FESTIVALINFO

Cancellation of the ImPulsTanz Festival 2020 & postponement of certain projects

On 17^th April 2020 the Austrian Federal Government announced further steps regarding its measures against COVID-19. Those measures as well as the international situation, the continuing massive travel restrictions and unpredictable visa problems, force us to take a painful but nevertheless clear step: The 37^th edition of the ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival from 9^th July to 9^th August 2020 cannot take place in its originally planned and later adapted form.

Especially the ImPulsTanz festival – as well as our whole artform – thrives on live atmosphere, diversity and international, transcultural exchange. Therefore, we are doing our utmost in order to revive this atmosphere, if at all possible, with Public Moves in summer and together with our museum partners in autumn. The 2020 programme will be largely maintained for ImPulsTanz 2021 (15^th July to 15^th August). Nevertheless, it is important to be open for new artistic works, that are still being created in response to this crisis, for the upcoming programme. We keep you posted and look forward to dancing together again!
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Founded in 1984, ImPulsTanz has developed into one of the largest festivals of contemporary dance and performance worldwide. Each summer, thousands of dancers, choreographers and artists from all over the world come together in Vienna, work together for five weeks and celebrate contemporary dance.

ImPulsTanz – that’s performances, workshops, research projects and ImPulsTanz Soçial, the daily music programme. Contemporary dance establishment meets the trendsetting productions of tomorrow, which have found their place at the festival‘s [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series. Every year, ImPulsTanz workshops welcome thousands of participants, beginners and professionals, who use the opportunity to study the entire palette of dance with famous teachers.

ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival 2021
15 July to 15 August 2021

PERFORMANCES

For more than thirty years, ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival has been presenting a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary dance production. Artists and companies such as Ballet de l‘Opéra National de Paris, Alain Platel / les ballets C de la B, Jérôme Bel, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Damaged Goods, La La La Human Steps, Cie. Mathilde Monnier, Rosas, Ultima Vez and many more are offering insight into their work. Due to the ambition to meet every work‘s requirements, ImPulsTanz cooperates with various prominent Viennese venues such as the Burgtheater, Odeon Theater, Volkstheater or MuseumsQuartier. Annually, more than 100 performances are presented to approx. 35.000 spectators.

The performance preview 2020 

WORKSHOPS

With its versatile roster, ImPulsTanz is the biggest workshop festival in Europe. More than 140 internationally renowned teachers and choreographers are heading around 200 workshops open to beginners, intermediate and professional dancers. Both the diversity of the programme (from Contemporary to Butoh, from Yoga to Dance for People with and without Disabilities) as well as the strongly encouraged exchange between teachers and students, performers and audience, amateurs and professionals mark Vienna as THE summerly dance summit. Joe Alegado (Columbus), Boyzie Cekwana (Durban), Zvi Gotheiner (New York), Marcia Haydée (Stuttgart), Jennifer Lacey (Paris), Louise Lecavalier (Montréal), Dominique Mercy (Wuppertal), Elsa Wolliaston (Paris) among many others have already been contributing to the professional and open atmosphere at the ImPulsTanz workshops.

The Workshop preview 2020
The Teachers A-Z 2020

RESEARCH

ImPulsTanz Research offers a series of investigative projects to professional dancers. The number of participating artists is restricted, they will be chosen by the project head. The working process emphasises challenging interaction between project head and students, thus creating a mutual level for students and teacher. So far, artists like Merce Cunningham (New York), Emio Greco | PC (Amsterdam), Wendy Houstoun (London), Akram Khan (London), Vera Mantero (Lissabon), Mathilde Monnier (Montpellier), Lloyd Newson (London), Steve Paxton (Vermont), Mark Tompkins (Paris) and Wim Vandekeybus (Brussels) brought in their creativity and contributed to the all-communication focus of ImPulsTanz Research.

The Research Projects 2020

SOÇIAL

When the ImPulsTanz day ends, the ImPulsTanz Festival Lounge opens its doors. Artists, audience, dance aficionados and music enthusiasts come together to talk, dance and have fun. The ImPulsTanz Festival Lounge offers a programme with live gigs and DJ sets, every night throughout the whole festival period. In addition, ImPulsTanz Soçial hosts two festival parties, where international DJs and bands as well as local heroes invite to a dance, among them Catnapp, UNIIQU3, Cid Rim, Amadinda Soundsystem, Sixtus Preiss & Band und Yasmo & die Klangkantine and many more.