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05.
DEC 2025
ISABEL LEWIS & EIKE WITTROCK
finally letׄ’s talk FORM!
Eike Wittrock © Dorothea Tuch
finally let’s talk FORM! is a public workshop series co-hosted by dance historian Eike Wittrock and artist-choreographer Isabel Lewis that asks a deceptively simple question: Is it still interesting to talk about form today?
Drawing from histories of modern, postmodern, and contemporary dance – where questions of structure, abstraction, composition, and “pure movement” have surfaced again and again – the workshop looks at how form has been embraced, resisted, exploded, and reassembled. Together with participants, Wittrock and Lewis will revisit modernist debates around form and autonomy and examine how these live on (or fall apart) in current artistic production, where choreography often entangles social, political, and affective realities.
Through conversation, shared reading and listening, and simple movement tasks, the workshop opens a space to think, feel, and speculate collectively about what “form” might mean for contemporary dance and performance now.
Time
14:00–17:00
Location
TQW Studios
Duration
180 Min
Price
Free admission
Additional Information
In English
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Artist Bio
Isabel Lewis
is a Dominican-American artist and choreographer whose work takes on many different formats: from lecture performances and workshops to listening sessions, installations, publications, and what she has named hosted occasions. She has created projects around open-source technology and dance improvisation, social dances as cultural storage systems, collaborative choreographic formats, bodily techniques and ecological thinking, and rapping as an embodied speech act. Her works have been presented internationally at major institutions and biennials in the contexts of contemporary art, music, dance, and theater since 2003. Lewis led the Klasse für Performative Künste at the Fine Art Academy in Leipzig (HGB) from 2021 to 2025 and currently serves as Artistic Director of TQW together with Rio Rutzinger.
Eike Wittrock
is Professor of Dance Studies at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. In his research and teaching practice, he explores (queer) aesthetics in local dance and performance histories. In an international research project, he is currently working with colleagues to investigate how LGBTIQ* movements in Germany and Austria have contributed to democratization.
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Which level is right for me?
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EasyFor anyone who is new to dance or wants to move without any pressure. The focus is on having fun and enjoying movement.
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All LevelsOpen to everyone – from beginners to professionals. The workshops are offered at different levels of difficulty so that everyone can participate at their own level.
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IntermediateFor anyone who already has some dance experience and knows basic techniques.
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AdvancedExclusively for professional dancers and performers who have completed dance training.
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Artistic ProfessionalsFor artists from all disciplines who want to expand their creative potential.
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Events
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DEC
05
14:00 – 17:00
Isabel Lewis & Eike Wittrock
finally letׄ’s talk FORM!
Time
14:00 – 17:00
Location
TQW Studios
Duration
180 Min
Price
Free admission
Additional Information
In English
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