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    PRECARIOUS MOVES Michael Turinsky
    – Tanzquartier Wien – HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin

    The Viennese choreographer, performer, theorist and activist in the field of inclusion portrays the relationship of a disabled person towards society with grace and a detached view. This playful, funny and self-reflective production, created in coproduction with Tanzquartier Wien and HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, was awarded the Nestroy Prize for the best Austrian Off-Production of 2021. “Is movement with disability like tonic without gin? Or breakfast without coffee?”
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    What is choreography? Where does a work of dance begin and end? Who in our society is allowed to create it, who is allowed to perform it, and what conditions precede it? Internationally acclaimed choreographer, dancer, theorist and activist Michael Turinsky has long been reflecting on the field of dance in relation to inclusion. In his unconventional stage projects, in which conceptual dance meets biographical theatre and lecture performance, he consistently breaks down stereotypes about disabled people and pushes the boundaries of contemporary dance into new, surprising realms.

    In his latest solo performance, Precarious Moves, he explores the phenomena of movement – both on a personal and political level. How to live in a society dominated by the culture of speed, activity and mobility when you move around in a wheelchair? What to do when all structures are set up against you, not for you? When it takes little to throw you off balance and make you hit your own limits? Inspired by the concept of “Crip Time,” which draws attention to the fact that in many life situations, people with disabilities need more time, Turinsky opposes the dictates of a world driven by speed. In Precarious Moves, he focuses on gestures and moments of resistance to it. Or in the words of non-binary artist Johanna Hedva: “You don't need to be fixed, my queens – it's the world that needs the fixing.”

    This inspiring solo, full of insightful points, disarming (self-)irony and evocative dance, won the Austrian Nestroy Theatre Prize in the “Best Off-Production” category. Michael Turinsky will present it for the first time ever in the Czech Republic, at the Flora Theatre Festival.

    performance, choreography, text, lyrics Michael Turinsky

    music, lyrics Tian Rotteveel
    stage and costume Jenny Schleif
    light Sveta Schwin
    photo and video Michael Loizenbauer
    dramaturgical advice Gabrielle Cram
    production Anna Gräsel / groundworkers.at / Michael Turinsky Verein für philosophische Praxis
    coproductions Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer

    premiere 11 January 2021

    supported by DANCE ON TOUR AUSTRIA – a project by Tanzquartier Wien in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs 

    in cooperation with Rakouské kulturní fórum Prague

    Michael Turinsky is a choreographer, performer and art theorist based in Vienna. He takes interest in the specific phenomenology of the body labelled as “disabled,” its specific being in the world, its relation to temporality and rhythm, affect and affect production, gender and sexuality, visibility and invisibility. He also studies discourses of productive tension between politics and aesthetics.
    He has collaborated with artists such as Bert Gstettner, Barbara Kraus, Claire Vivienne Sobottke, and Tereza Vitucci.
    In 2017, he was awarded the Nestroy Special Prize for his project Ravemachine, on which he collaborated with the choreographer and performer Doris Uhlich – her production TANK was featured on the programme of the 2021 Flora Theatre Festival.
    From 1998 to 2005, Turinsky studied philosophy at the University of Vienna. To date, he has given lectures and workshops at the universities in Linz and Salzburg, the College Art Association in New York, the Tanzquartier Vienna and at the Impulstanz-Festival, and has also published in numerous professional journals.

     

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    Interview with Michael Turinsky (Kampnagel Hamburg)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch…

     

    review in the TQW Magazine
    https://tqw.at/…-im-a-lover/


    photo Michael Loizenbauer