Public Moves: Once in a lifetime
with Jurij Konjar

Mon 28.07., 17.00h l MQ Forecourt l Free entry

We might not know what tomorrow will bring, but dancing together today is our privilege. They say if you mean something, put your body into it. And it does seem like a good time for some physical introspection. Here I am, a “me”. Who did I dream of being, how did I wake up this morning? And where are we going? We are so much more than a bunch of talking heads, are we not? First, we will warm-up. Then we will make a dance, learn it together, and do it with and for each other. A once-in-a-lifetime dance.

Public Moves dance classes take place outdoors every day – international and local instructors share their knowledge of everything from jazz and Bollywood dance to waacking in free outdoor classes. No previous experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are welcome!

Registration begins one day before the course starts at 11:00 a.m. via the calendar or by telephone on +43.1.523 55 58-19. If a class is ‘fully booked’, there is still the possibility of securing a remaining place on site. It's worth dropping by!

Biography 

Jurij Konjar is a dancer, improviser, and choreographer, working in the fields of Improvisation and Contemporary Dance. The teachers who have had the greatest influence on him are Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson. He has worked on stage with En Knap, Les Ballets C de la B, Boris Charmatz, and Steve Paxton. With Paxton, he restaged and toured several of his pieces, and he is currently still touring the Goldberg Variations improvised solo. His correspondence with Paxton regarding the Goldberg research process was published by CQ magazine in a booklet titled The Goldberg Observations, edited by Nelson.

For the past fifteen years, he has been continuously researching, writing about, and teaching improvisation. His improvised performances include Ulysses, Still, For Juliano Mer-Khamis, Monday at Eight (co-directed), Poka (co-directed), Biodegradables, and A Report from Contactfestival Freiburg2023.

Jurij teaches internationally, drawing on his performance of improvisation and writing practices, The Tuning Scores of Lisa Nelson, Material for the Spine by Steve Paxton, and his practice of Contact Improvisation. He is the creator of the nomadic, shared working space called Habitat.

Photo: © Ana Monro