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“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.