Tanzmesse Programme 2024

For the 2024 edition, we are happy to present you the Tanzmesse Programme with 19 full-length performances, 27 Open Studio presentations and 18 Insights. Have a look at our Tanzmesse Programme Trailer.

Below you also find the daily programme schedules as printable PDFs to download.

Please find here a description of the days at Tanzmesse:

internationale tanzmesse nrw 2024 starts with the Pre-Day NRW on 27 August 2024. This year we will visit our longstanding partner Fabrik Heeder in Krefeld to discover different companies from North Rhine-Westphalia. The buses to Fabrik Heeder will depart at 13.00 h from tanzhaus nrw.

On 28 August 2024, the Agora is open for registration from 10.00 to 15.00 h.

The registration at tanzhaus nrw will be open from 16.00 to 19.00 h in the Foyer.
The First Timer Meeting will start at 16.00 h at tanzhaus nrw.
At 17.30 h, Panzetti/Ticconi will have a pre-opening show at Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz

At 18.30 h the official Opening of internationale tanzmesse nrw 2024 takes place outside tanzhaus nrw.
There are three opening performances to choose from:
19.00 h tanzhaus nrw: HATCHED ENSEMBLE by Mamela Nyamza
19.30 h FFT Düsseldorf: 40/40 by Two Destination Language
19.30 h Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz: AeReA by Panzetti / Ticconi
(There will be walking shuttles from tanzhaus nrw to FFT Düsseldorf and Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz.)

21.00 h tanzhaus nrw: Opening Party hosted by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Colonia

The structure of the days 29 to 31 August 2024 will be very similar:

09.30 h Morning Coffee (by invitation only)
10.00 – 14.00 h Opening Hours Agora
10.45 & 12:30 h Meet-Ups (Agora)
11.00 & 13.00 h Guided Tours

14.00 – 17.50 h Open Studio Programme at tanzhaus nrw
14.30 – 15.50 h Insight Programme at FFT Düsseldorf & Central Library (same building)
14.30 – 16.30 h Talk & Connect at 34 OST

17.00 h Full-Length Performance Programme starts

21.00 or 22.00 h Parties hosted by different institutions at tanzhaus nrw.

On 29 August at 10.00 and 15.00 h, there will be a performance for children by Holobiont collective at tanzhaus nrw.

On 29 and 30 August, three performances by Wired Studio will take place in front of the Agora building at 10.30 h, 12.30 h and 14.30 h.

On 30 August, there will be a Double Bill of Action at a Distance & Tangaj Collective and Bruno Brandolino & Bibi Doria at Fabrik Heeder. The shuttle bus will leave at 17.00 h from tanzhaus nrw.