Hungry Sharks

Hidden in Plain Sight

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Dance World premiere
{urban dance} {jigsaw} {encounter}
, © Erli Grünzweil

Hungry Sharks - Hidden in Plain Sight - © Erli Grünzweil

, © Erli Grünzweil

Hungry Sharks - Hidden in Plain Sight - © Erli Grünzweil

, © Erli Grünzweil

Hungry Sharks - Hidden in Plain Sight - © Erli Grünzweil

, © Erli Grünzweil

Hungry Sharks - Hidden in Plain Sight - © Erli Grünzweil

The most recent work of dance company Hungry Sharks is a choreographed jigsaw puzzle with components of urban dance that invites audiences to join an adventure trip searching for mutual interrelationships. By repeating the same movement sequences again and again, twelve dancers create space for interpretation regarding human encounters and social change.

The idea for the piece originates from the production Nein Naus by Felix Strasser and Yulia Izmaylova (VADA). Loosely based on motifs from the Oscar-winning 1980 short film Tango by Zbigniew Rybczynski, the piece evolves along moments of dance intended to make the importance of impulses from our fellow humans transparent and tangible for the audience.

Choreographer Valentin Alfery and producer Dusana Baltic founded the urban dance company Hungry Sharks in 2011. In order to establish the movement language of urban dance styles in theatre as well, the company regularly produces feature-length, urban dance pieces for international performance. They perform their productions in Austria, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Croatia and Romania. The non-verbal dance piece #fomo – the fear of missing out was awarded a bonus for performing arts by the Federal Chancellor’s Office.

Pressestimmen

„Urban Dance ist (…) mit dieser Kompanie auf einem Level angekommen, auf dem er sich als eigenständige Spielart des zeitgenössischen Tanzes zu etablieren beginnt.“ European Cultural News

“Atemberaubende Bewegungen, die auch nach fast einer Stunde noch so wirken, als wären die Protagonist_innen alle erst frisch auf die Bühne gekommen.“ Kurier über das Stück Anthropozän

Credits

Artistic direction Valentin Alfery production, costumes Dusana Baltic music Patrick Gutensohn assistant choreography Youngung Sebastian Kim dance Farah Deen, Paz Katrina Jimenez, Stephanie Wöhrer, Pia Grohmann, Ainy Medina, Olivia Mitterhuemer, Patrick Gutensohn, Manuel Pölzl, Moritz Steinwender, Mustapha Ajdour, Valentin Alfery, FraGue Moser-Kindler

A co-production with brut Wien and CCB Center for Choreography Bleiburg. With the kind support of the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Austrian Federal Chancellor’s Office.

 

Dates & Tickets

November 2016

Fri. 11.11.2016, 20:00
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Sat. 12.11.2016, 20:00
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Sun. 13.11.2016, 20:00
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