“It’s about freedom, diversity, and integration through dance.”
WORLD DANCE DAY #TOGETHERWEDANCE on April 29, 2026
UMtanz celebrates International Dance Day in Templin—a day full of movement, connection, and diversity!
Yeri Anarika
Choreographer, dancer, and teacher of dance and movement arts
YERI ANARIKA, born in Mexico City in 1977. She develops her own dance and film projects and also works on commission for theater and opera directors.
Yeri completed her studies at the Academia de la Danza Mexicana and the Centre National de la Danse Contemporaine d'Angers in France. As a dancer, she has collaborated with renowned companies such as Constanza Macras/Dorky Park in Berlin, Ballet Linz, Lanonima Imperial in Barcelona, and Tannia Pérez Salas in Mexico, among others.
Since 2010, she has led cultural and political education projects with children and young people. In doing so, she pursues an integrative and democratic approach that combines contemporary dance, physical theater, music, and video into a visual discourse.
In addition, Yeri Anarika is involved as an artist with UMtanz e.V., an association that carries out cultural projects in the Uckermark region and beyond.
UMtanz
We are a non-profit association dedicated to promoting the art of dance and making it accessible to everyone. Our underlying mission is to use the possibilities of contemporary and urban dance to reflect on social and societal issues.
Our dance projects for children, teenagers, and adults in the Uckermark region and Berlin provide valuable cultural and political educational experiences. Additionally, under the artistic direction of Yeri Anarika, we create professional dance productions in collaboration with artists from the fields of dance, music, film, and multimedia.
