›Sprungbrett‹, is a research strand of the tanz nrw festival which enables young artists and graduates from art schools and academies in North Rhine-Westphalia to take up three-week residencies supported by an artistic mentor of their choice at PACT and tanzhaus nrw. The objective of the residencies is to research or critically engage with a specific subject and not primarily production orientated. This year’s participating artists, Wilhelmina Stark and Veronika Heisig, will share their results with festival visitors in the form of open studio presentations.