Feiernde Menschen vor dem fiktiven Johann Strauss Denkmal in Wien

Walzerwut

The photo shows the golden statue of Johann Strauss, which is part of the Johann Strauss monument in Vienna's Stadtpark
© WienTourismus / Julius Hirtzberger
The photo shows the golden statue of Johann Strauss, which is part of the Johann Strauss monument in Vienna's Stadtpark

Dance and choreography: Eva Schaller
Music: Wolfgang Mitterer

A best of Johann Strauss in Wolfgang Mitterer's adaptation is the starting point for a dance piece in which six dancers immerse themselves in an intriguingly apocalypse with Eva-Maria Schaller. The wildly overheated waltz, polka and mazurka concoction scratches fiercely at the surface of a bourgeois society whose motto has always been: "Ignore what you can’t change." Just as the world staggers to a collapse, Strauss makes place for peace-activist Bertha von Suttner. The ball does end with a bang, but that doesn’t mean the ballroom is closed for good …

A production by ImPulsTanz in cooperation with Johann Strauss 2025 Vienna

Venue

Odeon

Taborstraße 10
1020 Wien

Current Dates

  • Fri. 25 Jul 2025, 9 p.m.
  • Sun. 27 Jul 2025, 9 p.m.