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Dancing makes you strong. And happy. It promotes flexibility, strength, speed, endurance and coordination. In addition, it connects with other people and conveys a sense of cohesion and security, and not just to children. In short: Dancing is a school for life. What could be more natural than to let as many children and young people as possible participate in it? 
Tanz ist KLASSE! has various offers especially for school classes in its program. In addition to performances of the current season, there are also age-appropriate workshops. In these workshops, which last about two hours, students have the opportunity to look behind the scenes of the Staatsballett Berlin, experience the dancers in their daily training, and also try out a few dance steps themselves. These workshops are also aimed at kindergarten groups, for whom we prepare a playful lesson in the morning.
If you would like to participate in a workshop with your class or group or if you are planning to attend a performance, please contact us, we will be happy to advise you!

Booking

It has always been the aim of the Education Programme to make dance and the experience of dance possible for everyone. From the 2025/2026 season, we will therefore be offering dance projects in children's and youth hospices for the first time. Our dance pedagogue Stefan Witzel will visit the children and young people on site once a week to dance together, express themselves through dance, enjoy movement and exchange ideas. We are also planning projects for local relatives.

Movement is the first language, everyone can dance, because everyone can move - even if it is “only” a blink of an eye or a finger. The work is based on classical movement repertoire, but it is not a classical ballet class! The participants are not forced into predetermined dance forms. Instead, creativity and imagination are stimulated, giving them the opportunity to express their own feelings, thoughts and sensations in a non-verbal way and give them form.

Dance and movement have an incredible therapeutic power, where the journey is often enough the destination.

Do you work in a children's hospice and are you interested in becoming a cooperation partner? Then please contact us.

Tanz ist KLASSE! offers families the opportunity to participate in a workshop at the Staatsballett Berlin together with their children on certain dates, for example during the vacations. They look behind the scenes of the Staatsballett Berlin, learn interesting facts about ballet, pointe shoes and costumes, and also dance a few steps themselves.

In preparation for attending the performances marked as "family performances," we will prepare your children and you for the performance. We introduce the characters and the plot using production photos, and try a few dance steps ourselves to the original music, which the children will then recognize danced by the professional dancers on stage.

All dates can be found in our calendar below, registration is through our Contact form.

During the school holidays we offer children of different ages a varied program of dance courses lasting several days. Have a look in our calendar below to see all the current dates.

Our TanzTanz workshop is aimed at all those who want to experience their own body and feel its expressive possibilities. Under the guidance of our dance pedagogues and former dancers of the Staatsballett Berlin, training takes place in the studios of the Staatsballett Berlin as well as the rehearsal of original choreographies, which the participants present to each other. The workshop is aimed at young adults aged 15 and older, previous knowledge of classical dance is required.

Within our Creative Children's Dance, children from the age of 3 (for boys, for girls from the age of 4) learn in various groups to express themselves with their bodies. The physical abilities and creativity of the children are trained and the natural joy of movement is deepened through rhythmic and spatial games. Stories are improvised, fear of contact is reduced, foundations for healthy movement are laid, and finally the children gain self-confidence. The courses are led by our dance pedagogues Bettina Thiel and Stefan Witzel.

In addition to the Creative Children's Classes, we offer ballet classes. Under the guidance of Elinor Jagodnik and Kathlyn Pope PDTD, dance pedagogues for Tanz ist KLASSE! and registered RAD® teacher (Pope), we currently offer ongoing classes for beginners and intermediate as well as a pointe class.

In addition, we offer an ongoing ballet class for adults ages 16 and up.

If you are interested in any of our classes, please feel free to contact us using our contact form.

For young adults aged 60 and over, we offer a regular movement course in which Kathlyn Pope explores current Staatsballett Berlin productions with participants over a period of nine weeks. This not only promotes mental and physical flexibility, but also strengthens the joy of creating small choreographies. A nice side effect: the participants find like-minded people in the course and possibly company for a future visit to the ballet.

Moreover every Sunday, we offer a regular dance class that is suitable for people with multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease. The course combines gentle movements with creative dance techniques tailored to the needs of the participants. The team led by coach Soraya Bruno offers individual support to promote coordination, flexibility and body awareness through various dance pedagogical exercises. Each session ends with a relaxed and open exchange among the participants.

If you are interested in one of our courses, please contact us via our contact form.

With over 200 workshops per season and regular further training, the dance teachers have an immeasurable wealth of experience and knowledge that they would now like to pass on. Under the guidance of Bettina Thiel, Tanz ist KLASSE! offers training workshops for teachers and educators in daycare centers. The aim of the training is to provide teachers and educators who work with children between the ages of 1 and 6 with guidance on aesthetic education and an understanding of how aesthetic education can be structured. This workshop focuses on certain “movement organization patterns” according to Bartenieff, which children go through in their different developmental phases. In this way, the arts can be used to promote the process of “self-recognition”, which is so essential at this age. Small dance exercises are taught that can be incorporated into the daycare center routine to playfully challenge the children through dance, rhythm and storytelling with the aim of connecting with their own bodies.

You can find the workshop dates in our calendar below.