Circle Talks – The Community Round Table (DE/EN)
Gathering as a Practice of Care

Circle Talks is an open discussion and exchange format within the framework of the kültüř gemma!-fellowship by Viviane Lê Tanzmeister at Kunsthalle Wien.

Based on street dance and hip-hop cultures, in which gathering in a circle (cypher) is a central social and artistic practice, Circle Talks invites participants to experience gathering as a form of care, exchange and collective perception. Circle Talks is deliberately designed to be low-threshold: we sit together in a circle, take time to arrive, listen and exchange ideas. It’s not about performance, but about collective questioning and being together. Circle Talks will be rounded off with an open dance jam – so come by to groove, shake and exchange.

This second Circle Talk centres communal care as a shared practice and a lived experience. Together, we will create a space for exchange, listening and collective reflection on what care can look like within communities. The session includes the creation of individual care maps, inspired by Oumou Sylla’s workshop from last autumn. No prior experience or attendance at the workshop is needed – the exercise serves as a gentle entry point into reflecting on care relationships, resources and responsibilities.

In conversation, we will reflect on questions such as:

• What does money have to do with community care?
• Do we practise care because there is a lack of it?
• How is community-relevant information shared – and who has access to it?

The insights, thoughts and questions that arise will be collectively documented, creating an archive of the session. The intention of this gathering is to come together, exchange perspectives, and activate a collective understanding of care as something relational, practiced and shaped in community.

Schedule

• 17:00 Guided Tour of the exhibition Chalisée Naamani: Octogone
• 18:00 Circle Talks with snacks and drinks
• 19:00 Open Dance Jam

Everyone is invited – especially people from the street dance community and visitors who want to experience contemporary art as a social space. No prior knowledge required.

The event is free of charge.

Hosted by Kaddy Camara und Viviane Lê Tanzmeister.

Kaddy Camara

Kaddy Camara is a dancer from Vienna who specialises in hip-hop and freestyle dance. She has co-organised numerous events, offers hip-hop workshops and teaches her own class. She also gained stage and rehearsal experience in dance theatre in 2025 with IDENTITIES.

Viviane Lê Tanzmeister

Viviane Lê Tanzmeister works at the intersection of arts and culture education, community building and interdisciplinary art projects. Their practice focuses on designing gathering formats that centre care, diversity and collective knowledge. Under the motto ‘Streetdance building critical minds!’, Viviane Lê Tanzmeister creates spaces for critical reflection, empowerment and the strengthening of cultural understanding, including the plattform Beyond the Groove dedicated to collective community exchange, aiming to engage in dialogue beyond dance and to grow collectively.