GAP
Housing is a basic human need, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for many people to find affordable living space. In GAP, Doris Uhlich works with formerly homeless people. The stage becomes a space where the performers expatiate, both physically and linguistically. Their biographies and bodies are archives of personal histories and traces of lives – more than subjective narratives; they make the history of the present come alive. The performance addresses precarity and disappearance, e.g. by designing temporary spaces and landscapes with transparent, inflatable objects reminiscent of elementary forms of construction.
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a choreographer and performer based in Vienna, develops projects in various formats – from stage pieces to site-specific performances. She works with people of various backgrounds and physical inscriptions, opens the dance floor to people with physical disabilities, demonstrates the potentials of nakedness beyond eroticism and provocation, and examines the relationship between human beings and machines in complex ways. Uhlich has received many awards and accolades, including the Austrian Art Prize for Performing Arts issued by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in 2024. The same year, she also received the Austrian Music Theatre Prize in the category of Best Dance Production for SONNE.
Credits
Concept, choreography Doris Uhlich Creation, performance Jennifer, Regina Amer, Radoslav Balać, Liza Dimitrijevic, Lyubov-Anna Leitner, Gerhard Petrasek Voice Martin Klinger Conceptual collaboration, sound, DJ Boris Kopeinig Dramaturgical collaboration Nikolaus Selimov Feedback Yoshie Maruoka Light, technical realisation Gerald Pappenberger Air objects schulteswien Costume Sophie Tautorus Production Helen Parkes Company management, production Margot Wehinger Press, communication Franziska Heubacher International distribution Giulia Traversi – A coproduction by insert Tanz und Performance GmbH, Tanzquartier Wien and Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig. With support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna.
The idea for the stage piece GAP came about after Halle G wie Gudrun, an audiencing workshop including a showing in March 2024 at TQW, initiated by Theresa Rauter (TQW Audiencing).