36 MELODY | Welcome to Kreuzberg!

All Styles

Kadir AMIGO Memiş beim Battle of the Year 1995 © Kadir AMIGO Memiş

With 36 MELODY, the dance battle taking place as part of the festival day Welcome to Kreuzberg! pays tribute to Kreuzberg’s hip-hop culture of the 1980s and 1990s. Named after the song My Melody by the Kreuzberg hip-hop groundbreakers Islamic Force, the format references one of the tracks that helped shape the district’s early hip-hop scene.

Under the artistic direction of Kadir AMIGO Memiş – a Kreuzberg-based dancer and choreographer who began dancing at the Naunynritze youth centre and later co-founded the Flying Steps Academy and the Funkin’ Stylez Festival – the event brings a 7 to Smoke All Styles Battle (a battle format in which dancers compete to win seven consecutive rounds) and a Junior Battle to Gropius Bau. Organised by Merve Ayan, a key figure in Berlin’s urban dance community, the event brings together dancers from different generations and styles. They compete against one another while celebrating the diversity of a culture that emerged in Kreuzberg and continues to thrive today.

AMIGO – Artistic Director / Dancer
Saman – Host
Cris – Judge
Iman – Judge
Pez – Judge
BGirl Anni – Judge
DJ Kizito – DJ
Merve – Organiser

As part of Berlin Art Week.

More information on gropiusbau.de

Source: Gropius Bau

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, Atrium

Booking: Registration on the festival day from 15:00 at Gropius Bau.

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 12/September/2026 16:00 bis 19:00
• Venue Gropius Bau
• Address Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10117 Berlin-Mitte