SOILED
In SOILED, choreographer and performer Michael Turinsky counters our sterile, endlessly productive, clearly delimited, always upright and linearly advancing body with another body that asserts itself in a deeply human way. A porous, unclean and unproductive body in playful proximity to the ground. This very body is asserted as a profoundly human one – a body that savours its own organicity with pleasure, a body that dives into the dark pool of early memories and, precisely from there, the unifying milieu of a burgeoning new community.
lives and works as a choreographer, performer and theorist in Vienna. On the one hand, his interests include the comprehensive study of the specific phenomenology of the so-labelled ‘disabled’ body, its specific state of being in the world, its relation to timeliness and rhythm, affect and affect production, gender and sexuality, visibility and invisibility; and on the other hand, he dedicates his time to a rigorous research into discourses surrounding a productive tension between politics and aesthetics. His latest solo Precarious Moves was awarded the Nestroy Prize in 2022.
Credits
Choreography Michael Turinsky Performers, choreographical co-work David Bloom, Sophia Neises, Liv Schellander Music Tian Rotteveel Audio description Monique Smith-McDowell Stage, costume Jenny Schleif Light, technical management Benjamin Maier Artistic consulting Gabrielle Cram Creative collaborator Tanja Erhart Production Anna Gräsel – A production by Michael Turinsky, Verein für philosophische Praxis. Co-produced by Kampnagel Hamburg, Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, PACT Zollverein Essen, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Hessisches Staatsballett within the frame of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main. Supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna. Thanks to Gervasi Tanz Company.
In English
Live audio description in English
Alternative seating options: For all visitors who need more freedom of movement and comfort to follow the performance in a relaxed way, alternative seating (bean bags) is available in limited numbers per performance. To make a reservation request, please contact tanzquartier@tqw.at.