Doris Uhlich (b. 1977), is one of the most renowned Austrian choreographers today, often challenging the conventional portrayal of the body in her work. She questions and thematizes the Western beauty ideal, as well as the naturalness of the body and the norms that help shape notions about our own bodies.
She studied contemporary dance education at the Vienna Conservatory (Konservatorium der Stadt Wien), and since 2006 has been developing her own projects. She made her mark with one of her early choreographies, the first part of a later trilogy called SPITZE, where she confronted the ideology of classical dance in a markedly nonconformist way. It was also her first collaboration with Susanne Kirnbauer.
Uhlich has been awarded the title Dancer and Choreographer of the Year by the German specialist magazine tanz multiple times. Together with the dancer Michael Turinsky, Doris Uhlich won the Nestroy Special Prize for the Ravemachine (2016) performance. Her production Every Body Electric (2018) was shortlisted for the prestigious dance festivals Venice Biennale Danza and Bienal Sesc de Dança in São Paulo.
The 2023 Flora Theatre Festival featured her performance TANK.