ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival

ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival is a major contemporary dance festival held in Vienna, Austria each year. It gathers thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers for a five-week program of performance, research projects and workshops. It was started by Karl Regensburger and choreographer Ismael Ivo in 1984 as the "Internationale Tanzwochen Wien" with dance teachers including Joe Alegado, Germaine Acogny and Walter Raines.

ImPulsTanz 2010 opening performance.

In 1988 it took the name "ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival" with works by Wim Vandekeybus, Marie Chouinard and Mark Tompkins.

It set up danceWEB Europe[1] in 1996, initially as a scholarship program and now facilitating sharing ideas and knowledge, further training and gathering renowned artists

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gollark: Switchcraft got migrated to alternative hosting, but presumably the full setup is very complex so it's not really fully up yet.
gollark: Yemmel was finding running everything too stressful so shut down everything.
gollark: Skyrelay? It is in Ale's basement.
gollark: It broke but is now back-ish!
gollark: What is the use-case?


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