Dance in Berlin

Aulikki – these are Johanna and Merle, your dance teachers. Both invite you to their children's dance courses. You can attend these in dancing schools and children's cafés in Prenzlauer Berg as well as throughout Berlin in various daycare centers and schools. Discover your dancing creativity and musicality – and get moving.Wear comfortable clothing and dance barefoot or in slippers: In the children's dance course for ages 3 to 5, you will learn your first ballet positions, go on discovery journeys, and look forward to improvisational games. And, of course: Lots of beautiful music! Are you or your children 3 to 5 years old? Then come to the parent-child dance! Explore space and time together with your body. Kids aged 5 to 7 years will experience modern dance. Jump, roll, and express yourselves in the improvisational games, dance, and movement exercises.As a bonus, there's the Bilingual Playgroup for Babies. There, you play, sing, and craft together in German and English.

Stage-Ready! in Prenzlauer Berg is a school for Performing Arts. Here, children and young people receive a preparatory artistic education. In addition to technical knowledge, joy in dance, performance, and drama is paramount.The school subjects are divided into 3 different classes:Chick Classes: For the very young with musical early education, creative children's dance, and music garden from 9 monthsGetting to Know Classes: Pre-Ballet for children from 6 years old as well as jazz and hip-hop dancingKing Classes: Musical preparation from 10 years old with singing, dance, and acting. From 12 years old, modern dance, ballet with classical Russian technique (Vaganova), musical dance, singing, and actingThe preparatory education can be used as a basis for a classical education or for hobby development.

The dancing and movement studio motion*s in Kreuzberg teaches children and teenagers. Here, you combine feeling, expression, and sport with your movements. The studio offers jazz dancing, hip-hop, urban dance, creative children's dance, creative ballet, and more.The courses are tailored to endurance and concentration duration: 45 minutes for preschool children and 60 minutes for elementary school kids. Students are divided into different age groups: 3-5 years, 4-6 years, 5-7 years, 6-9 years, 8-11 years, 10-13 years, and 12-16 years.

Die Kindertanzcompany, gegründet von der berühmten Tänzerin Sasha Waltz, entführt Kinder in die bunte Welt des Tanzes. Ihr trainiert ganz spielerisch im Tanzstudio Radialsystem (Studio A).Es gibt 4 Trainingsgruppen mit unterschiedlichen TrainerInnen:6 bis 8 Jahre: Die jüngeren Kinder sammeln erste tänzerische Erfahrungen und lernen Freude an Bewegung zu haben.7 bis 10 Jahre: Hier bauen die Kinder auf ihren ersten Übungen auf.10 bis 12 Jahre: In dieser Gruppe lernen die Kinder in Improvisations- und Gruppenspielen, ihre Bewegungen und Ausdrücke weiter auszubauen.12 bis 15 Jahre: Diese Gruppe ist für Kinder und Jugendliche, die bereits Erfahrungen bezüglich Tanz und Bewegungstheater sammeln konnten. Live-Musikerinnen unterstützen die Arbeit an den eigenen Tanzstücken.

Capoeira Academy Berlin, Alegria Combat, in Kreuzberg offers Capoeira training for kids aged 2.5 to 15 years. The Minis (2.5 to 4.5 years), the Kids (4.5 to 15 years), and the Teens (upon request from 12 to 15 years) practice separately. There is also a special Parent-Child Capoeira Training.Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that includes dance elements. You will also learn to sing in Brazilian and about specific instruments.The trainers will support and challenge you. In the process, you will strengthen your team spirit, endurance, strength, and flexibility.Other courses:Muay ThaiAirTrack Training (jumps and other techniques on a giant air cushion)AcrobaticsJeremy Krauss Approach (JKA) for children (a special approach to physically, mentally, and emotionally empower children with special needs)The Capoeira Academy Berlin was awarded by tip Berlin and ZITTY in the 2019 edition Family in Berlin in the category of school and daycare projects.

The traveling circus for children and teenagers, Cabuwazi, invites you to create your own circus shows. You can experience all sorts of activities from ages 4 to 19: circus, dance, theater, and more.The circus locations with Cabuwazi's circus tents have a total of 6 sites in Kreuzberg, Tempelhof, Treptow, Hohenschönhausen, and Marzahn.Look forward to regular circus trainings, your own shows, and guest performances by international circus formations.During the Berlin school holidays, the circus holidays await all kids and teens starting from age 7 or 8. Discover yourself artistically and athletically during an exciting week. You will naturally create a big final circus show together for your family and friends.Open circus afternoons round off the colorful offerings of Cabuwazi.

In the Tanzstudio Papillon in Lichtenberg, you start dancing at preschool age. In the children's dance classes, you can dance from 2 years old with your parents. You play various dance and improvisation games and learn basic dance movements. The goal: Creative children's dance that is fun!

The Dance School Big Dance Mice in Mitte is located in the rooms of Avantgarde body & dance GmbH. Here you dance and do sports diligently!Children's Gymnastics (1–2.5 years): Creative movement games and lots of fun.Creative Children's Dance (2.5–5 years): Dance exercises, improvisation ideas, and dance stories boost creativity.Sport & Dance (2.5–5 years and 6–8 years): Combines Creative Children's Dance and Children's Gymnastics.Kids' Dance (8–14 years): Dance to current songs and learn choreographies.

The Youth Dance Meeting is a federal competition of the Berlin Festspiele. Every year in October, the application is announced and the submission deadline is at the end of March.You can apply with dance pieces. Youth dance ensembles are allowed to participate, which are either part of a school, part of a (dance) theater group, or independent ensembles. You are free thematically, temporally, and formally. However, it is important for the selection that the piece is created by youth for youth.The grand prize of the competition is the eight-day Youth Dance Meeting in Berlin with the following opportunities:Stage: You perform your pieces and present them to an audience.Campus: You work with dancers and choreographers on your dance skills. Every year, there is a famous guest among the instructors.Forum: Choreographers and educators can continue their education and exchange ideas – for example, in impulse and intensive workshops or professional discussions and debates.

Studio for performing and visual arts for children and teenagers. The team offers classes on the topics of dance, theater, and singing.Dance Classes:Creative Children's Dance (from 2.5/3 years)Dance Improvisation & Choreography (from 6 years)Theater Classes:Staging of plays & musicals with subsequent performances (from 3 years)Singing Classes:Vocal Training & Voice Development (from 3 years)Articulation Skills & Rhythm Sense (from 3 years)The high-quality instruction of the professional coaches takes place in small groups. The learning of each performing art is playful - as fun and togetherness come first.

Free training opportunities for youth from Buckow: Parkour, dancing and boxingThe afternoon program Show Up! Buckow in Neukölln-Buckow offers free sports for young people aged 14 to 20 from Buckow.Parkour training with Jaytea:Mondays from 3 PM to 6 PMAirtrack training with acrobatic tricks like somersaults and flipsAfro Fusion with Alush:Tuesdays from 4 PM to 6 PMDance training with various moves and choreographiesBoxing with Giresse:Thursdays from 4 PM to 5:30 PMBoxing training for body and mindRegistration: blockpark447[at]kulturnetzwerk.de