“Bodies in urban spaces” is a moving trail, choreographed for a group of dancers. The performers lead the audience through selected parts of public and semi-public spaces. A chain of physical interventions set up very quickly and only existing temporarily, allows the viewer to perceive the same space or place in a new and different way - on the run. The performances should happen in different times of the day according also to the specific situations and conditions of each site. The special quality of each place at various times of the day creates unique presentations. “bodies in urban spaces” is documented by the photographer Lisa Rastl.

concept: Willi Dorner

photos: Lisa Rastl

With the support of the cultural office of the City of Vienna.

USA, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival:

”Bodies in Urban Spaces. Hats off to Live Arts for bringing Willi Dorner from Austria to stage this spectacle. It was a delight, inviting us to look closely at our city and at bodies in relation to architecture. In a herdlike audience of roughly 500, one could encounter friends by chance or share the playful experience with strangers. Starting at JFK Plaza and ending in Rittenhouse Square, the event wound through walkways and plazas, buildings and alleys, like a live Where's Waldo?, always seeking out the next in a series of human sculptures. Twenty-one dancers in colorful sweats and hoodies formed and re-formed pileups. These were orderly - two sets of three in fetal crouches, sneakers protruding - or sardinelike, or more random, draped close or with angled limbs jutting out. By assisting one another, they climbed high above doorways or low into tree wells, poured into tight phone-boothlike enclosures or spread out in lines along the ground. Bodies in Urban Spaces, besides being a wonder of organization and stamina, was a model of public art: free, fun, and transformative.” - Lisa Kraus Philadelphia Inquirer, 06.09.2008

This event is free and open to the public. No passes or reservations are required.