Dance 
Dorian Kaufeisen and accomplices Alina Bertha, Amina Claudine, Jolyane Langlois and Julia Müllner

urgent, in bodies (acab)

four performers, holding hands in front of the body
Alina Bertha

completed her dance studies at Anton Bruckner Universität in Linz, after several semesters abroad, in London and Leeds. She has worked with choreographers Francesco Scavetta, Evangelos Poulinas and Jarek Cemerek as well as with Austrian dance companies Hungray Sharks and Ich bin OK, among others. She was awarded a TQW training scholarship in 2019.

Dorian Kaufeisen

is a dancer, choreographer and musician based in Vienna and Biel/Bienne. His artistic work is situated at the intersection of political activism, anarchistic practice and contemporary dance, and examines chiasms and conglomerates from the realms of movement, music, language and immediate action.

 

Jolyane Langlois

is a dance artist based in Vienna. Born in Canada, she started her career by attending the Université du Québec à Montréal, before completing a professional dance training at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. In 2020, she was awarded a TQW training scholarship and a TenderSteps Residency at Raw Matters.

Julia Müllner

is a dancer and choreographer. She completed her studies at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 2019. She was awarded a TQW training scholarship as well as a ImPulsTanz danceWEB scholarship.

Amina Claudine

is a dancer and freelance dance educator who completed her studies in Contemporary Dance Pedagogy at Musik und Kunst Universität Wien.

Credits

Choreography, creation, performance 
Alina Bertha, Amina Claudine, Dorian Kaufeisen, Jolyane Langlois, Julia Müllner 
Concept 
Dorian Kaufeisen 
Camera 
Francesca Centonze, Michael Schmidl 
Editing 
Deniz Dikmen 

urgent, in bodies (acab)

„Obedecemos sin siquiera hacer el esfuerzo de decir que si. (We are obedient without even bothering to agree.)“ graffiti in Santiago de Chile

urgent, in bodies is a movement instruction, a rejection of deferrals and a call for collectives to form an opposition to state authority and institutions. A dance that encourages to become complicit and form alliances, to create autonomous networks and organisms.

urgent, in bodies explores moments in which bodies meet, encounter each other, gather and form fluid formations of temporary and collective action. The five dancers view agency as a participatory attribute of social interaction, as opposed to an asset belonging to specific or representative individuals. Music from the album Manual For Successful Rioting by French DJ collective Birdy Nam Nam serves as basis for the physical statements, subversive gestures and resulting temporary alliances of bodies.

Alina Bertha

completed her dance studies at Anton Bruckner Universität in Linz, after several semesters abroad, in London and Leeds. She has worked with choreographers Francesco Scavetta, Evangelos Poulinas and Jarek Cemerek as well as with Austrian dance companies Hungray Sharks and Ich bin OK, among others. She was awarded a TQW training scholarship in 2019.

Dorian Kaufeisen

is a dancer, choreographer and musician based in Vienna and Biel/Bienne. His artistic work is situated at the intersection of political activism, anarchistic practice and contemporary dance, and examines chiasms and conglomerates from the realms of movement, music, language and immediate action.

 

Jolyane Langlois

is a dance artist based in Vienna. Born in Canada, she started her career by attending the Université du Québec à Montréal, before completing a professional dance training at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. In 2020, she was awarded a TQW training scholarship and a TenderSteps Residency at Raw Matters.

Julia Müllner

is a dancer and choreographer. She completed her studies at the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 2019. She was awarded a TQW training scholarship as well as a ImPulsTanz danceWEB scholarship.

Amina Claudine

is a dancer and freelance dance educator who completed her studies in Contemporary Dance Pedagogy at Musik und Kunst Universität Wien.

Credits

Choreography, creation, performance 
Alina Bertha, Amina Claudine, Dorian Kaufeisen, Jolyane Langlois, Julia Müllner 
Concept 
Dorian Kaufeisen 
Camera 
Francesca Centonze, Michael Schmidl 
Editing 
Deniz Dikmen 
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