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[[En-Knap Productions]], a non-profit institution for the organisation and realisation of cultural events, was established in [[established::1994]], a year after the establishment of the international dance group En-Knap by the choreographer and dancer [[Iztok Kovač]]. Primarily a producer of contemporary dance performances, the organisation is also an active film and video producer. Recent productions include the ''10 MIN'' project, performed by the [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)|EnKnapGroup]]. The first instalment, ''10 MIN East'', joined 5 choreographers and directors from Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovenia to reconsider the fluidity and elusiveness of time in the context of geographical and social frames and ideologies. The second, ''10 MIN South'', featured choreographers and directors from Croatia, Russia, Spain, Serbia, and Venezuela/the Netherlands and premièred in November 2010.
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[[En-Knap Productions]], a non-profit institution for the organisation and realisation of cultural events, was established in [[established::1994]], a year after the establishment of the international dance group En-Knap by the choreographer and dancer [[Iztok Kovač]]. Primarily a producer of contemporary dance performances, the organisation is also an active film and video producer.  
  
 
In 2007 En-Knap Productions established [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, and since 2009 it manages also the multi-purpose [[Španski borci Culture Centre]] in Ljubljana.
 
In 2007 En-Knap Productions established [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, and since 2009 it manages also the multi-purpose [[Španski borci Culture Centre]] in Ljubljana.
 
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==Background==
  
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Since its beginnings, En-Knap Productions acted as the producer of dance performances by the international dance group En-Knap, which was founded in 1993 by [[Iztok Kovač]] in Leuven, Belgium under the wings of the production-managing house Stuc and the Klapstuk Festival, Belgium. The group immediately gained wide recognition abroad as well as at home, while [[Iztok Kovač]] received the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Foundation Award]] for the group's first performance ''Spread Your Wings (You Clumsy Elephant)'' [Razširi krila (slon nerodni)] (1993) and for his acclaimed solo ''How I Caught a Falcon'' [Kako sem ujel Sokola] (1991). This was the first time that the highest national cultural award was given to an artist coming from the field of contemporary dance.  
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Since its beginnings, En-Knap Productions acted as the producer of dance performances by the international dance group En-Knap, which was founded in 1993 by [[Iztok Kovač]] in Leuven, Belgium under the wings of the production-managing house Stuc and the Klapstuk Festival, Belgium. The group immediately gained wide recognition abroad as well as at home, while [[Iztok Kovač]] received the [[Prešeren Award and Prešeren Foundation Awards|Prešeren Foundation Award]] for the group's first performance ''Spread Your Wings (You Clumsy Elephant)'' (1993) and for his acclaimed solo ''How I Caught a Falcon'' (1991). This was the first time that the highest national cultural award was given to an artist coming from the field of contemporary dance. The group's later productions, marked by their trademark aesthetic, have toured extensively and received numerous international and domestic awards, among others also the London Dance and Performance Award from ''Time Out'' magazine in 1993 for the solo ''How I Caught a Falcon'' and the Swedish Grand Prix International Video Dance Award in 1996. In its first decade, En-Knap Productions has also produced works by other artists, such as [[Mala Kline]], [[Andreja Rauch]], [[Maja Delak]] (all former collaborators of En-Knap), [[Hanna Preuss]] and others.
  
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The group's later productions include ''Sting and String – First Touch'' [Struna in želo – prvi dotik] (1996), ''Codes of Cobra'' [Zakonitosti kobre] (1997), ''Far Away from Sleeping Dogs'' [Daleč od spečih psov] (1999), ''Emanatio Protei'' (2000), all choreographed by [[Iztok Kovač]], ''Hu Die'' (2001), choreographed by [[Iztok Kovač]], Julyen Hamilton, and Denes Dabrei, and ''Throw of the Dice'' [Met kocke] (2003), choreographed by [[Iztok Kovač|Kovač]] and the film director [[Sašo Podgoršek]], which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the group's activities and brought together the group's former dancers and collaborators. The work of [[Iztok Kovač]] and En-Knap has toured extensively and received numerous international and domestic awards, among others also the London Dance and Performance Award from ''Time Out'' magazine in 1993 for the solo ''How I Caught a Falcon'', Suzanne Dellal International Dance Competition Award in 1994 for best choreography for performance ''Sting and String - First Touch'', and the Swedish Grand Prix International Video Dance Award in 1996.
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En-Knap Productions has also produced works by other artists, such as [[Mala Kline]], whose début ''Campo de Fiori'' received the [[Golden Bird Award]] in 2004, [[Andreja Rauch]], whose performance ''Weavers'' [Tkalci] was chosen as the best performance at the 2007 [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]], [[Emanat Institute|Maja Delak]], [[Hanna's Atelier for Sonorous Arts|Hanna Preuss]] and Yasmine Hugonnet, who participated in the mapXXL programme of the Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes in 2005.
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In 2007 En-Knap Productions established [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, including an international team of dancers. The group, selected via auditions, has worked with an array of prominent international and domestic co-producers, choreographers, and directors and has been steadily building up its repertoire of successful and critically acclaimed contemporary dance and theatre works that are shown at prominent venues and festivals around the world.
  
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In 2007 En-Knap Productions established [[EnKnapGroup (EKG)]], the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, which includes an international team of dancers. The group, selected via audition, works with renowned Slovenian and foreign choreographers and directors.
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En-Knap Productions also runs two main international programs. As a member of the ''Aerowaves Network'', aimed at creating cross-border performance opportunities for emerging European choreographers, it organises the ''Import-Export'' international program, which brings acclaimed dance productions to Ljubljana on a monthly basis and has hosted names such as Julyen Hamilton, Wendy Houstoun, Steve Paxton, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, DV8, etc. In 2011 it co-organised the inaugural Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival at the [[Španski borci Culture Centre]] in Ljubljana, which has evolved into a year-round festival ''Plesna Vesna'' (''Spring Forward''), which showcases young European dance, mainly drawing from the Aerowaves network open call applications.
  
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Since 2009, En-Knap also manages the multi-purpose [[Španski borci Culture Centre]] intended to contemporary performing and visual arts, music, and literature. The centre provides performing, rehearsal, and exhibition spaces as well as a mediatheque and a reading room.
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In the 25 years of En-Knap Productions' activities, the institute has collaborated with over 50 international and national co-producers, recieved numerous (international) awards, and organised over 90 workshops, master classes, and auditions, in which over 3000 dancers and other artists have participated.  
  
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It has collaborated with many acclaimed international co-producers, such as the Nature Theater of Oklahoma, tanzmainz (Germany), Atelier 3+1 (Joseph Nadj), Hebbel-Theatre, Berlin; The Place London; Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Springdance Festival, Utrecht; Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent; Szene, Salzburg; TanzBremen, Bremen; Podewil/TanzWerkstatt, Berlin; Joint Adventures, Munich; Luzerntanz, Luzern; and CNDC L´Esquisse, Angers.
  
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En-Knap Productions also organises dance workshops for children and is part of the project ''Transferzala'', a combined season ticket for five independent Ljubljana theatres: [[Mini Theatre]], [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]], [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]], and [[Glej Theatre]].
  
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En-Knap Productions filmography includes five dance films and six documentaries, most of which were made in collaboration with the Slovene film director [[Sašo Podgoršek]]. The most acclaimed films include ''Vertigo Bird'' [Vrtoglavi ptič] (1996), which received the Award for Best Film at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] and the Springdance Cinema Award in Holland; ''Dom Svobode'' (2000), both directed by [[Sašo Podgoršek]] and featuring choreography by [[Iztok Kovač]]; the short film ''Taming the Time'' [Krotilci časa] (2000), directed by Dan Oki, a Croatian film and video artist from De Vrije Academie, the Hague; and ''What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here?'' [Kaj boš počel, ko prideš ven od tu?] (2006), recipient of the Best Short and Medium-length Film, the Special Achievement Award for Best Editing, and the [[Kodak Award]] for Best Cinematography at the 8th [[Festival of Slovenian Film]].
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En-Knap Productions filmography includes six dance films and six documentaries, most of which were made in collaboration with the Slovene film director [[Sašo Podgoršek]]. The award-winning En-Knap dance films are without exception filmed on locations in the Slovenian mining town of Trbovlje and include ''Vertigo Bird'' [compare [[Vertigo Bird]]] (1996), which received the Award for Best Film at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]] and the Springdance Cinema Award in Holland; ''House of Freedom'' (2000), both directed by Sašo Podgoršek and featuring choreography by Iztok Kovač; the short film ''Taming the Time'' (2000), directed by Dan Oki, a Croatian film and video artist; ''What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here?'' (2006) and ''Vashava'' (2014), both recipients of multiple awards at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]]. En-Knap's film production is supported by the [[Slovenian Film Centre]].
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The En-Knap Productions Institute is a member of the Aerowaves network, which offers cross-border performance opportunities for the emerging European choreographers. In 2011 it co-organised of the inaugural Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival at the [[Španski borci Culture Centre]] in Ljubljana.
 
  
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In the 20+ years of En-Knap Productions' activities, the institute has collaborated with over 50 international and national co-producers and organised over 80 workshops, master classes, and auditions, in which over 3000 dancers and other artists have participated.
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It has collaborated with many acclaimed international co-producers, such as Hebbel-Theatre, Berlin; The Place London; Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Springdance Festival, Utrecht; Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent; Szene, Salzburg; TanzBremen, Bremen; Podewil/TanzWerkstatt, Berlin; Joint Adventures, Munich; Luzerntanz, Luzern; and CNDC L´Esquisse, Angers. The production of the performance ''Codes of Cobra'' was funded within the EU Kaleidoscope programme 1997.
 
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In 2003 En-Knap launched the training programme AGON (now run by [[Emanat Institute]], which focuses on three aspects that enhance professionalisation and the existing education in the area of contemporary dance and performance, namely Agon-T (training), Agon-R (research), and Agon-M (mobility).
 
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In collaboration with the European programme Culture 2000, En-Knap Productions successfully realised the international experimental project CIMET (Cultural Intersections, Mobility, Education and Tradition) in 2004/2005. CIMET was created to meet the needs of young artists from the region who were embarking on their creative careers and seeking opportunities to further their skills in contemporary dance, performance, and experimental theatre. Several productions were made within the educational/research context of the project, among them ''Gallery of Dead Women'' [Galerija mrtvih žensk] (2005) by [[Maja Delak]] and [[Mala Kline]]; ''4U'' by Rebecca Murgi; and student projects from SEAD. The project's co-organisers were SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy Dance (AT) and Inteatro in Polverigi (IT) with associate partners the Body Unlimited Programme of CPAC – Contemporary Performing Arts Centre, and the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, both from Novi Sad (RS).
 
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* [http://www.transferzala.si/ Transferzala project website]
 
* [http://www.evrokultura.org/projekti.php?st=12 The CIMET project case study] on [[Evrokultura.org]] (in Slovenian)
 
* [http://www.evrokultura.org/projekti.php?st=12 The CIMET project case study] on [[Evrokultura.org]] (in Slovenian)
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En-Knap Zavod za organizacijo in izvedbo kulturnih prireditev, Ljubljana
Metelkova 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana
http://www.en-knap.com
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Phone386 (0) 1 620 8784
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Saso Podgorsek - Vertigo Bird 01 - film still - Photo Ziga Koritnik.jpgFilm production Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, 2008

En-Knap Productions, a non-profit institution for the organisation and realisation of cultural events, was established in 1994, a year after the establishment of the international dance group En-Knap by the choreographer and dancer Iztok Kovač. Primarily a producer of contemporary dance performances, the organisation is also an active film and video producer.

In 2007 En-Knap Productions established EnKnapGroup (EKG), the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, and since 2009 it manages also the multi-purpose Španski borci Culture Centre in Ljubljana.


Background

Since its beginnings, En-Knap Productions acted as the producer of dance performances by the international dance group En-Knap, which was founded in 1993 by Iztok Kovač in Leuven, Belgium under the wings of the production-managing house Stuc and the Klapstuk Festival, Belgium. The group immediately gained wide recognition abroad as well as at home, while Iztok Kovač received the Prešeren Foundation Award for the group's first performance Spread Your Wings (You Clumsy Elephant) (1993) and for his acclaimed solo How I Caught a Falcon (1991). This was the first time that the highest national cultural award was given to an artist coming from the field of contemporary dance. The group's later productions, marked by their trademark aesthetic, have toured extensively and received numerous international and domestic awards, among others also the London Dance and Performance Award from Time Out magazine in 1993 for the solo How I Caught a Falcon and the Swedish Grand Prix International Video Dance Award in 1996. In its first decade, En-Knap Productions has also produced works by other artists, such as Mala Kline, Andreja Rauch, Maja Delak (all former collaborators of En-Knap), Hanna Preuss and others.

Stage production and international networking

In 2007 En-Knap Productions established EnKnapGroup (EKG), the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, including an international team of dancers. The group, selected via auditions, has worked with an array of prominent international and domestic co-producers, choreographers, and directors and has been steadily building up its repertoire of successful and critically acclaimed contemporary dance and theatre works that are shown at prominent venues and festivals around the world.

En-Knap Productions also runs two main international programs. As a member of the Aerowaves Network, aimed at creating cross-border performance opportunities for emerging European choreographers, it organises the Import-Export international program, which brings acclaimed dance productions to Ljubljana on a monthly basis and has hosted names such as Julyen Hamilton, Wendy Houstoun, Steve Paxton, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, DV8, etc. In 2011 it co-organised the inaugural Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival at the Španski borci Culture Centre in Ljubljana, which has evolved into a year-round festival Plesna Vesna (Spring Forward), which showcases young European dance, mainly drawing from the Aerowaves network open call applications.

In the 25 years of En-Knap Productions' activities, the institute has collaborated with over 50 international and national co-producers, recieved numerous (international) awards, and organised over 90 workshops, master classes, and auditions, in which over 3000 dancers and other artists have participated.

It has collaborated with many acclaimed international co-producers, such as the Nature Theater of Oklahoma, tanzmainz (Germany), Atelier 3+1 (Joseph Nadj), Hebbel-Theatre, Berlin; The Place London; Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Springdance Festival, Utrecht; Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent; Szene, Salzburg; TanzBremen, Bremen; Podewil/TanzWerkstatt, Berlin; Joint Adventures, Munich; Luzerntanz, Luzern; and CNDC L´Esquisse, Angers.

En-Knap Productions also organises dance workshops for children and is part of the project Transferzala, a combined season ticket for five independent Ljubljana theatres: Mini Theatre, Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, and Glej Theatre.

Film production

En-Knap Productions filmography includes six dance films and six documentaries, most of which were made in collaboration with the Slovene film director Sašo Podgoršek. The award-winning En-Knap dance films are without exception filmed on locations in the Slovenian mining town of Trbovlje and include Vertigo Bird [compare Vertigo Bird] (1996), which received the Award for Best Film at the Festival of Slovenian Film and the Springdance Cinema Award in Holland; House of Freedom (2000), both directed by Sašo Podgoršek and featuring choreography by Iztok Kovač; the short film Taming the Time (2000), directed by Dan Oki, a Croatian film and video artist; What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here? (2006) and Vashava (2014), both recipients of multiple awards at the Festival of Slovenian Film. En-Knap's film production is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre. 

What are you going to do when you get out of here? by knapeci on YouTube

See also

External Link

Gallery

Film production Dom svobode by En-Knap Productions

Film production Dom svobode by En-Knap Productions

Film production Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, 2008

Film production Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, 2008

Still from the film Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, with Iztok Kovač atop the chimney and Aleš Hadalin in the foreground.

Still from the film Vertigo Bird by En-Knap Productions, with Iztok Kovač atop the chimney and Aleš Hadalin in the foreground.
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