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.

Of queer role models and ecstatic raves

This festival week once again reveals the rich diversity of contemporary dance. Untitled (Figures) by Lenio Kaklea explores queer role models and the female body. Personal, poetic and political, she traces questions of identity and desire and also presents her award-winning film An Alphabet for The Camera at the Schauspielhaus. In A Delirious Night, Cie. Mette Ingvartsen’s masked ball escalates into an ecstatic rave at the Akademietheater. Matteo Haitzmann opens this year’s [8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series at NEST with his concert performance Make it Count. And until 10 August, the exhibition Faux Pas – A New Encounter with Ko Murobushi by Ko & Edge can be viewed at the Odeon from one hour before the performances taking place there. The exhibition is a homage to the Butoh dancer Ko Murobushi, who passed away in 2014.

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Photo: Lenio Kaklea "Untitled (Figures)" © Camille Digon

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.

Workshop Highlights: From Jazz Mix to Self Care

Once again this year, the ImPulsTanz workshops showcase dance in all its rich variety: In HipHop Contemporary, Silke Grabinger focuses on the technique and expression of HipHop, while encouraging the development of each participant’s personal style. In Raza Hammadi’s Jazz Mix, participants learn a refined and harmonious blend of choreographic techniques and movement languages, following a clear, coherent structure – a melting pot of jazz. With Shifting Roots – Alegado Movement Language, Blanka Flora Csasznyi explores how our connection to the earth and our roots is essential for freedom of movement, with a focus on coordination, rhythm and awareness. Ariel Uziga invites participants in his All Abilities workshop Diverse Dance Inclusion to explore diversity through movement in space. And in Self Care and Self Regulation for Activists, Nicole Berndt-Caccivio develops strategies for staying resilient within the community – through mindfulness, slowing-down practices, bodywork based on biodynamic craniosacral therapy and osteopathy, and wild dancing. Secure your spot now!

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Photo: Silke Grabinger – HipHop Contemporary © 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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