BOOM TSCHAK: Naked Works

20/11 & 21/11/2026, 6:30 pm, TQW Studios
mehr als genug (2009)

20/11 & 21/11/2026, 8:30 pm, Tanzquarter Wien, Halle G
more than naked (2013)

21/11/2026, 10:00 pm, Tanzquarter Wien, Halle G
Flesh Floor (Party)

Hardly anyone embodies nudity free of ideology and provocation quite like Doris Uhlich. Her early work mehr als genug (2009), featuring the now-legendary “Powder Dance,” lays the foundation for this important strand of her artistic practice. In live telephone conversations, she interviews people whose bodies do not conform to (beauty) norms and have become their trademarks. Doris Uhlich, who is repeatedly described in newspaper reviews as a “corpulent dancer,” questions – together with her guests – the importance of the outer shell and the flesh beneath the skin. How dominant is a body’s outward appearance in the reception of a piece? Is there such a thing as the perfect body for dance? And ultimately: Who is beautiful, and who is not? What does the word “beautiful” mean? The Baroque era, with its drive toward abundance, provides the starting point for a physical and textual exploration of plenty of flesh and opulence.

In more than naked (2013), 20 naked dancers shake, snap, and soar. Their bodies clap against one another, sweat, and crash – set to everything from dancefloor hits to baroque sounds. Twenty people on stage are more than just a group – they are a society. And this society sets itself in motion. Doris Uhlich stands on stage as a DJ, fully embracing the motto: “Let’s party our body!” The body is not degraded into an object but is understood as a physical entity and shown in all its fragility. more than naked explores discourses on the body and, in an immensely subversive way, shatters conventional notions of the body, dance, and nudity.

Hall G transforms into a dance floor – with a DJ set by Doris Uhlich at the turntables. Every body welcome! This festival after-party is all about one thing: celebrating our bodies! Classics from more than naked and a wild mix of sounds and beats pulse through the room and get under your skin.
Dance with clothes, with some clothes, without clothes. Dance not naked, kind of naked, half naked, naked, more than naked. Dance however you want to dance!

© mehr als genug (2009), Foto: Andrea Salzmann

© Pudertanz, Eröffnung Kulturhauptstadt Europas Bad Ischl Salzkammergut (2024), Foto: Oskar C. Neubauer

© more than naked (2013), Foto: Alexi Pelekanos

© more than naked (2013), Foto: Andrea Salzmann

© more than naked (2013), Foto: Bernhard Müller

Credits

mehr als genug, 2026, TQW Studios

Choreography Doris Uhlich
Dramaturgical collaboration Nikolaus Selimov
Performance Virginie Roy, Doris Uhlich und den Gästen Tale Dolven, Susanne Kirnbauer, Thomas Sturm, Janine Zehe
Light, sound Gerald Pappenberger
Production Marijeta Karlovic-Graf
Company management Margot Wehinger
Communication, press Franziska Heubacher
International distribution Giulia Traversi
Co-production Tanzquartier Wien
Supported by Stadt Wien Kultur (MA 7)

mehr als genug, world premiere in 2009, Les Subsistances (Lyon)

Choreography Doris Uhlich
Dramaturgy Andrea Salzmann, Judith Staudinger
Performance Virginie Roy, Doris Uhlich und Gäste
Light, sound Gerald Pappenberger
Guests in Lyon Sophie Cattani, Sahra Daugreilh, Susanne Kirnbauer, Elisabeth Löffler, Thomas Sturm, Elfie Sus, Werner Vockenhuber
Guests in Paris (2009, Centre Pompidou) Sophie Cattani, Susanne Kirnbauer, Otto Lechner, Thomas Sturm
Gäuests in Wien (2010, brut Wien) Tale Dolven, Susanne Kirnbauer, Otto Lechner, Thomas Sturm
Co-production brut Wien, Les Subsistances (Lyon) and insert (Theaterverein)
Supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport

more than naked, 2026, TQW Halle G

Choreography Doris Uhlich
Dramaturgical collaboration Nikolaus Selimov
Performance Marlene Aigner, Simone Benini, Miriam Budzáková, Hugo Le Brigand, Eyal Bromberg, Pierre Dhaveloose, Anna Friedrich, Christina Gazi, Aleksandar Georgiev, Miguel Gual, Andrea Gunnlaugsdóttir, Lotta Halinen, Lea Karnutsch, Dylan Labiod, Andrius Mulokas, Mzamo Nondlwana, Yali Rivlin, Lena Schattenberg, Maya Tor, Doris Uhlich, Hannah Wimmer
Light, sound Gerald Pappenberger
Company management, production Margot Wehinger
Communication, press Franziska Heubacher
International distribution Giulia Traversi
Co-production Tanzquartier Wien
Supported by Stadt Wien Kultur (MA 7)

more than naked, Uraufführung 2013, ImPulsTanz Wien

Choreography Doris Uhlich
Performance Zinzi Buchanan, Neil Callaghan, Paige Culley, Mihaela Alexandra Dancs, Andreea Maria David, Lucia Di Pietro, Stefanie Eisl, Aleksandar Georgiev, Tova Gerge, Katharina Hölzl, Ofelia Jarl Otega, Costas Kekis, Petros Konnaris, Lilach Livne, Milan Loviska, Aloun Marchal, Andrius Mulokas, Katarzyna Szugajew, Andrew Tay, Doris Uhlich, Thales Weilinger
Artistic consulting Yoshie Maruoka
Dramaturgical collaboration Christine Standfest
Light design Nadja Räikkä
Sound, light design realization Gerald Pappenberger
Production Christine Sbaschnigg, Theresa Rauter
Co-production Life Long Burning – towards a Sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance in Europe / Creative Crossroads, ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival and insert Tanz und Performance GmbH
Supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport

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