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AKO TANZ FEST SHOWCASE

AKO TANZ FEST SHOWCASE

Fr., 11. Sept.
Sonnenstein Loft
ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2026 | studio showcase

Zeit & Ort

11. Sept. 2026, 19:30 – 21:30
Sonnenstein Loft
Start Time: 19:30
Free Entry, No Registration Required

Guided by an international team of choreographers, participants engage in a collaborative choreographic development process that transforms artistic research into short performative interventions. Through mentoring, experimentation and collective creation, dancers explore how movement can become a form of embodied civic imagination. Inspired by the curatorial framework Flood the Zone with Courage, the choreographers lead participants in creating site-responsive works that respond to contemporary social questions through the body. The resulting performances are conceived as participatory interventions that activate public space, invite dialogue and encourage audiences to move from passive observation to active engagement. In this way, choreography becomes not only an artistic practice, but a shared act of courage, imagination and collective action.

THIS EVENING WILL PRESENT THREE DANCE PERFORMANCES.

STOP REQUEST BUTTON IN THE MOOR'S PAVANE

An experimental work in cooperation with Dance Company Of(f) Verticality

The experimental piece addresses how changes can be made possible in a moment when a body is in full movement. It recalls particles of the narrative in “Moors Pavane” by the American Modern Dancer José Limon, who shows how webs of intrigues and manipulations are set into motion. “Stop Request Button in the Moor's Pavane” engages with possibilities of visionary change and speculates on shifts of directions within a narrative which is both historical and strikingly relevant today.A group of young dancers work on such directional speculations.

• Choreography, Concept: Rose Breuss
• Choreographic Assistants: Damian Cortes Alberti, Jiaji Cheng
• Dancers: A!KO TANZ 2026 Participants
• Picture: Cie off Verticallity (C) Constantin Georgescu

Rose Breuss is a choreographer, dance researcher, and Professor of Movement Research at Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, where she also teaches in the PhD programs in dance. Her artistic and academic work focuses on movement research, choreography, and dance notation. From 2006 to 2022, she served as Head of the Institute of Dance Arts (IDA). She is also the founder of the dance company Of(f) Verticality, whose works have been presented at numerous international venues and festivals. Her research includes the FWF PEEK-funded project Smooth Spaces, completed in 2025. She has received several distinctions, including the Max Brand Prize, the Austrian Federal Choreography Prize, and an award from the Theodor Körner Foundation.

THE STRANGER

In a world increasingly shaped by technology, we are conne

cted faster and more intricately than ever before. Yet more connection does not necessarily bring us closer. As technology begins to take over processes of judgment, and algorithms increasingly shape our choices, emotions and ways of relating to one another, this work returns to a simple question: what remains essentially human? It looks towards the fragile and irreplaceable gestures between us — the act of noticing another, of carrying traces of one another, of staying close, and of choosing not to turn away.

• Choreography, Concept: LiLi Jung In Lee
• Dancers: A!KO TANZ 2026 Participants
• Picture: (c) Lee Jung In CREATION

SAMSARA OF BLOSSOM

Exploring the Essence of Traditional Korean Aesthetics

Rooted in the Apricot blossom — a symbol of maternal love and the force that gives life — Samsara of Blossom brings Korean philosophy and Joseon court traditions into dialogue with contemporary dance. In an age when technology reshapes what it means to be human, the work asks what we continue to carry across generations: care, memory, and the impulse to sustain life.

• Choreography: Kim Yu Mi
• Dance: Yoo Yeri, Hwang Minha, Lee Yunha, Son Gio
• Videographer: Kim Kihyun
• Supported by KOFICE (The Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange)

A!KO TANZ FEST 2026 – mit Unterstützung des Koreanischen Kulturzentrums Österreich <K-On-Temporary>