The Altstadtvarieté transforms Innsbruck’s old town into an open stage on which acrobatics, music and high-altitude art merge. Along the façades, above the squares and high above the heads of the audience, a poetic narrative is created that runs through parts of the old town.
Schwindelfrei durchs KRAPOLDI: Highline-Premiere über Innsbruck
Innsbruck is literally taking off at this year’s KRAPOLDI street art festival: for the first time ever, the Tiroliners are stretching a highline between the city tower and St. Jakob’s Cathedral – high above the rooftops of the old town. A spectacular sight that adds a completely new dimension to the festival. The highline is particularly visible from selected points – see map.
Alongside this lively backdrop, other artists perform who characterize the Altstadtvarieté with their unique signatures:
Walk act & moderation: Madame DuPoint
The floating voice of the KRAPOLDI Festival: Madame DuPoint leads through the program in the old town with elegance, wit and unmistakable charm. Always one step ahead on her stilts, she connects the acts, welcomes the audience and ensures that every performance begins with a touch of magic.
Contemporary circus: Dress code – Taraza
A poetic festival pearl in the old town: Dresscode – Taraza tells a powerful, humorous and touching story about the highs and lows of a relationship with two acrobats and a single piece of fabric. With sensitivity, physical artistry and surprising twists, the result is an intense, contemporary circus experience.
Contemporary dancer: Maitane Sarralde
Maitane Sarralde combines dance, circus and physical theater and explores the interplay of body, space and gravity in her works. Internationally trained and multi-award-winning, she develops pieces between dance, performance and aerial acrobatics. Her spectacular rope performance from the city tower forms the finale of the Altstadtvarieté – be sure to look up.
Music: Small Balkan Band
The Small Balkan Band provides the right sound. With their fiery mix of traditional Balkan melodies and modern sounds, they atmospherically carry the Highline performance and sweep the audience away.
