INVOCATION 101* was produced on a manifold birth jubilee of KARL PRANTL (1923-2010) and created in stages (2023/24…) in cooperation with international partners.

NEXUS: SCULPTURE AND DANCE
An extraordinary (art)historical nexus between dance and sculpture exists through the relationship between the Japanese sculptor Yoshikuni Iida (1923-2006) whose sculptural contribution at the hill site of St. Margarethen (the international symposia movement was initiated by K.P. in 1959 at the stone quarry of St. Margarethen/Austria) stems from 1961, and his friend and dancer/choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-86), co-founder of the Butoh dance movement. Tatsumi Hijikata together with Kazuo Ohno are the pioneers of a unique performative renewal after the Second World War with its dramatic caesura. Butoh movement influenced the performing arts profoundly and has a universal impact on generations of (dance) artists around the world. Invocation 101* performs a gesture to the pioneering post war artists.