Performance star Florentina Holzinger stands before the start of a rehearsal in a rehearsal room at the Mecklenburg State Theater. The eagerly awaited first opera production by star Austrian ...

MUNICH, Germany — A night at the opera conjures images of elegant outfits and spectacular vocals. But at one German opera house, 18 audience members required medical treatment after watching recent ...

Austria has announced that it will be represented by performance artist Florentina Holzinger at the next Venice Biennale in 2026. The artist is known for her surprising and subversive twists on ...

Eighteen people needed medical attention during an opera that features nuns, sex scenes, mutilation and real blood. Florentina Holzinger's Sancta also includes naked roller-skating nuns and a ...

Eighteen attendees at Germany's Stuttgart opera were treated for nausea after watching Sancta, a performance involving nudity, blood, and explicit acts. Eighteen attendees at Germany's Stuttgart state ...

Austrian performance artist Florentina Holzinger’s exploration of ballet’s dark side is not just provocative but surprisingly thoughtful and hilarious Reclamation is a powerful thing. When you take ...

Florentina Holzinger’s striking, bewildering and stomach-churning new piece, “Ophelia’s Got Talent,” opened the season at the Volksbühne theater in Berlin. By A.J. Goldmann BERLIN — A group of naked ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Austrian choreographer’s shows blend dance, stunts and sideshow-inspired acts to explore lofty ideas about gender and art. She pushes performers ...