Partnering schools open doors to the dance world.

At educational institutions in Düsseldorf, including schools and kindergartens, take-off: Junger Tanz Düsseldorf opens a door to the world of dance: Here, every participating pupil discovers their own capacities with the means of the art of dance. Collaborating with dance educators, dancers and choreographers, the pupils learn about different dance styles and work methods. This seeks to foster an intellectual as well as physical debate on the performances experienced, because heads hot in thought and aching muscles serve equally well to open new perspectives for all involved.

Dance as a school subject

take-off: Junger Tanz Düsseldorf currently collaborates with 12 partnering Düsseldorf schools. These co-operations are either integrated into the curriculum as weekly school subjects or take place as special extracurricular projects. During the classes, the pupils gain insight into the professional choreographers’ artistic processes, discuss prevailing positions within contemporary dance for a young audience, and develop their very own movement practice. The pupils present the results of this work on tanzhaus nrw’s grand stage during “take-off: show off” at the end of the school year.

Current Partnerships for the 2025/2026 School Year

LVR-Gerricus-Kindergarten

(Focal point of support hearing and communication)
School principal: Mr. Eicker
Contact teacher: Mrs. Teuber, Mrs. Bieschin
Dance educator: Andreas Simon

gerricus-schule.lvr.de

LVR-Gerricus-Schule

(Focal point of support hearing and communication)
School principal: Mr. Eicker
Contact teacher: Mrs. Müllers
Dance educator: Andreas Simon

gerricus-schule.lvr.de

LVR-Schule am Volksgarten

(Focal point of support physical and motoric development) 
School principal: Mr. Achim Krings
Contact teacher: Mrs. Engel
Dance educator: Paolo Fossa

schule-am-volksgarten.lvr.de

Theodor-Andresen-Schule

(Focal point of support mental development)
School principal: Mr. Isenberg
Contact teacher: Mrs. Vormbrock
Dance educator: Andreas Simon

theodor-andresen-schule.de

Ferdinand-Heye-Grundschule

School principal: Mrs. Fritzemeyer-Kollath
Contact teacher: Mrs. Weber
Dance educator: Elisa Marschall

ferdinand-heye-schule.de

Grundschule Unter den Eichen

School principal: Mrs. Maas
Contact teacher: Mrs. Fabricius-Schmidt
Dance educator: Andreas Simon

kgs-unterdeneichen.de

Montessori-Grundschule Farnweg

School principal: Mrs. Kayser
Contact teacher: Mrs. Stolba-Bohm
Dance educator: Salvatore Romano

mgs-farnweg.de

Hauptschule Itterstraße

School principal: Mr. Demmer (interim)
Contact teacher: Mrs. Weiler
Dance educator: Salvatore Romano

khs-itterstrasse.de

Goethe-Gymnasium

School principal: Mr. Schreiber
Contact teacher: Mrs. Descamps, Mrs. Thönes
Dance educator: Annika Wolf, Ivana Raffelsieper née Kisic

goethe-gymnasium.de

Wim-Wenders-Gymnasium

School principal: Mrs. Dr. Zeoli and Mr. Hannes Stork
Contact teacher: Mrs. Anke Lohrer
Dance educator: Bouni, Elisa Marschall, Sonja Reischl

ww-gym.de

Heinrich-Heine-Gesamtschule

School principal: Mrs. Günther
Contact teacher: Mrs. Corinna Zwanger
Dance educator: Ivana Raffelsieper née Kisic

hhgeduesseldorf.de

Schule Am Eller Forst

School principal: Mrs. Loose
Contact teacher: Mrs. Rading
Dance educator: Salvatore Romano

schule-am-eller-forst.de