When you dance, you can experience a sense of freedom that goes beyond activities based on results, winning, and rules.
We (mother and son Anja and Till von Karstedt) believe that dancing, just like other creative activities, is a language—a means of expression that shouldn’t be about prescriptive pedagogy, but rather about encouraging people to try new things.
Who needs space to dance?
Children who start moving at the first beats of music, or rather those who have not yet experienced feeling comfortable with their own movements?
Designing a space that invites all children to dance requires setting priorities so that a safe environment is created for them to explore.
A multi-purpose room that’s supposed to do it all—and where ball games also take place—is just as unsuitable as a room crisscrossed by many pathways.
We present the spatial requirements for a dance space—from the layout and furnishings with mirrors and room-dividing elements, to lighting, materials, and, last but not least, space for the audience.
And what if there’s not much space?
There are many educational areas that lend themselves to dancing. Dancing and media, dancing and music, dancing and dressing up, dancing and relaxation. In this way, the dance space becomes a place that offers exciting, complementary activities throughout the day.
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