We want to celebrate the world of dance as a representative of Berlin’s cultural diversity with performances, experience workshops, hands-on events and discussion groups for FREE and create an inclusive space. Where: Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany When: 28.08.2025 – 13.09.2025 You wanna try out something new, you created? You wanna inspire, connect or …just enjoy?Register […]

A 2 weeks Residency in Kärnten | Koroška, where 15 artists and activists will collaborate, co-create, live and research together around the question: How to use creative processes to actively shape and partake in democratic life? Where: A beautiful castle, Wasserhofen, Austria When: 1. – 14. of September 2025 Deadline for applications: 18. July at […]

The Joffrey Concert Group and the Joffrey Ballet Center present, Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative 2026. Where: Manhattan, NY, US When: July 2025 – February 2026 Deadline for applications: June 30 2025 The Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative is a search for the dance makers of the future. The initiative provides innovative and emerging dance makers the […]

“Rôles de danse” is a connected dance experience inspired by the masquerade ball, in which each player embodies one of about fifteen roles, with the coaching of a digital agent. Where: Maison des Métallos, 94 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011, Paris, France When: The 8th of July 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00 Deadline for applications: The […]

JOIN THE JUNIOR DIVISION OF ELEPHANT IN THE BLACK BOXA High-Level Training Program for Dancers Aged 15 to 24. The professional dance company Elephant in the Black Box, under the artistic direction of Jean-Philippe Dury, offers an intensive training program for young artists committed to pursuing a professional dance career. Based in both France (Pau) […]

The class begins with exploring qualities such as rebound, flow, fractions, and shaking to reach a state beyond self-judgment and self-limitations. Where: Tictac Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium When: July 21-25 from 14:30 – 18:30 This class focuses on expanding artistic self-awareness rather than teaching form. Starting with qualities like rebound, flow, fractions, and shaking, it […]

In the Asymmetrical-Motion Workshop, we will study body asymmetries and how they can generate better mobility and agility in terms of movement and dance. Where: Tictac Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium When: July 21-25 from 9:00 – 13:00 In the Asymmetrical-Motion Workshop, we will study body asymmetries and how they can generate better mobility and agility […]

Learning to use one’s life experience, being able to consciously and continuously shape one’s energy integrating the body and mind, time and space through the practice of dance improvisation. Where: Tictac Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium When: July 14-18 from 10:00 – 17:30 Learning to use one’s life experience, being able to consciously and continuously shape […]

Work at bluebox.hub with top-notch artists like Akira Yoshida, Sofia Nappi, Alleyne Dance, Flock, Tú Hoang (Korzo Theater), JA Collective, Alexander Lopez (Pina Bausch Company), and many others. Where: Vienna, Austria Auditions:• July 12 – Deltebre Dansa• July 20 – ImPulsTanz, Vienna The bluebox annual program runs from October to May and consists of two groups […]

The year-long Professional Training Course 2025/202 offered at Mutis Espazioa aims to enhance observational and analytical understanding of the dancer’s own movement, develop open and responsive physical awareness and communication, embrace constant transformation, and promote critical thought. Where: Leioa (Bilbao), Bizkaia, Spain When: Course 25/26: from September 2025 to June 2026 Deadline for applications: 25 […]

Join us for the “Summer Intensive” in Paris, organized by Dansez Maintenant, a dance studio in the heart of Montmartre, Paris! From August 4 to 15, 2025, take part in two intensive weeks to perfect your dancing and discover new techniques with passionate and renowned teachers. Where: Dansez Maintenant, Paris, France When: From August 4 […]

Dance Vision 2025/2026 Auditions Open: Train Professionally at Salzburg Academy for Dance Arts (SADA), Austria Advance your dance career in Salzburg, Austria, with SADA’s professional program offering advanced training in ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, somatic practices, dance science, and performance opportunities. Beginning in 2025/2026, SADA will also collaborate with the Ballet Company of Opera Brașov in Romania, providing students with exclusive […]

Tipperary Dance, in collaboration with The Source Arts Centre, offers a week-long residency at The Source Arts Centre in Thurles, Co Tipperary, to support professional Ireland-based dance artists in the development of their work. Where: Dublin, Ireland When: Thurs 12 June 2025 Deadline for applications: Fri 5 July 2025 Tipperary Dance, in collaboration with The […]

Playing with the title of Jacques Rancière’s famous essay The Ignorant Schoolmaster, Greek choreographer and performer Chara Kotsali invites professional dance and movement artists to take part in a four-day intensive choreographic laboratory during the Opole Dance Stage 2025. Where: JK Opole Theatre, Opole, Poland When: 20–23 September 2025 Deadline for applications: June 27th 2025 […]

Esplanade Singapore invites international performance artists to apply for its 2026 Research Residency. Theme: “This Time.” Deadline: June 22.

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PQ invites proposals for an online symposium exploring its 60-year history in scenography, curating, and cultural exchange. Deadline: May 31.

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Apply for IBERICA, a performance art residency and festival in Spain. Free lodging, artist talks, and live presentations. Deadline: June 10.

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Apply to the Trans Studies at the Commons Fellowship, supporting oral history projects that expand trans archives. $10,000 stipend and retreat.

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Mophradat’s Self-Organizations program offers up to €8,000 in funding for collaborative, self-organized arts initiatives in the Arab world. Deadline: June 10, 2025.

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Not all time is equal. As artists, we need to recognize what drains us, what restores us, and why boredom might be the missing piece in our creative capacity.

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There’s no single way to keep a creative journal—but if you’re trying to sustain an artistic life across the cycles of making, pausing, researching, and recovering, having a dedicated space for your thinking is just as important as one for your doing. This isn’t a diary. It’s not an academic sketchbook or a formal portfolio. […]

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Opportunity: Becoming a Stone – Summer School for Artists, Curators, Theorists, Cultural Workers Where: Pragovka Gallery When: 24th – 27th July 2025 Deadline: 18th may 2025 Online Application: https://docs.google.com/ Fee to Participate or Apply: Free Description Of Opportunity: APPLY HERE: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScnMH6BsLa…/viewform… The title of the Summer School Becoming a Stone explores material time, geological processes, […]

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Opportunity: Open Call Pragovka Gallery 2026: Mutual Benefits Where: Pragovka Gallery, Prague, Czech RepublicWhen: 2026Deadline: 18/05/2025Online Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftuZ7UBkbXmAZnC1hayy5hTKSslA0C37e_YOw5CiPFc1ofDg/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawJwSD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHhMsWDsdlqp6gHPMW3UKJTkjWQqxMFX4tgFFnfgAeBjdOTvKKnJlp6oIXTKn_aem_EhNcWM30S26wN7O-aqCwqw&pli=1Fee to Participate or Apply: Free Description Of Opportunity: ~~ for English scroll down ~~ A je to opět tady. Vyhlašujeme otevřenou výzvu na výstavní a autorské projekty do výstavního programu Pragovka Gallery 2026. Jejím tématem jsou tentokrát […]

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Opportunity: Open Call! NAIR 2025 – public space installation residency in Narva Where: Narva, Estonia When: 15 August to 14 September 2025 Deadline: 15 May 2025 at 23:59 (UTC+3) Online Application: https://forms.gle/oHvar85khDv8HGgu9 Fee to Participate or Apply: – 0 Description Of Opportunity: The Narva Art Residency (NART), in collaboration with the Narva municipality’s department of […]

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Join Russell Maliphant this Summer for two invigorating movement workshops. Where: Studio 17, Excelsior. 17-21 Sunbeam Road, London, NW10 6JP, UK When: 28th June & 26th July, from 11 am until 2 pm Deadline for applications: 26th July, 2025 These workshops will help you unlock greater Ease, Co-ordination, Integration and Strength in the body through […]

Open call for the Professional Training Program in Contemporary Dance and Creation 2025-2026 (Area Dansa in Barcelona, Spain). Where: Carrer Ca l’Alegre de Dalt, 55, 1B, 08024 Barcelona, Spain When: Online Deadline for applications: 31st of July 2025 AREA is a center dedicated to artistic guidance and to professional and personal development in the field […]

In this workshop, choreographer Zoë Demoustier invites you to a physical practice at the intersection of contemporary dance and “mime corporelle”. Combining physical training improvisation, and contemporary dance techniques, participants explore how to move with intention rather than form. Where: Iwanson Contemporary Dance, Adi-Maislinger-Straße 12, 81373 Munich, Germany When: 11 – 15 August, 2025 In […]

Flowmentum embodies science physics principles to fall like water and fly like the wind. Harnessing gravity to turn falling into flying, this class aims to build dynamic, reactive movement, on and off of the floor. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 31st of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 30th […]

Freshmotion, through velocity and body control, aims to bring bodies to deliver their full potential to gain endurance and speed through an adapted physical preparation. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 11th – 16th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 10th of July 2025 Who can do more, can do less – that […]

Full body deep dive into the dynamic physicality and wild imagination of dance theatre. Based on a foundation of floorwork, push the heights of physicality, while building strength in flowing smoothly and finding efficiency in riding momentum. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 19th – 26th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 18th […]

A workshop designed for those who want to create a balance between working hard and smart. It is a technical and physical approach, jam-packed with improvisation, set material, and analytical tasks. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 27th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 26th of July 2025  I give you callus & analysis in […]

DOMO Dance Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that has been celebrating movement since 2017.It offers an inspiring space to expand your artistry, deeply connect with a passionate community, and immerse yourself in an unforgettable cultural experience. Where: Mexico, Hacienda El Tular, Morelos. When: 15-21 December 2025 Deadline for applications: December 5th 2025 2 hours from […]

Call for choreographers, minimum age 28, living in Italy or abroad, with proven experience as dancers in contemporary dance companies and at least 1 choreographic work completed. Where: The project will be at Tuscania (province of Viterbo) / Italy When: A week bewteen November 2025 and April 2026 Deadline for applications: July, 11th We are […]

In this workshop, you will dive into a part of Zoe’s choreographic research that explores storytelling body languages and fictional character creation through physical tasks, emotional states, inner motivations, thought processes and theatrical situations. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July 2025  In this workshop, […]

Through an artistic lens, we will turn various movement principles inside out, with the intention of finding variability and expanding our intellectual and physical horizons. We will redefine building blocks of human movement, aim to identify movement habits, and catalyse an environment in which one can innovate more efficient ones. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, […]

This is a physical contemporary dance workshop. During the workshop, we will work with biomechanics, impulses, gravity, rebounce, flow, and long movement, playing with floorwork and levels. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July 2025  This is a physical contemporary […]

Nadine’s work explores contemporary dance, incorporating movement tasks and situations that playfully connect people and focus on the energetics of body language. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July 2025  Nadine’s work explores contemporary dance, incorporating movement tasks and situations […]

Relaxtoerupt is a physically demanding movement methodology designed to encourage and inspire the constant development within one’s own movement vocabulary.  Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July 2025  Relaxtoerupt is a physically demanding movement methodology designed to encourage and inspire the constant […]

The improvisation development and creation workshop for dancers focuses on learning tools, strategies, and concepts for improvisation and integrating them into a creative process. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 22nd of July 2025  The improvisation development and creation workshop for dancers focuses on learning tools, strategies, and concepts for improvisation and integrating them into a creative process.  As dancers, […]

I currently feel increasingly drawn to share principles that help people explore and research their own personal way of moving, as opposed to simply teaching my movements. I intend to share a bigger part of practice based on improvisation, movement research and authentic curiosity.  Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July […]

This workshop emphasises our maximum physical capacity as movers. It will encompass a wide range of contemporary floorwork and partnering skills while exploring intense physicality through strength building techniques, playing with weight distribution, and a curiosity to move.  Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline […]

We’ll explore the initiation of movement, both from within and outward, and vice versa. The second part of the workshop will focus on physical theatre and text as a creative lab. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July 2025  We’ll begin with exercises designed to calm the […]

Set in the remote wild beauty of Paleohori, nestled in the mountains of Lefkada, “Rest in Motion” summer dance program offers a rare opportunity to reconnect with your unique movement through dance improvisation, experiential anatomy, artistic expression and somatic exploration. Where: Paleohori art-space, Neohori, Lefkada, Ionian islands, Greece When: August 11 – September 11, 2025 […]

Are you looking for a university degree in dance specialised in performance and choreography? This is a call for you! The University of Malta Department of Dance Studies is now accepting video dance auditions for the Bachelor in Dance Studies Honours (3 years full-time) October 2025 start. Where: Malta When: now open for video dance […]

The foundation of Antony’s teaching is finding awareness of the self-organising intuitive body, as an anchor from which one develops creative movement. This workshop will involve introductory elements of his unique counting system for choreography, which is used in many of his works. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th of July 2025 Deadline […]

Step into a transformative experience with deep breakfast, a workshop designed to explore the profound journey of bodily recreation and self-renewal. In this immersive workshop, participants will engage in deep bodily focus and explore movement as a form of self-recreation. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 29th of July – 3rd of August 2025 Deadline for applications: 28th of July […]

Atelier honours the workshop as a place of experimentation and craft creation. Respecting the different needs and circumstances of the group, I focus on breathing, repetition, and opposing directional forces. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 22nd of July 2025  Atelier honours the workshop as a place of experimentation and […]

This workshop is about finding and tuning into new ways of connecting our bodies and movements with and through our presence, interactions and choices in space. What are the underlying factors that influence our movement behaviour and how do we act, develop and communicate with others?  Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th […]

Beyond Motion is designed to explore the fusion of breaking and contemporary dance through movement research, repertoire, and partnering. Marco invites dancers to deconstruct and reimagine their movement practices, blending technical precision with creative expression.  Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 22nd of July 2025  Beyond Motion is designed to […]

This six-day contact improvisation workshop will delve deep into technical skills for supporting and flying. Various situations and ideas will be proposed to encourage the integration of these principles into our improvising in duets and group constellations. Where: Eden Studios, Breitestr. 43, Berlin, Germany When: 23rd – 28th of July 2025 Deadline for applications: 22nd of July 2025  […]