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DANCE GALA


Date: 12.10.2024

Time:

Start of the event at 7 pm

The house opens at 6 pm

Venue:

Aalto Theater
Opernplatz 10, 45128 Essen

Big stage

 

Duration and breaks:

Act 1: 7 - 8 pm

Intermission: 20 - 20:30

Act 2: 20:30 - 21:30

 

Travelling by bus and train

The Aalto-Theatre, the Philharmonie Essen and the venues of Schauspiel Essen are only a few minutes' walk from the main railway station. You can also take the bus or train to the stations ‘Aalto-Theater’, ‘Philharmonie’ or ‘Hirschlandplatz’. Your season ticket or admission ticket is valid on the day of the event as a ticket on all buses and trains of the Rhine-Ruhr public transport network for a return journey to and from the venue.

 

Public transport stops

Aalto-Theater: ‘Aalto-Theater’ (lines: 101, 105, 106, 145, 154, 155)

Timetable information, service offers and current information can be found on the website of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (www.vrr.de) or at www.ruhrbahn.de.

 

Arriving by car: car parks and destinations

Disabled parking spaces: In the underground car park of the Aalto Theatre you will find a sufficient number of disabled parking spaces. Please use the lifts in both the underground car park and the cloakroom hall. It is also possible to be driven directly to the entrance via the driveway (on Rolandstraße).

If you are coming by car from outside, follow the signs for ‘Essen-Zentrum’ and ‘Opernhaus’ (exit from the A40, A42 or A52 motorways). For events at the Aalto-Theater, you will find free parking spaces in the theatre's underground car park from 60 minutes before the start of the performance. The car park closes immediately after the performance. The car park cannot be used during the day on weekdays.

Destination for the navigation system:
Rolandstraße, 45128 Essen

Operator of the underground car park
E.ON Service GmbH, Brüsseler Platz 14, 5131 Essen
Service provider on behalf of E.ON:
Westdeutscher Wach- und Schutzdienst Fritz Kötter SE & Co. KG
Contact: +49 201 186 5700 or SRC@eon.com

 

Taxi service

You can pre-book a taxi for your return journey from the cloakroom staff before the performance or during the interval.

 

Barrier-free toilets

There is a barrier-free toilet in the foyer of the Aalto Theatre on the ground floor.

 

Barrier-free access / Accessibility for wheelchair users

If you would like to use a wheelchair space, please let us know for organisational reasons when purchasing tickets at the TicketCenter, by telephone on T +49 201 81 22-200 or by e-mail to tickets@theater-essen.de.

Please use the lifts both in the underground car park (Aalto Theatre) and in the cloakroom. In the Aalto Theatre, the wheelchair spaces are located in row 15.

 

Translation into German sign language

German sign language translation will be provided throughout the gala programme. The translators will be on the right side of the stage.

 

Audio description

Audio description will be provided throughout the gala programme, which can be listened to via receivers and headphones. These devices can be borrowed on site before the start of the event or during the interval for a deposit.

 

  

KULTURSALON


Date: Friday, 11.10.2024

Time:

Start of the event at 7 pm

The house opens at 6 pm

Venue:

PACT Zollverein
Bullmannaue 20a
D-45327 Essen

Big stage, 1st floor

 

Duration and breaks:

19 - 20:25 Part 1

20:25 - 20:45 Break

20:45 - 21:30 Part 2

Afterwards: Invitation to a reception with drinks and canapés

 

Travelling by bus and train

PACT Zollverein
Bullmannaue 20a
D-45327 Essen

Phone +49 (0)201.289 47 00
Fax +49 (0)201.289 47 01
info@pact-zollverein.de

Stops: 
Tram 107: Katernberg / Essen Zollverein junction
Essen-Zollverein North railway station

 

Walk from the tram stop:  

  • After getting off at the stop Abzweig Katernberg (line 107), cross the railway tracks to the left.
  • Then cross Gelsenkirchener Straße.
  • Caution! Traffic lights have a signal.
  • Continue southwards on Gelsenkirchener Straße.
  • After 60 metres, cross Haldenstraße.
  • Caution! No traffic lights and no zebra crossing
  • Continue on Gelsenkirchener Straße
  • After 150 metres, cross Bullmannnaue
  • Caution! No traffic lights and no zebra crossing.
  • Turn right.
  • Then 290 metres further on Bullmannaue
  • Turn left
  • After 40 metres, the entrance is on the right-hand side 
     

     

By car:
A40 motorway: Exit Essen-Frillendorf
A42 motorway: Gelsenkirchen-Hessler exit

Car park:
Limited parking facilities at the building. Disabled parking spaces to the right of the entrance / free of charge

 

Alternative: 
P A2 car park, 5 min walk to PACT
Navigation via Google Maps: ‘Zollverein car park A2’ 

 

Information on accessibility / Accessibility for wheelchair users:

On site: 

  • Ground-level entrance on the ground floor 
  • Box office, foyer on the ground floor / barrier-free 
  • WC on the ground floor / barrier-free 
  • Lift for access to the upper floor cannot be operated independently, please inform the box office or register at service@pact-zollverein.de
  • Stage on the upper floor / barrier-free 
  • Disabled parking spaces to the right of the entrance / free of charge
     

 

SHUTTLE BUS FROM CHORFORUM TO PACT ZOLLVEREIN

Departure at 17:30 from Chorforum Essen, Fischerstraße 2-4, 45128 Essen

To PACT Zollverein, Bullmannaue 20a, D-45327 Essen

 

Translation into German sign language 

German sign language translation will be provided throughout the programme. The translators will be on the right side of the stage.

 

Audio description

An audio description will be provided throughout the programme, which can be listened to via receivers and headphones. These devices can be borrowed on site before the start of the event for a deposit.

 

 

Note on the accessibility of the website

The Dachverband Tanz Deutschland strives to reduce existing barriers and is in a work process in this regard. Our website is barrier-free from a technical point of view.

Feedback and Contact information:

Have you noticed any deficiencies in the barrier-free access to content on this website? Then you are welcome to contact us.

You can contact us by phone or e-mail:

Telefon: +49 (0)30 / 37 44 33 92
E-Mail: info(at)dachverband-tanz.de