Founded MCMXXXII
Tanz. Kultur. Begegnung.
Tanz·Kultur·Begegnung — a Bad Homburg cultural association for dance, learning and community since 1932.
A Bad Homburg community dedicated to dance, culture, tradition and meaningful human connection — at home in the Orangerie im Kurpark.
About the Society
A standing Bad Homburg company of dancers, scholars, families and friends.
Tanz·Kultur·Begegnung was founded in 1932 by a small circle of Bad Homburg musicians, academics and dancers who believed that culture is best preserved not in glass cases but in the daily life of a community. Nine decades later, the same conviction guides our work in the Orangerie im Kurpark.
We are neither a school nor a club in the ordinary sense. We are a standing company of women and men — of every age, profession and country — who gather to dance, to learn, to listen and to keep one another good company. New members are welcomed each season by introduction or application.
Read our history →Our Activities
Four traditions, one common life.
Dance Programmes
Tuition in the classical ballroom, Latin American and historical European traditions, taught by patient and accomplished instructors.
Explore →02.Cultural Events
An annual calendar of concerts, lectures, salons and recitals held in distinguished venues throughout the year.
Explore →03.Social Evenings
Regular gatherings for members and guests — convivial occasions for conversation, music and the simple pleasures of company.
Explore →04.International Exchange
Long-standing fellowships with sister societies in Vienna, Paris, Buenos Aires and Edinburgh enrich our common life.
Explore →From the Calendar
Upcoming Occasions
The next season's programme will be announced soon.
Membership
Become part of our community.
Membership is offered by introduction or by application, with two intake seasons each year. New members are welcomed warmly.
- ❦Standing invitations to the full programme of seasonal events.
- ❦Cultural exchange with our sister societies abroad.
- ❦Access to the Society's library, archives and reading rooms.
- ❦Lecture series, language tables and small-group programmes.
- ❦Use of the members' rooms for private gatherings.
- ❦Reduced fees for tuition and accompanied guests.
In the Members' Own Words
A long company of friends.
Joining the Society has been one of the gentler pleasures of my middle years. One finds, almost without noticing, that one's friends here become friends for life.
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
Member since 2014
It is rare, in our distracted age, to find a place that prizes conversation, courtesy and the lifting of a glass to old traditions. This is such a place.
Henrik Bauer
Member since 2008
My daughter and I both dance here, in different programmes. Three generations of our family have now passed through these rooms.
Caroline Albright
Member since 1997
