The prize for the most fun show so far at Impulstanz 2005 has to go to Melissa is a bith from Ann Liv Young.
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At one point, Chi Long crosses the stage on mini-crutches on her arms, somehow managing to move and dance with her legs almost horizontal behind her…. The music for all this is either Bach’s Goldberg Variations or some sort of atmospheric drone with what sounds like sampled and heavily distorted Glenn Gould intoning “I would never argue in favor of an inflexible musical policy”.
Leave a CommentI had heard the name before but had never seen either photos or archival film of her dancing. The evening began with a half hour film from ORF created by commission Karin Veitl.
1 CommentAkademietheater performance July 2005 in Impulstanz of Desh by Rosas. Anna Terese De Keersmaeker, Marion Ballester and Salva Sanchis.
Leave a Commentincubator is not performed at one of the traditional central theatres of Vienna, but out at the old Arsenal in a space that looks more like an aircraft hanger than a theatre…. The walls are a dirty white with an industrial feel to them, all metal beams and ribbing.
Leave a CommentOn the stage is an old man deep in a chair almost asleep…. On the back black wall of the stage, hangs an enormous golden picture frame.
1 CommentFor the grand opening night party at Arena, Impulstanz began with a show at eleven o’clock. It was the 100th representation of a collaborative multimedia piece created in 1998 by Chris Haring (choreography and dancer) and Klaus Obermaier (music and video).
Leave a CommentAfter a week of rain and flooding, the sun broke out on Thursday at last to coincide with the opening of the Impulstanz festival took place in the Burgtheater.
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