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08/09/2026

A POST-DOOM ROMANCE
In Shade Théret’s performance “Daybreak” the sensation of the uncanny becomes a thread woven through every moment. A cinematographic journey through a world beyond collapse.

A review by Jette Büchsenschütz

Revisit the review online—link in bio

🌐 Don’t miss Shade Théret: Daybreak at Kunsthalle Winterthur (Winterthur, CH) on 10 + 11 Sep, 2026.

Rin Suemitsu Sophiensaele CD

31/08/2026

🪽 MACKENZY BERGILE—INVITING NEW HUMANITIES
Over the past years, Mackenzy Bergile Mackenzy Bergile has developed a singular artistic language that moves between dance, music, writing, and archival practice. His recent stage work Autothérapie unfolds as an excavation of embodied memory, tracing connections between Haiti, France, colonial and family histories, and the fragments that survive loss. In conversation with Corinna Humuza —Artistic Director of Kunstenfestivaldesarts —he reflects on art as a way of imagining forms of humanity that do not yet have a name, one that remains attentive to ruins while insisting on the possibility of becoming otherwise.

Read the interview online—link in bio

Portaits by C. Davy

Don’t miss Mackenzy Bergile: Autothérapie at Pavillon ADC / EMERGENTIA (Geneva) on 06 + 07 Nov, 2026; Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg (Strasbourg) in Nov, 2026; Dérive Casablancaise منعطف بيضاوي (Casablanca) in Dec, 2026; theatredelabastille (Paris) on 25 – 27 Jan, 2027.

Slide (9): Mackenzy Bergile: Autothérapie. Photo by C. Davy

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21/08/2026

ALBERTO CORTÉS–DON’T LOVE ME SO MUCH, YOU’LL BE THE DEATH OF ME

Alberto Cortés Alberto Cortés spoke with Andrea Rodrigo 𝓐 𓂃 Andrea Rodrigo about surrendering to a lover and surrendering to the audience, about words that turn into spells on stage, and about the fifty performances after which the piece “El corazón de Ester” will be exhausted by the audience’s gaze reflecting on how much light a star can give before it burns out.

The conversation, interwoven with the aftertalk they held in Brussels just after the premiere, reaches back across his trajectory to earlier pieces.

Read Cortés’ and Rodrigo’s interview now online—link in bio

Portraits by Sam Fuentes sam fuentes
Assisted by Juanjo Araque Juan José Araque
Stage photos by Alejandra Amere Alejandra Amere

Video credit: Alberto Cortés: Analphabet

Don’t miss Alberto Cortés: “El corazón de Ester” at Short Theatre SHORT THEATRE (Rome) on 05 + 06 Sep, 2026; Actoral actoral (Marseille) on 06 + 07 Oct 2026; Teatro Central de Sevilla Teatro Central (Sevilla) on 23 + 24 Oct; Festival d’Automne Festival d'Automne (Paris) on 14–19 Dec, 2026.

TQW Tanzquartier Wien

12/08/2026

DOORS OPEN CLOSE—ALMOST A MANIFESTO
After many years, the Viennese choreographer and dancer Philipp Gehmacher Philipp Gehmacher is once again turning increasingly towards the pleasure of dancing. Interspersed—a speech, almost a manifesto: How to speak about dance today, how to speak about the madness of this world today?

Read the full text online—link in bio

Photos by Paola Lesslhumer paola lesslhumer

ImPulsTanz Festival TQW Tanzquartier Wien HZT Berlin

24/07/2026

SOROUR DARABI—EMBODYING VULNERABILITY AND TRANSFORMATIVE EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES
Working through socio-political and historical questions with his body, Sorour Darabi’s DEEPDAWN / emerging dance company performances slip between the viewer and his consciousness. As a self-taught trans artist, (...) his work deals with q***r time shifting and ongoing processes.
In a chat with neo seefried neo seefried , he spoke about the a**s as a source of energy as well as vulnerability and about transforming emotional landscapes.

Read the interview online—link in bio

Portraits by Marina Hoppmann Marina Hoppmann

👁️‍🗨️ Don’t miss Sorour Darabi: Mille et Une Nuits at Radialsystem Radialsystem on 31 Jul + 1 Aug, 2026.

01/07/2026

🛠 THE PROMISE OF WORK—BERLIN’S PRODUCTION OF PRECARITY
From Berlin’s independent arts scene to contemporary performances of labor, Jette Büchsenschütz visited the Never Work Festival at Sophiensaele and follows the traces of a society increasingly unable to imagine itself beyond the horizon of work.

Read the essay online—link in bio

Slide Credits
(1,6) Bullyache : A Good Man is Hard to Find. Photo by Éamonn Zeel Freel
(4) Abhishek Thapar : Soft Pressure (Working Title). Photo by Himashi Parmar
(8) MEXA : Reality Show. Photos by Mayra Wallraff
(11,12) Liina Magnea : What’s a Mob to a King (Plot-twist Redemption). Photo by Emma Annell

15/06/2026

PW LIVE AT KUNSTHALLE WIEN

The summer solstice on 21 June marks not only the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but also the longest—and therefore brightest—day of the year. Throughout “PW LIVE: In Living Daylight”, a programme of performances lasting several hours, curated by PW-Magazine in the context of the exhibition Lebt und arbeitet in Wien. Contemporary Art from Vienna at Kunsthalle Wien will unfold as the light changes. From morning until early evening, gestures, texts and sounds by Vienna-based artists of different generations will take shape between Karlsplatz and the Museumsquartier.

At the heart of the event lies the question of what it means to move through time together—on a day when attention wanders, intensifies and then disperses once more. “In Living Daylight” refers to life itself—the totality of what a body perceives, absorbs and carries: sound, movement, language, silence. The programme conceives of the day as a shared space of experience that can be entered and traversed.

21 Jun, 2026

The performances are free with a valid exhibition ticket (€ 14 / reduced € 11).
Limited capacity.

more details online at pw-magazine.com 🌅 link in bio

Photo credit: Maria Mercedes (Julia Müllner & Camilla Schielin). Photo by Marcella Ruiz Cruz

04/06/2026

SERAFINE1369 came to a primarily solo practice after several years of creating with others. They have now moved towards choreography, which, they explain, “feels like such a strong part of the practice, like being in service, listening, witnessing, and intervening for the sake of the bigger thing that we’re doing together.” Their new performance, (my body / running wild / this animal) glorious, has been developed over the past year with a groupe of performers. Together, they have been rehearsing gestures, movements, and roles within a specific series of outlines and frameworks. Dance, the artist reveals in this interview, has always been a place where they can lean into their fear. They believe our bodies communicate even when they are not touching, and that through dance we can experience new levels of sensitivity and awareness.

In conversation with Yaniya Lee

Read the full interview online at pw-magazine.com 🗝️ link in bio

Photo credits: SERAFINE1369: (my body / running wild / this animal) glorious.
Photos by Fenia Kotsopoulou

03/06/2026

Founded in Vienna in 2026, PW-Magazine covers vibrant international scenes by amplifying voices in the Live Arts – renowed, emerging, and forgotten.
In close exchange with artists, thinkers, and audiences, it fosters new modes of writing and reading that remain relevant over time.

Video by Margarita Maximova
Music by Yuri Bultheel

22/05/2026

NORA-SWANTJE ALMES — RIDING THE WAVE

Nora-Swantje Almes arrived in Berlin and immediately got to work. Just a year and a half into her role as Curator of Live Programme and Outreach at Gropius Bau , she has already commissioned and presented several ambitious productions in the iconic Atrium (...).

In conversation with Eliel Jones (...) she reflects on what it means to build a programme around performance: from being internationally connected and locally rooted, to the possibilities of expanding the art institution’s potential as civic and public space.

Their exchange took place in the weeks leading up to the opening of the 61st Venice Biennale, where Nora has curated the Austrian Pavilion with Florentina Holzinger . Since then, the project has become something of a viral phenomenon, with queues reportedly stretching up to three hours for what the internet has unsubtlety dubbed the “piss pavilion”. The conversation anticipates some of the provocation, spectacle, and public fascination that would soon ripple through the art world.

Click the link in bio to read the full interview on pw-magazine.com

Portaits by Agustín Farias
Style Concept and Hair & Make-Up by Christian Fritzenwanker

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