Dance Vocal Reading
Th 14/01/2027
19.00

Winter-Werkschau

Festspielhaus-Communities
Großer Saal
Photo from the 2025 Winter Festival (Winter-Werkschau) 2025, featuring one of the dance groups from the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, dressed in colourful costumes and striking a group pose on a black stage.
© Inés Bacher

Description

200 people on stage, a passionate audience and an unstoppable energy filling the auditorium: at the Winter-Werkschau (‘Winter-Showcase’), we celebrate the Festspielhaus and the community that is growing there.

Dance and music enthusiasts regularly meet on our rehearsal stages in five different communities. Under professional guidance, they sing, dance or write – and in doing so, they jointly develop powerful, expressive images which they weave together into coherent choreographies, texts and musical pieces.

At the Winter-Showcase, the participants present what they have worked on over the past year and capture together what moves them. They don’t just write it down, but also embody it through choreography. Let’s support one another! Vocally, in the line while dancing, in the embrace during the pas de deux, or in our weekly gatherings.

CAST & CREDITS

Community participants

Christina Ebner, Katharina Holzweber alle tanzen direction, Monica Delgadillo Aguilar Atelier direction, Flora Königsberger, Gerald Huber-Weiderbauer WÖD CHOR PLUS direction, Rainer Leithner, Christoph Richter musical accompaniment, Sara Schausberger, Veronika Krenn Festspielhaus reporters direction

Weitere Termine

A performance photograph of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s 1986 choreography “Bartók”, in which the choreographer drew inspiration from Béla Bartók’s “String Quartet No. 4”. The photograph shows dancers from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in black costumes against a black stage backdrop in a dynamic group choreography, with a small chamber orchestra playing in the background.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Triple Bill
Großer Saal
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A performance photograph of ‘Sadeh21’, choreographed by Ohad Naharin. It shows two dancers from the Batsheva Dance Company – a male dancer lifting a female dancer sideways.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Gaga
Großer Saal
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A photo shows journalist and ORF presenter Armin Wolf and political scientist Peter Filzmaier – both of whom are also well-known through ORF – standing back-to-back in front of a black backdrop, both wearing light blue shirts and ties, and smiling sideways at the camera.
Wahlabo Infotainment

Bühne im Hof at Festspielhaus

Großer Saal
Performance photo from the dance piece “Kaléidoscope,” choreographed by Mourad Merzouki and performed by Compagnie Käfig. A dancer performs an acrobatic move in which he touches the floor with just one hand, the rest of his body suspended in the air, one leg bent backwards as he leaps. The stage is bathed in blue light.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Circus Urban

Recommended for ages 10 and over

Duration: approx. 1 hour 15 minutes (no intermission)

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A performance photo from the dance piece ‘Kaléidoscope’, choreographed by Mourad Merzouki and performed by Compagnie Käfig. Several dancers perform a synchronised choreography in pairs, whilst a single dancer in a white costume, with a flowing white skirt, stands out. In the background, against a black stage backdrop, musicians stand playing their instruments.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Circus Urban

Recommended for ages 10 and over

Duration: approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

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Performance photo from ‘Trailer Park’, choreographed by Moritz Ostruschnjak and performed by tanz mainz. The dancers are performing a floor-based movement, holding hands and wearing oversized sports jerseys.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Urban
Großer Saal
A scene from ‘Aprés moi, le déluge’, choreographed by the (LA)HORDE collective and performed by the Ballet National de Marseille. The image shows dancers dressed in light streetwear, standing at an angle with one leg raised to the side.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Urban
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Stage photo from ‘All Ears’, a performance from the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan by choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung. The dancers, dressed in black, are arranged in a circle, holding hands and jumping.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance
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Performance photo from ‘Trailer Park’, choreographed by Moritz Ostruschnjak and performed by tanz mainz. The dancers are performing a floor-based movement, holding hands and wearing oversized sports jerseys.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Urban
Großer Saal
A still from the dance piece *Mémoires d'Oubliettes*, choreographed by Jiří Kylián and performed by the Nederlands Dans Theater NDT1. The image shows two ballet dancers entwined in a duet position.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Triple Bill
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Still image of the dance piece Tunnel Vision, choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, performed by the Nederlands Dans Theater NDT1.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Triple Bill
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Photograph of Antony Gormley's installation ‘Resting Place II’ (2024), consisting of stacked terracotta stone blocks in a light grey gallery/museum space.
Wahlabo Dance Tonkünstler-Orchester
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The performers from Collectif Travers & Le Quator Debussy stand close together on a dark stage, all holding sticks aloft with both hands.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Family Circus Live music

Recommended from the age of 7

Großer Saal
Two dancers from the Compagnie Käfig perform in costumes designed to make them look older in the piece ‘Beauséjour’, both leaning back sharply to arch their backs, gazing upwards.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Circus
Großer Saal
A still from the performance *Beauséjour* by Mourad Merzouki, performed by Compagnie Käfig. The photograph shows the dancers and acrobats on stage in colourful costumes; one is being thrown through the air, whilst other dancers stand ready to catch them.
Tanz, Ballett & Circus Wahlabo Dance Circus
Großer Saal
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