# Contemporary dance in Berlin this week Contemporary dance in Berlin this week, Monday 26 October to Sunday 1 November: 22 events, among them 10 in workshops and courses, 10 in dance and 2 in talks and readings. ## When - [Tomorrow](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/tomorrow/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 4 - [Weekend](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/weekend/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 12 - [This week](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 22 - [Tuesday 27 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-10-27/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 4 - [Wednesday 28 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-10-28/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 4 - [Thursday 29 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-10-29/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 8 - [Friday 30 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-10-30/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 8 - [Saturday 31 October](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-10-31/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 8 - [Sunday 1 November](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/2026-11-01/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 5 ## Where - [Berlin](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 22 - [Zürich](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/zurich/week/stage/contemporary-dance/?format=markdown): 4 ## What - [Anything](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/?format=markdown): 4,952 - [The best](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/best/?format=markdown): 70 - [Concerts](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/concerts/?format=markdown): 415 - [Theatre](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/theatre/?format=markdown): 231 - [Party and club](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/party-club/?format=markdown): 402 - [Comedy](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/comedy/?format=markdown): 111 - [Film](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/film/?format=markdown): 278 - [Exhibitions and museums](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/exhibitions-museums/?format=markdown): 697 - [Festivals and street parties](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/festivals-street/?format=markdown): 64 - [Talks and readings](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 557 - [Dance](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/dance/?format=markdown): 20 - [Food and drink](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/food-drink/?format=markdown): 89 - [Markets](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/markets/?format=markdown): 43 - [Tours and walks](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/tours/?format=markdown): 362 - [Quiz and games](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/quiz-games/?format=markdown): 91 - [Kids and family](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/kids-family/?format=markdown): 312 - [Workshops and courses](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/workshops-courses/?format=markdown): 655 - [Sport](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/sport/?format=markdown): 119 - [Demos](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/demos/?format=markdown): 69 - [Worship](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/worship/?format=markdown): 146 - [Society](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/society/?format=markdown): 639 - [Music](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/music/?format=markdown): 860 - [Electronic music](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/music/electronic/?format=markdown): 251 - [History](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/history/?format=markdown): 547 - [Politics](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/society/politics/?format=markdown): 89 - [Nature](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/nature/?format=markdown): 129 - [Colonialism](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/history/colonialism/?format=markdown): 32 - [Climate](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/nature/climate/?format=markdown): 8 - [Racism](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/society/racism/?format=markdown): 10 - [Philosophy](https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/week/society/philosophy/?format=markdown): 10 ## Tuesday 27 October - 18:15 Floor Work & Acrobatic Contemporary I (Iliana) — Urbanraum — "Floor Work & Acrobatic Contemporary I (Iliana)" is a weekly Tuesday dance class held at Urbanraum in Berlin. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/floor-work-acrobatic-contemporary-i-iliana-10088/ - Modern Dance Kids mit Mascha — Kulturschiff Paula — 8–15 € — Modern Dance Kids mit Mascha is a regular dance class for children aged 7 to 9 on the Kulturschiff Paula. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/modern-dance-kids-mit-mascha-8738/ - Modern Dance Teens mit Mascha — Kulturschiff Paula — 15 € — Modern Dance Teens mit Mascha is a dance course for children aged 10 and up aboard the Kulturschiff Paula. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/modern-dance-teens-mit-mascha-8739/ - 16:30 Zeitgenössischer Tanz (für Kinder ab 9 Jahren) — Urbanraum — 40-45 Euro/Mo… — "Zeitgenössischer Tanz (für Kinder ab 9 Jahren)" is a weekly contemporary dance course for children aged nine and up. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/zeitgenossischer-tanz-fur-kinder-ab-9-jahren-10087/ ## Wednesday 28 October - 18:15 Modern/Zeitgenössischer Tanz — Urbanraum — 14 € — "Modern/Zeitgenössischer Tanz" is a weekly dance class for adults featuring a dance warm-up, coordination, muscle training, dynamic choreographies, and small … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/modernzeitgenossischer-tanz-10091/ - 20:00 CYCLOPS — Ballhaus Naunynstraße — 5–7 € — Cyclops is an intermedial performance that puts the camera at its centre as an omnipresent, all-powerful producer of images. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/cyclops-3703/ - 20:30 an elephant in the room — halle tanzbühne berlin — 8–27 € — »an elephant in the room« is a dance work conceived as a diptych that approaches what is left unsaid and silence. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/an-elephant-in-the-room-16273/ - 17:00 Modern Dance Fundamentals: Modern Dance für Anfänger — Urbanraum — 14 € — Modern Dance Fundamentals: Modern Dance für Anfänger is a weekly modern dance course for complete beginners held at UrbanRaum. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/modern-dance-fundamentals-modern-dance-fur-anfanger-10090/ ## Thursday 29 October - 16:00 Ana Pi / NA MATA LAB: Joy Is Not a Metaphor — Roter Salon — 15 € — „Joy Is Not a Metaphor“ is an English-language workshop led by choreographer Ana Pi and her NA MATA LAB, part of the School of Self-Defense. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/ana-pi-na-mata-lab-joy-is-not-a-metaphor-261/ - 19:30 Mata Leão — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz — Mata Leão is a dance performance and world premiere as part of The School of Self-Defense. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/mata-leao-262/ - 19:30 I want revenge, grandma — Tanzfabrik Berlin — Free — "I want revenge, grandma" is a performance and dance work by Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald, presented as part of the Shape Festival. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/i-want-revenge-grandma-10004/ - 20:00 Ocean Bound — Radialsystem V — 18 € — "Ocean Bound" is a dance performance by Sergiu Matis at the radialsystem, in which part of the audience shares the stage with the performers and can move … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/ocean-bound-9732/ - 20:00 Enad Marouf: Losers — Sophiensæle — 10–25 € — "Losers" is a dance and performance event in the Festsaal at Sophiensæle. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/enad-marouf-losers-16533/ - 20:00 Floor Work & Acrobatic Contemporary II (Iliana) — Urbanraum — A weekly dance class called 'Floor Work & Acrobatic Contemporary II (Iliana)' at Urbanraum. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/floor-work-acrobatic-contemporary-ii-iliana-10093/ - 18:15 Contemporary Dance Class (Elizaveta) — Urbanraum — 10–20 € — „Contemporary Dance Class (Elizaveta)“ is a contemporary dance class at UrbanRaum that takes place weekly. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/contemporary-dance-class-elizaveta-10092/ ## Friday 30 October - 19:30 b12 fall 2026: asteroids — DOCK 11 — 15–25 € — "b12 fall 2026: asteroids" is a dance theater evening with two pieces at DOCK 11. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/b12-fall-2026-asteroids-8915/ - 20:00 Metaxy — Atelier Gardens Campus — 39 € — Metaxy is an immersive dance performance loosely inspired by Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, combining contemporary dance with electronic music, light, … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/metaxy-2255/ - 20:00 Metaxy - Leonis Works x Norman Nodge — Atelier Gardens Berlin — Metaxy is an immersive dance performance loosely inspired by Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/metaxy-leonis-works-x-norman-nodge-30416/ - 17:00 NEW TECHNIQUES XVII: Naledi Majola — Sophiensæle — Free — A showing performance as part of the Sophiensæle residency programme NEW TECHNIQUES, taking place in the Hochzeitssaal. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/new-techniques-xvii-naledi-majola-31729/ ## Saturday 31 October - 13:00 Workshop: Contradiction as Practice — The Body Between Doubt and Convi — Theater unterm Dach — Free — Contradiction as Practice is a participatory workshop in which participants use movement, voice and collective composition to explore the body as a space … — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/workshop-contradiction-as-practice-the-body-between-doubt-an-24236/ - 15:00 Shaping Reflections #2 — Tanzfabrik Berlin — Free — „Shaping Reflections #2" is a discussion event held as part of the Shape Festival, opening each festival day. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/shaping-reflections-2-10010/ - 15:00 Shaping Reflections #2 — Uferstudios: Uferstudio 4 — Free — Shaping Reflections #2 is a discussion format that opens each day of the Shape Festival, bringing artists and the audience together in conversation. — https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/shaping-reflections-2-16632/