Potpourri
"It seems like the laws of gravity apply a little less to Olivia Mitterhuemer. If you watch her and Farah Deen dance, you feel the ease and the energy that emanates from house dancing. It might not even surprise you if the dancers take off from the ground at some point." (Die Bühne)
Olivia Mitterhuemer is a resident of Salzburg and a freelance dancer focusing on hip-hop freestyle and house dance. She is a co-founder of Dance Crew Potpourri and the Flavourama street dance festival. In addition to her job as a dance educator, she appeared with the company Hungry Sharks on Austrian and international stages from 2016 to 2019. Highlights of her last season include the appearance at the SOUNDANCE improvisation festival in Berlin and her being awarded a one-year scholarship for performance from the Province of Salzburg in 2020.
Farah Deen is from Salzburg and works as a freelance dancer, dance educator and choreographer in Vienna. She is a co-founder of Dance Crew Potpourri and the Flavourama street dance festival. From 2015 to 2020, Farah Deen appeared as a dancer in various productions by the company Hungry Sharks, traveling to stages in Europe, the United States and Sri Lanka. She performed in works by the likes of Simon Mayer, Silke Grabinger and Harmen Tromp. Highlights of her last season include her first own production Arielle and her being awarded the first prize at the Zero Project Art Competition. At imagetanz 2018, Farah Deen presented the solo piece The Sky Above the Mud Below by Hungry Sharks. Farah Deen and Olivia Mitterhuemer dedicate their artistic work to the propagation of hip-hop and house dance in theatre.
works at brut
- 4 A.M. A House Dance Piece (2021)
