SCHOOL PROGRAMMES (6-16 years)
Danish Dance Theatre develops and offers various school programmes for both primary and secondary levels, each linked to one of the company’s productions. All programmes culminate in a shared theatre visit to experience the full performance live.
Aims of the programmes:
Season 25/26 Offers:
JOSEPH_KIDS School Programme (Grades 0–3):
A six-week course for early primary classes based on the children’s performance JOSEPH_KIDS.
JOSEPH_KIDS bridges the digital and analogue worlds, showing how technology can spark physical creativity and imagination. Children watch a dancer who projects his mirrored image onto a large screen and playfully distorts his body in surprising and humorous ways. The show includes western-style duels with himself and a visit from a superhero. JOSEPH_KIDS is full of humor and surprises.
In the school programme, children participate in a series of creative and active movement games inspired by the universe of the performance. They will recognize elements from these activities when they attend the performance at the end of the course. The workshop focuses on cooperation, creativity, ideas, and shared joyful experiences of movement.
DRIP TEKHNE School Programme (Grades 7–9):
This season, Dansk Danseteater offers four creative dance programmes based on the acclaimed performance Drip Tekhne – The Evolution of Movement, which participating classes will see at Teater Republique in Copenhagen.
This programme is part of the pilot project Dance Communities in the City of Copenhagen, in partnership with Dansehallerne and Dansekapellet.
The course introduces students to dance and movement as an art form with an emphasis on joy of movement, creativity, collaboration, bodily communication, and musicality.
Drawing from the content of Drip Tekhne – the Evolution of Movement, students will take part in adapted and varied teaching including physical exercises, creative games, choreographic tasks, and supportive visual and textual materials. They will build a shared foundation from which they can develop their own ideas and collaboratively create dance scenes.
The programme is led by two experienced dance educators from Dansk Danseteater who are trained to create safe and inclusive spaces where all students can meet dance in their own way—without fear of being exposed or judged. The focus is on process, not product.
For further information, please contact our Outreach Coordinator Natalie Sloth Richter
📧 natalie@danskdanseteater.dk
ABOUT OUR CHILDREN & YOUTH PROGRAMME
How can dance spark imagination, promote inclusion, and strengthen self-confidence in children and young people? Dansk Danseteater’s Children & Youth Programmes are centred around these core values. We aim to pass on the joy of dance and movement to Denmark’s next generations.
Research shows that physically active, participatory encounters with contemporary dance can foster inclusive communities and promote well-being, health, and self-worth among children and young people. As Denmark’s national company for contemporary dance, we have a responsibility to strengthen and communicate the role of dance in society.
We embrace this responsibility by making the potential of dance accessible to children and youth—both as an art form and a means of expression—through interactive performances and workshops. Dance connects us to our bodies and to one another—our shared foundation for experiencing the world.
THIS SEASON’S PROGRAMMES:
