Terms and conditions

§ 1 Scope

These terms apply to all courses, trial classes, holiday weeks and events run by Wirbelwind Tanzstudio, owner Lena Brandt, Britzer Damm 112, 12347 Berlin (“the studio”).

The studio’s contractual partner is always an adult with parental responsibility for the participating child (“the guardian”). Children cannot themselves enter into a contract with the studio.

§ 2 Conclusion of contract

An enquiry sent through the form on this website is not an offer to contract; it is a non-binding request for a trial class appointment.

A course contract comes into effect only when the registration form is signed by both sides at the studio. It is not possible to conclude a contract through this website, and nothing is sold online.

Admission depends on a free place in the relevant group. If there is none, we will put the child on a waiting list if you wish.

§ 3 Trial class

Every child may attend one free trial class in any group. The trial class creates no obligation, for the guardian or for the studio.

For a child’s first trial class the guardian stays contactable in the building.

§ 4 Fees and payment

The monthly fees are €34 for Minis (ages 3–5), €42 for Kids (ages 6–9) and €46 for Teens (ages 10–14), in each case per child. No joining fee is charged.

Each additional sibling from the same household receives a 15 % discount on the cheaper of the two places, for as long as both children are registered.

Fees are annual amounts paid in twelve equal monthly instalments; the periods without teaching under § 6 are already accounted for. Payment is taken by SEPA direct debit on the third working day of each month.

Costs incurred by the studio through a returned direct debit for which the guardian is responsible must be reimbursed.

§ 5 Term and cancellation

Membership runs for an indefinite period and may be cancelled by either side in text form (letter or email) with one month’s notice to the end of a calendar month.

The right of both parties to terminate for good cause is unaffected. For guardians, good cause includes in particular a move away from Berlin or a medically certified permanent inability of the child to take part.

§ 6 Holidays, public holidays and cancelled classes

No classes take place during the Berlin school holidays or on public holidays. These periods are already reflected in the fee calculation under § 4 and lead to neither an increase nor a reduction.

If a class is cancelled for reasons within the studio’s responsibility, it is either made up or refunded pro rata. If a child misses a class, it may be made up free of charge within the same month in any other class of the same age band, provided a place is free there. No refund arises in that case.

§ 7 Duty of supervision

The studio’s duty of supervision begins when the child is handed over to the teacher in the studio room and ends when the class ends. Before and after the class, and in the waiting area, the changing corner and on the way to and from the studio, supervision rests with the guardian.

Guardians ensure the child is brought punctually and collected immediately after the class, and tell the studio in writing which people may collect the child and whether the child may travel home alone.

§ 8 Health and liability

Guardians confirm that the child is in a fit state of health to take part and inform the studio of any health limitation relevant to safe participation.

The studio is liable without limitation for damage arising from injury to life, body or health and for intent and gross negligence. In cases of simple negligence the studio is liable only for breach of a material contractual obligation and only up to the foreseeable damage typical of this type of contract.

No liability is accepted for valuables left in the rooms. Lost property is kept for four weeks.

§ 9 House rules

The studio rooms are entered barefoot, in non-slip socks or in clean indoor-only shoes. Drinks are permitted only in closable bottles. Jewellery is removed before class.

The studio may exclude a child from a class if the child repeatedly, and despite being spoken to, endangers the safety of other participants. A conversation with the guardian is always sought first.

§ 10 Photographs and recordings

Recordings of children are made and used only with the separate, freely revocable written consent of the guardian. Consent is never a condition of taking part.

Recordings made by visitors at the Sommershow are permitted for private use only and only of their own children.

§ 11 Changes to class times and teachers

The studio may change class times, rooms and teachers for organisational reasons. Material changes are notified in text form at least two weeks in advance; where a change is unreasonable for the guardian, a special right of cancellation applies with effect from the date the change takes effect.

If a teacher is ill, cover is arranged wherever possible.

§ 12 Final provisions

German law applies. Amendments and additions to the contract require text form.

Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected.

The studio is neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.