Queer Tango Club
Queer Tango Club is a research project, a performance, and a group of local queer enthusiasts that have committed to learn the basics of Argentine tango dance over this summer. Their aim is to (re)discover the dance through their own lens of acceptance, respect, cooperation, and non-sexualized eroticism. While rehearsing the dance steps, the group […]
be water, my friend
May a club be considered an entire habitat of diversity? You are all called to join the experience of this dance floor. Traditional hypnotic steps from the Italian golden age of the so-called Balera, crash into our present daily life, to celebrate the dancefloor as a habitat of diversity. The dance performed by people of different […]
more than naked – X
It requires a lot of skill to go all out yet remain relaxed, casual, and ironic. Even more so when, as in this piece, the bodies of the dancers do entirely without the protection of clothes. more than naked was first performed ten years ago, and even then it was said that the large group […]
Celebration
A 40th ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival and a ten-year anniversary of Doris Uhlich’s classic: more than naked which was premiered at ImPulsTanz in 2013. Now these two high-energy miracles are celebrated together. Doris Uhlich, and her 30-bodied strong and extraordinarily diverse ensemble set the large stage in motion – with a finale for […]
Five Songs – Dwelling on Earth
What shapes our understanding of the norm and what role do the prevailing power and control mechanisms in society play in it? How do the ideas and values that get passed from generation to generation affect our ability to approach those who do not meet the criteria of the norm? Who needs our empathy and […]
Queereoke
Queereeoké is a project born out of love for a good show, singing, and bonding over a night full of self-expression. The drag artists on stage are using the format of karaoke to redefine a fabulous party night with self-empowerment by blurring the lines of audience and artist, but also to provide a space where […]
Patterns of Light
The multi-media performance “Patterns of Light” will tell a contemporary story about where modern Latvians find strength, and about the cultural breath that Latvians receive from the previous generations. The work will translate the past into a performative present that is performed for future generations. “Patterns of Light” is dedicated to the next century in […]
Distinguishing Marks
In a series of lectures and performances created during the last five years, Berlin performance duo Chris Kondek and Christiane Kühl have been investigating the theatrical aspects of our new digital environments. It is therefore only natural that Estonia and its digital doppelgänger e-Estonia should be the site of their next work, “Distinguishing Marks”. Working […]
Seismic Sessions
Doris Uhlich develops – together with DJ Boris Kopeinig – a Seismic Session: a visual, acoustic, and fleshy setting for the scaffolding constructed for renovation works at the Secession. A choreography of building, melting, and parasitical cohabitation of the famous art nouveau building’s skin. The vertical becomes a stage for the performance in which the […]
Habitat
Being naked doesn’t mean you have to feel naked. The more than naked ensemble, founded in 2013 around Doris Uhlich, operates in a realm beyond the dichotomy of „staring or being stared at“ and pays no mind to shame or actionist provocation. Instead, Uhlich creates choreographed free spaces and immerses herself in refined rituals for […]