Festival Statement
Dance doesn’t ask for permission — it takes the city.
PULSE Dance Festival transforms Vienna’s stages, streets, and squares into sites of encounter, risk, and radical body politics. For one month each summer, the world’s most urgent choreographic voices collide with Vienna’s extraordinary architectural landscape — creating experiences that live in the body long after the last curtain.
Programme
9 Performances • 4 Venues
Artists & Companies
The Makers
Schedule
Festival Opening
PULSE • Burgtheater Foyer
Dissolve
Compagnie Ombre • Burgtheater Kammerspiele
Workshop: Contact Lab
Duo Seismic • WUK Studio 2
Fault Lines
Duo Seismic • WUK Performance Hall
Talk: Body as Archive
Elena Vasquez • Burgtheater Foyer
Workshop: Afro-Contemporary
Adama Diallo • WUK Studio 2
HORDE
Collectif Masse • Burgtheater Kammerspiele
Street Level
Vienna Ground Crew • Naschmarkt Outdoor Stage
Workshop: Baroque & Body
Sofia Mendel • Konzerthaus Rehearsal Room
Baroque Machine
Ensemble Kinetics • Konzerthaus Mozart Hall
SKIN / SCREEN
Prism Collective • WUK Performance Hall
Masterclass: Endurance
Ji-ho Shin • WUK Studio 2
Red Sky Protocol
Burning Ground • Burgtheater Kammerspiele
Workshop: Spatial Thinking
Claude Bernard • Konzerthaus Rehearsal Room
Formation Study ·5
Motus Ensemble • Konzerthaus Mozart Hall
Nerve
Body Electric • WUK Performance Hall
Closing Ceremony & Party
PULSE • Burgtheater Foyer
Vienna, Austria
Venues
Burgtheater Kammerspiele
Vienna’s most storied stage in a newly reconfigured black-box configuration — 400 seats, raked, with exceptional sightlines and a state-of-the-art rigging system.
Universitätsring 2, 1010 Wien
View on map ↗WUK Performance Hall
A legendary converted factory in the 9th district. Flexible floor plan, outstanding acoustics, and the energy of Vienna’s independent arts scene embedded in its walls.
Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Wien
View on map ↗Konzerthaus Mozart Hall
The intimate Mozart Hall within Vienna’s Konzerthaus seats 350 and offers unmatched acoustic intimacy for music-and-dance crossover works.
Lothringerstraße 20, 1030 Wien
View on map ↗Naschmarkt Outdoor Stage
An open-air stage at Vienna’s famous market. Site-specific works commissioned for this venue are free to attend and open to all.
Naschmarkt, 1060 Wien
View on map ↗Workshops
5 Classes • All Levels
Contact Lab: Trust & Weight Exchange
An introductory and intermediate contact improvisation laboratory exploring weight sharing, listening, and momentum. — Yuki Tanaka & Raia Mosa • 3 hrs
Afro-Contemporary: Collective Rhythm
Diallo leads a deep dive into his Sabar-rooted movement vocabulary and its relationship to contemporary ensemble work. — Adama Diallo • 3 hrs
Baroque Body: Ornament & Subversion
Mendel opens her research process, teaching gestural codes from 17th-century court dance and how they can be destabilised. — Sofia Mendel • 3 hrs
Endurance Masterclass
An intense physical and conceptual session on endurance as artistic strategy. For professional performers only. — Ji-ho Shin • 3 hrs
Spatial Thinking: Choreography for Camera
Bernard shares his process of designing movement for aerial and overhead camera views. Practical exercises with phones welcome. — Claude Bernard • 3 hrs
About PULSE
Info
Our Mission
PULSE Dance Festival transforms Vienna’s stages, streets, and squares into sites of encounter, risk, and radical body politics. For one month each summer, the world’s most urgent choreographic voices collide with Vienna’s extraordinary architectural landscape — creating experiences that live in the body long after the last curtain.
Accessibility
All main venues are wheelchair accessible. Audio-described performances are available for selected shows — please enquire when booking. Sign-interpreted performances are scheduled at least once per production. Large-print programmes and accessible seating can be requested at the box office.
Getting There
All festival venues are served by Vienna's excellent public transport network (U-Bahn, tram, bus). Burgtheater: U2 Rathaus. WUK: U6 Währinger Straße. Konzerthaus: U4 Stadtpark. Naschmarkt: U4 Kettenbrückengasse. Festival passes include a 48-hr Vienna City travel card.
Contact
General enquiries: info@pulsedancefestival.at
Press & accreditation: press@pulsedancefestival.at
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