As of now, tickets for the performances at Burgtheater and Volkstheater are available. They include big names such as William Kentridge, Dada Masilo, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Wim Vandekeybus and Jérôme Bel, as well as Alexander Vantournhout, who wowed the ImPulsTanz audience for the first time in 2023, and the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company with a choreography by Kim Sungyong, which will be performing in Vienna for the first time. Tickets for all other productions will be available from 12 June.
Photo: William Kentridge – The Great Yes, The Great No © Stella Olivier
French choreographer Maud Le Pladec can be seen for the first time at ImPulsTanz with her piece Silent Legacy, in which 11-year-old Adeline Kerry Cruz and her mentor Jr Maddripp, who also teaches a workshop this year, take Krump to the stage. With Make Banana Cry, Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson playfully and critically reckon with the Western concept of ‘being Asian’. And Lucy Guerin is a guest with a double feature of Split and How To Be Us.
Photo: Maud Le Pladec – Silent Legacy © César Vayssié
On 30 May, Public Moves starts in Carinthia – daily classes at Landhaushof including African dances, hip hop, yoga, contemporary dance and much more. Thanks to the increased focus on accessibility, everyone can gain new or deepened impressions together with artists like Daybee Dorzile aka Daybee Dee, Mani Obeya, Lenio Kaklea or Ziya Azazi. On 3 June Leonie Humitsch’s class Every.Body.Pleasure will also be translated into Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS) from 17:00 to 19:00. All information, including the registration process and accessibility, is available in our service area. Here you will also find details on smooth arrival and accessible parking options. Special needs can be communicated at any time via info@impulstanz.com. We look forward to seeing you!
Photo: Vera Rosner – Rolliballet All Abilities © yakoone
All workshops and research projects can be booked now and until 31 May you pay 20 euros less for the first course booked with the early bird bonus. And then it’s off to the dance floor with Sofie Douda, Cumbia, Merengue and Raggaeton, to the catwalk with Krõõt Juurak and Vera Rosner, to the Cypher with Markus Eggensperger and in front of the camera with Jermaine Browne.
Photo: Christopher Matthews – Commercial Contemporary Jazz © Emilia Milewska
On 16 May, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui was awarded the Ultima Prize for general cultural merit by the province of Flanders for his complete works. The choreographer from Antwerp will present the Austrian premiere of his work 3S at ImPulsTanz 2024. Cherkaoui's 23-year career as a professional dancer includes more than 50 original choreographies, a Prix Benois de la Danse, two Olivier Awards, the Flemish Performing Arts Prize and three Choreographer of the Year titles from Tanz Magazine.
For this year’s festival we are still looking for support for our team – in the audience service, at the box office, in the area of external appearance and design, at our ImPulsTanz-Shop and much more. German language skills are required. We look forward to your applications!
We are happy to announce this year’s chosen artists of the TURBO Research Residencies in the frame of ImPulsTanz: Katharina Senk & Theresa Scheinecker, Andrea Vezga Acevedo & Iris Omari Ansong & mirabella paidamwoyo* dziruni & Yours Izundu Joanna Zabielska. TURBO Research Residencies are aimed exclusively at up-and-coming artists living and working in Austria, in an effort to support young local dance and performance artists and promote the Austrian scene.
What happens when a theater-loving choreographer and a dance-loving director work together on a musical? Broadway recently got an answer, when Lempicka (pronounced lem-PEEK-a), the first collaboration between choreographer Raja Feather Kelly and director Rachel Chavkin, began previews at the Longacre Theatre. An article by Sylviane Gold for Dance Magazine.
