University of Applied Arts Vienna, Photo © Jorit Aust, 2022

BONE SOUP AND POPPY SEEDS

Bone Modification in Professional Dance, Installation

Dance can be art and science practice at the same time. Training the body to become a skilled professional dancer is a highly scientific practice: it involves anatomy and sports science. However, the outcome of all the training is performance art. The artistic outcome is more important than the scientific reality of the body. In the name of Art, many dancers suffer physically and psychologically. In the wake of cultural and social changes, people working in the professional dance field must realize that some traditional practices are not ethical anymore. Dancers are such disciplined individuals, but most often, we only see the surface of their existence. The performance "Bone Soup and Poppy Seeds" attempts to shed light on the toxic culture surrounding professional dance by scientifically proving an unhealthy lifestyle's damaging effect and showing real personal consequences.

Video, film stills: University of Applied Arts Vienna © Anna Sophia-Rußman and Kilian Immervoll, 2022

Supervised by Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich;
Supported by Martin Reinhart;

Commission
Univ.-Prof. Mag.art. Dr.phil. Margarete Jahrmann
Sen.Sc. Mag. Liddy Scheffknecht
Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Ernst Strouhal
VAss. Mag. art. Nita Tandon
Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich

Zsuzsa´s work photos

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