“Farewell to mewling ‘I no longer dance.‘ Dance girl, dance, and to all who observe me, I challenge you. Pity me not. So when is it time to say, ‘farewell to dance?”‘ seems to be an emphatic “never!”

– Yvonne Rainer (from The Aching Body in Dance)

The Generations Season is a 6 week-long durational dance performance under the artistic direction of Anna Maria Nowak and it is a co-production between Archipelago and brut wien.

From October 2nd to 26th and November 6th to 16th, The Generations Season takes place, it is a durational dance performance exploring themes of change and ageing.  The encounter between performers representing diverse generational backgrounds lies at the centre of the season. Seven performers aged 23 to 69 engage in movement and dialogue, reflecting (abstract) concepts such as future, loss, heritage, hope, time or FOGO (Fear of Growing Old). In this process-oriented work the site of thinking meanders between the language and the body, weaving associative highways of empathy and connection.

The Generations Season lasts from 2.10 until the 26.10 and from 6.11. till 16.11. 2024. Der Betrieb is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 2-7 pm. Free entrance.

Concept and Artistic Direction: Anna Maria Nowak
Performance and Choreography: Alexander Gottfarb, Stéphanie Evrard, Valeria Chavez Chong, Frans Poelstra, Esther Balfe, Anna Maria Nowak
Music Composition and Live Performance: Zosia Hołubowska
Dramaturgical Advice: Anna Mendelssohn
Costumes: Karin Pauer
Graphic Design: Katarina Schildgen
Photos: Victoria Nazarova

Video and Prototyping: Jakob Hütter (hand mit auge)

Production, Management and Outreach mollusca productions

Produced by Archipelago, Co-produced by brut.  With kind support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports, and Arbeitsplatz Wien