ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival

Cancellation of the ImPulsTanz Festival 2020 & postponement of certain projects

On 17^th April 2020 the Austrian Federal Government announced further steps regarding its measures against COVID-19. Those measures as well as the international situation, the continuing massive travel restrictions and unpredictable visa problems, force us to take a painful but nevertheless clear step: The 37^thedition of the ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival from 9th July to 9^thAugust 2020 cannot take place in its originally planned and later adapted form.

Especially the ImPulsTanz festival – as well as our whole artform – thrives on live atmosphere, diversity and international, transcultural exchange. Therefore, we are doing our utmost in order to revive this atmosphere, if at all possible, with Public Moves in summer and together with our museum partners in autumn. The 2020 programme will be largely maintained for ImPulsTanz 2021 (15^th July to 15^th August). Nevertheless, it is important to be open for new artistic works, that are still being created in response to this crisis, for the upcoming programme. We keep you posted and look forward to dancing together again!
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Support ImPulsTanz

Since ImPulsTanz unfortunately cannot take place as planned this year, we are even more pleased and happy about your support – in the form of donations for our project Lass Springen!, which enables children and teens to participate in workshops, for new mirror walls and much more. Furthermore, our workshop and performance vouchers as well as merchandise articles are still available in our shop. Thank you very much!

Obituary for Nancy Stark Smith

We are sad to announce that Nancy Stark Smith passed away on Friday 1st May 2020 at the age of 68. Together with the dance world we mourn the passing of an important pioneer and icon of Contact Improvisation. MORE

DanceAbility Teacher Certification 2021

ImPulsTanz and Alito Alessi, founder and executive director of DanceAbility, offer a four-week long DanceAbility Teacher Training, taking place during the ImPulsTanz Festival 2021 from 4^th to 30^st July. MORE

IDOCDE Symposium & Residency

We don’t know yet the form in which the IDOCDE Residency (20^th to 24^th July) and the Symposium (25^th to 26^th July) will take place. But they will. For now, the team of IDOCDE offers the Virtual Place for Taking Space until we know what the future holds. A series of Zoom meetings for connecting, reconnecting and sharing where we are at today. Join us! MORE