The choreographer Yu-Teng Huang and media artists Ariathney Coyne, Lynn Mayya and Emilia Vogt have jointly developed the performance UniversEye through the fusion of digital images, sound and the movements of the dancers. Starting points are relationships, touches and interactions.
The large-format projections are characterized by abstract and cinematic structures of the four elements of fire, water, earth and air, which also serve as sources of inspiration for the choreographer. Combined with abstracted live videos, they create a special closeness between the audience and dancers. UniversEye is about love and self-love, about group identity and individuality, about arriving and healing.
Language: EN
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UniversEye / Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Nicole Stroh (DE), Pedro Tayette (BR), S. Arthur Sicilia (US) et al., photo: Philip Brunnader
UniversEye / Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Nicole Stroh (DE), Pedro Tayette (BR), S. Arthur Sicilia (US) et al., photo: Philip Brunnader
UniversEye / Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Nicole Stroh (DE), Pedro Tayette (BR), S. Arthur Sicilia (US) et al., photo: Philip Brunnader
Bios
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderAngelica Mattiazzi
IT
Mattiazzi received her dance training at Liliana Cosi & Marinel Stefanescu Ballet School and later at the Balletto di Toscana in Italy. Her career began at the BDT dance company, dancing in the most important Italian theatres and working with renowned choreographers, such as Diego Tortelli, Davide Bombana, Arianna Benedetti, Nicola Galli. She was later involved as a freelance on different projects, working for Aterballetto (choreographer D. Tortelli), National Theatre of Genoa (G. di Cicco), Theatre la Fenice in Venice and various projects in Berlin, including dancing for Animi Motus dance company. Since 2021/2022, she is a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz.
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Photo: Ariathney CoyneAriathney Coyne
GR/US
Ariathney Coyne is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher raised in Vienna, Austria. After completing her studies in neuroscience, she studied contemporary dance and media arts in Linz and Berlin. Her practice includes movement, generative art, film and writing. She thrives in collaborative environments and is guided by curiosity and improvisation.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderElena Sofia Bisci
IT
Elena Sofia Bisci was trained in ballet and contemporary technique, the Graham technique and the Paul Taylor technique. From 2016 to 2017, she received a scholarship for the MOTUS Dance Company in Siena. In 2017, Bisci moved to New York, where she first worked with the dance company Hanna Q. In 2019, she completed the Peridance Center’s Certificate Program under the direction of Igal Perry and joined the Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC). In March 2019 Elena Sofia performed at the TDF Gala at Gotham Hall in New York. In 2020 she joined the Tabula Rasa Dance Theater Company. In New York she worked with, among others: Igal Perry, Johanna LjungQvist- Brinson, Julie Magneville, Alice Klock, Manuel Vignoulle, Yin Yue, Andrea Miller and Jae Man Joo. Since 2021/2022, Bisci has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderElisa Lodolini
IT
Elisa Lodolini graduated from the Balletto di Toscana and was then engaged by the Joffrey Ballet in New York and Area Jeune Ballet in Geneva, among others. From May 2019 to July 2022 she was a solo dancer at the Royal Ballet Fehervár in Hungary under the direction of Attila Egerházi, where she had the opportunity to dance choreographies by Attila Egherházi, Alexander Ekmann, Lukas Timulak, Kristian Ole Tangen and Zsòfia Nemes. Lodolini has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz since the 2022/2023 season.
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Photo: Noah BergerEmilia Vogt
DE
Emilia Vogt is a performance and multimedia artist. Her interactive installations, videos, live streams and performances often focus on topics such as her body, its environment, time, intimacy and confrontation. She was part of several exhibitions and festivals around Austria and Germany.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderIlia Dergousoff
CA
Ilia Dergousoff began dancing at the age of four and received his training at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. He was then part of EDge Dance Company where he performed in works by Alleyne Dance, Igor x Moreno and Riccardo Buscarini. In 2020, he graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. In Toronto and Vancouver he has worked with Lamondance, Company B, Jenn Edwards, Hit&Run Productions, Near&Far Projects, Lucy Rupert and Laurence Siegel. He also participated in various workshops including BODYTRAFFIC, One Body One Career, Rubberband and most recently Springboard Danse Montréal (2022). Ilia Dergousoff has been part of the TANZ LINZ ensemble since the 2022/2023 season.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderKatharina Illnar
AT
Katharina Illnar began her dance training at the Ballettschule der Wiener Staatsoper and graduated from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien in 2015. She later worked as a freelance dancer and performed in pieces by Nikolaus Adler, Esther Balfe, Jonah Bokaer, Willi Dorner, Elio Gervasi, Alexander Gottfarb, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Liz King, Mani Obeya, Eva-Maria Schaller and Doris Uhlich, among others. She has performed in Paris, Zagreb, Budapest, Atlanta and New York City and at numerous festivals, such as the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna. In addition to her artistic work, she also worked as a project assistant and research assistant to Andrea Amort in the dance archive at the MUK Vienna from 2019-2022. Katharina became a part of the Tanz LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz in 2022/2023.
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Photo: Khaled BakkoraLynn Mayya
SY
Lynn Mayya is a Syrian-born multimedia artist who studies Time-based and Interactive Media Art at the University of Arts Linz. Influenced by avant-garde and minimalist aesthetics, she critically engages with social and political discourse. Her unconventional approach integrates art, technology and contemporary politics, creating immersive interactive experiences that challenge perceptions and provoke reflection.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderMatteo Cogliandro
IT
Matteo Cogliandro moved to London at the age of 16 to train at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, where he worked on different dance pieces like Yidam by Ihsan Rustem, assisted by Ching Wong. In 2020 he took part in the Italian television show Amici. Matteo has worked on projects with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and performed in works by Cameron McMillan and Vidya Patel at the Royal Opera House. In Germany, he was part of Delattre Dance Company as an apprentice before starting to work with Fabula Collective in early-2022. Since 2022/2023, he has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderNicole Stroh
DE
Nicole Stroh received her dance training at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden, and also studied abroad at the Conservatoire National Supérior de Musique et de Danse Paris. While a student, Nicole performed on stage at the Semperoper in Dresden with choreographies by George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin and Marius Petipa, among others. She also completed internships with the Ballett Dortmund and Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg. From the 2015/2016 season, she was engaged for five seasons in the ballet ensemble of the Theater Plauen-Zwickau under the direction of Annett Göhre. She has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz since the 2020/2021 season.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderPavel Povrazník
CZ
Pavel Povrazník completed his dance education at the Dance Center Prague Conservatoire, where he also was a member of the Ballet Prague Junior. After graduating, he was part of the Tanztheater Nürnberg under Daniela Kurz from 2005 to 2008 and with Philipp Egli in the Tanzcompagnie Theater St. Gallen since 2008. Povrazník has also performed at numerous festivals, including the Bregenz Festival and the Aldeburgh Festival. He joined Tanztheater Darmstadt from the 2010/2011 season and moved to Austria to join the Landestheater Linz in 2013/2014. In the 2017/2018 season he received an Audience Award from Friends of the Linz Music Theatre.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderPedro Tayette
BR
Pedro Tayette was born in Brazil in 1998 and started dancing as a child. He completed his dance training at the well-known Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil. In 2019, Tayette was a member of the Europa Ballett Company in St. Pölten before becoming a part of TANZ LINZ. He has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz since the 2019/2020 season.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderS. Arthur Sicilia
US
S. Arthur Sicilia began his education in dance at the age of 12 in Syracuse, New York through his high school, private studio and guest residencies such as the Paul Taylor 2 Residency, where Scott Coffey discovered and hired him as a dancer for the Netflix film Adult World.
He received his BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, his teaching certification from the Royal Academy of Dance, and his MA in Dance Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as a part of Transitions Dance Company. Sicilia danced with NeoDance Company while teaching at DanceEmotion. Among others, he worked with Alan Lake, Hannes Langolf, Christina Schnock, Stephanie Martinez, Merce Cunningham Trust, Roderick George and Didy Veldman.
In the summer of 2022, he worked as guest choreographer from Syracuse City Ballet. Siciliar has been a member of the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz since the 2021/2022 season.
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Photo: Philip BrunnaderYu-Teng Huang
TW
Yu-Teng Huang performed on stage for the first time at the age of 10 as he showcased his diabolo juggling skills. He then chose to train in dance for three years at Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School and graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts. Later, he was invited by the Adelaide Collage of the Arts to participate in the production Winterreise in 2011. Two years later, he was part of ArtCross in London, performing “Gloves” choreographed by Dam Van Huynh and Mask by Guo Lei Join. He also performed Mr. R at the Festival d’Avignon 2014 with BodyEDT. He joined the TANZ LINZ ensemble at the Landestheater Linz in 2015/2016.
Credits
Yu-Teng Huang – Choreography
Elena Sofia Bisci, Matteo Cogliandro, Katharina Illnar, Pavel Povrazník, Nicole Stroh, Pedro Tayette, S. Arthur Sicilia, Elisa Lodolini, Ilia Dergousoff, Angelica Mattiazzi – Dance and Co-Creation
Ariathney Coyne – Visual Programming & Live Visuals
Lynn Mayya – Composition, Sound Design, Visual Programming & Live Visuals
Emilia Vogt – Live Camera & Filmmaking
A cooperation of the Tanz Company of the Landestheater with the Department of Time-Based and Interactive Media Arts of the University of Arts Linz and the Ars Electronica Center.
