On July 8th at 9:05 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON
Vienna (OTS) – Christoph Feurstein presents “Thema” on Monday, July 8th, at 9:05 p.m. on ORF 2 and on ORF ON with the following contributions:
Burlesque – the art of erotic undressing
“Burlesque helped me to love my body as it is,” says 50-year-old Simone Weissinger-Köhler. Burlesque is the name of the art form that celebrates the art of exposure in a feminist, self-determined way and with a certain wink. “It strengthens self-confidence, because there is hardly any space in our society for celebrating femininity,” says pharmacist Rafaela Lucretia Mihaiu. In the burlesque course, the female and male participants learn how to get rid of gloves, stockings and other items of clothing in a lascivious and dancing manner. For many, it is a learning process to develop a better feeling for your own body and to free yourself from family and social constraints. Susanne Kainberger and Fred Lindner also accompany a naturopath and a car employee on their way onto the stage of self-expression and artful seduction.
We are European champions
Away from the big stages of top-level football, people in Austria have made the dream come true that has just shattered for the Austrian national football team: they are European champions. While “King Football” would pay out bonuses of 400,000 euros for every player on the German national team for the European Championship title, the athletes in fringe sports finance themselves largely out of their own pockets. “We are world and European champions and received exactly zero euros for it,” reports Gernot Riegl, who, together with his partner Johannes Horak, is one of the world leaders in Jiu Jitsu. For “Thema”, Oliver Rubenthaler visited the small stages on which big titles are won and spoke to Austrian European champions about what unites them all: passion.
Sheet metal avalanche in the villages
“It’s hell. We suffer,” says Franziska Wagner, who runs a pharmacy in Golling. Since miles of traffic jams have stretched through the Salzburg market town, she has been missing customers. On busy travel days, like this weekend, thousands of cars leave the Tauern Autobahn to leave the construction area around the Ofenau Tunnel. The result is traffic chaos in the surrounding villages. In addition to the exit bans from the motorway, several municipalities also want to impose travel bans through the villages for holidaymakers’ cars. So far with moderate success. Neighbors along the Tauern Autobahn are suffocating in traffic. “Thema” speaks with families who are on their way on vacation, asks local residents and is there with the camera during the departure checks, with which the Austrian Security Service, ÖWD, helps. Fred Lindner and Gerhard Janser report.