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dance nrw 2025

StageDancetanz nrw 2025

Emanuele Soavi incompany: „The Day I Became a Cloud“ | Foto: Achim Conrad

From May 8 to May 18, North Rhine-Westphalia is all about contemporary dance: The tanz nrw festival is celebrating its 10th edition. The program spans nine cities – from Bonn to Wuppertal. The anniversary edition offers a wealth of performances – from established choreographers and companies to emerging young talents.

Antje Velsinger: „Their Future“, Performance im Pumpenhaus Münster | © Sofia Stål Signe Raunkjær

dance nrw 2025: Festival of Contemporary Dance

The popular biennial celebrates its 10th edition from May 8 to 18. However, with a reduced budget. Nevertheless, the event can be seen in nine cities in NRW.

Formation Silvia "You clap for me now" Foto Thomas Mohn

StageDanceMülheim an der Ruhr

dance nrw 2025: Formation Silvia - You clap for me now

What are we applauding for? What would we like to be applauded for? In the performance of the Swiss theater artist Silvia Jedrusiak, the question of appreciation is addressed.

"Swan Fate" Foto Jessica Buchholz

StageDanceKöln

dance nrw 2025: Ursina Tossi & Excessive Showing - Swan Fate

"The Death at the Code" Foto Studio Pramudiya Brig-Huezo

StageDanceKrefeld

dance nrw 2025: Brig Huezo - The Death at the Code

With elements from gaming, motion-tracking technology, film, and dance, a performance is created in which the boundaries between human and non-human performers merge.

"Orchidee" Foto Christian Clarke

StageDanceEssen

dance nrw 2025: Raymond Liew Jin Pin - Orchid & Lotus Fight Club

In this shared evening by Raymond Liew Jin Pin, the production "Orchid" stands like an overture before his subsequent, also new piece "Lotus Fight Club."

„Wonderboom“, Tanzprojekt von Julia Riera (Mira) und Philine Velhagen (Drama Köln) | © Julia Franken

StageDanceKrefeld

dance nrw 2025: Mira & Drama Cologne – Wonderboom

The performance by Julia Riera (Mira) and Philine Velhagen (Drama Köln) is about how memories and traces of human existence can be preserved beyond the here and now.

Katharina Senzenberger: „Lovedance“ | © Julia Franken

StageDanceDüsseldorf

dance nrw 2025: Katharina Senzenberger - Lovedance

At the center of the performance is love – viewed from a queer perspective.

Antje Velsinger / new trouble: „Their Future“ | © Sofia Stål Signe Raunkjær

StageDanceMünster

dance nrw 2025: Antje Velsinger / new trouble - Their Future

Antje Velsinger is known for her socially and politically engaged dance productions. At the center of "Their Future" is the question of the future of upcoming generations.

Emanuele Soavi incompany: „The Day I Became a Cloud“ | Foto: Achim Conrad

StageDanceWuppertal

dance nrw 2025: Emanuele Soavi incompany – The Day I Became a Cloud

With his production, the choreographer operates in a tension field of dance, performance, language, and sound. At the center is the visibility of the person who explores the space dance-wise.

senzenberger/rieck: „a dance routine“ | © Julia Franken

dance nrw 2025: senzenberger/rieck - a dance routine

In their piece, Katharina Senzenberger and Miriam Rieck explore the intersections between individual and collective moments in the tension field of various dance routines.

Alessandro De Matteis

StageDanceEssen

dance nrw 2025: Elsa Artmann / Gentle Work - Service and Feeling

Elsa Artmann has created a work on feeling, dance, and care work. In "Service and Feeling," performers try to feel intensely and evoke emotions.

StageDanceViersen

dance nrw 2025: Jungmann&Riebesam - Jungmann/Jungklaus

StageDanceDüsseldorf

dance nrw 2025: Reut Shemesh - Esther

StageDanceWuppertal

dance nrw 2025: springboard

The "Studio 45" was defined by Theo van Alst and Hanns Dieter Hüsch as a "loose association of all the black sheep of Moers." An exhibition at the Grafschafter Museum commemorates the group.

StageDanceMünster

dance nrw 2025: DIN A13 dance company - MYspace SAFEspace NOspace

StageDanceWuppertal

dance nrw 2025: Darko Radosavljev - Salas - a working tale

StageDanceDüsseldorf

dance nrw 2025: CocoonDance - Choreia - a PolyBallet

StageDanceViersen

dance nrw 2025: Janne Gregor - I can't help it

StageDanceKöln

dance nrw 2025: Emanuele Soavi incompany - Chorus from The day I became a cloud