brut Vienna
The brut Wien is a co-production house and venue for the free Austrian and international theater, performance and dance scene. The brut venue is located in the Künstlerhaus on Karlsplatz . Since the 2017/18 season, the co-production house has had to move to other locations due to renovation work.
history
Since it was founded in 2007, brut has been hosting contemporary performance, dance and theater as well as lectures, discussions and workshops. The focus of the program is on cross-disciplinary art and the interconnection of pop-cultural and artistically advanced formats. The founding directors were Thomas Frank and Haiko Pfost , who jointly held the artistic direction until 2013 and were awarded the special prize of the Nestroy Theater Prize 2009 for the 2008/2009 season . From 2013 Thomas Frank was the sole artistic director.
From the 2015/16 season he was followed by Kira Kirsch , who was the leading dramaturge at steirischer herbst in Graz . Temporary venues outside the venue itself were conceptually designed by Kirsch from the start, which will benefit her from the 2017/18 season due to the renovation of the Künstlerhaus .
Artists and collaborations
Around 300 events take place each season. Almost two thirds of the performances shown are co-productions with Austrian artists and artist groups. For various artists and independent theater groups, brut has been a station on the way to fame beyond Austria since it was founded. There is regular collaboration with artists and artist groups such as God's Entertainment , Anne Juren, Michikazu Matsune, Die Rabtaldirndln , Oleg Soulimenko , Theater im Bahnhof , Nesterval and Doris Uhlich . Brut is also a regular venue for festivals such as Freischwimmer and imagetanz . Brut has been one of the venues for Popfest in the Künstlerhaus since 2011 and Waves Vienna since 2014 .
Internationally, brut cooperates closely with the Sophiensaele in Berlin, the Kunstencentrum Campo in Gent, the Kulturzentrum Kampnagel in Hamburg and the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt am Main. Brut is also a partner in various EU networks and projects. These include the networks “House on Fire”, “Up to Nature”, “Connections” and “Europe in Motion”.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Brut Wien starts the season at the bus stop . June 21, 2017 ( orf.at [accessed July 9, 2018]).
- ↑ Der Standard : New Lines for Wiener Schauspielhaus and Brut , July 2, 2014
- ↑ Der Standard : Mozart writhes in the sphere , March 21, 2014