Tanzdorf
Hannah Shakti Bühler and Simon Mayer create a new space for dance and art in the Innviertel region. Inspired by historical dance manias, they breed a “dancing virus” full of joie de vivre, which is then allowed to spread throughout Braunau: the resulting dance village is mobile, bridge-building and open to everyone.
The dance village is meant to become an imaginary place where contemporary dance and free expression is allowed to take root. Dance should not only find its anchor in the Innviertel as a hobby, but also as a profession and as a path to one’s own well-being. Hannah and Simon dream big and want to create a place with the dance village at the Festival of Regions where movement means home.
You will encounter the project in a variety of ways in everyday life. Keep an eye out for our bridge dances, tank anchors, dance floors, workshops and much more.
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Simon Mayer
born in Austria in 1984, is a choreographer, musician and performer. He studied at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels and was a member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet.
As a musician and singer, Simon founded and played in various bands (Rising Halfmoon, C.O.P.), released audio performances of his stage productions and created his own music. As a dancer, choreographer and musician, he was involved in productions by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas (The Song), Wim Vandekeybus and Zita Swoon. His choreographic repertoire includes solos, duets, group pieces, socially engaged and immersive events, including SunBengSitting; Sons of Sissy; Oh Magic, Volxfest, Being Moved. His pieces are performed internationally.
Hannah Shakti Bühler
born in Germany and raised in Italy, studied contemporary dance at Laban Trinity College in London (BA Dance Theatre, 2006). As a performer, she has worked with Retina Dance Co. (UK), Centro Coreografico Galego (Spain) and T.r.a.s.h. DansPerformanceGroup (Netherlands), among others.
In 2015, she completed a Master’s in Contemporary Dance Education at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, where she has been teaching in the Department of Drama since 2016. Since September 2018, she has been a professor of contemporary dance at BAtanz with a focus on transfers between somatic practices and contemporary dance.
Since 2016 training in Body-Mind Centering® Somatic Movement Education (EmbodyMove, GB), since 2019 Feldenkrais studies and since 2021 practice of Self-Induced Cognitive Trance.
2022 premiered: “SOMATIC TRATATA – Rhythm, Intoxication and Romanticism” with Simon Mayer. Participation in Volxfest and Village Party (Simon Mayer & Sigurd Heide) as part of the European Capital of Culture, in 2024. Their research “Dances between Order and Disorder”, funded by the Performing Arts Fund, investigates collective dance phenomena between liberation and discipline.