united sorry (AT/NL) & Freunde

Frans Poelstra (born 1954) is a choreographer, performer and coach based in Vienna since 2004 and Robert Steijn (born 1958) is a dramatic advisor and performer who lives a nomadic live in Europe teaching e.g. at SNDO, School for New dance Development in Amsterdam and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. They started working together in 2003 under the label united sorry. They produce performances and installation art for theatres, galleries and festivals. Projects by united sorry include “I am...in concert” (Coda festival Oslo 2004); "Frans Poelstra, his dramaturge and Bach” (ImpulsTanz 2004); “Dan, Martha, Trisha, Frans & Robert” (Tanzquartier Wien 2006); “The Intensifiers, part 3, Nous sommes trčs petits (face ā la montagne)” (Impulstanz 2008); “The Intensifiers, part 4, The Mud Generation” (Tanzquartier, 2008); the community art project “Maria Theresia entdeckt die Zeitgenössische Kunst” in collaboration with Theater im Bahnhof, Pieter Ampe, Anne Juren, Roland Seidel and others (2008). Other projects include “How low can you go”, staged at the Choreographic Platform Austria in Graz, (2009); “Dancing the thin line” (Tanzquartier Wien, 2009 and in a new version for the project “Absolutly free” at Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz); “s-s-s-sinking in” inspired by the Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes (Fondation Cartier, Paris, 2009); “united sorry and Egon Schiele” (Tanznacht at Leopold Museum, 2009); “the ritual of finishing” in Mexico City und in Montpellier (2009); “Lost in space” (brut Vienna, 2010) and “Holy Shit” (Tanznacht Vienna 2010). In 2012, they launched the long-term project “Green Conversations”. steirischer herbst showed the premiere of their performance “feminine delight” in 2007, a work in collaboration with the musician Martin Siewert. united sorry contributed also to the “Tempel der Vernunft”, the opening project for steirischer herbst 2009. Last year, Robert Steijn staged a tier dance ritual in the woodland of Graz as part of the “Daybreak into the City” excursions arranged by Theater im Bahnhof during the “Truth is concrete” 24/07 marathon camp.

www.unitedsorry.com