Colorful hustle and bustle on the Dresden Altmarkt! Carpenters, international students and scientists as well as the folklore dance ensemble open the Dresden Spring Market.
Ribbon tree dance and folklore on Dresden's Altmarkt


Colorful hustle and bustle on the Dresden Altmarkt! Carpenters, international students and scientists as well as the folklore dance ensemble open the Dresden Spring Market.

very year there is a special highlight in Dresden: the ribbon tree dance around the maypole, which is erected live by regional carpenters and performed by international students and young academics from TU Dresden of around 15 different nationalities in their traditional costumes to open the Dresden Spring Market. Afterwards, the audience will be invited to join in some convivial folk dancing and the TU Dresden folklore dance ensemble “Thea Maass” will perform several stage dance choreographies.

As part of the 10th International Folklore Festival Danetzare in Erfurt, the Dreisteyr was successfully relaunched. In just a few days, the Dreisteyr will also have its baptism of fire in front of an international audience at the VI Międzynarodowy Festiwal Folkloru, Ożarów Mazowiecki 2018 in Poland.