by Dickson Mbi exploring human alienation from the Earth; Dickson Mbi Company.
21–24 Oct
Hidden, multimedia production by Motionhouse.
27–31 Oct
Southbank Centre
Qui som?, blend
of contemporary circus, dance, acrobatics, vocals, music, and visual art featuring the Franco-Catalan circus and theater company Baro d'evel. QEH,
14–16 Oct
The Place
The Seas Between Us, duet by Taiwanese choreographer Fang Yun Lo.
6, 7 Oct
Dance Umbrella:
A Place to Dance, dance project by Brazilian choreographer Poliana Lima and British flamenco dancer Yinka Esi Graves.
9, 10 Oct
After After, immersive dance performance by Arno Schuitemaker.
21 Oct
Scottish Dance Theatre presents Rotten Work by Emil Lerich and The Game of Life by Edouard Hue.
23, 24 Oct
Eshu at the Crossroad, performance inspired by Yoruba mythology by puppetry expert Sue Buckmaster (Theatre-Rites)
in collaboration with choreographer Miguel Altunaga.
27 Oct
Hang Time: The Niggaz’ I-Ching, choreographic meditation by choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe—aka Marikiscrycrycry—on hanging out and hanging.
29–31 Oct
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.
3, 10 Oct; 6 Nov
Ludwigsburg
Forum am Schlosspark
Cinq jours au soleil, new creation by Emanuel Gat set to Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
17, 18 Oct
Ludwigshafen
Theater im Pfalzbau
Premiere: GöteborgsOperans Danskompani presents Botis Seva’s hip-hop creation We Made a Mess! alongside the world premiere of See you Sunday by Sarah Balzinger and Isaiah Wilson.
9–11 Oct
In Beauséjour, hip-hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki explores the body as it changes over time.
22 Oct
Scirocco, two-part dance program by WINNDance Company featuring an ensemble of international ballet dancers over the age of 40.
24 Oct
Luxemburg
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
In the double bill As We Are, Germaine Acogny's solo Josephine (dedicated to Josephine Baker) meets Gregory Maqoma's energetic group piece Bantu.
22–24 Oct
Lyon
Maison de la danse
Requiem(s), ballet about leave-taking and transience
by Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet Preljocaj.
1–8 Oct
In Trailer Park by Moritz Ostruschnjak, dancers from tanzmainz show how the digital world changes our bodies.
13–15 Oct
Sacre, solo by Daniel Larrieu for dancer Sophie Billon.
28 Oct–28 Nov
Lübeck
Theater
Schwanensee choreographed by Gonzalo Galguera to music
by Tchaikovsky, performed by the Volkstheater Rostock dance company.
17, 18, 29, 30 Oct
Lüneburg
Theater
inner symphonies >< SACRE, dance performance by guest choreographer Georg Reischl and Ballet Director Olaf Schmidt.
4, 23 Oct; 12, 13, 21 Nov
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, family ballet by Olaf Schmidt based on the Brothers Grimm. Junge Bühne T.3
11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 31 Oct
M
Madrid
Teatro Real
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presenting the Legacy program: classics by Alvin Ailey—including Night Creature (excerpts) and Revelations (from 1960)—as well as Grace by Ronald K. Brown.
14, 16, 17 Oct
plus New Works: including Blink of an Eye by Medhi Walerski, the duet A Case of You by Judith Jamison, Many Angels by Lar
Lubovitch, and Song of the Anchorite by Jamar Roberts.
15, 17, 18 Oct
Magdeburg
Theater
Premiere of Der kleine Prinz, ballet by Jörg Mannes based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, set to music by Britten, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and others.
3, 6, 11, 16, 24 Oct
Mainz
Mainzer Kammerspiele
Snow White and the Dark Queen, ballet by Stéphen Delattre, Delattre Dance Company.
30, 31 Oct; 1 Nov
Staatstheater
Grenzenlos Kultur theater festival.
Until 4 Oct
Work Body, solo by Viennese choreographer Michael Turinsky that views the disabled body as a powerful political subject.
2 Oct
Soul Chain, ballet by Sharon Eyal inspired by intense emotions surrounding love; tanzmainz.
30 Oct
Mannheim
EinTanzHaus
Private, dance piece by Lorenzo Ponteprimo & Sade Mamedova
that explores love as a practice rather than a promise.
2, 3 Oct
In At the Heart of It All by choreographer Edan Gorlicki, two dancers who have never met before encounter each other live on stage before an audience—accompanied by a live
concert—presented by INTERACTIONS Dance Company.
9 Oct
Borrow, dance piece in dialogue by COTA Projects (Jonas Frey & Julie Pécard).
16, 17 Oct
IN[SIGHT]OUT Festival by mpower urban:
a hub for urban dance arts featuring immersive performances, installations, workshops, labs, discussion formats, and work-in-progress presentations.
23, 24 Oct
Nationaltheater
Premiere of Dreamer, multi-part dance program: new creations by up-and-coming choreographers Rubén Julliard (Over Under)—formerly a soloist at the NTM—and Lilit Hakobyan (LUCK); the premiere of Keep on... by Stephan Thoss; and the reggae-inspired dance piece The Dreamer by French choreographer Martin Harriague. NTM Tanzhaus, Altes Kino
Franklin;
8, 18, 28 Oct
FelinaTheater Mannheim
Premiere: Fourth evening of Freier Tanz im Delta XV,
choreography by Clara Baumann, Georgia Begbie, Urte Daugirdaite, Paloma Galiana Moscardo, Catherine Guerin, Veronika Kornová, Michel Ateba (Afrik-un), Luches
Huddleston Jr., and Michael Langeneckert.
4, 7 Oct
Premiere of New Moves to Cool Jazz of Hot Movies, choreography by Catherine Guerin, Julia Headley, Giovanni De Buono, Luches Huddleston Jr., and Richard Oberscheven.
18, 20, 23, 25 Oct
Metz
Cité Musicale
Le Mur, creation by Mathilde Monnier in collaboration with
musician Ève Risser for the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin. 15 Oct
Milan
Teatro alla Scala
Giselle, choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot to
music by Adolphe Adam, based on the revival by Yvette Chauviré (first performed at La Scala in 1950).
1–23 Oct
Monte Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Roméo et Juliette, choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot to music by Prokofiev in the stage design by Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. Salle Garnier,
29–31 Oct; 1 Nov
Mulhouse
La Filature
Choreographer Phia Ménard sets swirling plastic figures dancing in nocturne (Parade) with Cie Non Nova.
30, 31 Oct
Munich
Atelier Robert Kis
Capsula Extrema, created by textile artist Robert Kis, brought to life by dancer Katrin Schafitel.
10, 11 Oct
Gärtnerplatztheater
Stravinsky in Paris, two-part ballet evening:
Farewell in Paris—choreography by Jeroen Verbruggen set to Gershwin’s An American in Paris and Aaron Copland’s
Billy the Kid Suite—meets Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps
choreographed by Marco Goecke.
10, 15, 17, 23, 30 Oct
Halle6
Premiere: stream, installative, meditative dance performance by Alexandra Paál.
29, 30 Oct
Hoch X und Live Art
rodeo Festival 2026.
9–17 Oct
Premiere of Making of an Animal, performance by Quindell Orton. 10, 11 Oct
Kulturzentrum LUISE
Dying in Foreign Soil – A Performative Inquiry by Ming Poon & Sarah Bergh.
30 Oct
Muffathalle
Dive into You, solo performance by Kat Válastur, in which she
weaves together the iconic figure of the female oracle with photosynthetic processes and the growth of trees.
14 Oct
Münchner Kammerspiele
Premiere of (Münchner) Verkehr, choreographic experiment inspired by Valeska Gert, directed by Marie Schleef. Therese-
Giehse-Halle;
14 Oct. (open rehearsal); 16, 19, 27, 29, 31 Oct
Nationaltheater
Illusionen – wie Schwanensee, ballet by John Neumeier
set to music by Tchaikovsky.
2–4 Oct
Die Kameliendame, ballet by John Neumeier set to music by Chopin, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
9, 10 Oct
Common Ground:
Cacti by Alexander Ekman, IMPASSE by Johan Inger, and
Bella Figura by Jiří Kylián.
17, 25, 28, 30 Oct.; 8, 14 Nov
Pinakothek der Moderne
Lange Nacht der Museen:
Unexpected, performance by dancer Katrin Schafitel.
17 Oct
schwere reiter
rodeo Festival 2026:
Taking Ravel’s Boléro as a starting point, Rykena/Jüngst embark on a playful search for the climax in Stripping Boléro.
9, 10 Oct
Die Verwandlung, performative happening by set designer
and director Manuel Gerst, based on Kafka’s parable.
13 Oct
Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeld
Zéphir, hip-hop and contemporary dance by French-Algerian choreographer Mourad Merzouki, Compagnie Käfig.
3 Oct
ZIRKA
Giving Back the Blessings, dance performance by Alina Belyagina, moving between club night, folk ritual, and industrial
landscape.
9 Oct
Mönchengladbach
Theater
KRMG.tanz 5, two-part dance evening:
Der Sandmann, choreography by Boris Randzio based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fantastic tale, and shift.er.s by Hugo Viera.
2, 3, 27 Oct
Münster
Hawerkamp 31 Ausstellungshalle
Premiere of Golden Oil, dance performance by Tirza Ben Zvi with the dance-theater collective bodytalk.
1, 2 Oct
Theater
Die Schwäne: Swan Lake reinterpreted by Lillian Stillwell
3, 11 Oct
Premiere of Frankenstein, collective dance evening by Bridget Breiner, Faizah Grootens, and Lillian Stillwell, based on Mary Shelley’s novel of the same name. Kleines Haus,
15 Oct (public rehearsal), 20, 24, 30 Oct
Theater in der Meerwiese
Spielarten:
INTO IT, dance performance for ages ten and up by performing:group and Marie-Lena Kaiser.
13 Oct
Theater im Pumpenhaus
Premiere of when too perfect, liebe Gott böse, performance project by Christian Filips & bodytalk that critiques the overly slick drive for absolute perfection in art and technology.
23, 24 Oct
N
Neuchâtel
Théâtre du Passage
Qui som?, mix of contemporary circus, dance, acrobatics,
and visual art with Baro d'evel.
29, 30 Oct
Neuss
Rheinisches Landestheater
In Prélude by hip-hop pioneer Kader Attou, the music of Roman Dubois meets the kinetic energy of the dancers from his company, Accrorap.
14, 15 Oct
Nordhausen
Theater
Premiere of Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, ballet gala. Theater im Anbau,
3 Oct
Premiere of a ballet triptych by Maša Kolar, the new ballet director at TN LOS!, featuring works from the history of music and ballet: Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faune, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, and Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps.
30 Oct
Nuremberg
Staatstheater
Ballettauftakt
12 Oct
Les Ballets Actuels:
Richard Siegal’s signature work My Generation—originally
created in 2015 for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet—Kirsten Wicklund’s Overcast (premiered in 2021 with Ballet BC), and Justin Peck’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, created in 2018 for San Francisco Ballet.
17, 27, 30 Oct
O
Oldenburg
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
Echoes of Passion:
Carmen by Ballet Director Antoine Jully, Lullaby by Douglas
Lee, and Karuna by Giovanni Napoli.
3, 4, 10 Oct
Oslo
Bærum Kulturhus
CODA Oslo International Dance Festival
8–18 Oct
Prison Episodes, multidisciplinary music, dance, and theater performance by Iranian composer and theater maker Pouya Pour-Amin.
10, 11 Oct
Fugaces, tribute by choreographer Aina Alegre to flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya (1918–1963).
15 Oct
Dansens Hus
The fold of a landscape, performance and art project by Heine
Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki.
9–11 Oct
In Hornfuckers, Diana Niepce plays with the risk of losing her balance.
17, 18 Oct
Den Norske Opera & Ballet
Premiere of Salle de danse, two-part ballet program by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot: Salle de danse (originally conceived as a film) set to music by Ilya Demutsky, and Shoot the Moon set to music by Philip Glass.
9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24 Oct
CODA Oslo International Dance Festival:
La Quijá, dance performance by Spanish choreographer Paloma Muñoz.
8, 9 Oct
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
hryggr, dance and music project by choreographer Bára Sigfúsdóttir in collaboration with musician and composer Eivind
Lønning.
10, 15 Oct
MUNCH
FRANK (short for Frankenstein), performance straddling ritual and apocalypse by Brussels-based choreographer Cherish
Menzo.
8, 9 Oct
Riksscenen
El Demonio del Cuerpo, documentary dance performance by artist Inka Romani, exploring the history of the Spanish dictatorship.
13 Oct
Dancing with Marya, dance and lecture performance by Balinese choreographer Mang Tri Ray Dewantara.
14 Oct
Volvamos al baile, performance by choreographer Inka Romani. 14 Oct
Osnabrück
Theater am Domhof
Premiere: Bevor ich es vergesse..., dance piece by choreographer, dancer, and composer Antonin Comestaz;
Theater Osnabrück Dance Company.
24, 27, 29 Oct; 4, 20, 21 Nov
P
Paris
CENTQUATRE-PARIS
Lounge, duet by Marga Alfeirão, a queer exploration of female intimacy.
9–11 Oct
Silence, immersive dance concert developed by choreographer Mathilde Monnier with percussionist and composer Lucie Antunes.
21–23 Oct
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse
Este Mundo, dance performance by Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen with the inclusive dance ensemble Dançando com a Differença.
8–10 Oct
Le 13e Art
Haute Couture, a waacking performance by Josépha Madoki (aka Princess Madoki) that blends dance and fashion (28–31 Oct), as well as her show D.I.S.C.O. ("Don’t Initiate Social Contact with Others"), which celebrates 1970s disco music with a live DJ (4–7 Nov)
Le Carreau du Temple
Festival d’Automne:
This resting, patience, sensory, durational performance by Polish choreographer Ewa Dziarnowska, a master of the art
of slowing down.
23–25 Oct
Opéra
L'Histoire de Manon , ballet by Kenneth MacMillan. Palais Garnier,
1, 4, 7, 8, 12–15, 18–22, 26–30 Oct
Gala, dance season opening.
Palais Garnier,
10 Oct
Premiere of Paysages intérieurs, three-part ballet program: Vers un pays sage by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Rearray by William Forsythe, and Busk by Aszure Barton.
Palais Garnier.
11, 16, 17, 23–25, 31 Oct; 2–7 Nov
Théâtre de la Cité Internationale
Silence, immersive dance-concert developed by choreographer Mathilde Monnier in collaboration with percussionist and
composer Lucie Antunes.
2–4 Oct
Théâtre du Rond-Point
Les Eloges, annual awards ceremony for the performing
arts.
12 Oct
Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt
Antigone, radical reinterpretation of the Sophocles tragedy by
Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen.
1–7 Oct
In the double bill As We Are, Germaine Acogny’s solo Josephine—dedicated to Josephine Baker—meets Gregory
Maqoma’s energetic group piece Bantu.
12–18 Oct
Soulèvement, creation by Angelin Preljocaj exploring the energy that connects people in times of resistance, rebellion, and collective action; Ballet Preljocaj.
22 Oct–12 Nov
Juliet & Romeo, dance-theater production by Ben Duke featuring John Kendall and Emily Terndrup; Lost Dog.
24–28 Oct
Potsdam
Fabrik
Zurück zu Ali, documentary dance solo by Jenny Beyer exploring how political decisions shape people and become inscribed in the body.
2, 3 Oct
Premiere: In North of Now, seven acrobats from the Brisbane-based circus troupe CIRCA present contemporary circus stripped down to the essentials: trust, balance, and catching one another.
8–11 Oct
Premiere: In WG Neumann, Laura Heinecke & Company explore
contemporary masculinity beyond clichés.
29 Oct
European Premiere: With In My Body, Canadian street dance choreographer Crazy Smooth addresses the tension between the apparent invincibility of b-boys and b-girls on stage and their vulnerability in the face of aging.
31 Oct
Prague
National Theatre
Avant-Garde, three contemporary ballets
4 Seasons by Robert Bondara, Jiří Kylián’s 27’52, and
Love Birds by Marco Goecke.
11 Oct
State Opera
L'Histoire de Manon, ballet by Kenneth MacMillan.
15–17 Oct
Who Cares?: two ballets by George Balanchine—his chamber-music-style Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (with costumes
and set designs by Karl Lagerfeld) and Who Cares? (set to songs by George Gershwin, orchestrated by Hershy Kay).
27, 29, 30, 31 Oct; 1, 5, 7 Nov
Estates Theatre
Kafka: The Trial, ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti.
1, 3, 6, 7 Oct
Q
Quedlinburg
Neue Bühne Quedlinburg
Schattenfänger, new chamber dance piece in two parts by Tarek Assam and Zach Enquist exploring human duality,
Tanz Harz.
23 Oct
R
Regensburg
Theater am Bismarckplatz
Hier kommt keiner durch, dance piece by Leander Veizi. Junges Theater,
2, 4 Oct
Rome
Mattatoio
Romaeuropa Festival:
Muette, solo by choreographer Boris Charmatz that explores silence and the absence of speech.
2–4 Oct
Dancing Days:
In It’s the End of the Amusement Phase, Greek choreographer Chara Kotsali declares an end to the relentless fun of late capitalism.
8 Oct
Amazzoni by Italian choreographer Silvia Gribaudi exploring
body, power, and community.
10 Oct
Premiere of Everybody Has a Fate, dance piece by Riccardo De Simone—winner of "DNAppunti coreografici 2025".
11 Oct
Teatro Argentina
Après moi, le déluge—a creation by (LA)HORDE for the Ballet national de Marseille—is a collective assessment of our crisis-ridden times.
1–4 Oct
Bach Cello Dance, dialogue between music and dance featuring cellist Anastasia Kobekina and choreographer Sasha Waltz, set to Bach’s Cello Suites.
6 Oct
What the Body Does Not Remember, revival of the 1987 "action-thriller" piece by Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus (Ultima Vez).
8, 9 Oct
Teatro Vascello
The Last Hamlet, dance-theater production by British
choreographer Ben Duke and his company Lost Dog which deconstructs Shakespeare’s archetype and transforms the classic tragedy into a dark comedy.
20, 21 Oct
Teatro Costanzi
Icone della danza – international gala.
26 Oct
Premiere: Goecke/Robbins/Bausch –
Petrushka by Marco Goecke, Afternoon of a Faun by Jerome Robbins, and Le Sacre du printemps choreographed by Pina Bausch.
27, 28 Oct; 5–8 Nov
Rostock
Volkstheater
Baltic Perspectives, dance-theater work by female choreographers from the Baltic Sea region: Carla Anacker (Copenhagen), Cindy Ng (Helsinki), and Corinne Kälin
(Rostock). Ateliertheater,
1, 10, 25, 31 Oct
Rotterdam
Nieuwe Luxor Theater
Premiere: La Mer, multimedia dance piece by choreographer Nanine Linning for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam.
8 Oct (preview), 9–11 Oct
Theater
In the double bill As We Are, Germaine Acogny’s solo Josephine—dedicated to Josephine Baker—meets
Gregory Maqoma’s energetic group piece Bantu.
4 Oct
Back to Kidal, performance by Serge Aimé Coulibaly.
6 Oct
Controle, dance performance featuring the breakdance collective 155 (eenvijfvijf) and Maas theater en dans.
9 Oct
In Folk, Dunja Jocic stages an exuberant club night with Rome’s
Spellbound Contemporary Ballet.
10 Oct
Danslokaal 14, showcase of the talent development project
by Conny Janssen Danst.
15, 16 Oct
S
Saarbrücken
Alte Feuerwache
Substanz 23, new choreographies by ensemble members.
10 Oct
Saarländisches Staatstheater
Premiere of Schwingungen, three-part ballet evening featuring choreography by Stijn Celis, Anna Konjetzki, and Adi Salant.
24 Oct
Salzburg
ARGEkultur
tanz_house Festival, a platform for contemporary dance in
Salzburg.
8–15 Oct
e b c Youngsters – next generation 1, three short pieces.
8 Oct
In Netzwerk by Barbara Földesi, performers enter a network of slacklines strung across the space.
10 Oct
next generation 2:
Signe-moi l’éphémère, solo by Perle Schabl-Crayon set to live music by Stijn Vanmarsenille, Cie BitterSweet; In Squeeze, dance & new circus with the performance collective Nofence.
13 Oct
biographic digging:
I lied for you, solo by performance artist Azahara Sanz
Jara, exploring fiction and mythology.
15 Oct
echo bodies:
bodychapters. three acts of becoming by CieLAROQUE / Helene Weinzierl & Luan de Lima.
15 Oct
Landestheater
Fridas Welt, ballet by Reginaldo Oliveira about the icon of Latin American painting, Frida Kahlo.
10, 17, 20 Oct
www.salzburger-landestheater.at
SZENE Theater
tanz_house Festival:
Deep Dive, dance performance by Julia Schwarzbach for young audiences aged five and up, taking viewers into the depths of the ocean.
13 Oct
Schwerin
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater
Unbound:
Gravitational Interaction by Garrett Smith, Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti, and BONDS by Andonis Foniadakis.
M*Halle,
2 & 17 Oct
Premiere of Walpurgisnacht: Das Erwachen, ballet evening by Ana Isabel Casquilho set to music by Charles Gounod and David
Nigro. Theaterzelt am Küchengarten,
30 Oct; 1, 4, 11, 13 Nov
Schwäbisch Hall
Neues Globe Theater
FLOCKS’s International Dance Festival, presented by the FLOCKS dance company; performances by dance ensembles from six countries, an evening featuring local dance schools,
international short dance films, and workshops.
28–31 Oct
St. Gallen
Theater
Premiere: From England with Love, dance piece by Hofesh Shechter, St. Gallen Dance Company. Public rehearsal 3 Oct; performances 17, 28 Oct; 2, 6, 15, 20 22 Nov
St. Pölten
Festspielhaus
In Chapters of Celebration, performer and director Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, together with choreographers Michele Rizzo, Cherish Menzo, Lasseindra Ninja, Iker Karrera, Jeremy Nedd, and Toni Jodar, invites the audience to a dance marathon performance.
10 Oct
Stockholm
Dansens Hus
Theatre of Dreams by Hofesh Shechter transports the audience into the secret landscapes of dreams.
1–4 Oct
Premiere of Game on, dance performance by Cristina Caprioli. 23, 24 Oct
Ghosts of Rosegarden, experimental, multidisciplinary dance performance by choreographer Elina Pirinen in collaboration
with composer Ville Kabrell, inspired by Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps.
30, 31 Oct
Kungliga Operan
Premiere of Chamber/Cacti—featuring Chamber by choreographer Medhi Walerski alongside Cacti, a
tongue-in-cheek critique of art by Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman.
20, 22, 24, 29, 30 Oct
Stralsund
Theater Vorpommern
Gershwin Bits/Eismeer, new double bill:
Gershwin Bits by Ralf Dörnen and Eismeer by Adonai Luna. Main Stage;
28 Oct (public rehearsal), 30 Oct
Strasbourg
Opera
As part of the Musica festival: Premiere of Le Mur, choreography by Mathilde Monnier in collaboration with
musician Ève Risser for the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin. 1–4 Oct
Stuttgart
EAGLE Stuttgart
Premiere of BLÖßE, site-specific solo performance by
choreographer Markus Tomczyk, blending acting, dance, Butoh, ropework, spoken word, and sound into an evening exploring
protection, desire, shame, visibility, and self-chosen boundaries.
21, 23, 25 Oct
Opernhaus
Romeo und Julia, ballet by John Cranko based on Shakespeare.
13, 15 Nov
Theaterhaus
Luck/Unluck, two-part dance program featuring Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart: new creations Luck by Aszure Barton and Any way the wind blows by Hofesh
Shechter.
15–18 Oct
T
The Hague
Amare
Back to Kidal, performance by Serge Aimé Coulibaly.
9 Oct
Premiere of Blast a Universe, three-part ballet program for NDT 2: Sleepless by Jiří Kylián, a world premiere by Noé Soulier,
and Marco Goecke’s The Big Crying.
22–24 Oct
Toulouse
Théâtre du Capitole
Maîtres américaines, two-part ballet evening with the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Capitole:
Les Quatre Tempéraments by George Balanchine to music by Paul Hindemith and Fearful Symmetries by Peter Martins
to music by John Adams.
17–23 Oct
Trier
Europäische Kunstakademie
Premiere of Liebesgeflechte, ballet by Alba Castillo and Francesca Frassinelli, Ballet Trier.
1, 3, 7, 11, 13 Oct
U
Ulm
Roxy Ulm
In At the Heart of It All by choreographer Edan Gorlicki, two dancers who have never met before encounter each other—accompanied by a live concert—at every performance. INTERACTIONS Dance Company.
4 Oct
Theater
Premiere of Kipppunkte, choreographic experiment by dance theater director Annett Göhre. Public rehearsal10: Oct; introductory matinee: 11 Oct; performances22, 25: Oct
V
Vienna
DAS Margareten – Raum für lebendiges Theater
European premiere: FLESH, dance dialogue by choreographer
Robert Sher-Machherndl (Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet) together with Sonia Dvorák, a soloist with the
Vienna State Ballet until summer 2025.
31 Oct
studio brut
Welcome to 1030!, season opening with performance interventions. Karl-Farkas-Gasse 18,
16 Oct
Premiere: Waiting for fall, participatory dance performance by the queer, non-binary artist Mzamo Nondlwana from Johannesburg, framing hope as a survival strategy.
16, 17, 29, 30 Oct
Premiere: Ancient Future Climate Bodies, one-to-one performance by Amanda Piña/Studio Fortuna. brut understage, 16–18, 22–25, 30, 31 Oct
Tanzquartier Wien
Premiere of ghosts & monsters, dance performance by choreographer Karin Pauer, exploring what remains and what emerges anew within unstable ecologies.
8–10 Oct
A Season Between the Line, durational performance by Anna Maria Nowak. Der Betrieb,
14–17, 21–24, 28–31 Oct; 4–7, 11–14 Nov
Das Meer dirigieren (Conducting the Sea), a reflection on grief, weather, and ecological stance with Jen Rosenblit.
17 Oct
bonappétitsixsixsix, performance by Alex Franz Zehetbauer.
22 Oct
Premiere of No Gods Land by choreographer Ulduz Ahmadzadeh; the piece traverses the ruins of past civilizations and culminates in a symposium on the future of dance heritage. Cie. ATASH.
29–31 Oct
Volksoper
West Side Story, musical by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim;
choreography by Bryan Arias.
4, 6, 8, 10, 16 Oct
Wiener Stadthalle
The Astana Ballet Theatre from Kazakhstan presents the rock ballet Blind Forgiveness and the European premiere of Two Carpets.
5 Oct and 7, 8 Oct, respectively
Wiener Staatsoper
Premiere: Nijinsky, ballet by John Neumeier set to
music by Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich,
and Schumann.
19 Oct (dress rehearsal), 20, 22, 24, 27, 30 Oct;
6, 9 Nov
W
Warsaw
Teatr Wielki
Premiere of Symphony of Dance: An Encore:
George Balanchine’s Symphony in C set to music by Georges
Bizet, SSSS… by Edward Clug set to Chopin’s Nocturnes, and Ravel’s Bolero choreographed by Krzysztof Pastor; Polish National Ballet.
31 Oct; 3, 7, 14 Nov
Wiesbaden
Kunsthaus Wiesbaden
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2026:
Love Letter to Those Who Did Not Survive, choreographic work by Grace Schwindt exploring war trauma and the people
who did not survive wars.
31 Oct; 1 Nov
Staatstheater
Silent Echo, two-part dance program featuring the Hessian State Ballet: Midnight Raga by Marco Goecke and I am afraid to forget your smile by Imre & Marne van Opstal.
4, 11, 16 Oct
PAD 04 – Performing Arts & Digitality, a festival of hybrid theater formats.
22–25 Oct
Zones of Simulation: Choreographies of Civilian Bodies in Military Training, dance performance by Mel Brinkmann that examines a site where war is practiced, imagined,
and inscribed onto civilian bodies: the US military training area in Hohenfels, Bavaria.
23 Oct
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2026:
Magnificat, new creation by French-Canadian choreographer Marie Chouinard set to Bach’s Magnificat paired with Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps; Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
30, 31 Oct
Tanztag Rhein-Main.
31 Oct
Wuppertal
Opernhaus Wuppertal
Masurca Fogo, piece by Pina Bausch from 1998, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
2–4, 6, 7 Oct
Z
Zurich
Gessnerallee
Shout Twice, dance-concert featuring Mélissa Guex & Katerina
Andreou.
3 Oct
Opernhaus
Premiere of Ein Sommernachtstraum, ballet by Cathy Marston based on Shakespeare, set to music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Gabriel Prokofiev.
11, 16, 18, 25, 28, 29, 31 Oct; 12–14 Nov
Tanzhaus Zürich
Premiere of anger angels (ETERNAL LETDOWN), dance performance by Teresa Vittucci and Sophía Rodríguez that explores anger as a force enabling change.
20, 22–25 Oct
Zwickau
Theater Plauen-Zwickau
Premiere: Feuer und Wasser, dance performance by Sergei Vanaev featuring music by Handel, Purcell, and Vivaldi. Gewandhaus,
10, 11, 28 Oct