ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival
ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival is a major annual contemporary dance festival held in Vienna, Austria. It gathers thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers for a five-week program of performance, research projects and workshops.
The festival was founded in 1984 under the name "Internationale Tanzwochen Wien", by Karl Regensburger and Brazilian choreographer Ismael Ivo, with dance teachers including Joe Alegado, Germaine Acogny and Walter Raines.
In 1988 the festival was renamed to "ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival",[1] featuring works by Wim Vandekeybus, Marie Chouinard, Mark Tompkins, and others.
In 1996, the scholarship program danceWEB Europe[2] was founded, allowing renowned artists participate in the festival and share ideas and knowledge.[3]
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- ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival
- EVERYBODY DANCE - interview with Rio Rutzinger, the artistic director of workshops and research at the ImPulsTanz 2015
- "You are gonna love me" Sylvia Staude reports from Vienna's (2006) ImPulsTanz festival..., Sign and Sight, 26 July 2006 accessed 22 June 2007
- some interviews from imPULStanz 2008, the 25th anniversary.
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