Jurij Konjar
ULYSSES

May 16 at 9.30 pm
Venue: ZRC SAZU (avla)
Duration: 50 min

Choosing a starting part for the Odysseus journey is a task almost as difficult as embarking on an odyssey oneself. Both the reference texts, Homer’s and Joyce’s, present long voyages through countless supplementary meanings. Jurij Konjar tackles this task courageously, making all the preparations for a long journey and for the enjoyable stops along the way.  He presents the viewers with a dialog between movement and images, and invites them to travel along. The performance takes place in the atrium of an old building since we must first travel back to the place where everything began.

Jurij Konjar is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. He made his performance debut in Slovenia with the male trio Catharsis. Now he is working as a novice under the wings of the Exodus production house. He began to choreograph dance works while still very young, and his creations are serious and searching, both capturing and nurturing youthful inquisitiveness. He is courageous in his artistic exploration and has tackled a palette of diverse themes: relationships (Prave napake-Real Mistakes), the impact of geopolitics (Armenia-Belgium-Slovenia in the performance Dokumentarec), and the confrontation with open spaces (Open Space Hotel)…

Choreography, sound recording, photography, sketches: Jurij Konjar
Design, collages: Saša Kerkoš/Tretaroka
Light design: Urška Vohar
Sound design: Blaž Celarec
Set design: Jurij Konjar, Andrew Hustwaite, Natan/Tretaroka
Costume design: Lidija Georgieva
Photography: Nada Žgank
Music: Rock Plaza Central, Dagobert, Trió Gudmundar, Vector Lovers
Technical director: Borut Cajnko
Web design: Lovro Žitnik/Bergla
Executive producer: Nataša Zavolovšek
Production assistant: Katja Stušek
Production: Zavod Exodos

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