[3] In 2017 the German Dance Prize was handed over to the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland e.V.
[3] The Dachverband realizes the award ceremony in close cooperation with the city of Essen.
It is awarded to personalities who earned special merits regarding the artistic dance in Germany.
An additional Anerkennungspreis (Prize of acknowledgement) has been given for special merits from 2005 to 2016.
From 2005 to 2015 (with a break in 2008), the German Dance Prize "Future" was also awarded to up-and-coming artists who "have already attract attention"