Berlin, Germany
Uferstudios is a contemporary dance and performance centre in Berlin-Wedding, housed in a converted former tram depot from the early 20th century. The complex brings together rehearsal studios, residency spaces and a small stage, making it a key hub for independent choreographers and dance companies. It is home to several renowned dance institutions, including the Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz (HZT Berlin).
😴 Nothing scheduled here in the near future.
An evening of thesis works by choreographers and performers from the Danceworks Berlin programme. Short pieces explore movement as a form of thinking, combining improvisation, somatic practices, and visual media.
Tiffani Achilleas and Raphael Moussa Hillebrand meet in a danced dialogue that fuses contemporary dance with questions of social justice and decolonialism.
A multidisciplinary dance performance by Tanzanian duo Tadhi Alawi and Samwel Japhet (Nantea Dance Company), exploring memory, loss, and what the body holds when language fails. 50 minutes of movement, music, and silence.
A Kenyan-German dance piece by Jared Onyango and Lea Pischke that traces the daily commutes of people in Nairobi and Berlin, asking how urban and political forces shape something as elemental as walking.
A dance performance examining the asymmetry of migration: Martina Gunkel and Sanga Ouattara travel in opposite directions between Europe and Africa, tracing the unequal conditions of mobility written into body and history.
Choreographer Kettly Noël presents a dance-multimedia exploration of language, colonial memory, and hybrid identities. This poetic 35-minute performance features live music and video.
A 45-minute dance performance by Shelmith Øseth that weaves movement, multilingual spoken word and live music into a reflection on identity and belonging, seen through the lens of Kenyan and European experience.
An intimate performance merging dance, improvisation, and spoken word. Ashley Temba explores a dialogue with the memory of his deceased grandfather, seeking healing and forgiveness through movement and storytelling.
A performance rooted in real voices of female refugees, weaving absurd rituals with profound reflection on flight and survival. A dense, physical evening with three performers.
A 40-minute dance piece tracing the arc from the first spark of life through darkness and loss to personal transformation, with techno music as the driving force.
An interactive dance piece by choreographer Diana Naber at Uferstudios Berlin, where audience members carry and are carried - exploring consent, closeness and bodily autonomy together.
An exploration of love as conscious choice and way of being - a performance merging philosophy, art, and intimacy at Uferstudios.
A two-day festival at Berlin's Uferstudios bringing Korean and German dance into dialogue - spanning traditional forms, contemporary choreography, and a K-Pop competition.
Eleven SNDO graduates from Amsterdam present their graduation works - the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic research. A professional debut on the Berlin stage.