FLYING ACADEMY

Flying Academy is an educational programme for young professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts. It is a learning caravan through three festivals, with meetings among peers and discussions moderated by three experienced moderators (Marta Keil, Iulia Popovici and Nevenka Koprivšek).

The Flying Academy was initiated by a Polish festival Konfrontacje Teatralne. Its programme was devised in collaboration with Bunker, Ljubljana and a Romanian organisation Colectiv A as a platform enabling participants a confrontation with numerous quality international art works, artists and various local artistic milieus.

The Flying Academy 2016 will host three meetings:
24th–29th August, International Festival Mladi Levi, Ljubljana, Slovenia (www.ljudmila.org/~bunker/eng/)
10th–15th October, Konfrontacje Teatralne Festival, Lublin, Poland (konfrontacje.pl/en/)
8th–12th November, Temps D’Images Festival, Cluj, Romania (tempsdimages.ro/index.php/en/)

May Day School 2016: Religion and Capitalism

May Day School 2016 will reopen the questions of religion, critique of religion, its role and pertinence in contemporary society, its interaction with capitalism and critique thereof. We will attempt to cover a range of topics and questions at various levels of abstraction: from general rethinking of relation between capitalism and religions as two principles of organisation of society, in their conflicts and affinities, to the attempts to confront the more manifest and pressing contemporary issues, such as tension between feminism and religious upsurge, or the precise role of Islamic religion in the structure of conflict(s) in the Middle East. (more…)

Theatre Playground in Stara elektrarna

A culture day will be organised in Stara mestna elektrarna for ten elementary schools as part of the Theatre Playground project: Youngsters will have the opportunity to visit performances, participate in various workshops and experience Ljubljana from the artists’ perspective while discussing the performances seen. (more…)