Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room
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16 Sep 2018
The performance Nature Poetry by Jasmina Križaj, Simon Wehrli and Daniel Gisler, co-produced by Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room,
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11 May 2017
Metamorphoses 3°: Rhetoric by Bara Kolenc and Atej Tutta, produced by KUD Samosvoj Cultural Association, and co-produced by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, KUD Pozitiv Cultural Association and Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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18 May 2016
Metamorphoses 3°: Rhetoric by Bara Kolenc and Atej Tutta, produced by KUD Samosvoj Cultural Association, and co-produced by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, KUD Pozitiv Cultural Association and Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, at the 53rd Theatertreffen
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25 Sep 2014
26 Sep 2014
The Very Boring Piece by Jasmina Križaj and Cristina Planas Leitão, co-produced by Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, and Ballet of Revolt by Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber, co-produced by Pekinpah – Kink Kong, at the Young European Choreographers Festival
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12 Dec 2013
The Very Delicious Piece, a dance performance by Jasmina Križaj (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room) and Cristina Planas Leitão,
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16 Nov 2013
The Very Delicious Piece, a dance performance by Jasmina Križaj (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room) and Cristina Planas Leitão,
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5 Sep 2013
6 Sep 2013
A presentation by Mojca Kasjak (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room) about new artistic practice and experience in the modul-dance project, and Jurij Konjar's lecture titled A thought on residency-ing and his performance For Juliano Mer-Khamis, at the EU Modul-Dance Conference
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29 Aug 2013
The Very Delicious Piece, a performance by Jasmina Križaj (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room) and Cristina Leitão, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
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30 Jun 2013
Ballet of Revolt by Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber (Pekinpah Association), The Very Delicious Piece by Jasmina Križaj (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room) and Cristina Planas Leitão, and Green Light by Mateja Bučar (DUM Association of Artists)
at the Festival Spectrum
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7 Jun 2013
9 Jun 2013
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10 May 2013
11 May 2013
Eden, a dance performance by Mala Kline (Pekinpah Association) and dance workshops and lectures by members of Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room, at symposium DER ZAURENDER KOERPER – HASITATING BODY
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5 May 2013
A presentation of the project False Entries by Jasmina Križaj and Simon Wehrli (Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room)
at the Improquarium festival
Dance education
Maribor Dance Room has 22 years of experience in the field of dance education for children and adults. Its programmes are organised to offer a spectrum of different dance techniques, necessary for subsequent professional dance training and production. By introducing the young into the processes of contemporary art creation, Maribor Dance Room provides a strong foundation for the development of contemporary dance in Maribor. Numerous choreographers and pedagogues, who started their dance career at the Maribor Dance Room, continue their training at renowned dance academies across Europe.
Each year, Plesna izba prepares two larger productions, where the students present their work to the wider audience: the New Year's production takes place in the Union Hall and the final performance in Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor. The young dancers continually present their choreographies at Opus - Festival of Dance Miniatures and Živa Festival, organised by the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia to encourage dance creativity of the young.
The all-year-round education offers regular workshops different and classes for different levels and different age groups. The programme covers ballet, jazz and modern techniques, release technique, as well as intensive classes of different contemporary approaches to dance taught by different (mainly) Slovene dancers and choreographers. It also organises a dance dramaturgy workshop, classes of oriental and flamenco dance, as well as offers weekly drumming workshops.
Stage production
Maribor Dance Room annually produces three to five productions of established artists as well as gives opportunities to its students to present their work. Dance Room has thus produced works by Snježana Premuš (From Scratch #4, Stories of the Body 3 - You [Zgodbe o telesu 3 - Ti (2008)); Sebastijan Geč (Midnight Judgement [Polnočna presoja] (2009), co-produced by WUK, Vienna, and Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Maribor); Mojca Kasjak (Strange Things Happened in the Town 2 [V mestu se dogajajo čudne stvari 2] (2008)); Nina Milin (I Can See Under the Skin [Vidim pod kožo] (2009); Anita Čanadi; Mojca Ussar; and co-produced Tina Valentan's performance When the Moon is Rising [Ko luna raste] (2008), produced by City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, etc. Maribor Dance Room also produces improvisation events held by various makers also in non-theatrical spaces.
In 2008, Maribor Dance Room prepared the project SLO Moves which presented Slovene contemporary dance at the International Dance Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, for which Tomaž Praunseis created a video that presents production conditions in Slovenia and gives an overview of the dance scene.
Early in 2010, Maribor Dance Room entered the four-year project Modul-Dance, supported by the EU Culture 2007&ndash2013 programme and coordinated by the Spanish organisation Mercat de les Flors. The project includes 18 partners from 14 countries and is aimed at supporting independent artists in production, post-production, international exchange and mobility, as well as consolidating the national and international dance audience. Another Slovene partner of the project is Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture.
Festivals
Since 2007, Maribor Dance Room organises Platforma - Young Authors' Festival, which grew out of the need for continual possibilities for presentation of younger Slovene dance makers and is closely linked to the education programmes of Maribor Dance Room. The festival was warmly welcomed and appreciated by Slovene critics.
Since 2009, Maribor Dance Room organises NagiB Experimental Movement Festival, which is also intended to younger authors but focuses on foreign productions.
See also
External links
- Plesna izba - Maribor Dance Room (in Slovenian)