On the occasion of Vienna Pride 2024, Vienna-based choreographer Claire Lefèvre and Eike Wittrock, Professor of Dance Studies at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK), talk about the lesbian history of dance.

At the heart of the artistic program of modern dance was the (sensual) exploration of the body, its affective expressiveness and relationship to the environment. Queer women not only made a fundamental contribution to the development of the art form of modern dance in general, but also founded dance training at the MUK. Modern dancers created their own spaces, from dance and gymnastics schools to settlement projects such as Loheland.

Claire Lefèvre is a femme choreographer, sleepless author and reality TV connoisseur. She currently lives and works in Vienna. In her works, she sees herself as a host who likes to receive audiences and collaborators in kitschy landscapes in which politics and poetics are gently interwoven. Her lecture performance LOIE (is a fire that cannot be extinguished) on lesbian dance history premiered at brut, Vienna, in March 2024.

Eike Wittrock is a butch historian, curator and professor of dance studies at the MUK. He presents his research on the history of European stage dance in artistic and scientific contexts.

Admission free!