a costume and folk dance ball of a special kind
Home-bound and cosmopolitan, tradition and update, down-to-earth and experimental - apparent contradictions are invited to dance at Volxfest.
The Volxfest is a celebration. A celebration that celebrates folk art as a symbol of free development and as a creative expression of the people. A day and an evening, created by Volxfest artists together with artists and traditional groups from the region and the audience.
The Volxfest loads in a playful way to experience its own relation to local, national and global roots. Here meet people and perspectives that might otherwise not meet. Old rituals are rediscovered in the light of a global consciousness.
The events in the apron offer many opportunities to get a taste of things. The artists of the Volxfest project spend several weeks in the region to research local customs, traditions and rituals and to get in touch with local people and traditional groups to create this festival together. During this time you can also visit various dance, costume and conversation workshops of the Volxfestteams on the topics of tradition, customs today.
Artistic Director: Simon Mayer, Teresa Distelberger
Performance, research, audience interaction and creative collaboration:
Mario Sinnhofer aka Touched, Manuel Wagner, Patric Redl, Katharina Frieda Meier, Agnes Distelberger, Farah Deen, Valentin Alfery, Annegret Schalke, Robert Steijn, Sophie Rastl, Simon Mayer, Teresa Distelberger
Guest artists and groups: Schuachplattler Menscha Ried, Ledarsoinbuam Ried, gold-dome and costume groups of the Perg district, Claudio Prima
Dramaturgy Counseling: Robert Steijn
Immersive stage design: Mario Sinnhofer aka Touched, Simon Mayer
Light: Annegret Schalke
Sound: Lukas Froschauer
Music / Band: Asgeiger, Volxfest Band, Banda Adriatica
Production: Head Up / Sophie Rastl & Martina Knoll, Hiros
Workshop team: Mario Sinnhofer aka Touched, Katharina Frieda Meier, Agnes Distelberger, Simon Mayer, Teresa Distelberger
A co-production of Kopf hoch & Festival der Regionen / Centriphery
With the kind support of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, the Federal Chancellery of Austria and the Flemish Government. Supported by the European Commission, Creative Europe.
Thanks to: Impulstanz Festival, homeopathy research field, workplace Vienna, Jägerwirt
