A!KO TANZ FEST
SUMMER EDITION 2026
classes, labs & performances
changes might apply

ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2026 

participants of A!KO are invited to be part of the first two performances

9–13 SEP 2026 | Hauptplatz Linz

STUDIO PERFORMANCE

11 SEP 2026 | Sonnenstein LOFT​​

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Guided by an international team of choreographers, participants engage in a collaborative choreographic development process that transforms artistic research into short performative interventions. Through mentoring, experimentation and collective creation, dancers explore how movement can become a form of embodied civic imagination. Inspired by the curatorial framework Flood the Zone with Courage, the choreographers lead participants in creating site-responsive works that respond to contemporary social questions through the body. The resulting performances are conceived as participatory interventions that activate public space, invite dialogue and encourage audiences to move from passive observation to active engagement. In this way, choreography becomes not only an artistic practice, but a shared act of courage, imagination and collective action.

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STOP REQUEST BUTTON IN THE MOOR'S PAVANE

An experimental work in cooperation with Dance Company Of(f) Verticality

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The experimental piece addresses how changes can be made possible in a moment when a body is in full movement. It recalls particles of the narrative in “Moors Pavane” by the American Modern Dancer José Limon, who shows how webs of intrigues and manipulations are set into motion. “Stop Request Button in the Moor's Pavane” engages with possibilities of visionary change and speculates on shifts of directions within a narrative which is both historical and strikingly relevant today.A group of young dancers work on such directional speculations.

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Choreography, Concept : Rose Breuss

Co-creators : Damian Cortes Alberti, Jiaji Cheng, Alessia Rizzi

Dancers : A!KO TANZ 2026 Participants

Picture: Cie off Verticallity (C) Constantin Georgescu

In a world increasingly shaped by technology, we are connected faster and more intricately than ever before. Yet more connection does not necessarily bring us closer. As technology begins to take over processes of judgment, and algorithms increasingly shape our choices, emotions and ways of relating to one another, this work returns to a simple question: what remains essentially human? It looks towards the fragile and irreplaceable gestures between us — the act of noticing another, of carrying traces of one another, of staying close, and of choosing not to turn away.

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Choreography, Concept : LiLi Jung In Lee
Dancers : A!KO TANZ 2026 Participants

Picture: (c) Lee Jung In CREATION