B the Beat (AT)

Joana Fürnschuß aka Joflow
is a dancer, pharmacist, mom, organizer of the B the Beat Dance Battle and teaches at Tanzhaus through the Let’s Move association.
Joana started dancing and making music at an early age. In the years that followed, she tried out countless dance forms, took part in championships, dance battles, workshops and dance camps and learned to love the culture behind it. This passion and form of expression was not diminished by the birth of her children and a new phase in her life – dancing together in the kitchen is part of her routine and teaching weekly at Tanzhaus Graz is still a wonderful opportunity to pass on her knowledge and experience.

Olga’s dance story began in 1998 with her love of hip hop. She attended countless workshops and completed dance training courses to pursue her dream. Locking and house also became beloved dance forms that she explored intensively.
From 2009-2013 she traveled several times in Africa, such as Ghana, Uganda & Tanzania and fell in love with the culture and dance. For what feels like an eternity, Olga has been teaching various dance forms such as Hip Hop, House, Locking, & Afro Fusion in her home country. In 2018, she took over as chairwoman of the Sportunion Let’s Move association and organizes events such as Feel Di Vibez, B the Beat and ensures the cohesion of the dance community in Graz.

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OBERDECK #22: Mirjam Schrei (AT)

Moments. An undefined unit of time – fleeting and yet sometimes eternal.
In her series of paintings entitled “Atmosphere of the Moment”, Mirjam Schrei explores the connection between photography and painting and examines the process of remembering. The works
are based on photographs from her archive and capture the fleeting character of personal experiences.

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Alica Minar (CZE) + Tim Winter (DE)

If we openly share our desires, what will happen? And what will happen if we start to fulfill them, on stage, in the audience? How would their confession change the very moment and the social setting we’re part of NOW, among friends, strangers, comrades?

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Grazer Improfest a 25.8.2025-31.8.2025

Julia & Michael Walk (AT) + Gabriel Huth (AT)

This dinner performance explores the tension between rules and improvisation in the cooking process and invites guests to become active participants in the creative transformation of ingredients and recipes. The structure of the evening is not determined in advance , but develops in real time through the dynamics between the chefs, guests, space and ingredients.

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B the Beat (AT)

Dance battle with impro flow!
dancers will perform to live improvised music. The focus is on the exchange with the musicians as well as the possibility of a “connection” with each other.
The “audience” and all the people in the room ultimately become active performers and are invited to get involved in this musical journey and create new movements!

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Corinna Eikmeier (DE)

What are the interactions between the quality of movement in music-making and the quality of improvisation? Aspects relevant to improvisation from two research projects will be presented.

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The Kumberg Gatherers

The core is expressing itself at the moment without structures or concepts. In terms of content, this evening is open and can develop in any direction, depending on which influences are currently present and determine the path…

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Maria Gstättner (AT) + Stefan Heckel (AT)

In this lecture performance, Maria Gstättner talks about her experience of how sound becomes a medium in free improvisation – a fleeting mediator between body and space, an impulse for transformation. It is about those moments in which the inexplicable takes shape and condenses into sound, breath and silence.

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Grazer Improfest a 25.8.2025-31.8.2025

Julia & Michael Walk (AT) + Gabriel Huth (AT)

This dinner performance explores the tension between rules and improvisation in the cooking process and invites guests to become active participants in the creative transformation of ingredients and recipes. The structure of the evening is not determined in advance , but develops in real time through the dynamics between the chefs, guests, space and ingredients.

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This is the end

Final improv session with surprises –
Reflection, conclusion & sound leftovers
Come as you are, bring what’s left. YOU DO YOU!

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