• Workshop I – Capoeira with Stephan Heinrich

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    The workshop offerings within the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival are aimed at all generations, with and without prior experience. They provide an opportunity to get to know the individual international guest choreographers and gain an insight into […]

    €15
  • Cie Retouramont – Vertical Environment

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    It is the encounter of two female dancers with matter. A matter that can be human, but also a wall or tree trunk, yes, even empty space – less tangible, yet equally real, visible […]

    Free admission
  • Official reception and speeches

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    Festival opening Photo: © Nasser Hashemi

  • Adi Boutrous – Nature of a Fall

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    Opening performance A play about the existential contradiction between the instinct for destruction and the yearning for mutual harmony: humans caught in an endless cycle of rise and collapse. They climb […]

    €25
  • Festival party

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    Opening ceremony! Photo: © Alanna Miliauskiene

  • Workshop II with Nathalie Tedesco (FR)

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    The workshop offerings within the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival are aimed at all generations, with and without prior experience. They provide an opportunity to get to know the individual international guest choreographers and gain insight into their working methods […]

    €15
  • Workshop III – Danse Architecture I

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    with Fabrice Guillot (FR) The workshop offerings within the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival are aimed at all generations, with and without prior experience. It provides an opportunity to get to know the individual international guest choreographers […]

    €15
  • Premiere: Showcase IX – Sugar Pill

    ballet stage Theaterplatz 2, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    What is reality, what is suggestion? Our mind is constantly constructing, juggling with experiences, perceptions, influences. Sugar Pill accelerates this process. Inspired by the placebo effect, the psychological impact of dummy medicines and the phenomenon of [...]

    €22
  • Workshop IV with Kevin Edward Turner (GB)

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    with Kevin Edward Turner from Company Chameleon. The workshop offer within the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival is aimed at all generations, with and without prior experience. It allows participants to explore the individual […]

    €15
  • Workshop V – Dance Architecture II

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    with Fabrice Guillot (FR) The workshop offerings within the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ festival are aimed at all generations, with and without prior experience. It provides an opportunity to get to know the individual international guest choreographers […]

    €15
  • 2026 Residenz I: Showing: Forward Dance Company by LOFFT – Seat of Power

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    At the beginning this time was not a word, but two images: a quadriga as a symbol of power and the game known in German as „musical chairs“ (literally "Journey to Jerusalem"). What does power mean? How [...]

    €25
  • Salsa at the Nischl

    Karl Marx Monument Brückenstraße 10, Chemnitz

    Following the largest ballet class in the world, the DANCE COMMUNITY CHEMNITZ offers the opportunity to dance to salsa and swing beats.

    Free admission
  • 2025 Residenz I: Showing: Nitsan Margaliot Dance – Wunderwelt

    ballet stage Theaterplatz 2, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    for children aged 3 to 5 years Wonder World is a choreographic performance for children aged 3 to 5. Inspired by Oskar Schlemmer's geometric costumes and Jean Tinguely's kinetic sculptures, [...]

    €6
  • Soul Expression – Semifinal

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    International Breaking Crew and All Style Crew Battle – Soul Expression The history of the international breakdance and hip-hop battle began in 2002 at the Kraftwerk. Prepared on a voluntary basis and carried out with dedication, it becomes […]

    €10
  • Workshop VI for ages 60+

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    With Terry Pedersen Pfeiffer, Chemnitz is one of the cities with the highest average age in Europe. Half of the residents are older than 52. Dancing together is a wonderful module [...]

    €15
  • Cie Retouramont – Hissé Émoi

    Old Town Hall Markt 1, Chemnitz, Germany

    The French company Retouramont takes to the air: their choreographies celebrate the overcoming of gravity, all physical and regulatory boundaries of urban spaces vanish – high up while dancing over the […]

    Free admission
  • Company Chameleon – The Ultimate Players Handbook

    St. James's Church Square Jakobikirchplatz, Chemnitz

    In the middle of the city, a living manual is being created – not one on paper. It is written in motion and with strategy. The street performance explores the games of our everyday life – games in [...]

    Free admission
  • Fabien Prioville Dance Company – Power Moves – Restaged

    The Chemnitz factory Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Germany

    In urban dance, „power moves“ are the movements used in battles to impress the competition and the audience. They bear witness to a self-empowerment that also stems from the [...]

    €25
  • Workshop VII – Dance with and without Parkinson's

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    In cooperation with Bridget Quinn Petzold and Dawna Dryhorub, we want to create a dance program in Chemnitz for people living with Parkinson's and enable them as well as their families, caregivers, and friends [...]

    €15
  • Workshop VIII – Dance with and without Dementia

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    Together with Bridget Quinn Petzold and Dawna Dryhorub, we want to create a dance program in Chemnitz for people living with dementia, enabling them as well as their families, caregivers, and female friends to experience the […]

    €15
  • Workshop IX – WITH and WITHOUT

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    In cooperation with Gitta Bathel, we would like to create a dance program in Chemnitz for people living with physical disabilities and to enable them, as well as their families, caregivers, and friends, to experience their own bodies [...]

    €15
  • Soul Expression – Finale

    Die Fabrik Chemnitz Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Saxony

    International Breaking Crew and All Style Crew Battle – Soul Expression The history of the international breakdance and hip-hop battle began in 2002 at the Kraftwerk. Prepared on a voluntary basis and carried out with dedication, it becomes […]

    €10
  • Company Chameleon – The Ultimate Players Handbook

    Brühl, in front of the Rosa Luxemburg Elementary School Brühl, Chemnitz, Germany

    In the middle of the city, a living manual is being created – not one on paper. It is written in motion and with strategy. The street performance explores the games of our everyday life – games in [...]

    Free admission
  • Cie Par Terre – [Superstrat[

    The Chemnitz factory Zwickauer Str. 145, Chemnitz, Germany

    [Superstrat[ explores the connection between the original roots of dance and music and the heritage of the African American diaspora. The solo, performed by a dancer who is both urban and […]

    €25
  • Mini Movers

    DASTietz (TANZbüro) Moritzstraße 20, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    MINI MOVERS – creative program for children aged 3 to 8. We invite little dancers to our first playful journey of discovery into the world of ballet. In the 30-minute […]

    Free
  • Workshop – Jamaican Dance

    Ballet hall Theater Square 2, Chemnitz, Saxony

    with Adrian Wanliss As part of One Love for Jamaica, TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ e.V. invites you to an active morning full of rhythm, energy, and Jamaican zest for life. In this workshop […]

    10€
  • One Love for Jamaica

    Opera House – Foyer Theaterplatz 2, Chemnitz

    A charity project featuring music, dance, and solidarity for Jamaica. Following Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica continues to face major challenges: many people have lost their homes, their livelihoods, or access to basic […]

    20€
  • Mini Movers

    DASTietz (TANZbüro) Moritzstraße 20, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    MINI MOVERS – creative program for children aged 3 to 8. We invite little dancers to our first playful journey of discovery into the world of ballet. In the 30-minute […]

    Free
  • Mini Movers

    DASTietz (TANZbüro) Moritzstraße 20, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    MINI MOVERS – creative program for children aged 3 to 8. We invite little dancers to our first playful journey of discovery into the world of ballet. In the 30-minute […]

    Free
  • Mini Movers

    DASTietz (TANZbüro) Moritzstraße 20, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

    MINI MOVERS – creative program for children aged 3 to 8. We invite little dancers to our first playful journey of discovery into the world of ballet. In the 30-minute […]