TANZWERKSTATT
EUROPA
JOINT ADVENTURES has been organizing the TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA with the support of the Cultural Department of the City of Munich since 1991. As a workshop for new ideas and aesthetics, it provides important impulses in contemporary dance and performance art. With its wide range of dance workshops and choreographic labs, it is a hot spot for the international contemporary dance scene and transforms Munich into an unmissable meeting place for dance professionals and amateurs from all over the world.
Thank you for a wonderful TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA 2026!
After two weeks filled with dance, it was time to say goodbye on August 14, 2026. As we do every year, we brought TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA to a close with the Final Lecture at the Muffathalle – with gratitude, inspiration, and joy over all the old and new encounters and friendships we have made.
Together, we once again turned Munich into a hotspot for contemporary dance during these days. With 2,200 attendees at our performances and a phenomenal 90 percent capacity, as well as more than 3,500 workshop attendances from 16 countries, our international community has once again broken last year’s records.
We thank all visitors, participants, artists, and guests for their dedication, curiosity, and creative energy, which made this edition of TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA a truly special one!
Special thanks go to our sponsors and partners, without whose support TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA would not be possible in this form.
Workshops for professional & amateur dancers
The workshops at TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA enabled participants to experience contemporary dance in all its diversity. Here, professionals could expand their personal movement repertoire and work intensively with renowned (inter)national choreographers, while amateurs could try out new styles, learn choreographies or work specifically on their fitness. The workshop program also offered beginners a wide range of opportunities to discover their passion for movement. Regardless of background, physical ability or age - TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA has something for everyone!
Performance
Every evening, TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA presented the latest works by leading pioneers and trailblazers in contemporary dance. Newcomers were also invited to showcase their choreographies. At various venues throughout the city, audiences had the opportunity to experience current practices and forms of contemporary dance at a high international level.
Featured in 2026: “Rosas danst Rosas” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her legendary company Rosas, Dance On Ensemble, Noa Eshkol & Noé Soulier, Idio Chichava, Jan Rozman, Dorothée Munyaneza / Cie Kadidi, ZINADA and Helena Araùjo. As part of the popular “WHO’S NEXT? – OPEN STAGE” series at Schwere Reiter, selected emerging choreographers presented their latest works.
Support
Cultural Department of the City of Munich, Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, District of Upper Bavaria, National Performance Network Guest Performance Funding for Dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states, Slowenisches Kulturzentrum – SKICA Berlin, Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media, and Sports
Partners
Muffatwerk, Schwere Reiter Tanz, HochX Theatre and Live Art, Tanztendenz München e. V., Kulturzentrum LUISE
SOLID GROUND
CHALLENGING SPACE
A Dance Academy Camp
August 05 - 09, 2025
@Iwanson Contemporary Dance
München
SOLID GROUND trains, educates and creates important contacts to the international professional dance scene for dance and choreography students shortly before their final year. Since 2020, the program has served as an orientation in the future international working environment. In an atmosphere of exchange and encounters, students can network with other students from leading training institutes, get to know choreographers and current artistic practices. SOLID GROUND is entering its sixth edition this summer and will take place during the first half of TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA.