Contemporary dance - Viennese dance festival with robot dog and climate choreography
With a duet between a robot and a human and a choreography on the theme of climate change, this year's Vienna Festival "ImPulsTanz" explores shifts between human, nature, and technology. The largest European festivals for contemporary dance, as stated by the organizers, will present a total of 51 productions from all over the world starting from Thursday.
The Austrian artist Silke Grabinger will perform at the beginning of August together with Spot, the robot dog developed in the USA for use in industrial plants and dangerous situations. Working with such technical systems has something uncanny, Grabinger told the German Press Agency.
One may be sure that they are controllable, but they could also do something other than planned. "I don't even know how Spot reacts to me," she said about the machine that is partly driven by Artificial Intelligence and partly controlled by humans.
The performance is titled "SPOTSHOTBEUYS" - a reference to the German action artist Joseph Beuys, who spent several days in a New York art gallery in 1974 with a coyote. Now the signs have changed: "Spot, the robot dog, is not the coyote, but the charged robotics and technology," Grabinger said. She herself is the wild nature.
The Belgian star choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her Moroccan colleague Radouan Mriziga will bring Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with four dancers to the stage in Vienna next week. They raise the question of whether there are still four seasons in times of climate change.
Some highlights of this year's ImPulsTanz season include the production "The Great Yes, The Great No" by the South African director William Kentridge. In it, historical figures are sent on a fictional sea voyage. With the 11-year-old Adeline Cruz from Montreal, a rising star comes to Vienna. Together with two adults, she presents the explosive US dance style Krumping.
- The choreography for the robot and human duet at the "ImPulsTanz" Festival in Vienna is exploring the shift between human, nature, and technology, reflecting current concerns about climate change.
- Technology plays a significant role in this year's festival, as demonstrated by the use of a robot dog named Spot, developed in the USA for industrial applications, in a performance by Austrian artist Silke Grabinger.
- Grabinger's performance, titled "SPOTSHOTBEUYS," uses Spot to explore the relationship between technology and nature, drawing parallels with German action artist Joseph Beuys' famous work with a coyote.
- Climate change is also a theme in the performance of Belgian star choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her Moroccan colleague Radouan Mriziga, who will present a modern interpretation of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with four dancers in Vienna.
- The "ImPulsTanz" Festival in Austria is not only showcasing contemporary dance but also addressing global issues, such as climate change, through its diverse range of productions from all over the world.
- Europe's largest contemporary dance festival will feature several highlights, including a production by South African director William Kentridge, titled "The Great Yes, The Great No," which sends historical figures on a fictional sea voyage.
- American dance style Krumping will be presented in Vienna by the rising star Adeline Cruz, along with two adult dancers, adding a unique and dynamic element to this year's "ImPulsTanz" Festival.
