There were quite a few „Spectacle“ in Vienna, a city with a rich circus history. The performative city walk visits the historic Viennese circus venues in the district of Leopoldstadt and sheds light on the glory and the dark sides of this „proletarian“ art form as well as the further development to today’s contemporary form. …
Do what you are told? Not these women! They defy traditional role models and assert themselves successfully in a male domain. Pirates, the sea is ours!
A 250-meter-long red carpet – originally intended for an interactive performance – is cut into different sized parts in the wake on Covid-19 and thus converted into mobile stages in two municipal buildings. The image of artists and residents on a piece of carpet stands as a metaphor for “physical distancing” and at the same …
Les Grands Airs Viennois An evening full swirls and twirls across the stage. Singers, dancers and an Orchestra create an evening full of Viennese flair and charm with the help of the famous melodies by Johann Strauss, Leo Fall, Franz Lehar and many more.
OUT-SIDE-IN is ego portrait’s current research project. The performance we are working on is not a show in a conventional way, we understand it as a performance process. All participants -the performers and the audience- can give information from their inside out, as well as take the outside information in. The aim is to create …
Enjoyment, pleasure, hunger, desire. Using the language of contemporary circus Momomento is looking for the enjoyment of all facets of life, going into the extremes and beyond. With music and dance, playful and breathtakingly risky, the four member of the circus ensemble explore the varieties of pleasure under the branches of a tempting apple tree. …
Magic opera, Singspiel, a comedy with spectacular stage effects, Masonic ritual with Egyptian mysteries, heroic-comic opera? Die Zauberflöte is heard more often and has been more frequently performed, discussed, queried and interrogated than almost any other work in the history of opera. It is rare for the mysteriousness and multiformity of a work to be …
Maja is a dancer, she loves swirling around. Ralph is a juggler, he loves throwing things in the air, catching and balancing them. Together they take the next step and meet in the world of partner acrobatics, where Ralph is swirling Maja around, is balancing and catching her. Sometimes it is the other way around.
Be prepared at two o’clock. Be prepared for a revolution of a different kind. The ensemble, consisting of professional performers and teenagers, are using all their acrobatic tricks, magical dancing, humor and absurdity to revolt against old, existing and upcoming systems. Do YOU wanna be part of it?
The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz asked various photographers to create their visions upon different themes of concerts and performances. Maja had the honor to work as a model for photographer Lisa Horvath.
