Florentina Holzinger Apollon (Screening) ＆ Online Workshop

Exploring the boundary between high art and “trash” culture

With numerous awards under her belt for her latest production, and a residency lined up at Volksbühne Berlin from 2021, Florentina Holzinger is the one to watch in the European performing arts world today. Kyoto Experiment is hosting a theater screening of Apollon, her acclaimed work that has been staged at festivals around the world. There will also be an online workshop, a Kyoto Experiment exclusive, brought to you live from Vienna. Don’t miss this golden opportunity to get a taste of the radical charm of Holzinger’s artistic ideas, presented in Japan for the first time!

Apollon is Holzinger’s highly topical work that builds on Apollo—a ballet by Balanchine, the twentieth century’s greatest choreographer, a masterpiece that tells the tale of the titular god and three muses—exploring this mythical world with six female performers. It features everything from training on gym machines to splattering blood, from ballet en pointe to a mechanical rodeo bull. Perfect judgment and black humor sublimate onstage this performance that verges on vulgarity, dealing a powerful blow to representations of gender and of the female body.

Meanwhile, the online workshop is a unique opportunity to learn about Holzinger’s creative methods and approach to the body, which incorporate elements from disciplines ranging from martial arts to stuntwork. Join us at the venue and experience it with your own body!

*The screening of Apollon contains material that some viewers may find extreme or disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
*Workshop participants will gather at the venue while Holzinger teaches online. Full details here.