The city of Essen boasts a remarkable network of resources in dance and dance education representing a comprehensive range of interests and perspectives. This strong tradition in pooling skills and assets is reflected in the programme under joint development by the partners of tanzplan essen 2010 until the year 2010, which focuses on varied aspects of the phenomenon of learning.

With a synthesis of three self-complimenting formats, Workweeks, Symposiums and Trans-disciplinary exchange programmes, tanzplan essen 2010 aims to create interaction among institutions and participants, leading to something like an educational skill centre in and through dance. The target is to reach artists, educators, cultural advocates and audiences.

On the basis of radical changes in artistic practices over the last twenty years, as well as important scientific realisations, tanzplan essen 2010 will consider issues such as the conditions for transmitting knowledge, information and experience, educational methodology, environments and content, as well as possible educational goals.
Rather than merely seeking new directives or to improve efficiency, priority is given to developing a better understanding of the actual processes involved in learning in order to shape these more flexibly and adapt them to different needs.
The increasingly complex and instable systems of the globalised world, make demands on teaching beyond the simple transmission of knowledge, skills and techniques. This applies as much in education in the arts as in other specialised areas of information and knowledge based society.

tanzplan essen 2010s working formats create a non-institutional exchange forum where important realisations from different academic and scientific fields can be linked and considered in relation to artistic methodologies.
Artists, and all those generally interested, are invited to take advantage of these transdisciplinary further learning opportunities which, drawing on the core learning qualities of enthusiasm, curiosity and captivation, could well offer a basis for modern education at today’s Universities and Academies.

For further information please visit: www.tanzplan-essen-2010.de