LACE #3: Materialising Touch – The symposium’s Open Calls are online!

LACE #3, from 14 – 18 July 2025, will provocatively explore integration as an essential creative activity. What does integration within dance and performance mean? How can we make something whole, incorporating a quality and activity of renewal and restoration, as suggested by the etymological dictionary? What happens during the process of putting things and people in touch?

LACE #3 invites artists, researchers, and educators in dance, performance, and body-based arts to contribute with examples of artistic practices that illustrate the labour of integration – its action, reflection, and duration.

[8:tension] PODCAST #20 WITH NETTI NÜGANEN

Today’s guest is Netti Nüganen. Known to ImPulsTanz audiences as part of a number of Florentina Holzinger’s productions, she first presented one of her own performances at this year’s festival. Her piece The Myth: last day, a pseudo-archeological excavation turned punk concert, is an exercise in how history is constructed. With author Sean Pfeiffer, Nüganen further reflects on this intersection of fact and fiction. They also discuss how engaging with both text material and physical objects constitutes her performative practice. 

Obituary for Dada Masilo

We mourn the loss of Dada Masilo who passed away on 29 December 2024 at the age of just 39. With her unique powerful dance she impressed the ImPulsTanz audience for many years and leaves a huge gap in the dance world. It has been a pleasure to welcome and experience Dada in Vienna again and again over the years – not only as a stunning dancer and choreographer, but also as a valuable companion. Above all, we will always remember her humour, her sheer zest for life and her profound dedication to dance. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to all those who mourn Dada, especially Suzette and to her wonderful ensemble.

We are grateful for everything you shared with us and the dance world. 

We will miss you and your laughter!

[8:tension] PODCAST #19 WITH CAMILLA SCHIELIN

Today’s guest is Camilla Schielin, a dancer-choreographer working in Vienna. After showing her solo piece into (quickening ground) at ImPulsTanz, she talked with author Sean Pfeiffer about the development of the piece, the music and dance styles that influenced it, and how other performers shape her work.