Events

How does one actually become a dancer? How does the admissions process work at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden? And how long does it take to become a professional dancer? All of these questions and more will be answered when Germany’s only independent university for dance and its integrated secondary school open their doors and dance studios to interested visitors.

Date: 4th November 2023 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Place: Palucca University of Dance Dresden | Basteiplatz 4, 01277 Dresden

At the Palucca Tanz Studio, students of the BA Dance Programme perform pieces created by the students of the MA Choreography Programme as well as excerpts from the repertoire of the internationally renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin.

Dates: 24th/25th November 2023 and 1st/2nd December 2023 | 7 p.m.

Place: Grüner Saal | Palucca University of Dance Dresden | Basteiplatz 4 | 01277 Dresden

Tickets will be available via the Konzertkasse Dresden Tickets. The start of advance sales will be…

Fairy tale drama in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck. With children from the Orientation Class 2 at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. In German with English subtitles.

Dates: 2nd to 26th December 2023

Place: Semperoper Dresden | Theaterplatz 2 | 01067 Dresden

Tickets are available at www.semperoper.de/spielplan

Dear graduates,

Dear former staff members,

We are pleased to inform you that the Alumni Meeting will take place at our university on 2 December 2023.

Ballet in one prologue and three acts. Adapted by Marcelo Gomes and music from Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky.

Dates: 9 February 2024 to 21 March 2024

Place: Semperoper Dresden | Theaterplatz 2 | 01067 Dresden

Tickets are available via the Semperoper Dresden erhältlich: semperoper.de/spielplan

Students of the Palucca University of Dance Dresden will show works and choreographies of the current repertoire. In addition, excerpts from dance productions of the current semester work can be seen.

Date: 21 March 2024 | 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Place: Auditorium "Grüner Saal" | Palucca University of Dance Dresden | Basteiplatz 4 | 01277 Dresden

Tickets are exclusively available at https://www.dresdnerschulkonzerte.de (school classes only).

The Palucca University of Dance gives a special insight into its dance education at the König Albert Theater: students of the current academic year will show works and choreographies from the current repertoire with excerpts from dance productions of the current semester work.

Date: 19 April 2024 | 7:30 p.m.

Place: König Albert Theater | Badstraße 25 | 08645 Bad Elster

Tickets are available via the ticket office at the König Albert Theaters in Bad Elster.

The graduates of the BA Dance Programme 2024 present their bachelor works in front of a public audience.

Dates: 17 May 2024 at 7 p.m. | 18 May 2024 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Place: Grüner Saal | Palucca University of Dance Dresden | Basteiplatz 4 | 01277 Dresden

Further information will be published in due course.

Multi-part ballet evening with all students of the University and the integrated secondary school at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.

Dates: 12th/13th June 2024

Place: Staatsschauspiel Dresden | Theaterstraße 2 | 01067 Dresden

Further information will be published in due course.

A dance event that combines nature and dance.

Dates: 23rd to 28th June 2024

Place: Hiddensee

Further information to be published in due course.