[8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series – Podcast
Episodes
Catol Teixeira at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Catol Teixeira, who’s work Arrebentação - zona de derrama last chapter was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. Catol t...
Mufutau Yusuf at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Mufutau Yusuf who’s work Impasse was invited to this years’ [8:tension] Series. We talked about the times when he, at age 17...
Luigi Guerrieri at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Luigi Guerrieri, who’s work Poor Guy was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. We talked about Narcisism, family issues and...
Gui B.B at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gui B.B, who’s work I Have Such a Horrible Voice was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. Gui talked with me about precar...
Adam Russell-Jones at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Adam Russell-Jones, who’s work Release the hounds was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. Adam told me about his transit...
Mélissa Guex at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Mélissa Guex, who’s work DOWN (full album) was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. She talked about her fascination for...
Marika Peura at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Marika Peura, who’s work Amalgam Melee was invited to this year’s [8:tension] Series. We talked about violence – and what ...
Lisen Pousette & Olivia Rivière at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are Lisen Pousette and Olivia Rivière, the makers of the performance DUNKEL, which was invited to this year’s [8:tension] Series. ...
Martina De Dominicis at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Martina De Dominicis, who’s work Latente was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. Martina talked about nostalgia as someth...
Matteo Haitzmann at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Matteo Haitzmann, composer and choreographer, who’s work Make it Count was invited to this years [8:tension] Series. He told m...
Netti Nüganen at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Netti Nüganen. Known to ImPulsTanz audiences as part of a number of Florentina Holzinger’s productions, she first presented one ...
Camilla Schielin at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Camilla Schielin, a dancer-choreographer working in Vienna. After showing her solo piece into (quickening ground) at ImPulsTanz, ...
Luca Bonamore at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Luca Bonamore, a dancer and choreographer from Vienna. His latest group piece, Silent Lovers, is concerned with cruising - a hist...
Jette Loona Hermanis & Anna Ansone at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are choreographer-performer Jette Loona Hermanis from Estland and visual artist and stage designer Anna Ansone from Latvia. They sat ...
j. bouey & Tyrone Bevans at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are j. bouey and Tyrone Bevans, both waacking dancers and choreographers based in New York. With author Sean Pfeiffer, they discuss t...
Viní Ventania & Vitória Jovem – Irmãs Brasil – at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are Viní Ventania and Vitória Jovem, performing together as Irmãs Brasil, the „Sisters of Brasil“. Their duet Eunuchs, a haun...
Xenia Koghilaki at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Xenia Koghilaki, a dancer-choreographer working between Athens and Berlin. With author Sean Pfeiffer, she discusses her research in...
Astrid Boons at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Astrid Boons, a Belgian choreographer currently working in the Netherlands. Her piece Khôra aims to find humanity in an increasing...
Georges Labbat at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Georges Labbat, a dancer, choreographer and visual artist working in Paris. With Vienna based choreographer and artistic co-directo...
Soa Ratsifandrihana at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Soa Ratsifandrihana, a Franco-Malagasy dancer and choreographer based in Brussels. With author Sean Pfeiffer, she talks about showi...
Deva Schubert at the [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Deva Schubert, a dancer and choreographer from Berlin. She sat down with author Sean Pfeiffer for a conversation about her work Gl...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Olivia Axel Scheucher / Nick Romeo Reimann
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guests are theatre director Olivia Axel Scheucher and actor Nick Romeo Reimann. Their collaborative work FUGUE FOUR : RESPONSE was first de...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Sebastiano Sing
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The work of Sebastiano, a Vienna-based choreographer and performer, has long been occupied with making space for big emotions. His piece MATHIEU was f...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Anne Lise Le Gac
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Her work La Caresse du Coma ft. YOLO is a multi-media performance, a lecture on digital chimeras, and an invitation to a strange and yet strangely fam...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Marga Alfeirão
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marga’s work opens up spaces in which she is able to explore feminine sensuality and sexuality at her own pace. She and her team joined writer Sean ...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with James Batchelor
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James is a choreographer, dancer and dance teacher from Australia. Now based in Berlin, he works internationally. Before the second showing of his pie...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Harald Beharie
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harald’s first solo Batty Bwoy is both bleak and playful in its re-appropriation of racist and homophobic stereotypes. By embodying this harmful ima...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Esben Weile Kjær
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Esben is a Danish visual artist whose sculptures and performances have been shown at numerous galleries and festivals. Esben’s works tap into his ge...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Anna Biczók
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anna is a Hungarian dancer and choreographer based between Vienna and Stockholm. Her work often deals with bodily memory, cultural identity, and dance...
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series Podcast with Chara Kotsali
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chara is a performer, choreographer and dance instructor based in Athens, Greece. She has studied Theatre Studies as well as Social and Cultural Anthr...