DUM Association of Artists
Past events
28 Jun 2014
31 Oct 2014
12 Sep 2014
13 Sep 2014
Room & Road, a dance performance choreographed by Mateja Bučar, produced by the DUM Association of Artists and co-produced by Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in London,
25 Mar 2014
27 Mar 2014
Reserch project Aesthetic Negativity and Choreograohic Practice by Mateja Bučar, DUM Association of Artists
Contemporary dance production
DUM Association of Artists was founded by choreographer and dancer Mateja Bučar. After graduating from Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory and the Rosella Hightower Dance Centre in Cannes, France, Mateja Bučar became a member of the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana and subsequently a member of Dance Theatre Ljubljana. Since 1996, she has choreographed numerous performances and was awarded the Ksenija Hribar Award for life time achievement in 2017.
In developing her dance works, Mateja Bučar regularly collaborates with philosophers and theorists Renata Salecl and Robert Phaller, alongside visual artist Vadim Fiskin and a number of established contemporary dancers, such as Magdalena Reiter, Katja Legin, Maja Kalafatić, Kaja Lorenci, etc. Since 2010, she has been developing urban choreographies (Green Light, The Unnoticed, Green Table, Dual - Dancers Without Answers) in co-production with Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture. Her prior works were co-produced by Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, Dance Theatre Ljubljana and Škuc Gallery.