A playful way of practicing movement and dance is the starting point of the work of the Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany, the childrens’ and youth dance company of Sasha Waltz & Guests, located at Radialsystem in Berlin. The children's and youth dance company dates back to an initiative of Sasha Waltz, Hanna Hegenscheidt and Livia Patrizi. In 2006, they converted a children’s dance group from the initiative »TanzZeit – Zeit für Tanz in Schulen« which had existed since the school year 2005/06, into the Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany, in which the children could regularly train and develop.

While the Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany keeps playful approaches to dance at its core, children and teenagers are encouraged to explore physical movement on a regular basis and keep evolving their talent. Today, it consists of four different groups, in which every young dancer gets individual support.

In regular training sessions under the guidance of experienced dancers of the company Sasha Waltz & Guests, the young dancers explore their own repertoire in physical movement as well as the interaction with one another in dance. In adition they are offered intensive workshops with guest trainers.

The »Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany« further supports exchange with other groups of young dancers – such as the JugendTanzCompany of the Piccolo Theater in Cottbus – and seeks to do so increasingly in the future. Not least, the young dancers of the Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany are trained in acting on stage and interacting with an audience, as they are encouraged to regularly develop and present their own stage pieces. Those are presented in annual extensive showing events at Radialsystem in Berlin.

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