Theory
The three Theory curators bring different perspectives to the table: in addition to a choreographic-analytical approach, a pop-culture outlook critical of society and a queer/feminist perspective are increasingly taken into account as well. Some of the theory programme is thematically linked with TQW’s performance programme, but besides that it also investigates essential issues in the fields of choreography and performance, or, more generally, major concerns of our time. In addition, Tanzquartier Wien promotes a new way of engaging with the performances. Experts from various disciplines will write a text to accompany every work shown at TQW, which will provide both artists and visitors with additional material for analysis. The texts will be collected and published atour Newsblog and, moreover, as a print magazine once a year.
TQW DOC
TQW DOC is an interdisciplinary, interuniversity post-grad forumon the subjects of choreography, performance, body, art and politics at Tanzquartier...
TQW DOC
TQW DOC is an interdisciplinary, interuniversity post-grad forumon the subjects of choreography, performance, body, art and politics at Tanzquartier...
TQW DOC
TQW DOC is an interdisciplinary, interuniversity post-grad forumon the subjects of choreography, performance, body, art and politics at Tanzquartier...
TQW DOC
TQW DOC is an interdisciplinary, interuniversity post-grad forumon the subjects of choreography, performance, body, art and politics at Tanzquartier...
Labs
The lab programme regularly held at the TQW Studios is dedicated to exploration and exchange between local as well as international artists and experts.
Unhampered by the customary pressure to produce and present, the participants can explore general topical, specific or utterly unusual aspects of contemporary choreography and performance. Some of the subjects addressed relate to the contemporaneous performance programme at Tanzquartier Wien to enable a closer examination.
However, the labs also provide those interested with a platform to inquire into urgent issues of our time, irrespective of TQW’s programme. Experts or artists curate and run the labs.
TQW Magazin Posts
The dance of life
Rainer Fuchs on Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score – Vienna 2019
Commissioned by the Kontakt art collection and in cooperation with Tanzquartier Wien, French curator Pierre Bal-Blanc has co-developed...
Holding hands. On the knowledge of hands
Barbara Kraus on Walking:Holding by Rosana Cade
Meine kalte Hand in deiner warmen Hand. Wir kennen uns nicht, und du fragst mich, wann ich heute jemandem die Hand gegeben habe...
„Only the Strong Stay Soft“
Christa Benzer on S_P_I_T_ 2019
In the scope of S_P_I_T_, the Queer Performance Festival Vienna, which took place this year for the second...
Library
The reference library in the TQW Studios comprises a unique collection specialising in contemporary dance and performance. The well-stocked inventory, which is the core of the library, comprises over 2,600 titles and 2,100 magazines.
The foyer area accommodates general literature and anthologies on the subjects of dance, performance, art, theory and more, including subject-specific works from the fields of gender theory and philosophy. A comfortable, publicly accessible room for reading, researching and riffling is located on the first floor under the roof. A computer workstation is provided to browse the complete digitised archive of live performance recordings, lectures and labs held since the opening of TQW in 2001.
Moreover, a regularly updated selection of books, articles and videos related to the performance programme is available here to read up on or preview.
In the exhibition area we present a monthly changing program that is selcted from our archive. It communicates with the stage program. You can find a current list of what is on the screens here.
