WHO WE ARE
ELENA WACLAWICZEK is a visual artist, performance artist and choreographer based in Vienna and Paris. Characteristic of her work is the subtle, playful and at the same time radical treatment of the human body. With her body in relation and confrontation with space, the environment, materials and objects, she is creating performances, videos, Installations, graphics etc. Her works where presented in Galleries and at Events in Paris/France, Vienna/Austria, Prag/Czech Republic, Lavagna/Italy, Venice/Italy, Sarajevo/Bosnia Herzigovina a.s.o.
Most of her researches, solo- and collaborative works are dealing with improvisation as method and issue of research. In this context she has been creating the performance practice „©relating the body“ which she is offering in workshops in various contexts.
Since 2018 she is performing at various events around improvisation and is collaborating with musicians, visual and cross-over artists, painters, poets and dancers…a.s.o. all over Europe and worldwide.
AGNES DISTELBERGER is a dancer, director and teacher in the field of dance and performance. Her artistic work is mainly focused on multidiciplinary art and performance. She studied music and dance education at University for performing Arts Vienna (BA) as well as at Mozarteum Salzburg (MA). She is part of the artistic team in Toihaus Theater Salzburg and works as a freelance artist in various performance projects in federal states in europe. She performed and choreographed in Volkstheater Wien, in Volkskundemuseum Wien, Brunnenpassage Wien, in ARGEkultur Salzburg, Toihaus Theater Salzburg, Mozarteum, Anis Gras Paris, Friche La martine in Lyon, Theatro Exfadda in San Vito Italy and at Staatstheater Darmstadt .She is also cofonder of the assosiation "LiSi*A" and the "Kollektiv Diva".
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OLIVIA MITTERHUEMER is a Salzburg-based dancer, choreographer and teacher. As a co-founder of the association Potpourri and the internationally renowned Streetdance Festival Flavourama in Salzburg, she took various educations throughout Europe, the US and Asia.
She found her way into various dance productions of company Hungry Sharks (2016-2020), which brought her to the USA, Croatia, Romania, Germany, Sweden and Italy. Other than that, she formed part of the pieces These.Three.Words by INFLUX and TON by Toihaus Salzburg.
In 2020 she was awarded with the Annual Grant of Performing Arts by the Country of Salzburg and with the 1st Prize of the Zero Project Art Competition. This year, her new production 4 A.M. was premiered in co-production with brut Wien, furthermore she choreographed a performance for festival KoresponDance in Czech Republic, where a young Baroque choir meets Hip Hop and House Dance. Besides performing she was teaching for Salzburg Festival, ORFF Institute, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, KoresponDance and more.
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VITUS DENIFL is musician, clown and dancer living in Salzburg.
Beside various musical projects he is active in the fields of dance, contemporary circus and theatre. As member of Moby Stick and featured artist of Aramboa, Wicked Dub Division, Pilmaiquen and other projects he performed at Festivals and stages throughout Austria and international in Singapore, Poland, Croatia, Germany, France and Portugal.
In collaboration with Michael Zandl, he developed the act “Catch that Tune” and performed in circus festivals in Rotterdam, Basel and Salzburg.
Since 2021 he is working with LiSi*A which brought him to collaborations and performances with French collective Le Fondeur de Son.
The body is a central source for him as artist and teacher.
Improvisation, humour, collective creation and transdisciplinarity play an important role in his work. His school was the dancefloor. Sound, Emotion, Tension, Rhythm and Groove – connection and communication between music and movement – are his research.
He studied in University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna as well as several workshops and educations.
Vitus Denifl is also working as Clowndoctor, teacher for saxophone and rhythmics with children, adults and people with disabilities.
ANNA ADENSAMER is based in Salzburg and Vienna, she performs, choreographs and teaches in multidisciplinary art projects.
She studied Dance and Music at University for performing Arts Vienna (BA) as well as at Mozarteum Salzburg (MA).
2014-2022 She worked as a freelancing performing artist in Salzburg, Vienna and many other citys in europe. Since 2021/22 she has been employed as an artist at Theater ECCE and the RED NOSES clown doctors Salzburg.
In her art she combines acrobatics, dance, music, buffoonery and acting.
She performed and choreographed at SZENE Salzburg, ARGEkultur Salzburg, Kosmos Theatre Vienna, Palais Kabelwerk, Bockkeller, Porgy and Bess, Musikverein Vienna, Kunstbad Graz, SUPERGAU Festival and several Festivals in Austria and Europe.