Doris Uhlich' (born 1977) is an internationally active Austrian choreographer, performer and dance teacher.
Doris Uhlich' (born 1977) is an internationally active Austrian choreographer, performer and dance teacher.
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Doris Uhlich studied "Pedagogy for Contemporary Dance" at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna, was a performer in the theatercombinat from 2002 to 2009 and has been developing her own artistic projects since 2006.
Working with people with different biographies and physical inscriptions, her performances often explore ideals of beauty and body norms. As a young choreographer, she began working with older people to explore the relationship between fragility and robustness in the ageing body. She then questioned classical ballet in terms of its translatability into contemporary contexts.
Doris Uhlich has been extensively exploring the representation of nudity in her works since 2013. Her approach goes beyond ideology and simple eroticisation, examining the relationship between man and machine in a multi-layered way. She addresses the future of the human body in the age of surgical and genetic perfection with particular reference to the human genome.
For her series Habitat, she creates temporary large ensembles and uses different spaces, e.g. the Dominikanerkirche in Krems, the façade of the Vienna Secession and the former winter riding arena of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (Hall E in the MuseumsQuartier Wien).
