Nataša Živkovič: SONNY

A woman is a sack made to endure. – the Kanun, the Code of Lekë Dukagjini from the Middle Ages, north Albania and Kosovo.

#Unwanted. That’s a common girl name in our Montenegro. – a Women’s Rights Centre poster of a campaign against selective abortion practice, Montenegro, 2017

Montenegro’s last “virgina” has died. Her last wish was for her family-grave epitaph to describe her as her father’s only surviving son. – Blic, 2 August 2016

Sonny! – says a close relative when I visit her in Montenegro.

Sonny is an attempt at an anthropological research of a specific phenomenon in a performative form. It is an amazed fascination with images and stories of sworn virgins or “virginas” from the remote parts of Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo and Metohija. It is a hole in the system which maintains that same system. It is drag in relation to the question of surviving in a man’s world asking us in what world we live.

Tickets: 10 EUR, 7 EUR (študentje, upokojenci)

Foto: Nada Žgank

Beton Ltd.: ICH KANN NICHT ANDERS

The performance will be in Športno društvo Tabor’s hall (Tabor 13).

The first performance of the German cycle

“The bridge between being principled and practical is called survival. In theatre, we always use stories to be able to talk about the world, we play roles to be able to speak of human nature, and we pretend that a table is a table. But we were aiming for a reverse principle. (more…)

Beton Ltd.: GROSSE ERWARTUNGEN|GREAT EXPECTATIONS

The second performance of the German cycle

Beton Ltd. are a collective of authors: Katarina Stegnar, Primož Bezjak and Branko Jordan. Große Erwartungen|Great Expectations is their sixth performance.

»Große Erwartungen|Great Expectations actually portrays the grand theater of the Western world, the stage performance of the privileged race which feels free to subjugate everyone and everything, elegantly and rightly, energetically and truly, with no restraints. (more…)

Via Negativa: THE NINTH

The anthropological machine powered by Beethoven

The Ninth runs through the entire sound landscape of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a »masterpiece of the western civilization«, »giant and complex«, »sublime«, »triumphant vision of brotherhood.« (more…)

Andreja Podrzavnik: WHAT REMAINS

After several gallery performances, Andreja Podrzavnik and her co‑creators are returning to the theatre black box. They started last year with public presentation entitled Nastajanje (Formation) performing compositions of various lengths and modulating them as moving images in the span of three hours. (more…)

Matija Ferlin: Staging a Play: THE GLASS MENAGERIE

In his first creation in the series Staging a Play: The Glass Menagerie Matija Ferlin continues to mine the interzone between the abstracted dancing body and the conventions of the theatrical. (more…)

Matija Ferlin: Staging a Play: TARTUFFE

Tartuffe is the second project within the Staging a Play series of works in which Matija Ferlin tackles canonic works of dramatic art. Staging a Play questions the very foundations upon which the concept of staging is interpreted within the dramatic discourse. (more…)

Nataša Živkovič: SONNY

A woman is a sack made to endure. – the Kanun, the Code of Lekë Dukagjini from the Middle Ages, north Albania and Kosovo.

#Unwanted. That’s a common girl name in our Montenegro. – a Women’s Rights Centre poster of a campaign against selective abortion practice, Montenegro, 2017

Montenegro’s last “virgina” has died. Her last wish was for her family-grave epitaph to describe her as her father’s only surviving son. – Blic, 2 August 2016 (more…)

Lana Zdravković / Kitch: No.1

Anti Status Quo Companhia De Dança: OF FLESH AND CONCRETE (BR)

Following their intervention in public space Chameleons, Anti Status Quo will also contribute to the festival with a choreographic installation, which is a good representation of their style, or their creative method that connects visual art, contemporary dance, research, philosophy …

Of Flesh and Concrete is a choreographic installation of bodies and garbage. First, the audience is anonymized, and then becomes part of the moving (or evading) mass that follows the transformations of the shapes generated by behavior, bodies and garbage. Through the gradually evolving relation between the audience, performers and objects, choreography is being created, which incorporates the entire space, the audience and garbage in addition to the bodies. Of Flesh and Concrete is a simultaneous experience of despair due to infinite consumption, waste and devastation and the vitality of carnality; it is an inquiry of human condition that raises questions about living in society and how the current economic system shapes our behavior; it is also a physical journey among bodies and garbage, since the audience is exposed to both, and our cooperation maybe trains us how to shift away from the status quo.

Artistic director, choreography and concept: Luciana Lara
Research and creation: Luciana Lara in colaboration with dancers and invited artists
Dance: Camilla Nyarady, Cristhian Cantarino, Déborah Alessandra, João Lima, Luciana Matias, Marcia Regina, Roberto Dagô, Robson Castro
Research and creation collaborators: Camilla Nyarady, Carolina Carret, Cristhian Cantarino, João Lima, Luara Learth, Raoni Carricondo, Robson Castro, Vinícius Santana
Invited process collaborators: Marcelo Evelin, Gustavo Ciríaco, Denise Stutz
Costumes and masks: Luciana Lara and dancers
Light design consultants: James Fensterseifer, Marcelo Augusto
Production: Marconi Valadares
Local co-ordinator: Klara Drnovšek Solina
140 minutes

Foto: Mila Petrillo

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