10 Years of Huggy Bears
Hard to believe: in 2026, the Huggy Bears supporting program celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the past ten years, more than 40 emerging solo artists and collectives have been supported from their first project ideas through to their first major premiere on a Viennese stage. Many of them continue to shape the city’s independent dance and performance scene to this day. A good reason to celebrate!
On March 14, Huggy Bears invites you to a special anniversary evening: several former Huggy Bears return to share short contributions of 5–10 minutes each. Conceived as an open mic format, the program promises surprises, reunions, and a great variety of artistic contributions.
The evening takes place as part of imagetanz festival 2026 and is a cooperation between Huggy Bears and brut Wien.
Come by and celebrate with us!
Program:
- 20:00–22:00 — Performance Open Mic with contributions by former Huggy Bears, hosted by Fabian Faltin
- from 22:00 — DJ set
With contributions by (amongst others)
- Fabian Faltin
- Evandro Pedroni
- François-Eloi Lavignac
- Jannis Neumann
- Maria Shurkhal
- Ariadne Randall
- Malika Fankha
- Frida Robles
- Sara Lanner
- Miriam Budzáková & Simone Lorenzo Benini
- Rafał Morusiewicz & Guilherme Maggessi
- Gudrun Schmidinger
Accessibility
Unfortunatley the location is not wheelchair accessible.
Dates & Tickets
March 2026
Free admission
Bears in the Park Art Place
Eyzinggasse 12, 1110 Vienna
not accessible
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