Austrian choreographer Helene Weinzierl founded cieLaroque/helene weinzierl in 1995, after being a dancer for more than ten years. With the company she toured various festivals around the world including the U.S., Japan, Southamerica, Singapore, Russia and all Europe, presenting her work in more den 200 cities. She is artistic director of per.form>d<ance Festival Salzburg and founded 1990 tanzimpulse Salzburg, which organizes every year the international Easter- Autumn- dance festivals and the Salzburg Performance days. (www.tanzimpulse.at)

cieLaroque/helene Weinzierl is one of the most touring ensembles of Austrian dance scene and shows her productions since more than 10 years all over the world.
Some of her productions feature a connection between dance and theatre; others are dedicated exclusively to a clear and intensive language of movement. In recent years, the work of the company has been characterized by interdisciplinary pieces and the implementation of video. Most of the productions focus on socio-politically relevant topics.

The first fulltime play “Feuerland”, adapted from texts by the French Grande-Dame Marguerite Duras, received an award in Germany. The productions systems<damaging>systems and “…. and the damage done”, as well as “duo para ella >>> comida para dos” and “0-0-0>5” were awarded several international prices. 2005 the production “TROPEA couch potatoes paradise” has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for the Art in Edinburgh.

Furthermore, Helene Weinzierl presented her internationally celebrated dance video „Aufwärts“ (1995-2009) already et al. in Lyon, New York, Singapore, Porto, Bern, Barcelona, Vienna, Salzburg, Johannesburg, Lisbon, Tallinn, Linz, Almada and Budapest.

“An intelligent and sensitive dance as result of an attentive direction from a choreographer that obviously is not satisfied any longer with the impeccable steps, but needs to go deeper and committed herself to get deeper in the critical role that artists today have in the advancement of a better society.” (Patrizia Tombesi, N.Y.)

PRODUCTIONS/REPERTOIRE cieLaroque / helene weinzierl/heleneweinzierl

AUFWÄRTS, 1995 /VIS A VIS,1995-1997 /FEUERLAND, 1996 /LIQUID UNDERWEAR,1996-1999 /SOLO FÜR ZWEI, 1997 /ICH EWIGES KIND, 1998 /VOYAGE DU TEMPS, 1999 /FAKTOR 3 X, 2000
… AND THE DAMAGE DONE, 2001-2006
ARCHIVES S<D>S/02 SERIES 4, 2002-2003
SYSTEMS<DAMAGING>SYSTEMS, 2002-2003
BON VOYAGE GUSTAVE S., 2002-2003
DUO PARA ELLA >>> COMIDA PARA DOS, 2003-2006
TROPEA couch potatoes paradise, 2004-2006
0-0-0>5, 2005-2006