«5 only»

Ziel dieses Projekts ist die Erarbeitung einer Choreografie mit Mitteln der Kollaboration (im wertfreien Sinn als Zusammenarbeit mehrerer Personen), die zu einem engen Zusammenhang zwischen Subjekt und Struktur, zwischen Tänzerinnen und choreografischer Arbeit führen wird. „5 only“ wird gebaut als zeitgleich nebeneinander getanzte Soli, deren Zusammenhang sich raum-zeitlich und nicht etwa inhaltlich herstellt. Das gemeinsame kreative Projekt wird es notwendig machen, im eigenen schöpferischen Prozess immer auch die Anderen mitzudenken und mitzufühlen. Damit ist diese Idee auch ein Statement gegen die grassierende Egozentrik und Blindheit für den Anderen. Geben und Nehmen und die individuelle Verantwortung innerhalb der Gruppe werden die choreografische Methode bestimmen. Dabei soll der Blick für die jeweiligen Rollen im Ganzen geschärft und damit die Kommunikation in der Gruppe vertieft werden. Diese wird mit Eugene Thacker verstanden als „Schwarm“, d.i. als dynamisches Kollektiv ohne Zentrum, als „Kollektivität, die sich als Relationalität definiert“:

„A swarm is a dynamic phnomenon that always exists in time and as such is always acting, interacting, interrelating and self-transforming. It is a whole that is more than its parts, but it is      also heterogeneous. A swarm has no central command yet the actions of the swarm are directes,      the movement motivated and the pattern has a purpose”.

Koliopoulou ist Aktivistin in der Flüchtlingshilfe in Griechenland (Idomeni, Lesbos), der Arbeitstitel des Projekts entspringt einem Zettel, den ihr eine Flüchtlingsfamilie entgegengehalten hatte: „Please help us, 5 persons only“.

concept, choreography: Maria Koliopoulou

choreographic assistance: Anna Maria Müller

performance: Sonia Borkowicz, Wendy Choi, Neža Hribar, Jerca Rožnik Novak, Jacqueline Schiller

composition: Thierry Zaboitzeff

dramaturgy: Gerda Poschmann Reichenau

light desgin , technical direction: Thomas Hinterberger

artistic direction: Editta Braun

Maria Koliopoulou is an independent choreographer, performer and dance teacher living and working in Athens. She studied with a scholarship at the Labaο. She also studied Fine Arts at Vacalo School of Arts & Design and is currently training in aikido martial art. She is a founding member of Prosxima Dance Company where she choreographs and performs.

She started choreographing collectively with the company, gradually branching out to her own choreographic works that  have been presented at the:

Festival Culturel International de la Danse Contemporaine in Algiers , Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Kosmos Theater in Vienna, Abundance Festival in Karlstadt,  Tanz_House Festival in Salzburg, New Europe Festival in Prague, Solo and Duo Dance Festival in Budapest, 1st Mediterranean dance platform in Chania, Athens Concert Hall (4th and 2nd  Greek Dance Platform), School of Fine Arts,  Opening of the Attiko Metro, at theatre stages and alternative spaces in Athens, Chania, Serres and Kavala (Greece).

She  has been awarded:  2nd Prix at the Festival Culturel International de la Danse Contemporaine, Algiers 2013 / řáá‐ / Audience Award ‐ 4th Duo Dance International Festival 2005 / Choreography & Performance Award ‐ Napolidanza “Il coreografo Eletronico” 2005

As an independent choreographer she has collaborated with the Danish Institute – Bridges between Women Artists, the Neos Kosmos Theatre in W. Shakespeare's Othello, the National Theatre in M. Gorky's Lower depths, L. Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and N. Kazantzakis Zorba the Greek.

While working for over ten years in primary and secondary education, she has been teaching movement skills to dancers, actors, artists, performers, people with disabilities and people who just love dancing; She runs movement workshops for babies & toddlers, choreographic workshops for amateurs and professionals and community dance seminars – among others at the International Kalamata Dance Festival, the State School of Dance, Skitali Project , the Unlimited Access programme at the Onassis Cultural Centre.

She has written the essay “The development of the Artistic Skills in Dance Teaching” that is included in the book Culture and Art- seven essays on dance, (propobos publications, Athens 2000, Greece).

She is a member of the Greek collaborative dance network “syndesmos chorou” http://syndesmoschorou.wordpress.com/

Sonia Borkowicz

Born 1993 in Poznań (PL). BA in Dance & Pedagogy in Anton Bruckner University Linz. Engagements with Isabelle Schad, Jianan Qu, Yumiko Yoshioka, Editta Braun. Founding member of artistic collaboration "Collective B". Culture manager and event curator of Body/Sound/Space and Tanzhafen Festival (Linz/AT).

Weng Teng Choi

Born 1992 in Macau. Diploma (Ballet), HKAPA, and later BA in Dance and Pedegogy (comtemporary dance), at Anton Bruckner University Linz (AT). Performed in her young age in Beijing National theater, and Edinburgh fringe, etc. Founding member of “A Flurry tale”, winner piece of dance in Taiwan Fringe 2016.

Neža Hribar

Born 1991 in Slovenia. BA of dance and dance pedagogy at Anton Bruckner University Linz. Currently doing MA program in dance pedagogy at same university. Dancer, dance pedagogue and choreographer in Austria and Slovenia. Engaged also as an actor in a movie and video production. Engaged with Ars Electronica projects, C.O.V. off verticality, KD Qulenium.

Jerca Rožnik Novak

Born 1992 in Slovenia. BA in Contemporary dance and Pedagogy at Anton Bruckner University Linz. Engagements with Willi Dorner, Rose Breuss, Silke Grabinger, Editta Braun, Gisela Elisa Heredia. Member of SILK Fluegge since 2014. Member of art collective RADIATOR (Ljubljana/SLO).

Jacqueline Schiller

Geboren 1992 in Vöcklabruck, BA an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität (Movement Studies and Performance, BA), seitdem selbstständig tätig als Performerin (The Crew – Dance productions) und als Pädagogin. Engagements bei: Cataracts, flowmotion dance company, The Crew. Zurzeit Ausbildung zur Präventions – und Rehabilitationstrainerin.