Category:Dance

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Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF)

Launched in 2003 by the VAL Piran Folkloric Dance Association, the Mediterranean International Folklore Festival (MIFF) is an annual showcase of folklore music, dance, and gastronomic culture of the Mediterranean countries, however in recent years, the festival also hosts folklore groups from other countries. The festival's events take place in the old city centre of Piran, either in the open air or at the Tartini Theatre, and in the nearby coastal towns Koper, Izola, and Portorož. The festival's concluding event traditionally takes place in the Portorož Auditorium.

Since 2007 the festival is also presented in Croatia, in the coastal town of Umag.

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EnKnapGroup (EKG)

The international dance company EnKnapGroup (EKG), founded in 2007 by Iztok Kovač and En-Knap Productions, is currently the only permanent professional ensemble for contemporary dance in Slovenia. Dedicated to producing fresh and engaging contemporary dance and theatre performances in collaboration with prominent choreographers and directors, EnKnapGroup’s work has been shown internationally to wide critical and audience acclaim.

Since 2009, the group has its permanent rehearsal spaces at the Španski borci Culture Centre, where they also present their newest works.

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Upcoming events abroad

18 October to 20 October 2018
The theatre performance Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland!, directed by Oliver Frljić and produced by Mladinsko Theatre, and the dance performance Stabat Mater/The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Edward Clug and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, at the Cervantino International Festival at Auditorio del Estado, Teatro Principal in Guanajuato, Mexico
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23 October to 27 October 2018
Stabat Mater/The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Edward Clug and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, in Culiacan, Los Mochis, Mazatlan, Mexico more
23 October 2018
S/he, a dance performance by MN Dance Company, co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, at Theatre Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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25 October to 27 October 2018
The dance performance Solo 2016 by Milan Tomášik, produced by Cortesia Cultural Association and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, at the HYBAJ HO! Festival at Cooltour, Studio ALTA in Ostrava, Prague, Czech Republic
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28 November 2018
The ballet performance Death in Venice, choreographed by Valentina Turcu and co-produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor (costume design by Alan Hranitelj, set design by Marko Japelj, video by Matjaž Mrak), at Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine in Udine/Videm, Italy
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