We want you

Wanna dance? Then watch out young people with dance experience!

The youth company of tanzhaus nrw is looking for dancers between the ages of 12 and 18 who would like to dance, train and choreograph together – and contribute their own impulses and ideas. The space is open to different dance styles and brings together dancers with different levels of experience to work on small scenes and choreographies together. Are you a dance enthusiast and feel that this is for you? Then sign up for the audition!

The rehearsals of the youth company take place regularly on Tuesdays from 16:30 - 19:30 and on several weekends, which you should be able to arrange in order to become part of the youth company!

Audition informations

When?
Saturday, 14.06.2025 10:00 - 13:00

Who?
Young people aged 12 - 18 years with dance experience

Where?
Studio 6 in the Academy of the tanzhaus nrw

With 50 participants, initiated and accompanied by Saïdo Lehlouh.

For the opening of the new season in September 2025, we are looking for a team of two choreographers, who will develop a participatory dance format together with a musician. This project will involve approx. 50 participants from Düsseldorf, with or without prior dance experience. The goal is to create an intensive and engaging experience with dance for the participants, culminating in a public performance on the Main Stage of tanzhaus nrw.

The project is initiated and conceptually designed by French-Algerian choreographer and dancer Saïdo Lehlouh, who will accompany the process artistically.

This Open Call is exclusively aimed at artists who:

• Are currently living and working in Düsseldorf or North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
• Have an artistic practice that is connected to hip-hop culture or club styles

We are looking for:
 

• A team of two choreographers
   

• One musician

The choreographic team may apply with or without a musician.
Musicians may also apply independently (without choreographers).

Timeline:

• Online Kick-off & Concept Development with Saïdo Lehlouh: July 2025

• Workshop, Technical Setup, Rehearsals, and Public Showing:

  • Sun, Sept 7: 14:00–16:00 (Workshop)
  • Mon, Sept 8 & Tue, Sept 9: Technical Setup
  • Tue, Sept 9: Rehearsal 1, 18:00–21:00
  • Wed, Sept 10: Rehearsal 2, 18:00–21:00
  • Sun, Sept 14: Public Showing at 18:00 (Warm-up 16:00–17:00)

Fees:

• Choreographers: €1,500 net each
• Musician: €1,000 net

For a documentary poster and exhibition project, including a public reading at Worringer Platz, accompanied by Saïdo Lehlouh.

To mark the opening of the 2025/26 season in September 2025, we are looking for artistic collaborators from the fields of photography, creative writing, and dance. The focus is on engaging artistically with Worringer Platz – through both documentary and fictionalized encounters in public space. The resulting works will become part of a public poster and exhibition project for the season opening.

This project is conceived by French-Algerian choreographer and dancer Saïdo Lehlouh, who will accompany and co-develop the project artistically.

We are exclusively looking for artists who:,

• Are currently living and working in Düsseldorf or North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
• Have an artistic practice connected to hip-hop culture and/or club styles

We are looking for:
 

• Photographer

Tasks:

• Document both real and staged encounters at Worringer Platz

• Attend preparatory meetings and conduct research with Saïdo Lehlouh

• Approx. four photo sessions (2 hours each) at different times of day in July

• Co-develop a concept with Saïdo Lehlouh for a public poster campaign at Worringer Platz

• Provide approx. 15 image motifs incl. usage rights

• Provide supplementary video footage (B-roll) for social media or other platforms

Fee: €2,200 net

Production budget (for the poster campaign): €2,500

 

• Movement Director

Tasks:

• Develop movement-based staged encounters in public space in collaboration with extras, to be captured photographically

• Attend preparatory meetings and conduct research with Saïdo Lehlouh

• Two half-day sessions (approx. 4 hours each)

Fee: €800 net

Schedule:

•  Concept/research for documentation and poster campaign (via Zoom): July 2025
• Documentation sessions: July
• Delivery of photo/video material: End of July
• Poster installation: Early September

 

• Writer / Creative Author

Tasks:

• Develop, write, and perform a short story about Worringer Platz for a public reading at the KreativraumD

• The text will be translated into multiple languages prior to the reading

• Participate in a concept development session with Saïdo Lehlouh

Fee: €1,000 net

Schedule:

• Online kick-off meeting (Zoom): July 2025
• Working period: July 2025
• Translation: August 2025
• Public Reading: Sat 13.09.2025 + Sun 14.09.2025