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on the pages of the German Professional Organization For Dance Therapists, registered society (Berufsverband der TanztherapeutInnen Deutschlands e.V. - BTD). We're the only professional group of dance therapy in Germany. We protect the quality of the education and the establishment of dance therapy in health service. The BTD represents Germany as a member of the European Association Dance Movement Therapy EADMT.
In the following you will gain an insight into the structures of this professional group and get a general idea about its contents and goals.
You will get informations about dance therapy and find a register of accredited dance therapists in your area on page THERAPISTS. Accredited BTD educational institutes you will find on page INSTITUTES.
Invitation to the 31st General Meeting 2026
from 6 to 8 February 2026 in Berlin
Dear members,
We, the BTD Executive Board, cordially invite you to the General Meeting (GM) in Berlin. It will take place exclusively in person. We have chosen the motto ‘Anchoring dance therapy, moving the future’.
As always, the training programme will begin on Friday, 6 February at 2 p.m. with interesting workshops. The content ranges from dance therapy basics to urban dance, the political dimension of our being, and spirituality in dance therapy.
On Friday evening, you can deepen existing contacts and make new ones at the popular meet & greet.
On Saturday morning, Prof. Nicole Hartmann has been invited to speak on the topic of ‘An examination of dance and body psychotherapy elements in dance therapy’. We are very much looking forward to her and her lecture entitled ‘Let's Dance! Let's Dance?’.
On Saturday after lunch, the formal general meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. On Saturday afternoon, two board positions will be up for election. All student and full members are eligible to vote. The agenda, workshop topics and voting rights for this general meeting can be found in the appendix to the invitation and on the BTD website. Please register using the online registration form. We offer student members a 20% discount on the total price (including workshops).
The registration deadline is 12 December 2025. Please register in good time: Registration form
The venue is:
Bildungsstätte der Sportjugend Berlin, Hanns-Braun-Str., Haus 27, 14053 Berlin
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of the Berlin regional group for organising this AGM on site. We look forward to welcoming you back or meeting you for the first time and wish everyone a lively, informative and inspiring AGM 2026 in Berlin!
Workshops MV 2026 on 6 February 2026
WS 1 with Christel Büche 
Inner connection for creative expression on the outside – Bartenieff Fundamentals: early childhood movement development in six whole-body organisational patternsWS 2 with Deborah Manavi
Dancing politics: embodied, embedded, empowered!WS 3 with Grit Wendisch 
Spirituality in dance therapy WS 4 with Thea Ottersberg
Urban dance – hip hop & krump in dance therapyTranslated with DeepL.com (free version)
Downloads
- Anmeldeformular bitte lade das Formular herunter, speichere es und
sende es ausgefüllt an: info@btd-tanztherapie.de - Einladung, Tops, Stimmrechtsübertragung, Hotelliste
- Workshops
30 years BTD - Anniversary
30th General Assembly 2025 in Munich-Freising
from 07-09 February 2025 with workshops on 07 February 2025
Schuhplattel dances, yodelling training, cowbell ringing and Bavarian braided dance - the almost 100 participants at this year's general assembly of the „Berufsverband der TanztherapeutInnen Deutschlands e.V. (BTD)“ will probably remember this for a long time. The 30th members' meeting took place in Freising, Upper Bavaria, north of Munich. The slogan was excellence and innovation, as the BTD is known for its excellent qualification standards and innovative structures of the association. And it has been doing so for 3 decades.
read more on www.btd-tanztherapie.de/index.php
