Florentina Holzinger: TANZ

Why you shouldn’t miss this!

To say Holzinger’s work isn’t for the fainthearted is to undersell it somewhat … It’s not just provocative, it’s a deliberate affront … It is also, in the most surprising way, thoughtful, hilarious and occasionally very beautiful. It takes a serious artist to navigate so many modes and keep the audience on side.

The Guardian

Prepare to experience a contemporary masterpiece that defies conventions and reimagines the art of movement. Florentina Holzinger’s TANZ is a breathtaking fusion of classical ballet, raw physicality, and high-octane performance. Known for her fearless and unorthodox approach, Holzinger invites audiences into a realm where discipline meets chaos and elegance intertwines with power.

Featuring an all-female cast of eleven performers ages thirty to over eighty from various dance backgrounds, and set against a backdrop of theatrical spectacle, TANZ delves deep into the limits of the human body, exploring themes of strength, vulnerability, and the relentless pursuit of perfection. This daring and unapologetic work is as much a celebration of dance as it is a challenge to its traditions. Expect the unexpected, as each moment brims with intensity, humor, and awe-inspiring energy.

PRODUCTION GUIDANCE Please note that the performance contains strobe lights, explicit nudity, blood, needles and hooks, and self-harming body acts.

Date + Time

About

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

  • Fri Feb 14 – Sat Feb 15, 2025
  • 7:30 PM
  • $70

Run Time

Approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes with no intermission.

Advisory

PRODUCTION GUIDANCE Please note that the performance contains strobe lights, explicit nudity, blood, needles and hooks, and self-harming body acts.

Creative Credits

Concept, performance, choreography: Florentina Holzinger
Performance by and with: Renée Copraij, Beatrice Cordua, Sophie Duncan, Jessyca R. Hauser, Florentina Holzinger, Lucifire, Annina Machaz, Suzn Pasyon, Laura Stokes, Veronica Thompson, Steffi Wieser
Video design, Live camera: Josefin Arnell, Jessyca R. Hauser
Sound design, Live sound: Stefan Schneider
Light design, Technical director: Anne Meeussen
Stage design: Nikola Knezevic
Stage assistant: Camilla Smolders
Technical assistant: Stephan Werner, Dörte Wilfroth, Koen Vanneste
Dramaturgy: Renée Copraij, Sara Ostertag
Coaching: Ghani Minne, Dave Tusk
Music coach: Almut Lustig
Outside eye: Michele Rizzo, Fernando Belfiore
Theory, research: Anna Leon
Costume advisor, tailor: Mael Blau
Prosthetic, mask: Students of Wigs, Make-up and Special Make-up Effects for Stage and Screen, Theaterakademie August Everding (Munich), Marianne Meinl
Stunt support: Haeger Stunt & Wireworks
Stunt instructors: Stunt Cloud GmbH (Leo Plank, Phong Giang, Sandra Barger)
Management & International Distribution: Katharina Wallisch & Giulia Messia – neon lobster
Tour Production Management: Moira L Sunter Garee

A production by SPIRIT

Co-produced by: Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna – AT), Spring Festival (Utrecht – NL), Theatre Rotterdam (Rotterdam – NL), Mousonturm (Frankfurt – DE), Arsenic (Lausanne – CH), Münchner Kammerspiele (Munich – DE), Take Me Somewhere (Glasgow – UK), Beursschouwburg (Brussels, BE) deSingel (Antwerp – BE), Sophiensaele (Berlin – DE), Frascati Productions (Amsterdam -NL), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Muenster – DE), asphalt Festival (Düsseldorf – DE)

Funded by Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Performing Arts Fund NL and Norma fonds NL

With the support of the Republic Austria Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, Section IV – Arts and Culture  and Goethe Institut

The artist

Florentina Holzinger

Support

Supported by: O Espaço do Tempo (PT), Fondation LUMA (FR) and De Châtel Award (NL)

This project is made possible in part with support from the Harkness Foundation for Dance and the Austrian Cultural Forum New York.

NYU Skirball’s programs are made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels; The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; Collins Building Services; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Villa Albertine; General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA; Goethe Institut-New York; Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Marta Heflin Foundation; as well as our valued donors through memberships, commissioning, and Allies for Arts Access Fund support.