Welcome to the website ofOffensive Tanz für Junges Publikum. We are an association of four Berlin partners from the dance and theatre scene for children and young people: PURPLE Tanzfestival, Junges Tanzhaus Berlin, Theater Strahl and Theater o.N. Our work is dedicated to strengthening young dance.
Under program you will find all current event dates and more information about our activities in the fields of research & discourse, participation & outreach as well as productions.
More background information about our work can be found here or in the blog.
It Offensive Tanz is funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Art remains free! She Offensive Tanz is a signatory to the Declaration of the Many.
We are a member of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, ASSITEJ Deutschland and Zeitgenössischer Tanz Berlin (ZTB e.V.).
Festival & Symposium: Fr, 09.10.2026 – Thu, 15.10.2026
FRATZ International and Offensive Tanz are collaborating again this year to make Junge Tanz more visible to Berlin spectators and to exchange ideas with international trade visitors on artistic-aesthetic and structural issues. From 9 to 15 October 2026, this year's FRATZ Festival with theatre and dance for the youngest will take place at various venues in Berlin.
Kick-off of the artistic residency
The Offensive Tanz and FRATZ invite young audiences to an informal exchange on intergenerational forms of dance on Saturday, 10 October from 12 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Podewil. This event is also the prelude to our first residency in cooperation with the FELD Theater for young audiences. The artists Lea Martini and Eva-Martina Günther present their research project “ein kreis. fast rund”. Interested parties are invited to discuss different formats and experiences with intergenerational work together.
The next PURPLE Dance Festival will take place in Berlin from 16 to 24 January 2027.
We are looking forward to a new festival week with you in January!
The programme will be published in early October 2026.
New blog post from the dance ambassadors
On Sunday, 13.09, the dance ambassadors Celine and Jalda were in the play Shake Shake Shake by the Dutch group De Dansers at Theater Strahl. Following the performance, they conducted an interview with Wannes De Porre (dancer) and Guy Corneille, who is responsible for the concept together with Josephine van Rheenen.
The Great Slam Battle
On 14 November 2026, starting at 7:30 p.m., the 6th edition of the Poetry Dance Battle will take place at Theater Strahl: Poetry Slam meets Dance Battle, words meet movements. What happens when dance and word meet and how can they lure each other out of their comfort zone?
With the Offensive Kulturbus, children and young people travel free of charge and safely from school or daycare to the theatre and back again.
In cooperation with 91 Berlin venues for young audiences, the Offensive Tanz provides schools and day care centers with free transport to the cultural venue.
Our goal is to provide children and young people with barrier-free and equal access to art and culture. With the Offensive Kulturbus, we are particularly targeting educational institutions whose location and connection make it difficult or impossible to visit performances.
