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{{Infobox
| name               = CoFestival
| local name         = CoFestival
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| town         = SI-1000 Ljubljana
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| telephone    = 
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| email        = 
| website      = http://www.cofestival.si/
| founded by         = Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives
| founded by 2       = PLESkavica Festival
| founded by 3       =
| founded by 4       =
| organised by       = Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture
| managed by 2       = Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia
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| frequency          = annual (2020 edition only took place online)
| duration weeks     = 21,22,23 (2012) 25,39 (2013)
| festival dates     = 18.10.2014, 26.11.2015 - 7.12.2015, 25.11.2016 - 4.12.2016, 16.9.2017 - 24.9.2017, 22.11.2018 - 28.11.2018, 22.11.2019 - 27.11.2019, 20.11.2020 - 25.11.2020, 28.5.2021 - 31.5.2021, 25.11.2021 - 2.12.2021, 25.11.2022 - 1.12.2022, 24.11.2023 - 1.12.2023
| contacts     = 
{{Contact
  | name        = Dragana Alfirević
  | role        = Producer
  | email       = dalfirevic@gmail.com
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{{Contact
  | name        = Rok Avbar
  | role        = Public Relations
  | email       = rok.avbar@kinosiska.si
  | telephone   = 386 (0) 30 310 105
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  }}
  | accounts    = 
https://www.facebook.com/cofestivaldance/
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Based on the principles of cooperation and participation, [[CoFestival]] is an international festival of contemporary dance, organised annually since [[established::2012]]. With an ambitious programme ranging from dance performances and workshops to lectures, film screenings and interviews, it is the biggest such dance endeavour in Slovenia. The festival is a a member of the European Dancehouse Network.

The bulk of the festival takes place at the [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]. Some of the other venues used are the [[Ljubljana Puppet Theatre]], the [[Mladinsko Theatre]], and the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]].

In 2020 the first part of the festival takes place in November on web, while the second one - live - in April 2021.
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==Background==

When CoFestival was first held in 2012, it came about as a result of three different dance festivals and initiatives, coming together for various reasons. One of them was an outgrowth of the international ''Nomad Dance Academy'' project, called the [[PLESkavica Festival]] (produced by [[Fičo Balet]] and the [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]]); the other one was the European project Modul-dance, led by by [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture|Kino Šiška]]; and the third one was [[Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives]], a still running biennial production done by the [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]].

=== The Art of Co-Living ===

The first edition of the festival took shape largely in the context of cooperation and coworking, and has featured a number of collaborative performances and lecture-performances, improvisations, and open debates, with each day rounded off by a public discussion. 

In the years that followed &ndash; especially since 2015 onward &ndash; CoFestival stands as the biggest international dance festival in Slovenia, incorporating plenty of other forms of artistic and social gatherings, enabling arts professionals to network and also to reflect on their contents, positions, and aesthetic stances.

== Programming ==

The festival's programme is prepared by the artistic team including dancers, theoreticians, and producers [[Dragana Alfirević]], [[Goran Bogdanovski]], [[Mitja Bravhar]], [[Dejan Srhoj]],  [[Jasmina Založnik]], and [[Rok Vevar]]. 

A few of the highlights from the programme over the years were the first public presentation of [[Jurij Konjar|Jurij Konjar’s]] piece ''Still''; the show ''Au Contraire'' (based on Jean-Luc Godard) by the prize-winning Geneva-based artist Foofwa d“Imobilité; ''The Seagull'', directed by [[Tomi Janežič]] and produced by Novi Sad Serbian National Theatre; the performance ''More Than Naked'' by Doris Uhlich; the hybrid performance ''KamPaKam'' by [[Vlado Repnik]]; the show ''Princess Play'', led by the director Michał Borczuch; and a workshop and a solo improvisational performance by the internationally acclaimed Andrew Morrish.

The programme also included some short dance films and a 3D screening of Wim Wender's ''Pina''; an exhibition about the work and the historical contexts of [[Ksenija Hribar]], the initiator of the [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]]; and a discussion with Guy Cools, who presented his book Imaginative Bodies. 

== See also ==

*[[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]
*[[Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives]]
*[[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]]
*[[Fičo Balet]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.cofestival.si/  CoFestival website]
* [http://ednetwork.eu/ European Dancehouse Network website]

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