Category: Vienna

Woman collapses on stage. A bleached out video shows on a large plasma screen on the left hand wall of the theatre.

I 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.

Akademietheater performance July 2005 in Impulstanz of Desh by Rosas. Anna Terese De Keersmaeker, Marion Ballester and Salva Sanchis.

incubator 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.

On 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.

For 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).