upcoming events
Upcoming Premiere Ancestor’s Banquet 27.04.23 | Brut Wien Ancestor’s Gift 13.10.23 | Dschungel Wien Tour Dates: طرب TARAB 28. & 29.11.2023 | Kaaitheater 11. & 12.03.2023 | HAU Berlin
TANZSCHRIFT | Ditta Rudle about Ancestors’ Banquet
Mit den Ahnen sprechen bis der Schmerz nachlässt Geschrieben von Ditta Rudle Die Tatsache, dass auch traumatisierende Erfahrungen, Gewalt, Schmerzen, Krieg, an die Nachfahren weitergegeben werden, ist für Ulduz Ahmadzadeh und die ATASH عطش contemporary dance company Anlass, eine Begegnung mit Großeltern und Eltern zu veranstalten. Ancestor’s Banquet heißt die Tanz-Performance im brut, die sich mit dem…
tanz.at | Rando Hannemann about Ancestors’ Banquet
AutorIn: Rando Hannemann Kritiken 05. Mai 2023 Das Ausmaß und die Bandbreite von individuellen und gesellschaftlichen Traumatisierungen können kaum überbewertet werden. Ursachen und deren Generationen übergreifende Wirkungen untersucht die iranisch-österreichische Choreografin, Tänzerin und Forscherin Ulduz Ahmadzadeh in ihrer jüngsten, hier uraufgeführten Arbeit „Ancestors’ Banquet“. Wie wirken die Traumata unserer Eltern und Großeltern in uns nach…
Ancestors’ Banquet
Ulduz Ahmadzadeh | ATASH عطش contemporary dance company brut nordwest Dance / Performance World premiere / Multiple languages 27. , 28. , 29. , 30.04.2023 / 20:00 ‘Everything that was not suffered to the end and finally concluded, recurred, and the same sorrows were undergone.’ Hermann Hesse Two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents… sixteen… thirty-two……
tanz.at | Rando Hannemann über TARAB
Ulduz Ahmadzadeh mit „TARAB“ im Tanzquartier Wien AutorIn: Rando Hannemann, Kritiken 16. Oktober 2022 Am Ende schnitt sie sich die Haare ab! Die jüngsten Ereignisse im Iran geben dem neuen, dritten Stück einer Trilogie der iranisch-österreichischen Choreografin, Tänzerin und Forscherin Ulduz Ahmadzadeh und dem vom TQW veranstalteten, einwöchigen feministischen Kunst-Festival „Tashweesh“, in dessen Rahmen die Erstaufführung von…
TARAB طرب
Premiere: 13th & 14th October 2022 Tanzquartier Wien | Halle G In Arab and Iranian culture TARAB happens when a body is gripped by the music and physical sensation is enhanced. This heightened moment, when the body and music unite, is a door to ecstasy and enchanted sensuality. In TARAB, the third part of a…
Janhavi Dhamankar über TARAB von Ulduz Ahmadzadeh / ATASH عطش contemporary dance company
Movement for “Women, life, freedom!” Tarab.In my ignorance, it sounds so close to tadap (Hindi for yearning, longing). Tarab. “When a body is gripped by the music, and physical sensation is enhanced. [… U]nexplored and, in some places, forbidden movement material and odd rhythmic patterns of Pre-Islamic, Middle Eastern cultural heritage. Dance and music material…
about TARAB by Maria Vlachou
In Arab and Iranian culture, ‘tarab’ happens when a body is gripped by music, and physical sensation is enhanced. This heightened moment, when the body and music unite, is a door to ecstasy and enchanted sensuality. In TARAB, the third part of a trilogy, Ulduz Ahmadzadeh / ATASH عطش contemporary dance company focus on unexplored,…
TANZSCHRIFT
IN WIEN DARF GETANZT WERDEN, IN TEHERAN NICHT Ulduz Ahmadzadeh: „Tarab“ im Tanzquartier. Endlich wird einmal! Ulduz Ahmadzadeh: „Tarab“ im Tanzquartier. Endlich wird einmal! Im Tanzquartier wird getanzt, richtig getanzt. Worte braucht es keine. Der Körper erzählt, tanzt und springt zu aufwühlenden Rhythmen und in der Stille. Großartig! Ulduz Ahmadzadeh, geboren im Iran, in Wien…
Trilogy
Under Cover | Force Majeure | TARAB This trilogy is a series of contemporary dance pieces, which uses a critical feminist perspective to dilate the tension between how both the Middle East and the West view women, who are socialized within Islam. It is an interdisciplinary work, using dance, performance, video, sound and installation art…
Under Cover | Part I of a trilogy
In Under Cover, Iranian-Austrian dancer and choreographer Ulduz Ahmadzadeh crosses autobiographical continents, places and contexts and connects these experiences to the experiences of other ‘oriental’ women in a captivating mix of performance, film and installation. Whether they are wearing a hijab or not, the ethnic background of these women draws a veil of social prejudice…
Force Majeure | Part II of a trilogy
“Justice will be served just when most people will have given up hope. I miss you.” — N.S. / Human Rights advocate and activist Force Majeure. An act of nature. Something that cannot be prevented. Like the elements, like a burning desire or the drive to free oneself. But what does freedom mean, what is justice?…
AUDITION
عطش ATASH عطش – contemporary dance initiative under the artistic direction of Ulduz Ahmadzadeh is looking for 5 dancers to join the company for the upcoming Dance Production “TARAB” Where: Tanzquartier Wien,Vienna, Austria Deadline: 31th of March 2022 When: 22th and 23th of April 2022 (presence only in one of two days is required) Premiere:…
Taste of Pearls
Short film | Splitscreen Taste of pearls is a compilation of video materials, which Iranian – Austrian dancer and choreographer Ulduz Ahmadzadeh and her team created in the context of the project Under Cover on an Iranian island. The materials are also part of 3 projections at the end of Under Cover during the post-performance…
Ulduz Ahmadzadeh
Ulduz Ahmadzadeh, born in Tehran, Iran, started dancing in a country in which it is still prohibited. Indefiance of state censorship, she performed regularly with company Harekat from 1999 until 2004. She was subsequently incarcerated. After her release, she started her own dance company, which continued to be highly critical of the political system. Ahmadzadeh…