WEIGHTED AND GROUNDED
Anima Fabrik in Pogerschitzen
Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann
Analogue Black and White Photographs
September 2024
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
Animated by the unique style of Martha Graham’s revolutionary dance technique and her vision of dance as the hidden language of the soul, a group of dancers retreated to the countryside in southeastern Carinthia to celebrate, connect with each other, and release the distinctive spirit of Anima Fabrik. Spinning through the humid grass in the twilight of the last day of summer, the dancers were guided, choreographed, and moulded into “dancing sculptures”, physically merging with the shapes of the landscape on set.
The movements and poses resulted from dance trainings with Irena Tavpash and Magdalena Jursic based on the aesthetic concept that seeks an intrinsic sense of balance, inner grounding and weighting of the body. The appropriate grounding reflects a shared idea of dance, togetherness, beauty, and raw energy, as well as the individual realities of the dancers, choreographers, and the photographer.
Concept and Choreography: Irena Tavpash, Magdalena Jursic
Dancers: Emma Bedoucha, Maria Dannen, Andrea Rachele Donadi, Isabelle Johanna Iskra, Ellen Maria Hagerdorn, Tobias Hansen, Anna Krumpholz, Azar Milani, Irena Tavpash
Photography: Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann
Patrizia studied photography at the Higher Federal Institution for Graphic Education and Research (Die Graphische) and the School for Artistic Photography (Schule Friedl Kubelka). She holds a master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of the Arts, Berlin. Since 2022, she has been involved in information services, public relations, and curating in Vienna, where she is founder of the publishing house el-meine, which focuses on analog amateur photography. She has been dancing with Anima since 2022.