Betontanc: TRACK OF THE WORLD

Photo: Jure Vlahovič

We all like sport because of its purity. There’s only you, your body, the track and the competition. Everyone wants to win, but some people need to win. Everyone believes they can be a champion. We’re all held captive in the same game without a way out. What to do? Can one retire? Can one tell the truth? Why? Sometimes it is better to dream in broad daylight than it is to live at night. 

People want more and more. And so more and more is what we have to give; we have to act like heroes that they think we are, we have to make sacrifices for the circus to find its way. Culture to the people, sports to the common folks. It just so happens that some people’s profession is other people’s entertainment. Directors, clowns, actors, athletes.

Sport is just about the only thing that sets you straight. No sweet-talk there. The time, the result says it all. If you’re playful and childish, everything runs smoother and better. Many people don’t dare to, because they hoped for things to somehow work out in the end. But don’t expect anyone to get things done instead of you. That would be an illusion. Let the better man win. There are no restrictions.

Without heroes, we’re all just ordinary people.
Without heroes, we don’t know, how far we can actually go.

Concept and direction: Matjaž Pograjc
Concept and realisation: Primož Bezjak, Branko Jordan, Branko Potočan, Katarina Stegnar, Vito Weis
Dramaturgy: Andreja Kopač
Music: Silence (Boris Benko, Primož Hladnik), Dead Tongues
Set and light design: Tomaž Štrucl
Technical coordinator and light management: Andrej Petrovčič
Sound design: Jure Vlahovič
Costume design: Mateja Benedetti
Costume design assistant: Nika Potokar
Graphic design: Saša Kladnik
Photography: Jure Frelih
BMX trainer: Rok Langus
Technical assistance: Duško Pušica, Tomaž Žnidarčič, Rok Pibernik, Marko Gorjup, Andrej Pugelj, Jean Nikolić, Igor Remeta
Iron construction: Uroš Mehle, s. p.
Wood construction: Brane Levič and Tomaž Štrucl, Monada, d. o. o.
Costumes sown by: ESPE, d. o. o.
Executive producer: Maja Vižin
Production: Bunker, Ljubljana
The performance was made possible by: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Ljubljana, Elektro Ljubljana, d. d.
The performance is supported by the Culture Programme of the European Union as part of the network Imagine 2020: Art and Climate Change.
Sponsors: Bigfish, Urban Roof, Obsession
Thanks to: Brigita Bukovec, Emil Kozamernik, Karin Marter and Studio Moderna, Sandi Mikluž, Joško Osredkar, Katja Pavlović, Andrej Stare, Igor Vidmar, Vitkar Zavod