GLITCH WITCH

Dance: GLITCH WITCH

Fri 21. & Sat 22.03., 19.30h, with Meg Stuart, Damaged Goods & Dance On Ensemble

"Normally, unison is this classic element of dance that I spend a lot of time trying to get away from. But there is power in that expression of togetherness, precisely because we’re such strong individuals." – Meg Stuart

In "GLITCH WITCH", choreographer Meg Stuart, dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, and composer/musician Mieko Suzuki meet in a sparklingly desolate, enigmatically burned-out landscape. Moving within and beyond the personal histories imprinted on their bodies, they glide and glitch between different possible worlds – between above and below, between the before and after of every passing moment.

While trying to break the spell of personal and ancestral memories that keep them apart, they search for a not-yet-existent shared language. In their quest, a pulsating progression of shimmering, mutable dances unfolds. Within this series of overlapping movement patterns, the three women gradually uncover a shared (witch)craft: a resonant force of mutual transformations and a vulnerable ritual of solidarity that elevates them above their differences. Glitches emerge at the volatile points of their encounters, becoming a growing vocabulary of resistance and surrender, a collective chant that disrupts all enchantments.

Artist Talk following the performance on Sat 22.03., Astrid Peterle (curator at Kunsthalle Wien) in conversation with the performers.