Tanzplattform

Tanzplattform was launched in 1994 to serve as the German counterpart jury (platform) for the French International Meeting of Dance of Bagnolet. The first festival was held in Berlin as a collaborative project by the three cities of Berlin Frankfurt and Munich presenting works by 25 companies active in the cities and attracting 130 promoters from around the world. Held biennially since then, the second holding was in Frankfurt and the third in Munich. For each festival producers and journalists are invited from Germany and abroad, and the festival itself has become established as the leading platform offering the latest in German contemporary dance. Since its third holding, the festival has been hosted by Hamburg (2000), Leipzig (2002), Dusseldorf (2004), Stuttgart (2006), Hannover (2008), Nuremberg (2010), Dresden (2012) and Hamburg (2014).