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Theatre performance Livingston's Last Kiss (Zadnji Livingstonov poljub) at Anton Podbevšek Theatre in Novo mesto Theatre performance Livingston's Last Kiss (Zadnji Livingstonov poljub) at Anton Podbevšek Theatre in Novo mesto

Established in May 2005, Anton Podbevšek Theatre (APT) is the youngest Slovenian professional theatre house and the first professional theatre in the history of Novo mesto, a town in the south-eastern region of Slovenia. The theatre is named after Anton Podbevšek, the first Slovenian avant-garde poet and the "frontman" of the artistic movement that gave rise to the first Slovenian artistic avant-garde called the Novo mesto spring, suggesting APT's orientation toward research, risk-taking, reflection and new modes of presentation.

A theatre of thought

APT aims to develop its activities as a visual institute that articulates contemporary performing arts, theoretical discourse and theatre pedagogy while striving to make engaged and challenging contemporary theatre that surpasses the distinction between popular and elite culture.

Building on the concept of theatre as a form of thought, APT focuses on producing primarily post-dramatic but also dramatic, dance, musical and children's performances. Its productions, often synthesising literature, dance, music, architecture, painting and film, seek to take risks by exploring different genres codes and contemporary performing arts methods, while relying heavily on the category of "emancipated spectatorship" and the theatrical-philosophical ideas, concepts, principles and methods of Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud and Alain Badiou.

APT produces four premieres annually. It regularly premieres new works by Matjaž Berger, collaborates with a number of theatre directors and choreographers of younger generations such as Nejc Gazvoda, Bara Kolenc, Jana Menger, Matjaž Pograjc, Gregor Luštek, etc. and occasionally enters co-productions with other cultural producers such as Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, etc.

Awards and additional programme

The theatre's productions appear at acclaimed domestic theatre festivals, such as the Maribor Theatre Festival, the Week of Slovenian Drama, the Golden Stick Festival, etc. APT's co-production with the Bologna-based Teatri di Vita, Italy, Portrait of a Lady (Portret neke gospe), directed by Matjaž Berger, won two awards at the 2009 Borštnik Theatre Festival, while the performance The Serfs: An Annotated Edition received two awards at the Week of Slovenian Drama. APT was also awarded the Little Golden Stick Awards at the biennial Golden Stick Festival for the production of Livingston's Last Kiss, a synthesis of theatre and electronic art, directed by Nana Milčinski and featuring the rock band Siddharta.

In addition to its performing arts and educational activities, APT also organises an art cinema programme, partly carried out in cooperation with Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), which also hosts round tables with filmmakers and different thinkers.

External links

Gallery

Concert by Dan D at Anton Podbevšek Theatre in Novo mesto

Theatre performance Livingston's Last Kiss (Zadnji Livingstonov poljub) at Anton Podbevšek Teatre in Novo mesto with members of the rock band Siddharta

Theatre performance Livingston's Last Kiss (Zadnji Livingstonov poljub) at Anton Podbevšek Theatre in Novo mesto

A premiere of Two Men With Bombs, an art action directed by Matjaž Berger and produced by Anton Podbevšek Theatre, within the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 programme and the Rock Otočec festival, June 2012

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-Established in May [[established::2005]], [[Anton Podbevšek Theatre]] (APT) is the youngest Slovene professional theatre house and the first professional theatre in the history of [[Municipality of Novo mesto|Novo mesto]], a town in the south eastern region of Slovenia. The theatre is named after [[Anton Podbevšek]], the first Slovenian avant-garde poet and the "front man" of the artistic movement that gave rise to the first Slovenian artistic avant-garde called the Novo mesto spring, suggesting APT's orientation toward research, risk-taking, reflection, and new modes of presentation.
+Established in May [[established::2005]], [[Anton Podbevšek Theatre]] (APT) is the youngest Slovenian professional theatre house and the first professional theatre in the history of [[Municipality of Novo mesto|Novo mesto]], a town in the south-eastern region of Slovenia. The theatre is named after [[Anton Podbevšek]], the first Slovenian avant-garde poet and the "frontman" of the artistic movement that gave rise to the first Slovenian artistic avant-garde called the Novo mesto spring, suggesting APT's orientation toward research, risk-taking, reflection and new modes of presentation.
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-==A Theatre of Thought==
+{{TeaserSlo|Anton Podbevšek Teater je glavna gledališka institucija na področju Dolenjske in Bele krajine.}}
-APT aims to develop its activities as a visual institute that articulates contemporary performing arts, theoretical discourse and theatre pedagogy and strives to make engaged and challenging contemporary theatre that surpasses the distinction between popular and elite culture.
+==A theatre of thought==
-APT finds its primary challenge in performing the antagonisms and ground-breaking turns in different societies, circumstances, tastes, and mentalities. The theatre launched its programme with Bertolt Brecht's ''Galileo Galilei'' (2006), directed by [[Matjaž Berger]]; followed by the intimate dance spectacle ''Sun City'' (2007), based on the literary utopian text from the 16th-century ''The City of the Sun'' by the Italian theologist and philosopher Tommaso Campanella, co-produced by [[Fičo Balet]];  and the musical fairy tale ''Peter and the Wolf'' [Peter in volk] (2007), directed by [[Nana Milčinski]] and [[Matjaž Berger]].
-Since then, APT has collaborated with over 150 makers/artists in producing large-scale post-drama theatre performances. Thus, in 2007 APT premièred the inscenation ''Alain Badiou: XX. Century'' [Alain Badiou: XX. stoletje], directed by Berger, which employed the performance model that included a corpus of theatre gestures, Internet art, a rock concert, and sports, and included actors, musicians, dancers, and cyclists. The spectacle took place at the Cycling Velodrome near Novo mesto. In 2008, APT produced a follow-up to this performance, namely Bertolt Brecht's ''Me-ti / Book of Twists and Turns'' [Me-ti / Knjiga obratov], also directed by Berger, which attempted to reflect on the questions opened up in this famous Brecht text, namely, how does a subject constitute and maintain her/his dignity, attitude, gesture in the times permeated with forced choices. APT's programme has also presented projects by [[Marko Mlačnik]], whose performance ''Left Terrorism'' [Levi terorizem] (2008) dealt with the legacy of movements and thinkers of the 1960s, drawing from concrete, "real" destinies of 4 German terrorists, members of the 1st generation of Red Army Faction &ndash; RAF; and ''Confessions'' [Spovedi] (2009) by [[Dušan Jovanović]], which reflected on the ambivalent connection between confession, truth, and power, disclosing the nature of confession as a prevailing cultural form.
+APT aims to develop its activities as a visual institute that articulates contemporary performing arts, theoretical discourse and theatre pedagogy while striving to make engaged and challenging contemporary theatre that surpasses the distinction between popular and elite culture.
+Building on the concept of theatre as a form of thought, APT focuses on producing primarily post-dramatic but also dramatic, dance, musical and children's performances. Its productions, often synthesising literature, dance, music, architecture, painting and film, seek to take risks by exploring different genres codes and contemporary performing arts methods, while relying heavily on the category of "emancipated spectatorship" and the theatrical-philosophical ideas, concepts, principles and methods of Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud and Alain Badiou.
-==Additional programme==
+APT produces four premieres annually. It regularly premieres new works by [[Matjaž Berger]], collaborates with a number of theatre directors and choreographers of younger generations such as [[Nejc Gazvoda]], [[Bara Kolenc]], [[Jana Menger]], [[Matjaž Pograjc]], [[Gregor Luštek]], etc. and occasionally enters co-productions with other cultural producers such as [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]], [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]], etc.
-Anton Podbevšek Theatre also hosts performances of different Slovene theatre and dance producers, such as [[Slovene People’s Theatre (SLG) Celje]], [[DUM Association of Artists]], [[Maska Institute]], [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], [[Betontanc]], etc., as well as organises other cultural and social events. In addition to its performing arts and educational activities, APT also organises an art cinema programme and runs a photographic gallery.
-==International cooperation==
+==Awards and additional programme==
-In 2008, APT entered its first international co-production with the Theatre City Festival Budva, Monte Negro. The performance ''Kadmopolis &ndash; a Look From the Distance'' [Kadmopolis &ndash; Udaljeni pogled], directed by [[Matjaž Berger]], investigates the myths of the emergence of settlements in the Mediterranean area, interweaving them with fragments from texts by Beckett, Hegel, Sartre, Eluard, and Pavić. In 2009, APT co-produced with the Bologna-based Teatri di Vita, Italy, the performance ''Portrait of a Lady'' [Portret neke gospe], directed by [[Matjaž Berger]], which won two awards at the [[Borštnik Theatre Festival]] in Maribor in 2009: [[Matjaž Berger]] received the [[Borštnik Ring Award and Borštnik Awards|Borštnik Award]] for the unique performing discourse and [[Peter Penko]] for best musical score. In 2009, APT co-produced [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)|EnKnapGroup]]'s production ''10 Min East'' [10 minut vzhodno], comprised of 5 choreographic miniatures. The performance was co-produced also by the Workshop Foundation, Hungary; the Zagreb Dance Ensemble, Croatia; and the [[Slovene National Theatre Maribor]].
+The theatre's productions appear at acclaimed domestic theatre festivals, such as the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]], the [[Week of Slovenian Drama]], the [[Golden Stick Festival]], etc. APT's co-production with the Bologna-based Teatri di Vita, Italy, ''Portrait of a Lady'' (Portret neke gospe), directed by [[Matjaž Berger]], won two awards at the 2009 [[Borštnik Theatre Festival]], while the performance ''The Serfs: An Annotated Edition'' received two awards at the [[Week of Slovenian Drama]]. APT was also awarded the [[Little Golden Stick Awards]] at the biennial [[Golden Stick Festival]] for the production of ''Livingston's Last Kiss'', a synthesis of theatre and electronic art, directed by [[Nana Milčinski]] and featuring the rock band [[Siddharta]].
-==APT Academy==
+In addition to its performing arts and educational activities, APT also organises an art cinema programme, partly carried out in cooperation with [[Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe)]], which also hosts round tables with filmmakers and different thinkers.
-APT also launched an interdisciplinary programme of reflection on the arts in general and the contemporary theatre discourse in particular. Aiming to inform the viewer with topical reflections as well as to prepare him for new modes of presentation, APT is developing 2 models. It organises colloquia and symposiums, thematically related to APT's theatre projects, which commonly host philosophers, theatre researchers, directors, and translators, and a weekly educational programme for the Novo mesto secondary school population, offering knowledge about the basic paradigms of 20th-century theatre practices through practical insights.
 ==See also==
-* [[Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012]]
+* [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]]
+* [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]]
 ==External links==
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-[[Category:Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012]]
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+[[Category:Updated 2020]]
+[[Category:Theatre & Dance]]
+[[Category:Education_and_research]]
+[[Category:Theatre_education_and_research]]

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A theatre of thought

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