Frans Poelstra

this body of stories. the lockdown version

online film premiere & artist talk

Performance World Premiere in English
{Looking back} {Career as varieté} {Stage as universe}

"Sometimes things don’t go as you would like them to happen. (I know, this is quite an understatement these days.) In my case it was my performance a body of stories which was cancelled. But, I feel fortunate to have been able to do something else instead. This video is this "something else". The video explains itself, it’s the story of how I became a dancer and performer. It is a story with a beginning and an open end, because I’m still out there!" Frans Poelstra

, © Fabian Czernovsky

Frans Poelstra – this body of stories. the lockdown version

, © Fabian Czernovsky

Frans Poelstra – this body of stories. the lockdown version

, © Fabian Czernovsky

Frans Poelstra – this body of stories. the lockdown version

 

In 1971, Frans Poelstra was 17 years old and didn’t know what to do with his life. Rather by accident, he stumbled into a job as a follow-spot operator at a trashy cabaret show, and he has been in the performing arts ever since. In 2004, he moved to Vienna, where he lives and works today. In his performances, Frans Poelstra mixes dance, (live) music, video and text in such a way that people start to wonder: “Am I dreaming this or is what I see actually possible? Acceptable?” Looking back at his career from this point of view, one might even regard it as a big, trashy cabaret show.

Credits

Idea and performance Frans Poelstra Artistic collaboration Elizabeth Ward Camera Fabian Czernovsky 

With the kind support of the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport. Thanks to Echoraum, Im Flieger, SZENE-Salzburg, DanceAbility

Dates & Tickets

 

February 2021

Sun. 28.02.2021, 18:00
free admission.

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Frans Poelstra – this body of stories. the lockdown version

NEW ART ON ... LINE ALL SUMMER LONG: In this video, Frans Poelstra tells the story of how he became a performer and dancer. For those who couldn't attend our last Sunday Screening, his entertaining story is now available online.
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brut all over Vienna

brut nordwest

accessible

Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
Subway: U1, U2 (Praterstern), U4 (Friedensbrücke), U6 (Dresdnerstraße) Tram: 5 (Nordwestbahnstraße) Bus: 5A (Wasnergasse)
accessible

September 2025
Theresa Scheinecker / Ray & Katharina Senk / Senki
Move to the Beat – Stay for the Curry
October 2025
Karin Pauer
LOW
October 2025
Season Opening Party
October 2025
Aperitivo
October 2025
Matteo Haitzmann
Im Styx baden
November 2025
Veza Fernández
Chantal, the body is a text longing for perspective
November 2025
Aperitivo
November 2025
Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Spacing in: Relaxed Performance Lab
November 2025
DARUM (Victoria Halper & Kai Krösche)
[EOL]. End of Life
November 2025
Drag Show with the Dragsau Collective
November 2025
Touch tour
November 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

studio brut

not accessible

Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
not accessible

October 2025
Lens Kühleitner & Olivia Hild
trace my layers, thrust your guts
October 2025
Aperitivo
November 2025
François-Eloi Lavignac
Fifth position
November 2025
Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola
PIERRE

Breitenseer Lichtspiele

not accessible

Breitenseer Straße 21, 1140 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Hütteldorfer Straße) Tram: 10 (Laurentius Platz), 49 (Hütteldorfer Straße)

October 2025
Alex Franz Zehetbauer
An Evening with

WUK performing arts

barrierefrei

Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Vienna
Subway: U6 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), Tram: 40, 41, 42 (Währinger Straße / Volksoper), 5, 33 (Spitalgasse), 37, 38, 40, 41, 42 (Spitalgasse / Währinger Straße)

November 2025
Maria Mam & Flora Renhardt
sk8r grrrl
November 2025
Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková
Sandpit