Theater / Dance
Raise the curtain for the enchanting protagonists and musicians on stage in Linz: from the large hall to small stages, from baroque opera to contemporary Austrian authors, from whirling dance virtuosos to sophisticated theatre for children and young people.
Four sections set the tone
Music Theatre, Drama, Dance, Children's and Young People's Theatre: the Linzer Landestheater (Linz State Theatre), which comprises the large hall and the Kammerspiele (Chamber Theatre), has acquired an excellent reputation with its broad ranging repertoire of opera, operetta, musicals and dance. The large hall opened over 200 years ago, the Kammerspiele on the Promenade directly adjacent to it in 1957.
Landestheater Linz
Musiktheater (German only)
Theater Phönix
(World) premieres of contemporary authors, but also unusual interpretations of classic works are the trademark of Theater Phönix. Opened in 1989, the theatre venue on Wiener Strasse is one of the most important independent mid-sized theatres in Upper Austria. In 2006, the Phönix was awarded the stage arts prize of the Federal Province of Upper Austria for the on-going work with regional authors and the founding of an in-house publishing company.
Theater Phönix (German only)
Theater for Children and Young People
The children's culture center Kuddelmuddel and the Children's Theatre are venues with an ambitious programme for the youngest visitors all the way to young adults. The u/:hof, the children's and young people's theatre of the State Theatre is dedicated to offer children and young people a passionate and moving theatre programme throughout the year. Festivals: Every two years, European plays for young audiences in Linz and Upper Austria are shown at the theatre festival “SCHÄXPIR”. During the school theatre week “Zündstoff”, the State Theatre, Theater Phönix and Ars Electronica Center present selected productions from Upper Austrian schools.
Kuddelmuddel (German only)
Schäxpir (German only)
Dance Days at Posthof
Along with the finest pop, rock, cabaret, literature and theatre presentations, once a year the Posthof at the Linz Harbour becomes a universe of international contemporary dance. During the Dance Days at Posthof in March and April, which have become a permanent feature of the Austrian dance festival scene, international top ensembles perform pieces, some of which are Austrian premieres.
Posthof (German Only)
Anton Bruckner Private University
The Anton Bruckner Private University is one of five universities in Austria for Music, Drama and Dance and offers, among others, bachelor's and master's degree programmes in Dance and Drama. The Upper Austrian dance workshop offers young dancers a diverse range of programmes.
Anton Bruckner Private University (German only)
Elements of Style
http://www.elementsofstyle.at
Elements of Style is an association for the promotion and conveying of Hip Hop culture, a culture characterized ever since by the diversity of a group of people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and by an artistic and cultural exchange regardless of skin colour or nationality. A focus point is the work with children and young people with a migration background as well as with girls and young women.
Forumtheater Linz
http://www.forumtheaterlinz.at (German only)
The FORUM THEATER LINZ group was founded in 2006 on the initiative of Matthias Thonhauser. The group's training is based on the many-faceted Theatre of the Oppressed techniques and exercises, as developed by Augusto Boal, and combined with other participatory theatre forms.
Kellertheater Linz
http://www.linzerkellertheater.at (German only)
Actually, everything began in 1949 when a handful of actors could not get an acting job and decided to help themselves. On the initiative of Ernst Ernsthoff, they founded a 'factory stage' for the staff of the United Austrian Iron and Steelworks. During its 55-year-long existence, 112 plays were performed at the Kellertheater (Cellar Theatre), eighteen of which were world premieres and five Austrian premieres. On top of that, they present at least one fairytale per-formance for children every year.
Musentempel
http://www.musentempel-linz.at (German only)
True to the tried and tested motto “artists of all disciplines unite!”, the young cultural association Musentempel (Temple of Muses) has welcome guests for discussions and a crea-tive encounter in a festive frame every two months since the Phoenix Theatre actresses Lisa Fuchs and Judith Richter have founded it in October 2008.
Thanks to the participation of a team of more than 100 people from all artistic fields in the production, the Musentempel soon became an important meeting point for the local art scene.
RedSapata
RedSapata is an initiative by contemporary dancers aimed to encourage the access to contemporary performing arts and to create a space in which it can be freely practiced, thus turning Linz, besides Salzburg and Vienna, into a venue for trainings and rehearsals and to attract local dancers to express themselves. The initiative also aims to provide beginners and ama-teurs with a greater choice in this area and to grant them access. A rehearsal and a training room as well as space for events can be used, thus also providing the citizens of Linz with this art.
SILK Dance, Art & Air
http://www.silk.at
The SILK Dance, Art & Air Company presents urban and contemporary dance, reaching from performing to visual arts and also likes to cross the boundaries to work with young people, always maintaining its own high quality standards with an eye to sustainability and aiming to find a new approach to art and ways to put it into practice.
Cie. Off Verticality/C.O.V.
http://www.cov.or.at/
The CIE. OFF VERTICALITY, short C.O.V., a company for contemporary dancers and choreographers, was founded in 2009 by Rose Breuss and Johannes Randolf.
C.O.V. is focused on new creations and the development of a significant contemporary dance repertoire. Dancers and choreographers work and rehearse contemporary dance at artists-in-residency programmes.
theaternyx
http://www.theaternyx.at/ (German only)
theaternyx is at the threshold between theatre, performance and social practice. In the previous years, the public space of Linz has been turned several times into local venues of plays.
The interdisciplinary approach, the sublime play with the perception of the audience and the passion for unconventional performance dimensions result in challenging theatrical productions.