Tanzhaus NRW hosts shows, workshops, classes, and houses a small cafe/bar. The dances are…read morepredominantly contemporary - and the courses are all 6-month long. (Jan-Jul, Aug-Dec) So if you are in Dusseldorf for an extended period of time I recommend this dance school, however for someone like me who was looking for drop-in classes (like Pineapple Studios in London) it was not ideal. My first taster class went down fine, however when I returned the following week to try another proficiency level, they were very reluctant and told me that they don't let new people join so far into a new course (even though they weren't working on an extended choreo / building up to a performance).

A friendly dance school (studios are split between Grafenberger Allee and Jacobistrasse),…read moreAbsolutTanzbar allows you to take taster or one-off classes. I tried two hip hop (uber20) classes and found it to be very very simplistic, attracting a 30-50 crowd who seemed to be doing it for novelty value. The alternative was to take classes with pre-teens. Although one instructor was alright the other was quite hostile and unhelpful to me when I tried to ask her where else she taught (in the hopes that she taught a higher level class elsewhere). Just try to have a thick skin at times!

In our swimming classes there are not too many children so we can take good care of everyone…read more With us, children can do all badges from seahorse to gold. Children can be admitted to the first course at the age of 5. We also have a very nice club area at Bertasee with a heated pool and many sports activities which is open for our members 24 hours a day the whole summer long.