Lake Studios Berlin

~ SATURDAY ~
W O R K S H O P : 11 -13H
2nd W O R K S H O P : 14:00 – 15:30
B A T T L E : 17H Participants*, 18H Audience

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We launch this year’s festival with a free two-hour dance workshop. Merging breaking, experimental, and contemporary styles, MR. KRISS gets us moving and battle-ready.

Due to popular demand, we have added a second MR. KRISS workshop from 14:00 – 15:30!

LAKE then hosts the evening in collaboration with OPEN YOUR MIND: Dancers, bring your technical skills, your thoughtful gestures, your abstract states, and your brave hearts! We will mix styles, music and surprise prompts in a spirit of dance celebration. Winner receives a residency (living & studio space plus artistic guidance) at LAKE Studios Berlin. Come to dance or to watch and cheer. Dive in!

Planning to continue the celebrations on Sunday? Scroll down to read about a sleepover at LAKE option!

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*BATTLE DETAILS

PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE

17:00 — Warm up
18:00-18:40 — Preselection

PRIZES

1st place: 2 week Artist Residency at LAKE studios (600€ value). + Roundtrip travel from Berlin to Eindhoven for the 2027 Open Your Mind main event.

2nd place: 2 week Artist Residency at LAKE studios (600€ value)

MC

Kazuma Glen Motomura/Bodypoet

JUDGES

MR. KRISS
S a s h a M o n u s o v a

MUSICIANS and DJs

Dariuz 
Ori
Peeps 

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Artist Bios

MR KRISS
Kristián “Mr. Kriss” Mensa is a Prague-based dancer, choreographer, actor and visual artist known for merging breaking with experimental and contemporary styles.
With over 18 years of experience, he has worked with artists such as Kylie Minogue, Hania Rani, and Ai Weiwei and collaborated with platforms and brands including Cercle, Louis Vuitton, WWF, Greenpeace, and Adidas Originals. His multidisciplinary work spans dance, illustration, and animation, seamlessly blending elegance, creativity, and visual poetry.
He is the organiser of KoresponDance Battle, the only experimental dance battle of its kind in the Czech Republic, and regularly hosts dance workshops worldwide, helping people connect more deeply to their bodies through movement.
Featured in the documentary Mr. Kriss (2021) by Adolf Zika, he has been recognized by Forbes’ “30 Under 30” and awarded a Silver Medal from the Czech Senate for “youthful determination and inspiration.”

WEB: mrkriss.com

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OPEN YOUR MIND
Open Your Mind (OYM), originally founded 2013 Moscow, Russia, is an experimental dance platform, celebrating creativity in movement all around the world. True to any art form, OYM is always developing and expanding. Our events currently occur in the Netherlands, Russia, Germany, the U.K., Japan, and France.

WEB: openyourmind.dance

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Sleepover at LAKE! (Aug 22nd – 23rd)

During the opening celebrations, LAKE offers the option of staying the night in the studios to take full advantage of Saturday night’s Battle and Sunday’s SUBMERGE:EMERGE workshop without the stress of traveling back to the city.

Bring your own blanket, pillow, and mat if you have one — yoga and tatami mats are available on site.
Studio floor — €15

For a dorm room with a mattress and bedding provided, please enquire at .
Dorm — €25

Wake up and join us for brunch prepared fresh from the garden by our in-house chef, Noa Hulday. Includes one beverage.
Brunch — €10

Stay on through Sunday evening and join us for a group dinner. Another garden-fresh meal prepared by Chef Noa Hulday.
Dinner — €10

You can register for the sleepover and meals on our REGISTRATION FORM!

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