Open Call | EXERCE 2026 with Rémy Héritier

As part of Life Long Burning Futures Lost and Found, danceWEB is inviting artists based in or from Austria to apply for EXERCE, the internationally recognised master and research programme at AGORA Cité Internationale de la Danse in Montpellier.

From 16 – 20 March 2026, choreographer and performer Rémy Héritier hosts an intensive seminar on composition, collaboration and artistic processes. A shared laboratory for thinking, working and researching – open to dance and performance artists, writers and teachers with a strong interest in research.

[8:tension] PODCAST #31 WITH PRODUCTION XX

In this podcast episode, Almud Krejza speaks with Julie Botet, Simon Le Borgne, Max Gomard, Philomène Jander, Zoe Lakhnati, Ulysse Zangs and Dora Pentchev, who were invited to the [8:tension] 2025 series with Production Xx and their work Gush is great.

In conversation, they reflect on the beginnings of the piece: six artists who had not known one another beforehand were invited to develop a work together in just five days. They talk about the playful strategies they used to approach this challenge – and about how an initially temporary collaboration grew into friendships, artistic alliances and, ultimately, a years-long international tour of Gush is great.

First Performance Highlights for 2026

As the year draws to a close, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our extraordinary audience and sign off with a first glimpse of the ImPulsTanz Festival 2026: With Eun-Me Ahn, the most influential Korean choreographer will come to Vienna for the first time, presenting Post-Orientalist Express – an opulent stage work oscillating between ritual, K-pop and futuristic club aesthetics. Also making his ImPulsTanz debut is Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos, who brings the euphoria of life to the stage with ten dancers in My Fierce Ignorant Step. Audiences can also look forward to the return of renowned artists, including US audience favourite Trajal Harrell in a collaboration with the Wiener Festwochen, the Canadian “dancer of the century” Louise Lecavalier, and French dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz with a new solo. In addition, discussions are currently underway with Tao Dance Theater, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas and Amala Dianor.