“TANZ MIT!” 2024 - "Dance without Borders" @ the Alexanderplatz, Berlin

The central theme of the "TANZ MIT!" Festival 2024 was "Dance without Borders." Under this motto, dance was celebrated in all its forms, without restrictions or limitations. "Dance without Borders" also represented the idea that dance brings people together and breaks down barriers between cultures, generations, and different dance forms.

Dancing with us were:
Alessandra La Bella, ballet,
Angela Lamprianidou & Team, who gave us choreographic experiences.
Bernhard Richarz from tanzfähig invited us to experience contemporary dance with physical diversity.
Bernd Flach danced with children from the Joseph Schmidt Treptow-Köpenick Music School.
Bluetap impressed with a tap dance performance followed by a workshop.
Bolly It Out brought Bollywood to Alexanderplatz.
Chaim Gebber & Roberta Pupotto Mignemi from Open Scene introduced us to the Conscious Body System.
Cristiana Casadio & Emmanouela Dolianiti taught partnering,
Dj King Dynamite celebrated the soul explosion with us,
Dorothée Jansen and Ulrike Skambraks captivated us with butoh,
Eric Dodji and the Groove in Focus Team performed hip-hop freestyle,
Fernando Zapata danced salsa & bachata,
the dancers from GLOW! dance&more presented us oriental dance,
Grupo Oito involved us in the Get Physical Process,
with HOOF-IN | Tap Dance Berlin wasn't the only thing that tapped.
Jaime Caballerro Milani encouraged contact improvisation to the music of Abhi,
Jan Lachenmayer & Team encouraged Modern Zouk,
Josh Dyffort initiated Human Mikado and inspired seven other dancers (Anina Krüger, Laura Stokes, Lisette-Marie Viilup, Martin Seidler, Purnendra Kumar Meshram, Stefan Sing, and Thora Hohberg) to dance improvisation and instant performance, accompanied by Alex Zampini.
Juliane Müller introduced ContaKids,
Katerina Zafeiropoulou encouraged children and adults to dance traditional greek dance,
Keya Richter and her team invited people to dance for freedom as part of the "35 Years of the Fall of the Berlin Wall" celebration,
Lilia Keller, Arien Okan, and Mona Isabelle (Tangoloft) invited people to tango, as did Christiane Rohn & Judith Preuss from mala junta,
Ronja Grabow & An Boekmann from marameo presented our “ShOrtS,” short pieces by various dancers (Andrew Wass, Cristiana Casadio, Emmanouela Dolianiti, Eszter Kalóz, Kelly Dalrymple-Wass, Marta Ferraris, Mirijam Rueß, Ronja Grabow, Thora Hohberg, Yuya Fujinami, & Yunta de Tango), which were assessed by the audience with the help of Cox Ahlers and the DasArts feedback method she introduced.
Min Yoon danced butoh with musical accompaniment by Francis Heery,
Purnendra Kumar Meshram captivated with floorwork,
Reuben Stone welcomed us not only for the last dance,
Sonia Bartuccelli and Sugar thrilled the audience for the Studio29 - House of Performing Arts,
Sonia Dimitrow invited guests to a free form movement session,
Stella Zannou shone with Jonas Büchler, Anna Friedrich, and Benjamin Melot,
Stefan Sing enticed us with postmodern juggling and impressed with musical accompaniment by Howard Katz,
Steppin' Easy danced the world around us,
Sara Lu & Sebastian Abarbanell & Soroa Lear from the Tanzfabrik celebrated Vibrant Body,
the Swing Shack team got us swinging,
Thora Hohberg rocked the stage and streets with Yvonne Salber, Stephanie Leitinger, Hanna Rath, Fabio Bergaglio, and Jafaar Al-Allaf,
that weRK36 encouraged young and old to join in with dances, waltzes, and disco fox, while
the ZuGABe e.V. enchanted the audience with inclusive dance.

Photos from the festival (on Flickr.com)

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.