Why are we launching a crowdfunding campaign?

The Corona pandemic presented ZeoT, like many dance and sports schools, with great challenges. With a quick transition to online teaching, we were, fortunately, able to continue teaching - but our cushion of funding melted away during that time.

After we returned to dance in our studio where we’ve been since 2006, we were hit with more bad news: due to the gentrification of Europaallee, our building owners would not renew our contract. Our vibrant dance studio in Lagerstrasse will soon be turned into offices.

However, this doesn’t mean the end of ZeoT! After a long search for a new location, we’re happy to have found a great new place in Wipkingen where we can keep our school alive. From January 2023 we plan to welcome our students to our new dance oasis.

The change means that we have to face unplanned costs, which we’re not able to meet without your support: The deconstruction of the old location and the construction of the new premises.

Our new location is currently under construction. We need your help to transform it into a dance school: This includes, for example, partition walls to divide the space into two dance studios, a dance floor that is easy on the joints, mirrored walls, showers and acoustic dampening curtains.

We'll be launching our crowdfunding campaign on the 29th of October 2022. Help fund some of the building work of the new studio. Together we can make our new studio an oasis of oriental dance!

Thank you for contributing and sharing our project.