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01.01. –
24.01.
2019

ALEXANDER GOTTFARB (SE/AT)

Negotiations

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Esther Balfe © Kati Göttfried

“I’m fascinated by duration in performance and by the blur that time makes of the borders between art and life. What starts as art becomes something else.“ — Tim Etchells

Alexander Gottfarb sets up shop to present Negotiations. For a whole year, thirteen dancers take turns performing at this subsidiary of TQW every day during regular business hours, i.e. from 10.00 to 18.00 – let’s not forget that dancing is proper labour. The mammoth project is the third performance by the Swedish choreographer that examines the relationships between movement and systems of belief.

Negotiations takes the form of a public social ritual that analyses the practice of collaboration, dialogue and exchange. The movements oscillate between recognisable iconic gestures and abstract patterns. Negotiations invites the audience – as well as accidental passers-by – to stay in the “dance subsidiary” for as long as they like and to keep coming back. 

In January with Esther Balfe, Stephanie Cumming, Alex Deutinger, Pawel Dudus, Soraya Emery, Alexander Gottfarb, Katharina Illnar, Nanina Kotlowsky, Martyna Lorenc, Raul Maia, Anna Maria Nowak, Patric Redl and Charlotta Ruth.

Negotiations Finale – during the last two days of the performance (25 & 26 January, 12.00–20.00), each of the thirteen dancers will have one last entrance and will perform one last dance.

Negotiations Reflections – after one year of collaboration, the team of Negotiations meet one last time to reflect and talk about their experiences on 29 January.

Duration

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Location

Neustiftgasse 31

Price

Eintritt frei

  • Dates

    • TUE
      01.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • WED
      02.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • THU
      03.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • FRI
      04.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SAT
      05.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SUN
      06.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • MON
      07.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • TUE
      08.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • WED
      09.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • THU
      10.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • FRI
      11.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SAT
      12.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SUN
      13.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • MON
      14.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • TUE
      15.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • WED
      16.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • THU
      17.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • FRI
      18.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SAT
      19.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • SUN
      20.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • MON
      21.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • TUE
      22.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • WED
      23.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

    • THU
      24.01.

      Alexander Gottfarb (SE/AT)

      Negotiations

      10:00

      Neustiftgasse 31

  • Artist Bio

    Alexander Gottfarb

    graduated from the Stockholm Ballet Academy in 2003. The Swedish artist lives in Vienna, working as a dancer for choreographers Elio Gervasi, Iztok Kovač, Chris Haring/Liquid Loft, among others. He is a founding member of The Loose Collective. Alexander Gottfarb’s interest in examining politically (Political Movements, 2010) or religiously (Moved by Faith, 2011) motivated forms of movement was already evident in his early pieces.

    The dancer and choreographer uses repetition and transformation, discipline and exhaustion in his work. In his 72-hour solo performance A Matter of Belief (2016) he started to explore the effects of faith and motivation on the execution of movements. In the process, he has gained a new understanding of his physical memory as a dancer. In Together (2017), he introduced another two dancers to the performance, thus turning it into a trio. Now, Negotiations adds a new order of magnitude to the two pieces.

Eindrücke

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    Charlotta Ruth © Kati Göttfried

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    Alexander Gottfarb © Kati Göttfried

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    Soraya Emery © Kati Göttfried

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    Alex Deutinger © Kati Göttfried

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    Anna Maria Nowak © Kati Göttfried

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    Pawel Dudus © Kati Göttfried

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    Katharina Illnar © Kati Göttfried

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    Martyna Lorenc © Kati Göttfried

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    Patric Redl © Kati Göttfried

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    Nanina Kotlowsky © Kati Göttfried

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    Raul Maia © Kati Göttfried

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    Stephanie Cumming © Kati Göttfried