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Welcome to the Tanzplattform Deutschland 2026 in Dresden!

HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts is delighted to host this outstanding festival, which presents 13 of the most remarkable German dance productions of the last two years and offers a wide range of opportunities for networking, discussion and exchange with "Platform Plus".

Since its foundation in 1994, Tanzplattform Deutschland has been a meeting point for artists, professionals and audiences - a place for reflection and encounters.

Tanzplattform Deutschland sees itself as a forum for presenting current developments and innovative trends in contemporary dance in and from Germany. Tanzplattform Deutschland was founded by Nele Hertling, Walter Heun and Dieter Buroch and began as a trilogy in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. Since then, it has taken place biennially in different German cities and is organised by the community of co-organisers, who determine the respective host and sponsor. The community of co-organisers includes all institutions that have hosted the Dance Platform in recent years and are actively involved in promoting contemporary dance in Germany.

Co-organisers of the Tanzplattform Deutschland:

• euro-scene, Leipzig
• HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
• HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts, Dresden
• JOINT ADVENTURES, Munich
• Kampnagel International Culture Factory, Hamburg
• Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main
• Tafelhalle in the KunstKulturQuartier, Nuremberg
• PACT Zollverein, Essen
• tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf
• TANZtheater INTERNATIONAL, Hanover
• Stuttgart Theatre
• Freiburg Theatre
• and the two partners ITI Germany and Goethe-Institut

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