Beton Ltd.: EVERYTHING WE’VE LOST, WHILE WE’VE GONE ON LIVING

Photo: Urška Boljkovac

Cankarjev dom, Culture and Congress Centre

The performance Everything We’ve Lost While We’ve Gone on Living emanates from the absurd as defined by the contemporary temporal context and as developed by the French playwright Eugène Ionesco, in his work The Killer. Bold glamour and exquisite show; grandiose buildings and time when everything is possible; is that merely a dream that belongs to the past? (more…)

Branko Potočan: Solo for Two (Slow and Steady Wins the Race; Imagine What he could have Won Running), premiere

Photo: Tit Filipovič

One of the greatest problems of contemporary man is his physical inactivity and the constant sitting. Most people have no problem with the body, with being touched and they are able to realise quickly what goes on around them. We all have these abilities deep down, but the contemporary life no longer needs them. We no longer use the body. (more…)

Tomaž Grom: SOUL, NOISE, VALVE AND WIRE, premiere

2nd December at 7 p.m., Drugajanje festival, II. Gimnazija Maribor, premiere
5th December at 8 p.m., Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana

…concert hall/street, tradition/renewal, audible/invisible, inaudible/visible, copyright/folk, live/recorded, physical/virtual, concealed/direct, spontaneous/codified, original/reproduced, acoustics/electronics, Europe/Yugoslavia… (more…)

Via Negativa & Oblivia: AND SO ON AND SO FORTH

Photo: Marcandrea

Premiere of the joint original project of two groups from the margin of the European centre, the international Finnish group Olivia and Via Negativa.

What connects both groups is that each of them fosters its unique form of performing, bound to constant reduction to the basic performing language and to the performing principles of staging. (more…)

Enya Belak: The Girl with the Dragon

Photo: Sunčan Stone

Addiction. The truth. Intoxication. Hallucination. Ecstasy. Feelings. Dreams. Misconception. The story follows associative logics and metaphors. The play of light. DRAGON. A little girl plays with a dragon, has him slide over the sky in a free, playful and happy spirit. In a timeless spirit. I am looking for a reason to move away from this world/a reason to escape into dreams/a reason to die. (more…)

Drugajanje Festival, 2nd-4th December 2014, Maribor

The times we live in require courage! Not headless bumping into problems, require people who are capable of contemplation, insight and only then comes the turn for courage in action. Especially the City of Maribor witnessed the fact that sometimes revolt is important but an even more important part follows – the establishment of the new after the revolt itself! Young people have to be involved in decision-making processes and art is one way of empowering the youth, to enter first into the arena of contemplation and then action. This year’s program is poking the youth. (more…)

Vasko Atanasovski Trio: UNPLUGGED

This outstanding and internationally acclaimed Slovenian trio under the guidance of Vasko Atanasovski released the superb album Come to Me in the spring 2012, receiving extraordinary reviews, and making a strong impression on the Slovenian and foreign music scenes. The group’s uncompromising performances are characterised by an ecstatic, lively and eclectic blend of musical styles that never leaves their listeners cold or indifferent. (more…)

Art and Marxist Theory in the Context of Criticism of Political Economy

The topic of the symposium is related to the release of Slovenian translations of two books by Paul Mattick: Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism and Art in Its Time. The first book presents an analytical image of the contemporary crisis as the crisis of capitalism, while the latter places art in the context of the present moment, even though it is not, like in modern aesthetics, only context. (more…)

12th International Festival of Improvisational Theatre – NAKED STAGE

In its 12 years of functioning, Naked Stage has become one of the most important festivals for improvisational theatre in Europe and North America. It’s a small, but nevertheless a propulsive festival, especially because it has remained loyal to its goals. (more…)

European Perspectives public discussion

The idea of Europe is being put to a serious test. After a period of an intensive integration, it is facing an economic, social and environmental crisis, as well as a crisis of values. The European Union’s response is a sustainable, smart and inclusive growth. Is this a vision understood and shared by all? (more…)