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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYFounded in 1998, the name ofthe group was inspired by theterm „absolute music“, meaningmusic that follows its own rulesand communicates by its ownmeans. The members of thisgroup are young professionaldancers, ready for new chal-lenges. It is an experimentalcompany that tirelessly exploresand creates their own originaldance expression. Excellent tech-nique and top shape are requiredfor their performances thereforethey remain faithful to Grahamand Horton technique (yet, theydo not ignore classical ballet,Cunningham and Release tech-niques). Their mutual aim is tonot repeat themselves, which

makes each new project originaland interesting.

8 CURRENT PRODUCTIONS

Bedchoreographers: Rajko PavliÊ,Igor BarberiÊ and Suzana Slivanumber of perfomers: 6There is a defined theme „bed“and the three choreographerscreated their choreographies intheir own, unique way. The per-formance is in fact three percep-tions of one idea.

A Secret Bondchoreographer: Suzana Slivanumber of performers: 9All secrets of this world abide inheaven. And the circle is a sym-bol of heaven. This performancetalks about a protective circle, aring that symbolizes alliance (vow),a ring as a means of recognition,

a circle that represents the high-est point of internal life, a ringthat is a part of heaven’s influ-ence, a ring with a seal (symbolof power and rule), a circle ofdestiny.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...like real acrobats, the dancersdevotedly perform their technicallydemanding dance sequences and theircourage, energy and determinationdraw all the attention... Suzana Slivaremains persistent in her originalapproach and realization of her ownvision of contemporary dance expres-sion...Jutarnji list

Absolute Movement EnsembleArt is t i c D i rec tor :Suzana Sliva

8 CONTACT:Suzana Sliva

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8 TYPE OF WORK:dance theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe company was established in2001 by a group of inspired cho-reographers and dancers fromthe Croatian National Ballet inZagreb out of their need for aspace for continuous artistic cre-ation. At present, Atelier Choré-graphique is a group of closelylinked artists from the entirespectrum of the stage and relat-ed arts, searching to expand theirpotential, exchange their knowl-edge and share the joy of cre-ation with their audience.The company’s repertoire policyis to create a dance theatre thatdoes not stop at dancing alone,but aims at a fusion of all stageknowledge. It is a living theatrethat, like a living organism,breathes, moves and reproduces

itself. At the core of the workstands the belief that whatmakes theatre alive and lively arethe life forms called performersthemselves. In their struggle against extinc-tion they perform throughoutCroatia and Europe. AtelierChorégraphique continues itsvoyage through time and space,seeking to improve and renovateitself, facing new challenges witheach new production under theinspired and uncorrupted guid-ance of the theatre spirit itself.


ERIK! A SA’TI(E)!choreography: Mark Boldinnumber of performers: 4A kaleidoscope that consists ofmusic by Satie, verses, miniaturesongs, pieces for the piano, nur-tured casual thoughts, wittyremarks and thoughts about art,dogs and life. Four performersare at one moment Satie, or hiscompanions, or friends, or lovers,or fish, or thinkers, or passers-by,

or pianists, or submariners, orphilosophers, or wanderers.Satie’s music is not only thebackground, but the initiator andcommentator, inspiration forimprovisation and soft pillow fordreams and hopes to land on.Satie’s verses and thoughts arethe driving force for the verbalpieces of the performance whichis structured as an associationassembly, and dance and move-ment are inseparable elements oflife of Satie’s work on the stage.

A Night With the Kingchoreography: Mark Boldinnumber of performers: 2The performance is a two-woman show presented by twooutstanding dance artists, ErsiliaNikpalj and Giulia Ferrari. In theone-hour event they lead usthrough an evening of 17 song bythe king of rock’n’roll. His pres-ence, whether alive or not, is feltequally by them on stage, spend-ing a night in Heartbreak Hotel,as well as by the audience. Theperformance is not another Elvis

story retold, but rather an inti-mate and honest account of thewomen’s emotions, evoked byhis voice and charisma. It is adance with an idea that lives onlong after his death and homageto his incredible art and unforget-table stage appearances.

NMQP (No More QuestionsPlease) and Self-portrait NMQP (duration 10 min)choreography: Mark Boldinnumber of performers: 2The duet contrasts two worlds ofa couple in their everyday life. Onthe surface it is a humorousaccount of repetitive argumentsand fights, their stubbornnessand inability to communicate. Atthe core it depicts an accumula-tion of all the love they once feltand still share, though somewhatforgotten. In a short flash theirmutual passion seems like adream that passes as fast as theblink of an eye, but lasts longenough to change the world, andfinally their mood.

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Self-portrait (duration 20 min)choreography: Mark Boldinnumber of performers: 1This is a journey through picturesof the personal past. In ninestages, the author depicts scenesfrom personal experience anddreams, which he feels are partof the human collective back-ground and of which he is notsure that they are limited to acertain stage on the time-line.Symbols of archetypes lead himthrough that moment of self-analysis, finding parallels to thecomposers’ personal drama.

Amore...miochoreography: Mark Boldinnumber of performers: 7A cycle of love duets dreamt andtold by mime. A man-womancouple, a man-man couple aswell as woman-woman coupleand variations of all three demon-strate that love, be it old or new,past or present, usual or unusual,has no limits in the same waythat the dance which canexpress love has no limits either.A series of illustrations, in thiscase dance images, is viewed asif on a cinema screen. A potpour-ri of well known melodies gives

each image a different intonation.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...The duets are very beautiful,dance-like and performed withexpression, and each of them opens anew story...Vijenac

...Choreographer and dancer MarkBoldin has worked on various proj-ects, but their unvarying magic lies inthe choice of powerful themes, whatdistinguishes him essentially frommost Croatian choreographers.Instead of generalities of the lack ofany kind of explanation of the per-formed in the sense of a storyline or athematic skeleton, he almost alwayscomes to the point.Radio 101

8 CONTACT:Atelier Chorégraphique

Jagodnjak 25

10000 Zagreb

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8 TYPE OF WORK:dance, live arts, theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYBADco. is a Zagreb based per-forming group founded in 2000.The members of the group are:Pravdan DevlahoviÊ (choreogra-pher), Tomislav Medak (philoso-pher), Goran Sergej Pristaπ (dra-maturge), Nikolina Pristaπ (chore-ographer), Ivana Sajko (dramaturge)and Ivana IvkoviÊ (dramaturge)and Ana Kreitmeyer (dancer). Theartistic work of BADco. is not somuch determined by the choice oftopics as by the production ofproblems through specific man-ners of cooperation and self-organization of authors in theprocess of creation. The authorssee their performances as per-forming machines which can beincluded in different referentialcontexts such as social, political,intimate, dance and artistic in

general. BADco. has performedin Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Serbia and Monte-negro, Poland, Czech Republic,Germany, UK, Holland,Luxembourg, Romania, Lithuania,Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Italy,USA, Austria and Greece.


Deleted Messagesdirector: Goran Sergej Pristaπnumber of performers: 6Deleted Messages is a perform-ance about the phenomena incollective movement. As withquarantine, the number of spec-tators allowed to enter variesaccording to the size of the room∑ one person per three squaremeters of floor space. The audi-ence is invited to freely movethrough the performance space.The behaviour and self-organiza-tion of the audience is a compo-nent of performance strategy, thusmaking the performance spaceresponsive. Epidemic intelligencecomes into effect through the

possibility of infectious behaviour.

Fleshdancechoreographer: Nikolina Pristaπnumber of performers: 3Fleshdance is a choreography inwhich the tactile potential of asurface does not govern move-ment but rather the movementmakes visible the appearance ofsurfaces and their qualities. Fleshis not a boundary between thebody and external materiality; it isa surface which determinesmovement by its ability to see bymeans of tactility, to desire with-out watching, to dissolve in themoment of sensation and afflic-tion. The joy of flesh is neither itsyearning nor the possibility of itsrealization; it grows in the processof the multiplication of erogenouszones and levels of intensity onthe surface it creates.

Walk This Way choreographer: PravdanDevlahoviÊnumber of performers: 1In this choreography, I explore

the possibilities of the body’smovement within the extent of astep. I have translated that spatiallimitation of movement to therange of my torso, arm, head, sothey might also move within thestep’s interval. I used a treadmillas a starting point of the choreog-raphy’s conceptualization becauseit offers the possibility of movingwithout travelling through space,moving above one single point. Ican imagine my body resemblinga treadmill in an everyday pedes-trian, street environment.

RibCagedirectors: BADco.number of performers: 5RibCage is a performance basedon a play written by Ivana Sajko.A play with two characters andstage directions written to bespoken in the first person, this isa text which carries its politicalityin the manipulations of reality. Theperformance is conceptualized tobe a small performing mechanismwhich „plugs into“ other mecha-nisms such as family, war, terror-

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ism, nuclear warfare strategies,prison, pop music and the like.4Ivana Sajko won the MarinDræiÊ award for the text Rib Cage.4Goran Sergej Pristaπ won theaward for best performer at theZlatni Lav (Golden Lion)International Festival in Umag.

Solo Mechoreographers: PravdanDevlahoviÊ and Nikolina Pristaπnumber of performers: 2Solo Me is a solo for two per-formers ∑ choreographers. It is aconstruction in which two differ-ent choreographic solo materials,opinions, processes come in touchwith each other. Although bothsolos were made individually andcan be performed as such, theidea of juxtaposing, adjoining andrefracting one material in anotherseemed very interesting to beresearched.

2choreographer: Nikolina Pristaπnumber of performers: 22 is intimate ∑ it unites two dif-ferent bodies, two different natu-res of movement. 2 is an attemptto keep in contact in spite ofintentionally imposed obstacles:

to shut one’s eyes, to listen to thebody of the other and find themute language of communication.2 is a struggle for stability throughthe minimal mechanisms thatsupport the structure: breathing,sounds, vibrations of the air,memory of space, feeling for theinvisible other.4Nikolina Bujas-Pristaπ won first award for mostperspective young choreographerin Europe at the Julidans Festivalin Amsterdam.

Man.Chairchoreographer: Goran SergejPristaπnumber of performers: 3Man.Chair is a dance performanceinspired by and using as a ready-made the performance art pieceMan∑Chair, created in 1982 byD.B. Indoπ, a respected Croatianperformance artist. The perform-ance reconstructs, remakes, remix-es and upgrades the original pieceusing dance improvisations andindividual approaches of dancerstowards the semantic character-istics of the original piece. 4D.B. Indoπ won the award forbest performer at the Zlatni lav(Golden Lion) International Festivalin Umag.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...The performance is the result of anunpredictable process. The Croatianperforming arts collective BADco.loosens the boundaries not onlybetween spectator and dancer, but letsour search for the self-deleting per-formance become „the performance“.About ourselves in the meeting withothers...The basis for BADco.’s workis both theoretical and conceptual;about art and democracy, about bor-ders and the subtle codes we send andreceive. But what makes DeletedMessages a somewhat utopian experi-ence is the feeling of living here andnow. Take responsibility...Svenska Dagbladet

8 CONTACT:BADco.

DeæeliÊev prilaz 26

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThis group of authors (KristinaBajza, Maja KovaË, Mario KovaËand Sanja Tropp) started withtheir cooperation in 2003 andhave created two full-eveningperformances so far. From thevery beginning, their work allowsfor all forms of theatre and there-fore it is impossible to say at thebeginning of the creative processwhether the final product will bea drama or physical material. It isteam work in which directing,acting, dance and choreographyinterweave, furthermore, allmeans are allowed in the realiza-tion of an agreed upon idea. Sofar, they have used text as theirstarting point, which in then sub-jected to fragmentation and adetailed transformation – some

parts are transformed into adrama situation and others into aphysical situation, often into bothat the same time. They investi-gate to what extent words andmovement can merge or obstructeach other.


Birds Birds Birdsauthors: Kristina Bajza, MajaKovaË, Mario KovaË and SanjaTroppnumber of performers: 3Based on the motifs of RadovanIvπiÊ’s drama Daha, the perform-ance tries to investigate in whatway the same body functions inconditions of complete and utter-ly unrestricted freedom. Is it pos-sible that absolute freedomsometimes inhibits and restrictsus exactly by the innumerablepossibilities that lie in front of us

and we do not dare to chooseonly one and affirm with convic-tion that it is the right one?

Morningauthors: Kristina Bajza, MajaKovaË, Mario KovaË and SanjaTroppnumber of performers: 3The starting point for this projectis the play by Sarah Kane 4.48Psychosis. The text is poeticenough to move away from itsdramatic identity, especially afterchoreographic interventions. Theexploration focuses on how far abody can go in nonverbal expres-sions of emotions such as anxi-ety, weakness or inhibition, inother words, how a body reactson the stage in conditions ofimposed physical and mentalobstruction and limitation. Anintense desire for suicide as thelast act of breaking up with the

worldly (physical) seems to be astarting place to enter theunknown.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...all three performers skilfullyimmersed themselves into painfulstates of mind, exhausted facialexpression and excellently integratedthe uncoordinated movements(twitches or dance) of the body...Slobodna Dalmacija

...Performers-authors balance verysuccessfully between drama and dancesequences, sometimes separating themcompletely, sometimes counterpoint-ing, and at other moments settingthem as illustrations of one another...Vijenac

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYBanana Guerilla was founded in2005 by Oliver FrljiÊ and PetraZanki with the intent to exploreother possibilities of communica-tion among participants in a cre-ative process. It is not a regularartistic organization with anestablished hierarchy, but rathera space of creation and investiga-tion of new modes of creativity.The impulse for establishing thisorganization was the book byJacques RanciËre, The IgnorantSchoolmaster, whose ideas andthe insisting on an anti-methodol-ogy approach were implementedin the artistic environment andbecame a mode of communica-tion between the members.The work of Banana Guerilla isrelated to not only the local socialand artistic context, but also to a

broader, European context andthe position of our society in thiscontext. Banana Guerilla attemptsto emphasize the manipulativepotential and metaphysical back-ground of the notion identity. Oursociety is strongly marked asbeing in search for identity.Banana Guerilla works on denoun-cing identity as a stabile entity. Itblurs the boundaries and showsidentity as a dynamic, almostincomprehensible reality. Most members are also active inother projects and institutionsand they consider Banana Guerillaas a unique space for examiningpossibilities that they lack in theirinstitutional work.Banana Guerilla is an organizationwith a wide range of artistic activi-ties. Apart from theatre, they planto expand their work to dance,new media, publishing, socialactivism, etc.


Death of Dantondirection: Oliver FrljiÊnumber of performers: 6This performance is conceived asa machine with the possibility ofplugging into another machine (aliterary one or a social one, forexample) rather than a (re)produc-tion of stabile entities (presup-posed meaning, for example).The starting point of this work isthe idea of different connectionswhich can be established betweenthe performance and diverse con-texts of its occurring. The con-cerns are quantitative potential,productive ability and parameterswhich influence the productive-ness of a performance. Apartfrom the perceptive changes thatoccur, it is also focused on thedecrease and increase of its ownfunctionality, depending on thespatial quality of a given location.

Group dynamics is another fieldof interest and the performanceexplores the changes to which itis subjected (micropolitics of theperformance and relationsbetween the performers, pro-duced by a particular context ofperforming). The performers arenot only observed, but are alsoobservers.

LAREDOSOUVENIRS / living the mem-oriesauthor: Petra Zankinumber of performers: 5This is a stage recomposition ofmemories and a story aboutexisting and non-existing cities. Itis created as a combination of avideo record and live performance.The audience is invited to take ajourney into the world of Laredo,created from our dreams anddesires, and the experiences ofthose who we have met on our

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way. The stage displays the illu-sion of travelling to a big, illumi-nated city, a place that is alwayssomewhere else. Our journey isunintentionally directed to far-away places. Is it possible toexpress a universal relationshipthrough the marginal, discarded,emptiness? The story, text andmovement create Laredo as a vir-tual, cybernetic world ∑ a place ofmoving non-place. A place ofmemory or retelling reminis-cences. A place of theatre non-activity.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...The open feature of performedmaterial invites the audience to vol-untarily intervene in the performance(by choosing a desired destination ofthe journey) and consequently, itdraws them into the creation of a per-ceptional-emotive impact of the per-formance... Vijenac

8 CONTACT:Banana Guerilla

Vile Velebita 1g

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8 TYPE OF WORKfree dance and dance theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe Burka Dance Company is anindependent non-institutionaltheatre-dance company whichnurtures contemporary free danceexpression through original thea-tre-dance projects created byindependent artist Neda MaroviÊTurkoviÊ.Her artistic work is based on abroad perception of dance/move-ment that refuses to exist withinthe boundaries of either traditio-nal or modern choreography. Asa starting point in her work, shechooses improvisation and indivi-dual work with bodies, and moti-vation for the movement is emo-tion and/or making an effort toconquer space. The resulting workis intimate and personalized cho-reography, rather spontaneousand one that comes from withinrather than following a choreo-

graphic pattern.


The Rare Appearance of theExpectedchoreography: Neda MaroviÊTurkoviÊnumber of performers: 1The performance is a chamberand intimate ìproduction of move-mentsî which does not aspire tobe aesthetically likeable, functio-nal or dance-like. The movementsare the reflection of the externalrestrictions of the stage, markedwith objects of wasted lives. Theperformer creates new composi-tions by embodying emotiveinvestment and, at the sametime, skilfully avoids the traps ofthe a priori expected.

Images of Our MovementNeophod**a word play consisting of thewords „necessary“ and „walk“,

thus creating a noun that candenote a concept of „the neces-sity of walking“

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...dancer Tatjana Liktar dances theman’s everlasting disquiet, struggleand loneliness. She persistently ìpro-duces movementsî: forceful, rough,sharp, repetitive, exhausting. Hergaze emphasizes the intensity of thestruggle she is dealing with and of theemotions she is expressing or suppres-sing... The ending is emotive andphysical exhaustion, while movementsubsides and is only expressed as twit-ches and wriggles which relate to theprecisely marked and walked direc-tions of paths and discarded objects ofwasted lives...Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje

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8 CONTACT:Neda MaroviÊ TurkoviÊ

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8 TYPE OF WORKdance theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe Crystal Cube of Brightnesswas founded in 1979 in the townof Sisak. Since that time, its arti-stic director, Jasminka Petek-Krapljan has choreographed morethan twenty performances. Thecompany participated in numerousfestivals of alternative theatre allover the world (Switzerland,Germany, India, Belgium, etc.)and won a number of prizes atchoreography contests both inCroatia and abroad. Being theonly dance company (studio) inthe region, The Crystal Cube ofBrightness is of enormous importance for the town of Sisakand the surrounding area.4In her work, Ms Petek-Krapljanis mainly concerned with emotional states in a broadsense, interpreted by contemporary dance. During the

years, she has developed anauthentic and recognizable style,very poetic, characterized by astrong sense of the visual andenriched with carefully chosendetails.


Behind Closed Doorsauthors: Jasminka Petek-Krapljanand Jasmin NovljakoviÊnumber of performers: 12The performance reveals memories of a boy presented inbeautiful pictures, which resemblephotos in a family album due to askilful play of light and shadow.The atmosphere is gloomy andsad, indicating moments in life ofordinary people in war times, yetnever becoming a direct interpretation.

Cinnamon Coloured Roomauthors: Jasminka Petek-Krapljanand Jasmin NovljakoviÊnumber of performers: 10The performance deals with therelationship between a man andwoman, offering variations in therelationship when they are partying and drinking, which produces an explosion of energypresented in a very dynamic choreography, accompanied byequally dynamic music and interesting visual solutions.

The Night of a Great Seasonauthors: Jasminka Petek-Krapljannumber of performers: 8Supermodels, fashion and glamorous way of life are thetopic of this performance. Theaudience, while waiting for thebeginning of the performance areexposed to fashion magazinesscattered on tables in the hall,with Fashion TV on the screen.However, the beginning of the

performance opens a completelynew world, with the same protagonists, but showing the other side of what seems to be abeautiful life at first sight. It is achoreographic insight into thecruel duality of glamour, which atthe end inevitably becomes one.

8 REWIEV EXTRACT...Dance theatre of Jasminka PetekKrapljan...has attracted the audiencefor fifteen years with her strong personal expression. Her performances...lyrically weave impressive images, imbued with carefully and precisely chosen music.Movement and dance are solemn, significant and perhaps distant. Eachobject on the stage carries a symbolicalmeaning, and all together always create a profound whole and idea.Vijenac

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Dom kulture KKV

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8 TYPE OF WORK:dance research

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe company was formed in2003 in need to research theestablished dance forms and toexplore new methods for creat-ing dance vocabulary and danceperformances. Several choreogra-phers create their artistic workswithin dance_lab collective (PetraHraπÊanec, Nensi LaziÊ andRoberta Milevoj). The productionsby dance_lab_collective havebeen presented on a number ofdance events in Croatia. In 2006, Nensi LaziÊ’s choreogra-phy BorderLines was selected tobe presented at Aerowaves,London with 9 other performanc-es. It was selected among morethan 300 works from all overEurope


The Third Imaginarium is a proj-ect divided into three separateparts: 7 Stages, BorderLines andNine in One. The third part is notmaterialised, but is conceptuallyimagined therefore the audienceimagine it themselves accordingto a written model. The projectexplores movement in geometri-cally restricted spaces and theways of physical presentationwithin the defined forms.

Part I - 7 Stageschoreography: Nensi LaziÊnumber of performers: 2The dancers move within 7squares in a structured improvi-sation and by following certainrules thus defining them themati-cally by individual parts of theirbodies. The space imposes itsown rules and (de)forms thedancers and their movements,

eventually becoming elusive.

Part II - BorderLineschoreography: Nensi LaziÊnumber of performers: 3The defined space are lines, andthe dancers, by repetition ofmovement, build a simple struc-ture on these lines. The spaceremains unchanged and theattention is more focused ontime and its continuum.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...BorderLines is a stimulating con-ceptual work, establishing disciplinedstructure within an extremely con-fined space: for almost the full half-hour each woman’s steps did notdeviate from her straight line andwhen they suddenly weaved out of thelight and back through it, to left andright, it was the sign for the work toend... LaziÊ has created a pared down,deconstructed dance text of suchbreathtaking, yet simple, intensity

that it fits into an intellectual investi-gation that incorporates JudsonChurch and travels through TrishaBrown and Anne Teresa deKeersmaker...www.londondance.com

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe name Dance Soloists standsfor Jasminka Neufeld ImroviÊ andIvan Branko ImroviÊ, a wife andhusband, dancer and sculptor(painter, drawer) who have creat-ed a number of multimedia proj-ects together, always combiningtheir own dance and visual arts.Therefore, their projects consistof dance, painting, sculpting,exhibitions, music and oftenpoetry.


Mother and Childauthors: Jasminka NeufeldImroviÊ (choreography) and IvanBranko ImroviÊ (sculptures)number of performers: 2The performance is a co-play ofdance, music, poetry and paint-

ing, which reflects an intimatestory about relationship of amother and daughter. The emo-tive and social complexity ofmotherhood is represented in thecomplexity of performing process,which represents the „story“ indifferent media and modes. Theproject has resulted from a seriesof drawings titled A Drawer’sDiary by sculptor and painter IvanBranko ImroviÊ, whose works aredisplayed as slides and are merg-ing with the moving bodies onstage.

Modelling the Landscapeauthors: Jasminka NeufeldImroviÊ (choreography) and IvanBranko ImroviÊ (sculptures)number of performers: 4A multimedia project in twoparts: the first part is a dance-visual performance in which theaudience can observe creation ofsculptures inspired by dance and

an exhibition of sculptures andlandscape paintings and the sec-ond part is a dance performancein which visual material that hasalready been seen on the exhibi-tion is used in animated form.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...a mother and daughter are in theforeground, real mother and daugh-ter: Jasminka, who used to be theDancer and has become the Bearerand Vanesa, little, charming futureDancer, mother’s „multiplied burdenwrapped in the cradle“, „intention,awakening, pride“, protected and sur-rounded by shiny pink Disney world.Father is also here, silent and present,as a silhouette of the one who followsand records, the Drawer...Vijenac

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYHisteria NOVA was the pseudo-nym for Marija ©ÊekiÊ from 1998to 2005 and the Histeria NOVAArtistic Association was foundedin July 2005. It is structured inthree different directions: produc-tion / coproduction of originalmultimedia artistic projects with-in the field of experimental cho-reography, interactive stage per-formance and electroacoustictheatre; Crolateral movement inthe form of professional semi-nars, lectures and workshops;and art and science researchwhich explores and developsnew, original ideas integratingart+science.In her artistic work as a choreog-rapher and dancer, Marija ©ÊekiÊis always research-oriented and

concerned with movement as aphenomenon occupying spaceand consisting of rhythm, energy,time, space geometry anddynamics. Therefore, her move-ment is abstract and mathemati-cally precise.


Sjena / Shadowchoreography: Marija ©ÊekiÊnumber of performers: 2The frequency of the „Alpha-Theta border“ inside the humanbrain (fully active mind and fullyrelaxed body) ranges between 7-8 Hz, which corresponds to theresonant frequency of the Earthand ionosphere (7.83Hz). Thiscorrespondence indicates theexistence of a universal planetarytruth created by the balancedenergy dynamics between Manand Nature. Sjena (Shadow) bal-ances between the forms of clas-

sical ballet, contemporary dance,butoh and free jazz. It is anattempt to create Dance whichdwells within the oppositedynamics of two dancers, com-pletely different in terms of theirrace, sex, age, nationality, cultur-al background, dance educationand artistic expression, politicaland religious beliefs. Their differ-ences create one mutual thought,a movement in which they bothlook the same.

One - reconstructedchoreography: Marija ©ÊekiÊnumber of performers: 1Every abstract movement in dancereveals a „story“... underneathwhich there is a dynamic thought,a visual picture defined by thenature of movement and the con-scious will of a dancer to shiftand move inside, outside andwithin the boundaries of thesemovements. Within a strictly

defined choreography, music andlight structure (created in 2002),the performer is left with a newspace for interpretation but almostno room to „improvise“.Accompanied by the digitallyprocessed sound of the dancer’sbreath (lavalier headset), theentire performance creates ONEactive thought within a mutualconstruction set by an even morecomplex structure, but „free“movement accords.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...the richness of three personalities(Marija, Tadashi and Zoran) gradu-ally revealing themselves in each newsequence reflect three almost life stories,which, although different, show whatis universal in all of us a humanbeing...Vijenac

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...it can look as a cage (icosahedron);especially when the dancer enters, ten-der and trembling and exhausted, incontrast to its provocative, safe stabili-ty. Like two inseparable oppositeswhich make one: indifferent nighttranquility and engaged, quiveringlife...Vijenac

��8 CONTACT:V.K.A. Stepinca 13

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8 TYPE OF WORK:jazz ballet

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYIn their fourteen years of continu-al work, the members of theKelkope Company have alwayssearched for their own artisticexpression, changing and acquir-ing new experiences. As a result,their performances are alwaysdifferent, both in terms of con-cept and the danced material.However, with the strong jazzdance background of the per-formers and their emphasizedphysicality, their performancesare always very dynamic, ener-getic and attractive.


Free Your Mindchoreography: Tamara SaviÊeviÊnumber of performers: 19This is a dance project shaped as

nine life stories. Each of themdeals with a certain prejudice andtries to enlighten the viewerthrough music and movement.The energy and skills of the nine-teen performers are a perfectmedium for expressing oureveryday thoughts, with a littlehelp from popular sounds(Madonna, Justin Timberlake,Skunk Anansie...).

Lost Worlds... Myth... TheSymphony of Lifechoreography: Tamara SaviÊeviÊnumber of performers: 12The performance deals with thealways present duality: Is it bet-ter to pursue one’s own dreamsand walk one’s own path or loseoneself in the mass, not takingany risks? The performers reflecton the multitude of choicesoffered to every person and theconsequences arising from a par-ticular choice.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...in their one-hour-long fairytale, thedancers portray the path of an indi-vidual who attempts to follow his orher own dreams, searches for love,tries to fulfil his or her purpose andfaces a number of choices offered atthe same time...Vecernji list

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8 CONTACT:Maja Korman

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8 TYPE OF WORK:performing arts, contemporarydance

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYk.o. / kombinirane operacije /(combined operations) was formedin December 1998 through a clear-ly excessive lapse of staging theirfirst performance EXIT at TheFestival of Youth in Kikinda (Serbia).Imagined as a collaboration ofthe artistic duo Saπa BoæiÊ andÆeljka SanËanin, k.o has devel-oped non-institutional models ofartistic work and production incontemporary dance and per-formance surroundings. Up tothe present, k.o has created nineautonomous and collective danceperformances in which they havecollaborated with different artisticindividuals and a great number ofindependent organizations fromthe Croatian and international artscene. The group is comprisedof: Saπa BoæiÊ (director / dance

dramaturge), Æeljka SanËanin(choreographer, dancer / per-former), Barbara MatijeviÊ (chore-ographer, dancer / performer) andAndrej VuËenoviÊ (video artist).


Roland Barthes: Lover’sDiscourseauthors: Selma Banich, SaπaBoæiÊ, Oliver FrljiÊ, Milan MarkoJastrevski, Æeljka SanËanin andAndrej VuËenoviÊnumber of performers: 4Conceived as a multimedia hap-pening, freely touching on thedelicate curves of Barthes’ text,the performance questions themodes of an author’s creativityand collective work in the perfor-mative media. Starting from thethesis by the famous Frenchphilosopher on the dislocation oflover’s language from the repre-sentative model of reality, theperformance affirms the ineffi-

cient possibilities of speech onhuman solitude and the necessityof mirroring in the Other throughan increased referentiality of lan-guage. The performance dealswith the lover’s discourse as aplace of creation, a space wherelanguage in its neglected, deniedaspect surprisingly becomes amodel of simulated, non-realisticaction. In other words, the workon the project is directed towardsthe re-evaluation of the amorousdiscourse to the profit of a poten-tially structured performative fact.

Solo: Cycle / 1 / project OnLabourchoreography: Æeljka SanËaninnumber of performers: 1A choreographic essay whichrefers to different aspects ofartistic work phenomena in themedium of dance and choreogra-phy. Through auto-referentiality,the performance explores thenormative ideology of choreo-

graphic practices, attempting toemphasize the tangibility of thedance medium, its perceptive vis-ibility and semiotic elusiveness.The landscape of choreography isdeliberately sculptural, affirmingBarthes’s idea of the punctum: adetail that escapes every rational-isation. Expanding the territory ofmanipulation, from performer’sbody via performing space to theperception of recipients, the per-formance attempts to multiply thesignifying process by the con-stant transformation of the dancematerial therefore dissolving itsown need for conceptual meaning.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...What Æeljka SanËanin manages todo is emotive distance, separatenessfrom her own body which she manip-ulates on a purely physical level inorder to perhaps create a sign thatmay or may not have a personality...Vijenac

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8 TYPE OF WORK:contemporary dance

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe company was founded byRajko PavliÊ who is the choreog-rapher of the majority of the per-formances. His style is specific interms of fusion of highly physicalcontemporary dance with otherdance forms, such as ethno, showdance, breakdance and ballroomdance. In over two decades of artisticwork, the company has alwaysseen fragmentariness as the basicapproach to movement thus trans-forming images into associativeideas. This play of rational andirrational is reflected in move-ment that becomes either struc-tured and balanced or dispersedand fragmentary. Such an approach to dance arthas opened up many possibilitiesfor the company to collaborate

with a wide range of dance artistsand to produce theatre works aswell as choreographies in theamusement industry. The company has performed inCroatia and abroad (Germany,Mexico, Italy).


Domesticus vulgaris or PlainDomesticchoreography: Rajko PavliÊnumber of performers: 4A music and dance project,inspired by albums Zeleni kaderand Domesticus vulgaris (byCroatian band Cinkuπi) and theanimated film Ciganjska by MarkoMeπtroviÊ and Davor MeureËan.Every song is a motivation todance, creating a distinctive cor-pus poeticum of music andmovement, which, consciously orunconsciously, becomes a gen-uine source of contemporary

„ethno dance“. The film servesas a counterpoint to a rapturous,poetic atmosphere that suddenlyturns into an „anti-happy ending“.

There is No Business likeShow Business or Neue kroat-ische Kunstchoreography: Rajko PavliÊnumber of performers: 10A musical-dramatic staging, deal-ing with an idea on what shouldbe the new Croatian art. The per-formance is a satire and dealswith values in a consumer’sworld and the influence of media.It is performed by an outstandingCroatian actress Zrinka CviteπiÊ,who is accompanied by an ethnoband.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...the dance-film-musical performancein three parts leaves the audiencemoved and convinced that goodnessor beauty really (sometimes, often?)hides in small things also, as well asin, at first glance, simple but perhapsbasic emotions. The personal sinceri-ty, self-irony and warmth of the cho-reographer along with his consistencyin the credible and gifted building ofhis own dance world, unique on theCroatian dance scene, which com-bines regional roots and contemporarydance education win respect...Vijenac


Rajko PavliÊ

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JuriπiÊeva 7

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8 TYPE OF WORK:site responsive dance perform-ances

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYllinkt! dance project is an indepen-dent, cross-media, collaborative,research-oriented group of authorswho produce original works andresearch the relation betweendance and other arts /media/phe-nomena/events. Their researchinto dance art takes llinkt! to dis-placing dance from safe theatrespaces into unsafe urban loca-tions (airports, city squares, artgalleries, abandoned buildings,waiting rooms, coffee bars andlibraries), shifting dance towardsother media and arts (video,architecture, radio-play, computeranimation etc.). llinkt! dance project strives toopen new grounds for the devel-opment of dance and to promote

dance art that is aware of its con-text, that feeds from it and nour-ishes it. 4The company has per-formed in Croatia and abroad(Italy, Germany, Poland).


Fragile Points of the Cityconcept : Katja ©imuniÊnumber of performers: 2-7Dance-urban actions on damaged,abandoned, badly treated and for-gotten but culturally valuable loca-tions. The performances establishthe interaction of a concrete archi-tectonic point, a text by an archi-tecture theoretician and dance.They are performed in Zagreb, butare also applicable in other cities.

Gentle Gymnasticschoreography: Katja ©imuniÊnumber of performers: 4Performance based on a novel byErich Kästner Das doppelteLottchen. It is about forgottenbravery and uncompromisingnessof childish creation, seriousnessand fragility and almost equally

about non-aggressive communi-cation, staring at the notebook,book, dance record of one’s ownbody on the stage, about uncov-ered time.

Zagreb - Dessau, 15 hours bytrainshort f i lm, duration: 6 minauthor: Barbara BlasinZagreb - Dessau, 15 hours by trainis part of the Café Café project. Itis an artistic documentary videorecord of llinkt!’s performance atUrban Lab in Dessau, Germany.

Café Caféconcept by: Katja ©imuniÊ andLjiljana Zagoracnumber of performers: 6Urban intervention in a café, whenits many visitors are in their usualnumbers, the dancers are sittingat two tables wearing clothes notdifferent from the other guests ∑casual, usual for such a location /communication. Their movements,at first similar to other visitors,very slowly become repetitive,then change and turn into a dance

at the table, and later on, into adance with which the dancersoccupy the whole café.

llinkt! dances text / Talking toLilia choreography: Katja ©imuniÊnumber of performers: 1The choreography Talking to Liliais a dance solo based on a radio-drama of the same name writtenby Katja ©imuniÊ.

llinkt! dances text / Withouttitlechoreography: Ljiljana Zagoracnumber of performers: 2Without title is a poem by con-temporary Croatian poet BrankoMaleπ performed as a dialoguebetween dance and sign lan-guage of the deaf.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...Enough has already been writtenabout the wonderful effects of coffee.If the side effects are as charming ascould be seen in Café Venezia inRathauscenter yesterday, then weinvite the inhabitants of Dessau:

llinkt! dance project

Art is t i c D i rec tors :Iva Nerina SibilaKatja ©imuniÊLjiljana Zagorac

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„Drink more coffee!“... Mixed withthe guests in the café, a quartet ofyoung female performers emerge fromthe anonimity of the mass by dancingsimple and playful choreographiesdeveloped from short, technicallydemanding compositions in the pas-sages among the waiters, children andguests. This time, the guests do notshake their heads in irritation, butthey laugh, inspired, perhaps wonder-ing why they still do not feel the sameside effects from their coffee.Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

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8 TYPE OF WORKcontemporary dance

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYIrma Omerzo graduated from theCentre Nationale de DanseContemporaine, Angers France,and joined Philippe Decoufle’scompany DCA as a dancer andassistant choreographer(1993∑2000). She returned toCroatia and founded her owncompany Marmot in 2001. Shehas also collaborated with Croatiancompanies and dance artists ontheir projects.MARMOT produces performanc-es and video dance projects inwhich the author shares theissues of her personal interestwith the public. Therefore, thedirective in her artistic work issincerity to the material both inform and approach. In this sense,her choreographic work is nevercompletely defined but leaves

enough space for the performersto build their own expressionsaccording to their sensibilities.MARMOT has performed both inCroatia and abroad (Slovenia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Hungary, Czech Republic, France,Portugal and USA).


Short Programme No 1author: Irma Omerzonumber of performers: 5Shot Programme No 1 is a per-formance developed in 2006 ascontinuation of one part of dance-exploration project Let’s Continuewith Movement (2004). It is abouttriple expression and the directinteraction of dance, drawing andmusic which develop simultane-ously. The form is structuredimprovisation where the threeelements are equally importantand represented during the per-formance. The performance isdealing with the phenomenon oftrace as something that is or isnot left behind as a consequence

of an action of the dancers, painterand musician.

Euro visionchoreography: Irma Omerzonumber of performers: 5The reality in which live provokedme to re-examine and expressmy personal vision of society andEurope through the medium oftheatre.Considering Croatia’s situation asa candidate for the membershipin the European Union, I findmyself facing an intricate geo-graphical, historical, political, eco-nomic, ethnical, ethical and cul-tural web of causes and conse-quences, relations, systems,laws, statistics, norms, humandestinies, frustrations and expec-tations.

Mi - Nouschoreography: Irma Omerzonumber of performers: 2A subtle love relationship betweena physically separated man andwoman is reflected in the subtlemovements in their effort to reach

one another at least in their mindsif not in reality. A love story toldin film-like clarity, Mi ∑ Nous takesthe audience from laughter totears, reaching out with deeplypersonal, yet universal themes.

In Our Citydirector and choreographer:Irma OmerzoA dance-video project in the formof a short dance film shot in atypically urban situation. This filmalso criticises the society in whichwe live. The film was programmedon Videodanse 2005, the Beau-bourg festival in Paris and wasthe winner of a special award atthe Napolidanca Film Festival inItaly in 2005.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...The gently witty choreographyplayed games with space to commenton the relationship. Ms. Omerzosometimes placed them close together,yet made them seem emotionally dis-tant. At other times when they stoodapart, they appeared emotionallyunited. A changing sense of psycholog-

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Irma Omerzo’s piece is firmly rootedin the narrative, engaged, ludic dancetheatre, with the clever use of propsand the equal treatment of dance andtext. Although at a first glance thehumorous, excellently performed storymight seem as a high-quality easyentertainment in the vein of Historyof the World: Part I, the endingundoubtedly points to the seriousnessof her attitude and the hopelessness ofthe situation reminiscent of thesupreme absurdity in the film Noman’s land.Vijenac

8 CONTACT:Irma Omerzo

MaæuraniÊev trg 7

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8 TYPE OF WORKcollaborative performing art/performance research

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe co-authorship initiative OOURwas established by a group ofauthors from different fields ofart who are willing to explore lim-itations of their own authorial dis-positions and oppositional frictionwithin given performative con-cepts. In 2006, OOUR plans toproduce Come forward (sportevent). The group has performedtheir productions at various theatreevents and dance festivals in Cro-atia and abroad (Spain, Germany).


Hauthors: Selma Banich, SandraBaniÊ, Ana BaniÊ, Mila »uljak andAdam Semijalac

number of performers: 4A multidisciplinary performancethat deals with the structuring ofthe absurd by questioning per-formance strategies and con-tents, by creating a different real-ity in a joint adventure and bysocializing ∑ while making a stu-pid performance.

to be confirmedchoreography: Selma Banich,Sandra BaniÊ and Zrinka Uæbinecnumber of performers: 3Here is time facing existence assuch, in order to make you feelthat there is something mysteri-ous about continuum and that wemust not be all too astonishedwith the failure of our attemptsto use it for precise descriptionof nature; here is existence facingtime as such, in order to makeyou feel that there is something.

orangecutchoreography: Selma Banich andSandra BaniÊnumber of performers: 2The situations of joint work onthe material, the marking of indi-vidual dancer’s identity, the peri-ods of waiting, support and cheer-ing up each other are integratedinto a fragmented code of thephysical material with the inten-tion of humanizing, uncoveringand demystifying working process.

blackbox-the first boxauthors: Selma Banich, SandraBaniÊ, Ana BaniÊ, Branko CvjetiËa-nin, »uljak, IvkoviÊ and Semijalac number of performers: 4An interactive performance thatdeals with the ways of definingand the possibilities of position-ing performing situations in whichthe audience become direct sub-jects of performing mechanism

by their very presence. By thisautomatism, the performers takeover the role of the audience asactive participants in the perform-ing situation. The definition of therelation audience∑performers isrealized in a symbiotic way.

Limbauthors: Selma Banich andAdam Semijalacnumber of performers: 2A collaboration between a dancerand musician that investigates apossibility of achieving the tran-scendental through various phas-es of emitting corporal projectionin relation to the affirmation ofsound, which is perceived as amaterial projection through thesame body.

OOURMembers :

Selma Banich, SandraBaniÊ, Ana BaniÊ, Mila»uljak, Adam Semijalac

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II. apatinski odvojak 9

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phone: + 385 1 461 33 43mob: + 385 91 547 10 33

fax: + 385 1 461 33 43

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...orangecut is a performance thatopens up to an „error“. This meansthat the dancers integrate elements,incited by their own beings, into thestructured material in each new per-formance. This is not mere means ofreproduction, but a living organism...Kretanja

...already recognizable feature ofOOUR, filtering choreography to justa few phrases, is used to its veryextreme here ... Their dance is a flowand should only be continuous orsomething that is to be confirmed...Vijenac

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8 TYPE OF WORKdance theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe company was founded in2003 and gathers five dancerswho cooperate with musicians,visual and new media artists.They explore media such asdrama theatre, video and installa-tion. The artistic vocabulary usedin their works is accessible andhumorous and their mode ofoperation is always open toexperimentation. In their work,they explore everyday situationsand interpersonal relations in anurban environment by using non-verbal as well as verbal ways ofcommunication, often interpret-ing them in a humorous manner.


Corrosion ltd.choreography: Natalija ManojloviÊnumber of performers: 4The performance is intended as achoreographic exploration. It isinspired by the procedures ofrationalisation of task fulfilment inindustrial production where pro-ductivity is more important thanhumanity. Therefore, they investi-gate the body as machine. Theprocess of production is an illus-tration of the relationship of theworkers to a machine, of a com-pany to an employer, of a dancerto the body. In the process ofwork, they search for an econom-ical movement and the chance toreplace the body with machineand the machine with body. Themovement refers to functionalityin industrial production, the lawsof mechanics and „metalness“of the sound.

Exc(a)use meconcept by: Natalija ManojloviÊnumber of performers: 5The performance deals withsomething called „denf“, a spe-cific problem of discomfort ortrouble that appears in variousforms and is a result of a numberof situations (for example, whena child is reciting a poem in frontof everybody in the class andstarts to squeeze his trouserswith his hand out of embarrass-ment). In a humorous and verysincere manner, the performerscreate this kind of situation onstage.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT....The manner in which the perform-ers take the role of machine and rep-resent only tools without faces andnames is excellent in every respect.With a continuous mechanical move-ment of their own bodies, they mergewith the surroundings as if we arewatching a play of vertical and hori-zontal lines...

Op.sa.co.Art is t i c D i rec tor :

Natalija ManojloviÊ

8 CONTACT:Natalija ManojloviÊmob: + 385 91 880 51 51

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYPuls is a professional association,founded in 2001, that gathersprofessional dancers, pedagoguesand choreographers with the aimof cultivating and further develop-ing dance art. In this sense, Pulsis a dance centre that provideseducation to young dancers aswell as being a dance company.As a company, they produce per-formances both for the theatrestage and other spaces. Also,they are very open for collabora-tions with artists in other fields ofarts, and they consequently par-ticipate in manifestations that arenot directly related to dance asguest artists. However, they col-laborate with other Croatiandance companies on dance proj-ects as well, as teachers, per-

formers and choreographers.


THC Positivechoreography: Katarina –ureviÊnumber of performers: 6The performance deals with theproblem of drug addiction. Byusing the stair-like constructionof the auditorium as the stageand placing the audience on thereal stage space, the choreogra-pher plays with the ups anddowns of drug addicts in numer-ous aspects of their life, leadingto a tragic end.

Where has My NavelDisappeared?choreography: Katarina –ureviÊand IvanËica Horvatnumber of performers: 1The performance is a reflectionof the author’s new personalexperience of being an emanci-

pated woman and single motheras well as an observation of thisimportant social issue in a broad-er sense, in today’s reality.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...Katarina –ureviÊ is not anaggressive feminist, she just assemblesher own pictures in a touching andhumorous manner. These pictures areperformed in a very impressive andpowerful way by IvanËica Horvat, aCroatian-Spanish dance artist...Vijenac

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Ana-Maria BogdanoviÊKatarina –ureviÊ

8 CONTACT:Udruga profesionalnih plesnih

umjetnika „Puls“

Park Ribnjak 1

10000 Zagreb

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tel/fax: + 385 1 376 00 62mob: + 385 91 511 21 50

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8 ABOUT THE ARTISTSilvia Marchig is a dancer, dancepedagogue and choreographer.She finds research material forher performances in herself andthe other dancers, musicians andartists she collaborates with. Thetraces of performing and person-al biographies, chosen dependingon a specific area of research,build the basic tissue of a per-formance. The intention of herperformances is to communicate,and this primarily on an emotionallevel.


Cardioadapterchoreography: Silvia Marchignumber of performers: 2Cardioadapter is a device forrecharging a mobile heart, theheart of a person who cannotattach themselves to a particularspace. The feeling of freedom iscrucial for a person with a mobileheart. In cases where this feelingfinds itself suspended in empti-ness, such a person needs a car-dioadapter.

The Left Thighchoreography: Silvia Marchignumber of performers: 5This is a dance∑vocal performancethat consists of five solos, whichoccur simultaneously and inter-sect, hiding and emphasizing eachother. The performers draw theviewer’s focus to unusual anglesof observing the performed

material. They attempt to directthe viewer to what is usually hid-den from them: to their weak-nesses and inabilities and herethey reveal their own human andperforming vulnerability.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...Following her obvious intention, anintrinsic approach to movement,Marchig has collaborated this timewith two excellent dancers, Zrinka©imiËiÊ and Maja MarjanËiÊ, lettingthem both create their own dancevocabulary of restlessness andanguish... She evokes states of unbear-able sentimentality, gives touchableand formed emotion. Her perform-ance therefore has a soul...Vijenac

...The dancing body is subjected totesting, to self-questioning, so thateach dancer listens for herself how itsounds, how much it can endure,what it can do... Vijenac

Silvia Marchig8 CONTACT:Silvia Marchig

RastoËine 4

51000 Rijeka

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8 TYPE OF WORKchoreographic research / contem-porary dance

8 ABOUT THE ARTISTSodaberg is a choreographic labo-ratory and art organisation thatgathers artists from differentfields of contemporary dance pro-duction and further. Sodaberg’sconception, research, choreogra-phy, education as well as a newapproach to music use (for exam-ple, traditional opera material)positions their work within a newCroatian dance scene. The initia-tive was founded in 2005 by cho-reographer and dancer MarjanaKrajaË, choreographer and dancerNensi LaziÊ and theatre theoreti-cian Andrej MirËev. Author/chore-ographer and dancer SelmaBanich, sound-designers DariusGall and Guido Henneboehl aswell as video-artist Anna Safaryare also regular support to the

creation and research. In herchoreographic work, MarjanaKrajaË is oriented to research onnew performing concepts in thefield of contemporary danceexpression, often in fruitful con-frontation with other fields of art.Her strictly defined performingstrategies of high visual qualityare determined by an effort tocreate choreographic materialsthat are formally clear and com-plete, yet semantically open andassociative. Within these param-eters, her poetics is being builton two levels which always inter-weave in her performances:impressive visuality (resultingfrom her cooperation with visualartists) and transparent dancelanguage (resulting from herintensive work on the articulationof movement quality).


Lady Macbeth has Nothing toLose/Phase II - Research onOperachoreography: Marjana KrajaËand Selma Banichnumber of performers: 2The performance deals with theconfrontation between choreo-graphic and vocal material. Thedeconstruction of the libretto forVerdi’s opera Lady Macbethleads to the creation of a newmusical score and the dramatur-gy is concentrated around themotif of Lady Macbeth’s mad-ness and gradual defragmenta-tion of her world. Ranging fromabstract movement to a sopranoperformance which is very dra-matic at moments, the entireperformance takes place at thepoint in which choreographytransforms into opera and viceversa.

Seducing Pablo Escobar - ASolochoreography: Marjana KrajaËnumber of performers: 1The major drug dealer of theMedellin Cartel was the first manin the history of crime to make abillion US dollars. Loved by manyand persecuted by only a few,Escobar’s life came to an end atthe age of 43. On November6th, 1985, a bloody deed shockedthe world public: Pablo Escobar’smen attacked the Columbian courtof law and murdered a number ofguardians of the law. It was adesperate attempt to escapebeing handed over to the UnitedStates of America. Even thoughhe was unable to change it, he atleast wanted to defy the law andeliminate the policemen. Thisindescribable bloody deed waswitnessed by journalist ElizabethMora who interviewed PabloEscobar six times.

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8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...Among visiting Croatian choreog-raphers, the cerebral game ofMarjana KrajaË, Seducing PabloEscobar, turned out to be remarkablein terms of a completely different wayof thinking about dance, where the-atre and narrative elements are pres-ent in distorted form, overburdenedwith meanings which are interpreta-tive traps at the same time...Radio 101

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8 TYPE OF WORKperforming arts, site-specific,street actions, art installations,multimedia

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYSince 2001, the Association forPerforming Arts Space + hasbeen involved with the educationof young talents in dance andmovement theatre by organizingworkshops, trainings, video lec-tures and presentations held byboth Croatian and foreign teach-ers. The association also producesdance and mime productions withintent of ensuring space, mentor-ship and logistics to young artists,in other words, providing a safeenvironment for creative expres-sion and experimentation in thefield of performing arts. In cooperation with other similarorganizations, it launches projectswhich are conceived in accor-dance to the main priorities and

aims of the association as well asprovides support and workingconditions for further developmentto performers and unestablishedartists in other fields of perform-ing arts. It also encourages multi-media, experimental and alterna-tive forms of artistic expression.


Slippingsauthor: Jasmina SafiÊnumber of performers: 3The performance resulted fromresearch on the definition of leit-motif and the theory of crime fic-tion works of art. A strict defini-tion of leitmotif in a crime storyis a constant. Suppressed andseductive, yet scary, the atmos-phere opens up three positions ∑the detective, the murderer andthe victim. By investigating thetypicality, determination and exclu-siveness of the protagonists, theirrelationship and the situationswhich they have found or will findthemselves in, an attempt atdefining their profile is made.

What happens when we breakup the definition? Can we escapethe defined circumstances? Thepossibilities are numerous.However, we are seduced even-tually. There remain fragmentedevidence of a possible crime,possible relationships, possiblepersonalities and states of theprotagonists, and the positionswithin the triangle become unsta-ble and slippery.

Heroineschoreography: Mila »uljaknumber of performers: 1The research began in a ratherunusual manner: the verses werecreated first, then the music andeventually the choreographicmaterial. The heroines are allthree. They are the author’simpression of some female per-sons. What connects the author’sfemale friends, anonymous hero-ines in everyday life and thewomen who became importantfigures in the last century? Theyare all special in some way. Inwhat way? Progressiveness, vul-

nerability, anonymity, intelligence,talent, desires, fears, strength...The author attempts to detect andevoke all these. And thesewomen are unique, different,intriguing and charismatic. Thefeeling of connection is strongand elusive, it becomes timeless,universal. The body of the per-former is a medium throughwhich the heroines speak. Themusic record (soundtrack) andverses serve as a „memory stick“that enables the viewers to evokethe heroines if they want to.

Kurzschlussconcept and director:Aleksandar Acevnumber of performers: 2Movement that collapses, isimbalanced and without controlforms the main ingredients of thegestural material of this perform-ance. The act of establishing com-munication that always eludesand burns out spontaneously.The movement arises from amomentary internal necessity andemotional charge and the result-

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Trsat stairsmoderator and co-creator: ÆakValentaco creators, performers &authors of the instal lat ions: 15This is a creative exploration ofthe Trsat stairs, an emblematicspace in the town of Rijeka, whichincludes a spiritual dimensionapart from the urban one.Respecting the authentic atmos-phere, the author and performersstructured their performancearound this very space, which,with its surrounding houses, sideexits and resting spaces imposeditself as a unique stage in an openspace, containing hidden mes-sages that should only be readthrough.

Reliefdirectors: Æak Branko Valentaand Frits Vogelsnumber of performers: 3The performance, inspired byfemale characters from the AlfredHitchcock’s films Birds, Rebeccaand Psycho, does not intend totransfer the film stories into the-atre language, but deals withthree women and their internalfear. What happens when theymeet? Relief was performed inCroatia as well in Germany,Hungary and Romania.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...the first original choreographicwork by the versatile artist (Mila»uljak) who delighted the audiencewith her performance, but with hervoice as well. The author first wroteverses related to her own contempla-tion about heroines and, with thehelp of Adam Semijalac (who madean excellent soundtrack for the per-formance), set them to music andsang them, and only then did shestart to work on the choreography...Novi List

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe Studio Contemporary DanceCompany is the oldest dancecompany in Croatia (founded in1962). The work of the companyis based on the tradition of contemporary dance expression,which always embraces new cultural trends and adjusts to therequirements of artistic and cultural communication. In its longhistory, the company has producednumerous contemporary danceperformances in collaboration withrespected Croatian and foreign choreographers. Also, the companyhas participated in various TVshows. The Studio ContemporaryDance Company produces performances for adults as wellas for children. The company hasperformed successfully abroad(Germany, Sweden, Lithuania,Azerbaijan, South Korea,

Portugal, Peru etc.).

8 CURRENT PRODUCTIONSf o r a d u l t sA woman who speaks toomuchchoreography: Mirjana Preisnumber of performers: 3The performance talks about aneternal subject, a woman: abouther frustrations, relationship withher partner, her life in the „man’sworld“ and the search for her ownself. The characters are carica-tures, and the dancing figures areinventive, somewhat comic anddetached from the complex reality.

The Rite of Springchoreography: Matjaæ FariËnumber of performers: 11How could the rite of fertility looklike? What sort of meaning wouldthat kind of rite have in today’surban environment? Is it today arite of beginning and new rebirthor an urban rite of death? These

questions make us face the greatmusical work of Igor Stravinskyand awaken the reflections of theancient rites written in our genes.And in glass, concrete and metal.

Kaputtchoreography: Mirjana Preisnumber of performers: 2A relationship between two people,unpredictable, complex, framedin ordinary everyday space insidea coat. The coat represents love,hate, conflict of destinies andeventually love again, everythingthat life brings along - it mayrepresent the end as well as thebeginning of something new.

f o r c h i l d r e nUgly Ducklingchoreography: Desanka Virantnumber of performers: 6Based on the original story byH.C. Andersen, the performancespeaks about a complex relation-ship between an individual and

their environment without theintention of presenting concretesolutions. Instead, it uses move-ment as a tool to express emo-tions and the moral of the story.

The Nightingalechoreography: Desanka Virantnumber of performers: 9A fairytale about a nightingale andthe Emperor of China presentedin dance form talks about valuesin life.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...the choreography by FariË is reallydance and music, and it is very clearin mastering the space. The move-ment is interwoven with and supple-mented by music, without conceding,without yielding...Vijenac

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8 TYPE OF WORK:contemporary dance

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYTALA Dance Centre is a non-prof-it artistic organisation establishedin 2000 by Larisa Lipovac andTamara CuriÊ, two artists who havebeen active in contemporary danceas professional dancers and cho-reographers over a number ofyears. The Dance Centre’s pro-gramme is the popularization ofcontemporary dance among chil-dren, youth and adults through thepreparation and realization of dif-ferent programmes in the area ofcontemporary dance.The aim is to achieve cooperationand develop networking withdancers, choreographers, culturalinstitutions, centres and organiza-tions in Europe and worldwide.The Dance Centre is oriented toregional programme through net-work of partners so as to keep

developing them, keep up withnew trends, advance and acquirebetter working conditions, educa-tion and involvement in systemsof modern funding of art and cul-ture. The Centre has successfullycollaborated with many theatresand festivals, on a national andinternational scale.


The Seedchoreography: Tamara CuriÊ number of performers: 2In the beginning, there was stoneand lava. Stone became lava andlava became stone, and it was theway of things for a long, longtime... too long to count. And then,seed-buds were planted and theseed sprouted. Fragile and alone,in the middle of the dominion ofelements, too powerful to evennotice it... But, in the desolateduniverse it was not alone. Perhapsit will grow, perhaps it will not.Perhaps it will become that whichobserves and carries gifts, and itsfruits bear new seed.

There is no bad outcome becauseeach emotion, thought, sense andexhilaration has already enrichedthe cosmic garden.

Liftchoreography: Larisa Lipovacand Tamara CuriÊnumber of performers: 5You are on your way out, youlock the door, you walk along thecorridor... A routine. You approachthe lift. A routine? You enter. Whatdo you do in the lift? You wasteyour time on thinking, you watchyourself in the mirror, you thinkwhat would happen if the liftstops, you are in an awful hurrybut everybody has decided to gosomewhere at the same momentand you never reach the groundfloor, you feel fear, discomfort,nervousness, you hum, you aresilent, you meet people you havenever seen before (you are notsure if they live here), you look atthe floor, „good morning“, „goodbye“, someone is staring at you,you want to stop the lift, you wantto make love between two floors...

or you simply want to make aperformance. Lift is...

Men in Skirts, Women - Too!?choreography: Larisa Lipovacand Tamara CuriÊnumber of performers: 6The performance consists ofthree parts. Part one, WHITE, isabstract minimalistic movement,the beginning, purity: men andwomen are the same, wearingskirts, in unison, yet they are indi-viduals, each showing their char-acter and their stories begin toreveal themselves. Six dancerswith six different stories ∑ whoare they in skirts? Part two,BLACK, is physical: a competitionand game between the individu-als; as in life, they struggle, fight,win or lose, but they keep ongoing. But, there are interrup-tions, little solos, in which thedancers, one by one, are gettingcolours / personality / skirts. Partthree, COLOUR, ends up in aroom where the atmosphere isvery warm, representing the ideathat everybody, with all their

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colours, personalities, philoso-phies of life and thoughts, canharmoniously exist together inone small space, a room.

Aquaplanchoreography: Larisa Lipovacnumber of performers: 1A solo multimedia performance,which is an interaction of move-ment, drama text and video andlight. The contact between theaudience and performer is of greatrelevance therefore the audienceis seated around the stage andthe performer tries to bring theaudience into the world and sys-tem of the Aquaplan by meansof mime, text, movement, sound∑ everything the performer isexperiencing. The three states ofwater represent three spatialplans ∑ male space is the spaceof ice, stiff and restricted, andthe man feels pleasant here,unlike the woman; female spaceis the space of steam, imagina-tion and play, and the womanfeels pleasant here, unlike theman; liquid state is a mutualspace ∑ the area of harmonywhere all begins and ends, it isthe unity and togetherness of aman and a woman.

Balloonschoreography: Larisa Lipovacand Tamara CuriÊnumber of performers: 2This project is intended for chil-dren. We would like to showthem, in a different dimension, acreative way of expression thatwe achieve through movement.We explore the body at zerogravity through different situa-tions. The balloon takes on thecharacteristics of humans andthe humans (dancers) take onthe characteristics of the balloon.Our improvisations create frag-ments that make a dramaturgicalsequence and turn the play into astory. The performance stimu-lates imagination and opens upcreative opportunities in otherartistic fields.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...In her creation, as a choreographerand the only performer, she was verypersonal, sincere and open to theaudience, to which she wanted totransfer her own deep emotionalexperience... To Larisa Lipovac, it isas if there is no border between theperformance and life. Very intellectu-al, broad, free, sensitive and utterlycontrolled. She stands out for her Ph

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...The story generated by movementattempts to point to the absurdity ofexisting male-female roles, whichrestrict and separate therefore increasethe personal confusion and disorien-tation of an individual instead ofdecreasing it...Novi list

8 CONTACT:Tamara CuriÊ

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYTO Dance Theatre Troupe wasfounded in 2000. Artistic director,choreographer and performer, IvaPaviËiÊ, abides by the new tech-niques of dance where she com-bines the art of improvisation andthe harmony of structured andwell-rehearsed dancing skills.


Immersing Silenceschoreography: Iva PaviËiÊnumber of performers: 3This is a dance-theatrical perform-ance that deals with mystery,intimate worlds, fiction and sus-pense. There are two versions ofthe performance: one is site-spe-cific and the other a theatre ver-sion.

8 REVIEW EXTRACT...Director Iva PaviËiÊ continuallycreates extremely visual characters, allthe while working on the plasticity ofthe dramatic scenes. Therefore, thedominating aspects of the stage aregigantic sculptures of glaring coloursand unnatural size. Amongst themthe three dancers lose their humantraits in pursuit of more shapedframes of mind and consciousness.The dance forwards their existenceinto different and unusual dimen-sions of space and time...Vijenac

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Zrinsko-Frankopanska 7

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8 TYPE OF WORKphysical theatre, contemporarydance, mime, site-specific theatre

8 ABOUT THE COMPANYTRAFIK is an independent theatrecompany founded in Rijeka in1998 with the aim of exploringdifferent contemporary theatreexpressions, particularly theatreof movement, mime and physicaltheatre. The work of TRAFIK isbased on a team collaboration ofartists from various fields: drama-turgy, dance, mime, acting andmusic. Due to their crossoverfeature, TRAFIK produces per-formances that cannot be easilyplaced into a single artistic cate-gory. However, working in variousforms always results in uniqueand original works of art, withprofound themes and well-pre-sented material. The companyhas toured in Croatia as well asabroad (Czech Republic, Slovakia,

Italy, Spain, Slovenia and Yugo-slavia) and won awards for theirwork.


Greetings from the Adriaticdirector: Edvin LiveriÊnumber of performers: 6Time, space and body are thethree points through whichTRAFIK questions the phenome-non of tourist consumerism.During summer vacation, thebody of an individual, drowned inthe mass, easily loses its identi-ty, which often results in the so-called „holiday blues“ ∑ a depres-sion caused by unfulfilled expec-tations.

Beaufort Scaleauthor: Magdalena Lupico-authors: Selma Banich, Mila»uljak, Æak Valentanumber of performers: 4

What would happen if an individ-ual was the wind, and the marginswere the air, the weather chartsand the place where he or shecould record his or her presence?How could the three typical Adria-tic regional winds, bora (north-eastern wind), tramuntana (northwind) and jugo (south wind), berecognized in the physical bodyand how does the bio-meteoro-logical forecast influence ourheads?

Danceuropeauthors : Magdalena Lupi, IvaNerina Sibila, Æak Valentanumber of performers: 3The homeless playwright ÷dˆnvon Horv·th’s world is a starting-point for TRAFIK in developing itsown imaginative space inDanceurope. The performanceopens up issues about the indi-vidual and the multitude, differ-ence and uniformity, belonging to

given reality and escape into illu-sion.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...the piece is good not only because itbravely takes the choreographicallydemanding theme of wind descrip-tion, but also because the first part ofthe performance truly represents apoetic theatre of witty and precisedance premonitions or aerial lan-guages...Novi list

...Sincere, highly professional, inves-tigative, with contemporary sensibilityand unique aesthetics, TRAFIKstands out in the context of Croatiantheatre...Vijenac

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Tranzicijsko-fikcijsko kazaliπte

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYFounded in 1991, the ZadarDance Company is both a com-pany and educational dance cen-tre. They have collaborated withmany Croatian dance artists, bothin an educational and artisticsense.Because they exist in a smalltown on the coast, the companyis extremely present in thetown’s cultural life, with numer-ous smaller performances andpieces for the town’s festivitiesand other events.As a company, they produce con-temporary dance performancesdealing with different themesand concepts.


Solochoreography: Sanja Petrovski,Petra HraπÊanec, Lada Petrovskiand Anela Herendanumber of performers: 4The project resulted from meet-ings in a one-year interval of thefour artists and their independentwork. The motif is the concept oftrace, closely related to the indi-vidual and the personality of eachperformer. Everything that livesleaves a trace... still, it is differentfor each of us. Also, this traceeventually depends on the influ-ence of the environment there-fore the performance is, to a cer-tain extent, a reflection of thecurrent cultural events and devel-opment of culture in the town ofZadar. This multimedia perform-ance uses a structured improvisa-tion technique.

Potjehchoreography: Sanja Petrovskinumber of performers: 15Based on a fairytale by Ivana BrliÊMaæuraniÊ, this is a story aboutsearching for truth. The storyabout three brothers and their lifepaths, where a sense of justice,truthfulness and faith are indis-putable virtues, is told throughSlavic mythology, tradition andfolk customs.

Kengeschoreography: Sanja Petrovskinumber of performers: 5The laws of life are unique,always new and always thesame and these differences oroppositions are the basis for theperformance. It deals with thestates of relaxation and contrac-tion, two closely related oppo-sites which cause a specific stateof mind. And the body... which is

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most visible in its very naturalstate for all living beings ∑ preg-nancy. The dynamism of changesduring pregnancy and their inten-sity serve as the starting pointfor creating the pulsating rhythmof the performance.

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...realistic elements related to veryconcrete situations which happenduring the months of pregnancy ·breathing exercises, recommendedpositions for relaxation, allowed calo-ries, information on layettes, com-mentaries by close ones · are incorpo -rated in a humorous and unpreten-tious manner...Vijenac

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8 ABOUT THE COMPANYThe Zagreb Dance Company hasan enviable continuity of its work(founded in 1972) and has educa-ted a number of dancers anddance experts working in Croatiaand abroad. The starting point inthe work of the company hasalways been contemporary danceas an artistic expression and anopen space for research and anew way of thinking about dance.The company is equally concer-ned with the process of work andthe education of dancers. Being arepertory company, in addition totheir always fresh collaborationswith most respected Croatian cho-reographers of high artistic value,the Zagreb Dance Company hassystematically worked on theinternationalisation of dance art inCroatia in the past couple of sea-sons, which has resulted in suc-

cessful collaborations with well-known foreign choreographers(Bebeto Cidra, Alexey Taran andEmilio Gutierrez). 4The companyhas performed throughout Croatiaas well as abroad (Germany,Russia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal,Lithuania, Spain). In 1996, theirperformance Identifying Landscapewas awarded as the best produc-tion by the European CouncilCommission at La Herencia de laDanza Festival at Valladolid, Spain.


Solitairechoreographer: Iztok KovaËnumber of performers: 8The key words in this perform-ance are loneliness and percep-tion. The performance is inspiredby the ancient Indian parable aboutblind wise men and elephant(each of them is convinced thatthey understand the true natureof the elephant, but none is ableto perceive the entirety) and itquestions the concept of truth asan essential difference between

things as they really are and howan individual perceives them. It isa provocative research on con-temporary media image of realityand the crucial question here iswhether the truth is restrictedsolely to the visions of individualsor could contact with the Otherenable true communication.

Stories without threads, PoemNo 1choreographer: Alexis Eupierrenumber of performers: 5This performance is a metaphoricjourney through a 24-day-longexperience in which we explorethree main themes: everydaycommunication dialogues, theflow and trace of energy pathsinvolved in any given activity, andin night dreams and daydreams.This piece is a physical poemconstructed as a puzzle, out of thefragmentation of multiple piecesthat are linked together followinga totally idiosyncratic order, in theway dreams do, developing outof a totally subjective point ofview, instead of being constructed

through a logical narrative threadwith a specific story line. So itshould be looked at as a puzzlethat only makes sense in its total-ity.

Alikechoreographer: Ksenija Zecnumber of performers: 4This minimalist choreographyunderpins the conceptual andcontextual divergences within twoduets in which the performersuse their personal techniques,styles and body qualities to explorethe potentials of alteration to adance material. By stressing thesimilarities (in the first duet) anddifferences (in the second duet),the performers evolve into explor-ers of their own biographies.The different styles in which theperformers approach the dancematrix creates a tension betweentheir awareness of similaritiesand a natural call for difference.Yet, following a pattern of mirror-like movement, the dancers arestrained to search for touchingpoints in their respective dance

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practices. Guest artist in the newZagreb Dance Company produc-tion is prominent ballet dancerAlmira OsmanoviÊ.

Something, Maybe Personalchoreographer: SnjeæanaAbramoviÊnumber of performers: 6In the form of a dance productionfor six dancers, we ask the fol-lowing questions: how can youretell something private, autobio-graphical? What does it mean toanalyze the events of your ownexperience through somebodyelse? How does one’s bodyremember its own autobiographi-cal moments, and how does itreproduce those of another? Thedoubt ∑ that the totality of oneperson’s emotions, memoriesand sensations can never beavailable to somebody else,because it is not available tohim/herself ∑ is explored throughsharp sketches representing banalhuman relationships on the vergeof the absurd, witty, surreal...Still, the emphasis is on the danceexperience improvised from thegiven human disharmonies...Fragmentation and onyric icono-philia are the reflection of the

choreographic intuition in therestructuring of her own little his-tories...

8 REVIEW EXTRACTS...Snjeæana AbramoviÊ talks abouther own life-path, remaining in thesphere of the associative and makingit recognizable enough on a generalhuman level, not only to the profes-sionals or the people personally closeto the author... Zagreb DanceCompany has proved itself again asthe production peak of the Croatiandance scene, with best dancers, andits artistic director has proved herselfas an author...Radio 101

...in cooperation with one of the mostacknowledged Spanish choreogra-phers, Alexis Eupierre, they have cre-ated a non-narrative story connectedwith invisible threads... With theharmony of movement, mime andsound, the dancers have created avisual and physical poem... ZagrebDance Company has managed toshow the energy which exists in us.The choreography itself relies on theindividual and the group of dancers,on the creation of their mutual rela-tionships and on the consequences ofthe contacts between them... Even

those who are not familiar with thiskind of dance, could enjoy in thebeauty of the movement and theambience created by music and mas-terful illumination. Slobodna Dalmacija

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