imagetanz 2026
From 04 to 28 March, imagetanz will be showing new works by international and local artists, including LIFT Tanzkollektiv, Cat Jimenez, tanz.sucht.theater, Carolina Cappelli, gergő d. farkas, Viktor Szeri and many more. brut accessible complements the festival with formats by Elena Lach and Ema Benčíková. On top, Huggy Bears and Selin Baran invite you to showings and events. We will bring the festival to a perfect close with a DJ set by Yinna.
Tickets are availabe now!
From 04 to 28 March, imagetanz presents the latest in choreography and performance with a diverse programme of world premieres, workshops, get-togethers and much more from international and local artists and collectives.
At the opening on 04 March, the LIFT dance collective (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart) will explore non-linear biographies beyond normative ideas in BIOFUCK, bringing alternative, queer and crip life stories to life in a multi-sensory experience. It can be seen again on 06 and 07 March. Also biographically inspired, Cat Jimenez's dance solo ruins of a shell, running from 10 to 13 March, depicts grief as a constantly changing state in which longing and irony lie close together. tanz.sucht.theater, consisting of Maartje Pasman, Theresa Scheinecker / Ray, Katharina Senk / Senki & Verena Zeiner, brings BUZZ to the stage from 19 to 21 March, a vibrant body concert for people of all visual abilities. From 23 to 26 March, Carolina Cappelli stages a film pitch with a gruesome outcome in the performance B-MOVIES about female supporting characters. gergő d. farkas takes us on a journey into a nebulous, sensual world in his solo rascal, where bodies feel more intensely and love more deeply – a journey between the physical world and the embodiment of the world on 27 and 28 March. Viktor Szeri also transports the audience in unseen – also on 27 and 28 March – to an intermediate world in which subtle gestures, changing rhythms and quiet presence explore the moment before form takes shape.
imagetanz kicks off on 28 February with How to festival? – a pre-gathering as part of brut barrierefrei. With Taking the time, Elena Lach, Ema Benčíková & LIFT Tanzkollektiv invite you to an open relaxation room on 05 March. On 20 March, BUZZING around addresses neurodivergent, blind and visually impaired people with a multi-sensory experience consisting of a scent buffet and tactile tour, and a Closing Cocktail on the final day of the festival, 28 March, offers the opportunity to share festival experiences.
Once again this year, the Huggy Bears artists will be showing the first excerpts from their rehearsal processes at Handle with care (07, 08, 14 and 15 March), brut is inviting everyone to the community event marhaba at brut (13 March) together with Selin Baran, and the festival will conclude with a DJ set by Yinna (28 March).
Video: Anaïs Horn / Sound: Eilert Asmervik / Text: Alex Hunter
imagetanz 2026 – FINALLY, IT PERFORMS BACK
How to festival?
A pre-festival get together hosted by Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
LIFT Tanzkollektiv (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart)
BIOFUCK
Taking the time
hosted by Elena Lach, Ema Benčíková & LIFT Tanzkollektiv
LIFT Tanzkollektiv (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart)
BIOFUCK
LIFT Tanzkollektiv (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart)
BIOFUCK
Handle with care feat. Huggy Bears Part 1 & 2
with Katarína Krupicková & Moa Kilz and Els van Houtert
Handle with care feat. Huggy Bears Part 1 & 2
with Katarína Krupicková & Moa Kilz and Els van Houtert
Cat Jimenez
ruins of a shell
Cat Jimenez
ruins of a shell
Cat Jimenez
ruins of a shell
marhaba مرحبا at brut with IZRAA, Noura Hashem, Anahita Neghabat & Khashajar Hani
hosted by Selin Baran as part of the Academy of Unlearning by kulturen in bewegung
Cat Jimenez
ruins of a shell
Handle with care feat. Huggy Bears Part 3 & 4
with Daria Nosik and Sunggu Hong
Handle with care feat. Huggy Bears Part 3 & 4
with Daria Nosik and Sunggu Hong
Touch Tour
on BUZZ by tanz.sucht.theater hosted by Christiane Hapt & Elena Lach
tanz.sucht.theater
BUZZ
BUZZING around
for neurodivergent, blind and visually impaired audiences hosted by Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Touch Tour
on BUZZ by tanz.sucht.theater hosted by Christiane Hapt & Elena Lach
tanz.sucht.theater
BUZZ
Touch Tour
on BUZZ by tanz.sucht.theater hosted by Christiane Hapt & Elena Lach
tanz.sucht.theater
BUZZ
Carolina Cappelli
B-MOVIES
Carolina Cappelli
B-MOVIES
Carolina Cappelli
B-MOVIES
Carolina Cappelli
B-MOVIES
gergo d. farkas
rascal
Viktor Szeri
unseen
Closing Cocktail
A final festival get together hosted by Elena Lach & Ema Benčíková
Viktor Szeri
unseen
gergo d. farkas
rascal
imagetanz Closing Party with a DJ set by Yinna
presented by The Gap
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
studio brut
not accessible
Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Wien
Subway: U3 (Zieglergasse), Tram: 49 (Westbahnstraße / Zieglergasse)
not accessible
Bears in the Park Art Place
not accessible
Eyzinggasse 12, 1110 Vienna
U-Bahn: U3 (Gasometer) Bus: 72A (Gasometer), 76A, 76B (Simoningplatz)
not accessible
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)
Der Betrieb
accessible
Vogelweidplatz 13, 1150 Wien
Subway: U6 (Burggasse-Stadthalle) / Bus: 48A (Moeringgasse) / Tram: 9 (Camillo Sitte Gasse)