29.- 31.10.26
Shape Festival
Imagine a festival for all generations — conceived by young people! What would that look like?
Upcoming highlights Find out more
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29.- 31.10.2026· Shape FestivalSHAPE FESTIVAL
Find out moreExperience Shape Festival from October 29 to 31—a multi-generational arts event curated by teens from Berlin in collaboration with Tanzfabrik Berlin Bühne, opening up new pathways for individual and collective opinion-shaping through art. -
29.- 30.10.2026 · Shape FestivalI want revenge, grandma
Find out moreWhat defines the colonial relationship between Liberia and Germany? What does this relationship tell us about the larger context of Europe strangling Africa and her people for centuries? -
30.- 31.10.2026 · Shape FestivalMending Sessions
Find out moreFabrics and textiles are materials that everyone knows and touches daily. And yet, many of us have lost the connection to what we wear. Elena Polzer invites all people to engage together in an old, everyday activity: patching and repairing clothing. -
30.10.2026 · Shape FestivalThere is a Table in this House
Find out more"There is a Table in this House“ is a choreo-performance. It investigates the ethics and politics of gathering, particularly in times of rupture. -
30.- 31.10.2026· Shape FestivalAll that I left behind is here
Find out more"All that I left behind is here”, by Romuald Krężel, is a solo performance drawing from his personal and artistic experience. -
30.10.2026 · Shape FestivalShaping Reflections #1
Find out moreA Shaping Reflections #1, this format brings artists and audiences together for a conversation at the start of each festival day. Moderated by the teenage curators. -
30.10.2026Shape - The Poetry Slam
Find out moreOn 30.10. you can look forward to a professional poetry slam show featuring a top-notch lineup: Anna Lisa Azur, Nick Pötter, Jule Thomsen, Lisa Hein, and LILA SOVIA will present their best works on stage -
31.10.2026Shaping Reflections #2
Find out moreAs Shaping Reflections #2, this format brings artists and audiences together for a conversation at the start of each festival day. Moderated by hn. lyonga. -
31.10.2026Poetry Slam Workshop
Find out moreHow do you turn an idea into a compelling poetry slam piece? And how do you subsequently present it on stage in a way that resonates with the audience? -
31.10.2026Poetry Open Mic
Find out moreOn 31.10., the stage at the Open Mic Slam Show will belong to anyone who wants to step into the spotlight.
Shape Festival
Shape Festival der individuellen und kollektiven Meinungsbildung durch Kunst!
Imagine a festival for all generations — conceived by young people! What would that look like? To find out, six teenagers from Berlin got together: Greta Hamm, Fedor Herrmann, Onyx Langwaldt, Paloma Rane-Groc, Cynthia Schwartz, and Emma Spindler developed and curated the Shape festival together with Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE.
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Stream
live Art Writing
Stream is a platform for texts motivated by live art. Stream is open to an expansive understanding of “Live Art”. There will be texts that are inspired by a specific piece or body of art – the writer’s own artistic work or someone else’s, texts that are unfolding notions of live art, texts that are dealing with developments and transformations by the art form as such.
from 01.09.2026
Teensfabrik – Let's Move!
3 Dance classes for teens and young adults
Come along , we look forward to seeing you! No booking required, trial session 5€
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Find out moreAs part of the citywide action week #DeineStimmeFuerKultur we would like to draw your attention to a position paper jointly developed by 14 independent Berlin theatres, including Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE, and addressed to Berlin’s political decision-makers. -
Clean Shelter Humanitarian Aid for Gaza
MoreWe are supporting Clean Shelter, an initiative working to provide safe and dignified living conditions for displaced communities in Gaza. -
#BerlinIstKultur
MoreWe want to draw attention to the current financial and cultural policy situation.
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Manifest für das schöne Leben
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A Call for Peace
MoreWe condemn all forms of violence, their endorsement or trivialisation, as well as racism and anti-Semitism. -
Declaration of the Many
MoreArt creates spaces for change.
Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V. is a signatory to the Berlin Declaration of the Many. -
#BlackLivesMatter
MoreWe express our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and condemn all forms of racism and "white supremacy".
