Whether ballet or hip hop, tango or jazz dance: Those who dance experience something – and can tell about it. From embarrassing missteps, for example, or the great joy of being together, from mysterious dance partners or the competition that changed everything. The Tagesspiegel invited young and adult readers to write stories about dancing. Here is a selection of the most beautiful tales from students aged 8 to 16 and adults: about ambitious ballerinas, botched auditions, and dance classes with disastrous consequences. And don't almonds and rockets also dance?.