Everybody Dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism 21 March 2019 – 10 February 2020 Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien [email protected] T +43 1 525 24 5315 About the Exhibition During the first third of the 20th century Vienna ranked amongst the most important international centres of Modern Dance. The exhibition, organised in cooperation with the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK), attempts to inscribe significant female dancers into Vienna’s great historical narrative. It focuses on dancers, choreographers and teachers such as Isadora Duncan, Grete Wiesenthal, Gertrud Bodenwieser and Rosalia Chladek as well as Valeria Kratina, Gertrud Kraus, Hilde Holger and others who were the pioneers for the European Modernism. The show illustrates the variety and concentration of a female-dominated dance scene which was destroyed by Nazi dictatorship and further developed in exile. Threads are spun between the productive and socio-critical spirit of that time and today through enduring movement techniques of Modernism and related topics. Hence, the exhibition, curated by Andrea Amort and designed by Thomas Hamann, concludes with film contributions by Amanda Piña, Doris Uhlich, Thomas Kampe and Simon Wachsmuth. The starting point for the exhibition was the donation of the extensive legacy of texts by the dancer, choreographer and pedagogue Rosalia Chladek (Brno 1905–1995 Vienna) to the newly established dance archive at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK) in 2015. The Internationale Gesellschaft Rosalia Chladek (IGRC) entrusted the task of making it accessible to Andrea Amort. The Theatermuseum will take over this valuable material comprising more than a hundred boxes after this has been achieved. Nonetheless both the curator and the director of the museum, when planning the exhibition, decided against a solo exhibition as both life and work of this personality who for over 70 years, from 1925 until her death, helped shape dance in Vienna, are well known. Rather the aim here is to construct and illustrate the emergence of modern dance in Vienna since 1900, and the dance scene up to 1938 which was extraordinarily crowded and dominated by women. Within it Rosalia Chladek’s work lights up again and again. The fact that Austrofascism and the NS regime exploited democratic, free spirited and “subversive” (Alfred Schlee, 1930) modern dance is the topic of not yet completed research, both historic and dance related, into this period. Due to the forced migration and murder of the majority of its protagonists the NS regime between 1938 and 1945 largely destroyed Viennese Dance Modernism. “Not everybody could leave the country”, Rosalia Chladek, in 1990, expressed her attitude at the time. Like Grete Wiesenthal, who had also remained in Vienna, she helped Jewish colleagues escape. Hanna Berger from Vienna was active in the resistance. Many of the refugees became key figures in the newly emerging Dance Modernism of their new “homeland”, among them Gertrud Bodenwieser, Hilde Holger, Gertrud Kraus. Everybody Dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism 21 March 2019 – 10 February 2020 Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien [email protected] T +43 1 525 24 5315 About the Exhibition - continued The exhibition has three parts: The entrance hall is dedicated to Rosalia Chladek. The DOKU-Space presents historic material: text, photography, film. The ART-space offers a more recent and contemporary view of the subject. Here the space is opened for performative programmes and also offers the visitor instructions for movement. The exhibition therefore attempts to build a bridge into the present. Teaching methods and dance techniques as well as some works have survived in Central Europe and the countries of exile and become accessible to all. Descendants of the protagonists and researchers as well as contemporary artists, feeling related to the traditions or the themes, will have their say in interviews or with their own artistic creations. Rosalia Chladek Reenacted is a series of performances especially created for the exhibition, presented by female dancers of Vienna‘s independent scene in the Eroica-Hall at the Theatermuseum. Point of departure are historic solo-pieces passed on from Chladek‘s œuvre. Bits and Pieces are short dance works and lectures, created by artists of the Vienna Scene and students of the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK) as part of the exhibition on special afternoons. Guided tours with experts and an educational programme for schools complement the project. The comprehensive and richly illustrated publication Alles tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne (ed. Andrea Amort, published by Hatzje Cantz, Berlin) accompanies the exhibition. From the point of view of dance historians, artists and experts from adjacent artistic fields it broadens Austria‘s cultural memory by this mainly female-dominated Dance Modernism until 1938 and its influence to date. The publication is the first extensive presentation of Vienna Dance Modernism together with a network-lexicon. The list of authors includes Thomas Aichhorn, Gaby Aldor, Arno Böhler, Carol Brown, Gerhard Brunner, Brigitte Dalinger, Paul M. Delavos, Monika Faber, Inge Gappmaier, Deborah Holmes, Thomas Kampe, Elke Krasny, Johanna Laakkonen, Barbara Lesák, Alfred Oberzaucher, Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller, Amanda Piña, Stefan Schmidl, Vera-Viktoria Szirmay, Doris Uhlich, Edwin Vanecek, Patrick Werkner and Andrea Amort. The exhibition has been organised in cooperation with the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK). Everybody Dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism 21 March 2019 – 10 February 2020 Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien [email protected] T +43 1 525 24 5315 About the Exhibition - continued Andrea Amort, dance historian, dramaturge, author. Professor and scientific head of the Dance Archive at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK). Curatorial activities: amongst others Tanz im Exil, Hanna Berger: Retouchings, Grete Wiesenthal research project, Festival Berührungen. Tanz vor 1938 – Tanz von heute. Numerous publications. Books: österreich tanzt. Geschichte und Gegenwart; Nurejew und Wien. Ein leidenschaftliches Verhältnis; Hanna Berger. Spuren einer Tänzerin im Widerstand. Thomas Hamann, studied stage design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with stage director and designer Axel Manthey as well as with dramaturge and artistic director Klaus Zehelein. He works as scenographer and illustrator. In 2003 he designed the exhibition Von der Pose zum Ausdruck – Theaterfotografie 1900 – 1930 for the Theatermuseum. Everybody Dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism 21 March 2019 – 10 February 2020 Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien [email protected] T +43 1 525 24 5315 Events Curator: Andrea Amort Project Assistance: Inge Gappmaier and Paul M. Delavos Please refer to the calendar section at www.theatermuseum.at (German only) ROSALIA CHLADEK REENACTED Dancers from Vienna‘s independent scene and students of the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK) present Rosalia Chladek’s historic solo works in a new look. The first room of the exhibition Everybody dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism as well as the first event in the Eroica Hall at the Theatermuseum is dedicated to Rosalia Chladek (1905 Brünn – Wien 1995). In the 1980es the choreographer conveyed some of her works to young dancers. It is their know-how that enables a new generation to examine the potential of this heirloom in 2019. Historic solo pieces, amongst them „Luzifer“ (1938), as well as reconstructions and new versions will be presented. With Mit Farah Deen, Cäcilia Färber, Eva-Maria Kraft, Katharina Illnar, Eva-Maria Schaller, Katharina Senk as well as Martina Haager and others. Friday, 29 and Saturday, 30 March 2019, 7.30 p.m. Sunday, 31 March 2019, 11 a.m. Eroica-Hall, Theatermuseum Tickets € 22, standing and cushion places € 12 Available online and at the Theatermuseum ticket office Further performances of ROSALIA CHLADEK REENACTED (PART 2) are planned for October 2019. BITS AND PIECES Live short dance pieces and lectures as part of the exhibition. With artists and in cooperation with dance students of the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (MUK). The programme changes weekly. From May 2019, Wednesday and Thursday, 4 p.m. Everybody Dances. The Cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism 21 March 2019 – 10 February 2020 Lobkowitzplatz 2, 1010 Wien [email protected] T +43 1 525 24 5315 Events GUIDED TOURS WITH EXPERTISE Key topics presented by dance experts and researchers from adjacent artistic fields Every first Saturday of the month, 2 p.m. Admission plus € 3 tour fee 6 Apr 2019 Arno Böhler: Nietzsche’s Dancer or I would only believe in a god who knows how to dance. 4 May 2019 Brigitte Dalinger: Dance as a means of expressing Jewish identity 1 Jun 2019 Arno Böhler: Nietzsche’s Dancer or I would only believe in a god who knows how to dance. 6 Jul 2019 Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller: Vienna‘s spaces for expressive dance 3 Aug 2019 Paul M. Delavos: Films documenting Viennese Dance Modernism 7 Sep 2019 Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller: Vienna‘s spaces for expressive dance 5 Oct 2019 Nikolaus Selimov: On the Trail of Dance Modernism – its influence on the present 2 Nov 2019 Brigitte Dalinger: Dance as a means of expressing Jewish identity 7 Dec 2019 Andrea Amort: Treasures 4 Jan 2020 Paul M. Delavos: Films documenting Viennese Dance Modernism 1 Feb 2020 Andrea Amort: Treasures BITS AND PIECES AND MORE The tour leads the way to the cosmos of Viennese Dance Modernism and offers intriguing insight into the development of the artistic dance since the turn of the century. Furthermore, it surprises with a performance and encourages stimulating discussions accompanied by a glass of sparkling wine. Thursdays, 2 May, 6 Jun, 4 Jul, 12 Sep, 17 Oct, 14 Nov, 19 Dec 2019; 9 Jan and 6 Feb 2020, 3 p.m. Admission plus € 3 tour fee Reservation recommended! Tel +43 1 52524 5310 GUIDED TOURS ON DEMAND T +43 1 525 24 5310 or [email protected] Everybody Dances.