Booking start for 179 workshops & research projects
Finally, after an eventful festival year in 2020, which mainly took place outdoors, we return to our beloved workshop centre Arsenal in 2021 from 15th July to 15th August. A total of 179 workshops and research projects – from Afro-Haitian Dance to a Waxing Gibbous Moon Embodiment Party and Folktrance to Vogue To Everything – in 17 departments by 106 international and Austrian teachers are waiting for you. There is something for everyone: about 95 classes are suitable for beginners, people over 60 as well as for children and teens. Around 90 further courses, including 9 research projects, are aimed at experienced and professional dancers and choreographers. Book your workshop now! MORE
Research Projects: Apply now!
For professional dancers and choreographers, in addition to the 80 workshops, there is also the possibility to apply for process-oriented research projects. There are 9 to choose from: Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion are dedicated to music. Jennifer Lacey wonders how to function in a global pandemic and still be creative. Ian Kaler and Stéphane Peeps Moun unite and share their practices. Tanja Erhart and Katharina Senk explore ableism in dance. Melanie Maar and Edie Nightcrawler deconstruct eroticism in performance. Simon Mayer and Corine Sombrun fuse folk dance and trance. Jule Flierl and Irena Z. Tomažin choreograph the voice. Justin F. Kennedy and Emma Howes analyse trance dance and pour it into a live performance. And with Steven Cohen, inhibitions are dropped. MORE
Shake the Break for Kids & Teens
Sitting still has come to an end: together with Dschungel Wien, we are once again inviting children and teens aged 3.5 to 18 to 12 exciting Shake the Break workshops. Daybee Dorzile, Markus Eggensperger, Ákos Hargitay, Romy Kolb and Attila Zanin take you into the world of hip hop and social dance, Futurelove Sibanda will bring music from his home country Zimbabwe, Suni Löschner, Johanna Figl and Martina Rösler let animals loose and Laura Steinhöfel, Elda Gallo, Sanja Tropp Frühwald and the Künstlerinnenkollektiv KLAUS playfully deal with themes such as love, princesses and the coexistence of humans, animals and nature. MORE
IDOCDE Symposium on Contemporary Dance Education
Also this year we are happy to host – on 31st July and 1st August – the IDOCDE Symposium on Contemporary Dance Education. The symposium, entitled per/mutation. practical and tactical applications in taking care of mortal dancing, brings together everything that has been moving dance forward since the global pandemic began. MORE
A farewell to our friend Ismael Ivo
Shocked and deeply saddened, we have to announce that ImPulsTanz co-founder and dance icon Ismael Ivo passed away on Thursday, 8th April 2021 in São Paulo at the age of 66 from Covid-19. With him, we lose not only a unique friend but also an important voice at ImPulsTanz. We would like to express our greatest admiration for his life’s work and his strength, and we are grateful for his artistic contributions to ImPulsTanz and for his unwavering passion towards the festival and dance in general. It has been an honour to have Ismael at our side – what a wonderful and generous man! MORE