InsideBerlin provides more background on the actors registered on tanzberlin. Writers on dance in Berlin regularly publish new interviews or portraits with selected dance professionals here, in German or English. The selection is drawn from all profiles registered on tanzberlin.

Viktoriia Yerchyk, Mariia Yakobchuk, Anton Ruslanovych, Mariia Lytvynenko

Viktoriia Yerchyk, Mariia Yakobchuk, Anton Ruslanovych, Mariia Lytvynenko

Polina Bulat spoke with the four dancers from Ukraine about their arrival in Berlin, their perspective on the Berlin dance scene, and their participation in our workshop program, DanceДіалог.

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Mimo Tashla

Mimo Tashla

Maria Ladopoulos spoke with tanzschreiber author Mimo Tashla about writing and the influence of authorship on artistic creation.

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Julek Kreutzer

Julek Kreutzer

Between Berlin and Amsterdam, choreographer Julek Kreutzer transforms personal and political crisis into a search for new modes of solidarity, collaboration, and artistic resistance.

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Cathy Walsh

Cathy Walsh

Parvathi Ramanathan spoke with Cathy Walsh about her many roles in the dance scene—as a performer, technician, and coordinator. Her career path exemplifies creative diversity and the precarious nature...

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Lucia Marzec

Lucia Marzec

Amid unusually strong December sunshine, Maria Ladopoulos spoke with Lucia Marzec about her dance practice, the transmission and teaching of Krump, and the Berlin Krump community.

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Mateusz Szymanówka

Mateusz Szymanówka

Mateusz Szymanówka, Artistic Director of Tanztage Berlin, spoke with Annette van Zwoll about the festival’s anniversary edition in early 2026 and about the influences that shape his curatorial work.

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Michelle Moura

Michelle Moura

Annette van Zwoll met Michelle Moura to talk to her about her development as a dancer and her arrival on the Berlin dance scene.

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Saeed Asadsangabi

Saeed Asadsangabi

Saeed spoke with Maria Ladopoulos about contradictions and ambivalences in their own artistic work, which straddles the divide between folk dance and contemporary dance.

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Beatrix Joyce

Beatrix Joyce

Beatrix Joyce explores Berlin’s hidden urban spaces with WILD ACCESS. Annette van Zwoll visited her at the self-organised studio Kraken in Neukölln.

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Palo y Piedra

Palo y Piedra

With a vision of an inclusive and diverse dance festival in Berlin’s public spaces, Uta Kargel and Steve Joshua Dyffort—known as Palo y Piedra—initiated the TanzMit! Festival. Parvathi Ramanathan met...

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Stefan Nagel

Stefan Nagel

Maria Ladopoulos met with Stefan Nagel, executive producer of Tanz im August, and spoke with him about the festival, his work, and the future of Berlin's cultural scene.

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Vasundhara Srivastava

Vasundhara Srivastava

Maria Ladopoulos met dancer and choreographer Vasundhara Srivastava for a conversation about dance training, artistic research and wishes for the future.

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