imagetanz 2025

Festival for new choreography and performance

15.03.2025 - 12.04.2025

imagetanz 2025

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK –

From 15 March to 12 April, it’s imagetanz time again! For four weeks, the festival presents new positions in choreography and performance. At brut nordwest, studio brut, WUK performing arts, Bears in the Park Art Place, FLUCC Deck and Palais Rössl, international and local artists and collectives will present a diverse programme with world and Austrian premieres, workshops and much more.

Tickets are available now!

, © Francesca Centonze

Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark) – Reverse Cowgirl: Ride To The Top

, © Lydia Naomi

maria mercedes – shining rose

, © Ive Trojanović

Stina Fors – SPÖKA

, © Marton Zalka

Imani Rameses – First Person Plural

, © Dénes Babai

gergo d. farkas – mama

, © Elsa Okazaki

Hyeji Nam – MANSHIN

, © Märta Thisner

Björn Säfsten – Lost Night

For the opening, Stina Fors invites the unpredictable onto the stage. SPÖKA is a reflection on what we do when no one is watching - or when all eyes are on us. In her ‘five-person solo’ First Person Plural, Imani Rameses focuses on the elusive nature of the self as an embodied practice. With extravagance and subtle humor, the duo maria mercedes (Julia Maria Müllner and Camilla Mercedes Schielin) combines the life cycle of a rose with the history of gossip in shining rose – with live audio description on 28 March. gergő d. farkas explores the body as a landscape in motion in mama and creates a choreographic space in which sensuality becomes a form of experience that goes beyond the human body. Between music, performance and visual art, Hyeji Nam’s MANSHIN explores the ever-changing relationship between humans and technology in the post-digital age. In Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top, Ariadne Randall negotiates social prejudices and beauty norms with McKenzie Wark and Nis Brender. McKenzie Wark has written her own text for the performance. For the finale, Björn Säfsten approaches the feeling of loss in Lost Night and humorously and tenderly creates dreams in which the night is constantly present.

In the series brut accessible, Cleidy Acevedo & Helena Araújo offer a workshop on the topic of mental load, Katharina Senk / Senki & Theresa Scheinecker / Ray invite blind and visually impaired people to dance and share a pizza and Angela Alves gives an input on resting and quitting as a resistant practice.

As part of Handle with care, this year’s Huggy Bears artists will show the first excerpts from their rehearsal processes and Deborah Hunt will create masks with workshop participants. Parties, a tactile tour, a book presentation and talks complete the programme.

Welcome to imagetanz 2025: YOU DON’T NEED TO UNDERSTAND – IT ALREADY UNDERSTOOD YOU!

 

Saturday, 15.03.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Stina Fors

A mouthful of tongues

Performance
in English, Swedish and Fake-Language | Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Ausverkauft

brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Stina Fors

SPÖKA

Dance / Performance
Showing
No language skills required | Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Cancelled * Substitute: Stina Fors with A mouthful of tongues

brut nordwest
21:30
imagetanz 2025

imagetanz Opening Party with anxxxious_t (Algoriddim Girls)

Party
Pay as you can on site. Free admission with an imagetanz 2025 ticket

Sunday, 16.03.2025
brut nordwest
14:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Cleidy Acevedo & Helena Araújo

Quiet emotions? Free your mental load

by FLINTA* for FLINTA* and BiPOC

brut accessible / Workshop
in German and English
Pay as you can on site.

Monday, 17.03.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Stina Fors

SPÖKA

Dance / Performance
Showing
No language skills required | Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Cancelled

Tuesday, 18.03.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Stina Fors

SPÖKA

Dance / Performance
Showing
No language skills required | Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14 * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Flori Gugger

Wednesday, 19.03.2025
brut nordwest
18:30 - 20:30
imagetanz 2025

Theresa Scheinecker / Ray & Katharina Senk / Senki

Move to the Beat – Stay for the Pizza

for blind and visually impaired people

brut accessible / Workshop / Dance
in German
Pay as you can on site. The workshop is fully booked. There is a waiting list.

Thursday, 20.03.2025
studio brut
19:00
imagetanz 2025

Imani Rameses

First Person Plural

Dance / Performance
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office

Friday, 21.03.2025
studio brut
19:00
imagetanz 2025

Imani Rameses

First Person Plural

Dance / Performance
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Teresa Awa

FLUCC Deck
22:30
imagetanz 2025

DJ Ipek (female:pressure// Gayhane), zey, Seba Kayan, MALENCIAGA

Unbox the Equinox

Party
Pay as you can on site. This event does not receive public funding. All revenue will be distributed among the participating artists.

Saturday, 22.03.2025
brut nordwest
12:00 - 14:00
imagetanz 2025

Angela Alves

Resting and quitting as a resistant practice

brut accessible / Input / Exchange
in German
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button * Programme change: Workshop cancelled

brut nordwest
15:00 - 17:00
imagetanz 2025

Becoming Allies

Open networking meeting for more accessibility, inclusion and participation

brut accessible / Networking meeting
in German
Free admission. No registration necessary * Programme change: earlier start

studio brut
19:00
imagetanz 2025

Imani Rameses

First Person Plural

Dance / Performance
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office

Wednesday, 26.03.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

maria mercedes

shining rose

brut accessible / Dance
World premiere
without language | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14

Thursday, 27.03.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

maria mercedes

shining rose

brut accessible / Dance
World premiere
without language | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14 * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Katrin Brehm

Friday, 28.03.2025
brut nordwest
19:00
imagetanz 2025

maria mercedes

Touch tour for shining rose

brut accessible / Touch tour
in German | Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Free admission

WUK performing arts
19:30
imagetanz 2025

gergo d. farkas

Deep Fake

Performance / Dance
Austrian Premiere
in English | Duration: 45 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14

WUK performing arts
19:30
imagetanz 2025

gergo d. farkas

mama

Dance
Austrian premiere
in English | Duration: approx. 65 minutes
Cancelled * Substitute: gergo d. farkas with Deep Fake

brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

maria mercedes

shining rose

brut accessible / Dance
World premiere
without language | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14 * Touch tour at 19:00

Saturday, 29.03.2025
Bears in the Park Art Place
16:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Parts 1 & 2

with François-Eloi Lavignac and Flora Renhardt & Maria Melotti

Showing / Studio visit
in English
Pay as you can vor Ort. Derzeit ausgebucht

WUK performing arts
19:30
imagetanz 2025

gergo d. farkas

Deep Fake

Performance / Dance
Austrian Premiere
in English | Duration: 45 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14

WUK performing arts
19:30
imagetanz 2025

gergo d. farkas

mama

Dance
Austrian premiere
in English | Duration: approx. 65 minutes
Cancelled * Substitute: gergo d. farkas with Deep Fake

Sunday, 30.03.2025
Bears in the Park Art Place
16:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Parts 1 & 2

with François-Eloi Lavignac and Flora Renhardt & Maria Melotti

Showing / Studio visit
in English
Pay as you can on site. Currently fully booked

Friday, 04.04.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Hyeji Nam

MANSHIN

Dance / Performance / Concert / Installation
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office

Saturday, 05.04.2025
Bears in the Park Art Place
16:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Parts 3 & 4

with Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková and Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola

Showing / Studio visit
in English
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button

brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Hyeji Nam

MANSHIN

Dance / Performance / Concert / Installation
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Katrin Brehm

Sunday, 06.04.2025
Bears in the Park Art Place
16:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Parts 3 & 4

with Simone Lorenzo Benini & Miriam Budzáková and Laureen Drexler & Giorgia Scisciola

Showing / Studio visit
in English
Pay as you can on site. Pre-registration closed - remaining places will be allocated on site

Monday, 07.04.2025
Palais Rössl
10:00 - 18:00
imagetanz 2025

Deborah Hunt

Imagine Masks

Workshop / Performance
in English
Cancelled

brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Hyeji Nam

MANSHIN

Dance / Performance / Concert / Installation
World premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Sold out. Any remaining tickets at the box office

Tuesday, 08.04.2025
studio brut
19:00
imagetanz 2025

Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark)

Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top

Performance / Dance
World premiere
in English | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Sold out

Wednesday, 09.04.2025
studio brut
19:00
imagetanz 2025

Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark)

Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top

Performance / Dance
World premiere
in English | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Sold out * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Laura Amann

Thursday, 10.04.2025
studio brut
18:30
imagetanz 2025

McKenzie Wark

Reverse Cowgirl

book presentation
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Currently fully booked

studio brut
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Ariadne Randall (feat. McKenzie Wark)

Reverse Cowgirl II: Ride To The Top

Performance / Dance
World premiere
in English | Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Sold out

Friday, 11.04.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Björn Säfsten

Lost Night

Dance
Austrian premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14 * Followed by an artist talk, Moderation: Flori Gugger

Saturday, 12.04.2025
brut nordwest
20:00
imagetanz 2025

Björn Säfsten

Lost Night

Dance
Austrian premiere
in English | Duration: 60 minutes
Choose a price category: €22 / €18 / €14

brut nordwest
21:30
imagetanz 2025

imagetanz Closing Party with Bicha Boo Collective

Presented by The Gap

Party
Pay as you can on site. Free admission with an imagetanz 2025 ticket
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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

June 2025
Theresa Scheinecker / Ray & Katharina Senk / Senki
Move to the Beat – Stay for the Pasta
June 2025
The department of Artistic Strategies with Art x Science School for Transformation / University of Applied Arts Vienna
Sedentarily obsessed – sedated on the edge of our seat

studio brut

not accessible

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