FOX ON ICE

Fox On Ice is the band and performing arts project of writer, singer and performer Anna Luca Poloni and musician, producer and visual artist Christian Mair.

Their work reimagines myth through female and fluid perspectives, creating performing arts concerts at the intersection of music, literature, film and theatre.

Based in Vienna and rooted in Europe, Fox On Ice performs internationally.

Fox On Ice is produced by Wortwiege, one of Austria’s most renowned independent theatre labels.

Anna Luca Poloni

…is an Austro-Italian writer, singer and performer. Her artistic work explores new forms of dramatic storytelling across literature, music and performance. Under her Austrian name, Anna Luca Krassnigg, she has created and directed numerous theatre productions for institutions and festivals including Staatstheater Braunschweig, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Gessnerallee Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Schauspielhaus Wien and Wiener Festwochen.

She is Professor of Stage Directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and founder and artistic director of Wortwiege.

Christian Mair

…is an Austrian composer, musician, visual artist, and theatre and film producer. His artistic work moves between music, theatre, film and visual media, exploring how sound and image can become integral parts of dramatic storytelling. His projects have been presented at institutions and festivals including Schauspielhaus Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt, Théâtre National du Luxembourg, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Festspiele Reichenau, Schauspiel Dortmund, Metro Kinokulturhaus Wien, Linz09 European Capital of Culture and Wiener Festwochen.

He is co-founder and managing director of Wortwiege.

Wortwiege

…is an Austrian theatre producer and international festival dedicated to contemporary dramatic storytelling and writer-centred theatre. Working with texts and themes from antiquity to the present, Wortwiege combines theatrical production with a curated programme of literature, philosophy and science in public dialogue.

Photo: Martin Schwanda