Cycle Noches de Tablao

The cycle Noches de Tablao presents fresh artistic initiatives in the field of flamenco that intertwine the disciplines of live music and dance. It consists of musical/dance events which will feature top international artists from diverse European countries. Specifically for this occasion, the artists will join forces with renowned local authors. The programme builds an intercultural arch between foreign and local creators who are establishing a dialogue between flamenco and other artistic genres and bringing in new artistic perspectives. The cycle already boasts three successful seasons that took place in the boutique theatre Pocket Teater. In the calendar year 2021, the cycle will take place in the Cankar Centre in the form of three main events and an accompanying programme.

The World Tethers

The World Tethers is a contemporary dance performance by Anamaria Bagarić, created in collaboration with sound artist Ida Hiršenfelder. Through movement and sound, the artists portray the oversaturation of information that seeps into the body and triggers a physical manifestation of the inner monologue. Drawing from the philosophy of Butoh dance, the piece highlights the back as the meeting point between the inner and outer worlds, and seeks authenticity through the body—something that thought alone cannot reach. In its creative process, the performance delves into questions of bodily (in)capability, identity, empathy, and the conditions for existing in a world collapsing under the weight of information and emotion.

Anthology of Scream I: Surprise Bag

Anthology of Scream I: Surprise Bag by Collective NEST is a happening that transforms a theatre space into the ultimate dance club, where the party collapses before it even truly begins. In the cramped space, with barely enough room to breathe, the two performers search for creative freedom, transgressing all expectations as they weave together emotional striptease, ecstasy and screams that echo through the room. This collage of interruptions and surprises pushes beyond the boundaries of the classical stage, creating a dialogue with the audience and the inner lives of the two female performers, both freelance artists in the cultural sector. In this introspective performance, the shared space also extends to young visual artists, whose works become an inseparable part of the onstage experience.

There, in the Garden

There, in the Garden is a sound-and-movement performance by Urška Centa and Domen Novak that explores the mechanisms of listening and the resonance of sound within both body and space. The body flows into sound, and sound into the body. The performers transform their bodies into instruments and tools through which they communicate. By redefining their function they broaden their potentials, shifting boundaries and comfort zones. The garden becomes a playground of interactions where dance, play, singing and movement intertwine and the bodies themselves become instruments of communication. The performance underscores the role of the senses in shaping experience and opens up questions about coexistence, mutual interconnection and our relationship with nature.

One body is not enough

One body is not enough is a choreography by the acknowledged Argentinian dance artist Agostina D’Alessandro, based in Brussels, Belgium. It is a space for questioning identity and the multiplicity represented by a single body. In a shared space, four dancers play up with their political bodies to highlight key questions: How is our identity constructed? Is it determined by our bodies? Maybe by a cultural identity? Or maybe by our family identity? Performed and co-created by Milan Tomášik, Kristýna Peldová, Žigan Krajnčan, Agostina D’Alessandro and Kristijan Krajnčan.

Softwareness

Softwareness is a sci-fi dance performance based on the idea of living in the cloud. It thoughtfully challenges conventional perceptions of reality and offers a glimpse into a future where humanity finds solace, excitement, and even despair in the fantasy of the cloud. The cloud is a virtual storage space such as iCloud. In the cloud, everything is just information. The performance places the logic behind virtual space under scrutiny while revealing how its workings influence the logic behind structuring dance. The concept considers the body and its physical record as a medium for the transmission of information. The performers are interested in how the data-based perception of the body influences the development of movement potential. Created by Julija Pečnikar and performed with Alja Branc and Sara Janašković.

Inside

INSIDE is a devised, hybrid project by performers Kristýna Šajtošova, Sara Janašković and the theatre director Jan Krmelj. It is an exploration of the mechanisms of listening, witnessing and empathy in the performative context. It is a journey both deep inside and far out of the body. Stories of transformations speak through the body and the voice: each movement is already language and each each word is already a dance. This event is a process of questioning that reveals the phenomenon of human encounters, a meeting point that is in the middle of the chaos each of us holds inside. The work was premiered in Kreatorij DIC in December 2022.

Sounds under the skin

Sounds under the skin is a stage project of five diverse women artists who develop their own recognizable languages and artistic diversity through their work. It is a dance and sound installation, which crosses the performative landscapes and explores the origins of the personal stage practice of the creators involved. Urška Centa, contemporary flamenco dancer and stage artist, Anja Möderndorfer, modern dancer and choreographer of theatrical movement, Kristýna Šajtošová, stage artist and choreographer, Sara Janašković, young performer and dancer, and Zvezdana Novaković, a musician, singer and harpist, depict the might and fragility of each individual and community. In different codes, they tell the stories of many spaces and forms, in which elusive images of life, the transience of relationships and their mirrorings take place. The work was premiered in Španski borci theatre in October 2021.