The central theme of the TANZ MIT!” Festival 2025 was “Shared Diversity.” 

Under this motto, the festival — eight decades after the end of the Second World War — honoured the ongoing need for peace. Dance, as a universal language, embodies the living message of international understanding: wherever people dance together, bridges grow between cultures, prejudices melt away, and new connections come to life.

A big and heartfelt thank-you to all the wonderful dance artists who, with their performances, classes, and creative energy, shaped the programme of the TANZ MIT! Festival and filled these days with so much life:

**Alan D. Lualdi (Liquid Circus), Alessia D'Isanto & DJ Achraf, Aroeiras Berlin & Beatriz Ferreira, Anna Friedrich, Ann Francis Ang & Amandip, Adiopi Stamopoulou, Benjamin Melot, Billie Bryerton, Bluetap, Britta Kerger, Camilla Therese Karlsen, Cristiana Casadio & Stefan Sing, Cristina Negucioiu, Danceworks Berlin, Daniel Drabek (die Elektroschuhe), Dorothée Jansen, Elke Kalupar & Aurora, Elena and the Way to Pole & Dance Studio, Emmanouela Dolianiti and Alexander Carrillo, Eva Rontogianni, Fernando Flesch, Fernando Zapata & Elena Zander, Folklore Mexiko, Gábor Hartyáni & Alex Zampini, Gissauro, GLOW! dance & more, HOOF-IN and the Modern Dance Kids, Janine Schneider (company no thrills) with Rachel Hamm, Ria Schindler and Ingo Reulecke, Joanna Woźnicka, Thomas Pham and Whacking Berlin, Josh Dyffort, Julia Hunkert, Kazuma Glen Motomura “Bodypoet,” Kim Borchardt, Arien Okan, Natasha Barbará & Tangoloft Berlin, Laura la Risa, Leila Nour, Let It Swing – Swing Dance School, Lucia aka Sista Tide, Lito Anastasopoulou, Maïmouna Coulibaly & Valentine Capian (Booty Therapy), Maria Rutanen & Abhi, Marlen Nickel, Marialena Souli & Sara Mitouali, Martin Seidler, Marta Ferraris, MiCali e. V., Maya, Min Yoon & Wieland Möller, Miriam Rueß, Miyako Ishidate, Moss Beynon Juckes, Natasha Vergilio, the Outfaced Dance Studio, Poriya aka DJ Blasphemix, Purnendra Kumar Meshram, Rulla Rou, the Rahaavi Persian Dance Studio, Raksan, Ricardo de Paula (Grupo Oito), Roberta Pupotto & Chaim Gebber (Chaim Gebber Open Scene), Robert, Katja & Amelie from weRK36, Rosalind Masson, the Scottish Country Dancing Society of Berlin, Sonia Dimitrow, Steppin’ Easy, Stella Zannou, Studio29 – House of Performing Arts, Sweetpotatogentleman & Co., the TANZ MIT! Battle with the jury Nelody, Chika-J, Ana Selina, DJ BoogieDan and Selin, the Tanzrausch Lady Liners, the MAXIXE Dance School, TanzXclusive, Thora Hohberg & Neriom Collective – Laszlo Sandig, Fabio Bergaglio and Mauricio Axayakatl Cruz, the Urban Beat Irish Dance Academy, and all other contributors.

Thank you for dancing, sharing, inspiring, and turning these days into a vibrant, warm, and diverse celebration of dance.
Without you, TANZ MIT! would not be what it is.