BIPOC, queer and Body Positivity friendly Ballet Lessons for Beginners in Berlin?

Queer Move in Neukolln runs a ballet basics series every few months that's specifically aimed at BIPOC and queer folks. It's not a permanent weekly class so you have to watch their instagram for when the next block starts, but the atmosphere is really intentional about body inclusivity. The space itself is also wheelchair accessible if that matters.

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Another option is Ballet Studio Mitte on Torstrasse. They have a beginner class on Tuesday evenings that's very body inclusive, and the atmosphere is much more laid back than some of the more traditional schools. The teacher, Lena, specifically works with students who might feel nervous about starting as adults, and she's queer herself. A single class is 18 euros, and they offer a monthly unlimited pass for 70.

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there's a small studio called beweg dich in neukölln, near u-bahn leinestraße. they do a beginner ballet workshop the first saturday of every month, it's pay-what-you-can between 8 and 20 euros. the space is run by a collective and they're all about anti-racist, queer feminist dance. not as structured as a full course but way more relaxed if you want to try it out without pressure. i'd message them on insta first since the schedule can change month to month

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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