Vienna International Dance Festival
10.7.–10.8.2025

Founded in 1984, ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival has over the years evolved into the largest festival for contemporary dance and performance in the world. Every summer it presents a uniquely diverse programme of performances, workshops, research projects and musical acts.

Tickets for the entire performance programme are now available online, by phone and at the box office!

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Every year ImPulsTanz presents more than 50 productions by international as well as Austrian artists and companies in an extraordinary density in the theatres and museums of Vienna.

Festival Opening with CLUB AMOUR

This year, our festival kicks off elegantly on 10 July at 19:30 with the triple bill CLUB AMOUR: Café Müller / Aatt enen tionon / herses, duo by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz at Burgtheater.
Few works in contemporary dance history are as groundbreaking and emotionally resonant as Café Müller, first performed in 1978 and staged around the world ever since. In CLUB AMOUR, this iconic work enters into dialogue with two early pieces by Boris Charmatz (Aatt enen tionon, herses, duo) in a bold triptych exploring love and desire. Purcell meets PJ Harvey, the subtle humour of Pina Bausch, her uniqueness and quiet radicalism, meet the unbridled nature and the sensuality of naked, entwined bodies of Charmatz’s works. A grand evening, an event!

Tickets for all performances are available online, by phone at +43 1 235 00 22, and from 8 July at the box office at Workshop Centre Arsenal.

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Photo: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz – CLUB AMOUR. Café Müller © César Vayssié

Even more additional performances

Due to high demand, we are delighted to announce even more additional performances: starting with the ImPulsTanz classic deep dish by Liquid Loft / Chris Haring on 15 July (20:30) at NEST, where sumptuous feasting once again meets dance. The [8:tension] choreographers Lisen Pousette & Olivia Rivière return with DUNKEL to WUK Projektraum on 23 July (21:00), once more oscillating between heaviness and lightness, intimacy and eruption. Meanwhile, Catol Teixeira revisits in Arrebentação - zona de derrama last chapter the fleeting moment between tension and tranquillity – full of impulses, desires and longing – for a third time on 2 August (19:00), also at WUK. On 24 July (21:00) at Schauspielhaus, Luca Bonamore once again reveals in LAMENTATIONS 
what his search for love sounds like – from a galloping escape from loneliness to an extraordinary encounter. At Akademietheater, Alexander Vantournhout / Not Standing explores on 25 July (21:00) with every_body how an ordinary handshake can lead to a choreographic miracle. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Solal Mariotte / Rosas return for a fourth performance of their embodied homage to the celebrated Brussels-born chansonnier Jacques BREL on 29 July (21:00), also at Akademietheater. And as part of ImPulsTanz & Visual Arts, a delicate symbiosis unfolds at mumok in Ola Maciejewska’s The second body – with an object made of ice, through touching, lifting, gliding and embracing. Don’t miss out – grab your tickets now!

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Photo: Catol Teixeira – Arrebentação - zona de derrama last chapter © CEPV Vidy Miriam Theus

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SOÇIAL

Every evening, the Soçial music programme invites festival guests and visitors to concerts and DJ sets in the Festival Lounge and on two evenings to the ImPulsTanz – Party Nights in the Arkadenhof at Wiener Rathaus.

Dancing through those balmy summer nights

From 10 July to 10 August, the much-loved ImPulsTanz Festival Lounge returns to the Burgtheater Vestibül, welcoming festival artists, audiences, teaching artists, dancers of all levels – from total beginners to professionals – and night owls of all kinds every evening from 22:00. The Festival Lounge kicks off on 10 July with a live opening featuring Mary Jane’s Soundgarden and Radio Rudina behind the decks. Every Friday, FM4 sends its hosts and DJs from the studio straight into the heart of the Festival Lounge. The Live’n’Local nights on thursdays spotlight live concerts by Austrian musicians – among them Skofi, ARAI and KLAWO.

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Photo: ImPulsTanz On Decks © yakoone

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WORKSHOPS & RESEARCH

Over 150 international and national teaching artists and choreographers share their knowledge with both beginners and professionals in more than 250 workshops and research projects at Arsenal.

The Public Moves Return to Vienna

The daily outdoor dance classes of Public Moves return in 2025 to seven locations across Vienna. The series begins on 11 July at 17:00 in the MuseumsQuartier with sessions by Silke Grabinger and German Jauregui. Simultaneously, Andrea Vezga Acevedo and Rotraud Kern teach at the Papstwiese near the Donauturm, Karine LaBel and Inge Kaindlstorfer at Richard-Wagner-Platz, and Esther Jeong and Fabiana Pastorini at Schwarzenbergplatz.

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Photo: Public Moves Opening MQ – Kafeela Ade © yakoone

LACE Extended Open Call

Professional artists, activists, and academics working in dance, performance, and embodied arts are invited to apply for LACE Extended (21–25 July 2025), a week of in-depth peer exchange following the LACE #3: Materialising Touch symposium. LACE Extended offers time and space for peer-to-peer, practice-based exchange around relationality, interstitiality, and collective inquiry – grounded in artistic, academic, and activist practices. Participants can choose between three unique spaces hosted by Naoto Hieda (hybrid), Yas Lamar, or Tereza Silon – each offering a deep dive into relational and practice-based exploration.

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Photo: Symposium Opening 2024 © yakoone

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