4 – 9
NOV 2025 35TH INTERNATIONAL
DANCE AND
THEATER FESTIVAL

“Euro-Scene, which kicked off this year with the special format 'Ubuntu Connection', got off to a high-energy start. That was courageous, but consistent. Because the evening not only depicts the most diverse body languages, but also shows what unites the art of movement.”

Tobias Prüwer Kreuzer online

“The 34th Euro-Scene convinces with a sensitive look at the crises of the present. (...) again a reference to Ukraine and theater with a sensitive eye for the mechanisms of a migrant society.”

Dimo Rieß LVZ

"The new concept of the Euro-Scene competition is based on collective battles, i. e. danced duels. [...] The dancers celebrate each other and the audience is so exuberant that you have to call it a party. This can be said for the Euro-Scene as a whole. For a long time, the joy of theatre in Leipzig has not been as tangible as at this festival."

Tobias Prüwer Freie Presse

"So there's no sign of a dwindling audience or theatre fatigue in Leipzig and the consistently high quality gives us hope for next year. Under Christian Watty, euro-scene is back as a major player in the city."

Torben Ibs tanznetz

"Thunderous applause was heard on many occasions during the six-day marathon, which ended on Sunday. The foyers of the Schauspielhaus and other venues such as the Lofft, Schaubühne and TdJW were packed."

Tobias Prüwer KREUZER Leipzig

"The new hybrid forms of dance, music theatre and theatre, lectures, films and discussions, as presented by Christian Watty, the director of Leipzig's "euro-scene", in this year's second edition of the festival, are anything but enigmatic or elaborate, but rather inclusive, instructive, discursive, political and comprehensible."

Wiebke Hüster FAZ

“Never has a format such as the acclaimed dance competition been more important, because it truly creates an alternative to the egoisms and nationalisms of our time. Dancers from different genres improvise together to create a rousing evening. 'The potential of community', which presenter Raphael Moussa Hillebrand talks about on this evening, becomes visible.”

Dimo Rieß LVZ online