A format for thinking about the future, a review by Charlotta Ruth
Four persons calmly wait on the edges of a white dance floor while we, the audience, enter the theatre at WUK performing art, Werkstätten und Kulturhaus, in Vienna. A warm white wash lights hundreds of precisely organized A5 cards spread out on the stage floor. Once we sit, one of the persons introduces herself as…
Shows for Futures a review by Deborah Hazler
On October 3, 2025, I went to the performance Constellation #4 – Shows for Futures by Animalarium Dance Collective. I don’t go to performances that often anymore and, honestly, I only went to support my friends and colleagues. The idea of using systemic constellation work in a performance had my eyes rolling a bit beforehand and I…
Somatic science fiction of doom, a review by Agnes Schneidewind
Processes as performanceAnimalarium Dance Collective has developed a practice combining improvisation, choreography and systemic constellation work, called Choreo-Constellating. They share this practice in workshops and performances which are entangled and allow different levels of participation in the work. A workshop at Zukunftshof and one at WUK performing arts preceded the most recent performance at the…
Mapping the Unknown. On Constellations, Collective Practice and Imagining Futures
WUK performing art interview, 30 September 2025. Your piece is titled Constellation #4 – Shows for Futures. What lies behind the idea of a “Constellation” – and what makes this way of working unique for you? The term “constellation” signals a refusal to center the individual. In Animalarium´s Constellations we are interested in exploring interdependence…
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