Counter Balance Creations

With the new residency format Counter Balance, Tanztriennale provides an opportunity for research and creation outside of genre specific limitations and conventional dance canons. Through a juried selection process, Counter Balance invites four tandem dance artists, to explore the art form across dance genres, dance cultures and dance styles, and to develop their artistic practice in relation to sectors outside of the dance field. The multi-week residencies will take place between January and June 2026 at partner institutions across Germany and in Hamburg. The outcomes of these artistic journeys will be showcased in June 2026 during the Tanztriennale in the opera stabile, including presentations in the form of Short Creations.


The Tanztriennale is an initiative of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). It is being produced by Tanztriennale Hamburg e.V. and is funded as a cultural beacon by the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behörde für Kultur und Medien (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Culture and Media). . The Federal Cultural Foundation is funded by the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media). Tanztriennale e.V. is an association of the Hamburg Ballet/ Hamburgische Staatsoper GmbH, Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik gmbH and K3 - Zentrum für Choreographie | Tanzplan Hamburg.

Residency partners: Hamburg Ballett/ Hamburgische Staatsoper GmbH; HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden; Hessisches Staatsballett, Wiesbaden/Darmstadt; LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig; Perform[d]ance e.V., Stralsund; Studio Pro Arte – Tanzhaus & Kulturzentrum, Freiburg; tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf;