Accessibility

The programme information is continuously updated. If you have any concerns on site, suggestions for improvement or information on barriers, please contact Sabine Lindlar | Mail: access@tanzmesse.com | Mobile: +49 151 58850328 (also available via WhatsApp)

Information in International Sign Language and spoken English

Accompanying Persons

Personal assistants / essential companions can be registered free of charge.

Accessibility of locations and venues

You can find an overview of the accessibility of our locations and venues here. Directions for visual orientation on the location of the venues and performance spaces can be downloaded at the bottom of the page.

Shuttles

We offer barrier-free shuttles between the venues on request. As the programme takes place at many different locations and the routes vary individually, please contact us at access@tanzmesse.com to plan the transfers accordingly.

Access Room

At tanzhaus nrw, we have set up an Access Room where you can move around and rest, and which offers a private place to eat. The Access Room is exclusively available to dance professionals with disabilities and their personal assistants.

Translation

We offer translations into international sign language and live subtitling (captions on your own smartphone) for the opening and keynote speeches as part of the Talk & Connect discourse programme.

Support dogs

Approved support dogs are welcome in all Tanzmesse venues.

Alternative seating

We offer alternative seating in the form of beanbags for all performances (with the exception of the one held in the opera house). Please make a reservation by e-mail: access@tanzmesse.com

Early Boarding

For all events, we offer early boarding, which allows visitors to enter the spaces early. This gives them the time and peace to settle into their surroundings and choose a suitable seat before the rest of the audience arrives. Please arrive 20 minutes before the start of the event for early boarding.

Relaxed Performance

Relaxed Performance is aimed at a more relaxed and accessible performance experience. They are particularly suitable for people with autism, Tourette's syndrome, sensory or communication disorders, learning difficulties or chronic pain.

As part of our performance programme, we offer two performances - 40/40 by Two Destination Language and Hallucinations of an Artifact by Mandeep Raikhy as Relaxed Performances.
This means that

  • the Relaxed Performance is announced before the performance begins
  • Sounds and movements from the audience are very much welcome
  • the audience is allowed to leave and return to the theatre at any time

Please note that these performances may still include light pulses and loud sounds.

Meet Up

Meet-Up Crip Connections hosted by Dance from Scotland
We invite D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent artists and producers to join us for Crip* Connections.

Content Notes & Sensory Stimuli

On this page we list performances that contain various potentially stressful content that can have a triggering effect. For details, please click on the relevant link As there is a very wide range of potential triggers and it is not always possible to take all of them into account, please enquire with us about specific triggers in advance.

Content Notes
MAMELA'S HATCHED ENSEMBLE - HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Two Destination Language - 40/40
Wired Studio - BOXED
Lorin Sookool - Woza Wenties!
Action at a Distance / Tangaj Collective - BLOT- Body Line of Thought
Bruno Brandolino & Bibi Dória - LA BURLA
Joel Bray Dance - DADDY
Mandeep Raikhy - Hallucinations of an Artifact

Sensory Triggers
Daniella Santibáñez - DEVELAR / UNVEIL
senzenberger|rieck - a dance routine
Stina Nyberg - Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Action at a Distance / Tangaj Collective - BLOT- Body Line of Thought
Bruno Brandolino & Bibi Dória - LA BURLA
Joel Bray Dance - DADDY
Mandeep Raikhy - Hallucinations of an Artifact
Dance On Ensemble - MELLOWING

About us in Plain English

internationale tanzmesse nrw 2024
28 to 31 August

international means: from different countries
tanzmesse means: people who work in dance meet and talk about their work
nrw is: the short form for the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Tanzmesse takes place there.

The Tanzmesse takes place every 2 years. The organiser is the nrw landesbuero tanz.
This year's Tanzmesse takes place in Düsseldorf, Krefeld and Leverkusen.

Many people from all over the world meet at Tanzmesse.
These people can talk to each other here.
They can watch different dance performances.
They can arrange to meet here and work together later.
Together they can then make new dance pieces.

People who do not work with dance can also come to Tanzmesse and watch dance performances.

Programme: everything that happens at Tanzmesse
The programme will be announced in spring 2024.
Then you can register for Tanzmesse or buy tickets for the dance performances.

Audioflyer

Here you can listen to our audio flyer about internationale tanzmesse nrw

About Tanzmesse – in International Sign Language