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| name                = Flota Institute
| local name          = Flota, Zavod za organizacijo in izvedbo kulturnih prireditev, Murska Sobota
| logo               = Flota Institute (logo).svg
| street              = Kopališka 2
| town                = SI-9000 Murska Sobota
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 530 2255
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 530 2254
| email               = flota@flota.si
| website             = http://www.flota.si
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Matjaž Farič
| role                = Artistic Director
  | street      = Puhova 14
  | town        = SI-1000 Ljubljana
  | website     = 
  | email       = matjaz.faric@guest.arnes.si 
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  | fax         = 
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[[Flota Institute|Flota]], a non-profit cultural institution for organising and producing cultural events, was established in [[Established::2001]] by dancer/choreographer [[Matjaž Farič]]. Flota produces performances by choreographers of different generations, such as [[Matjaž Farič]], [[Rosana Hribrar]] and [[Gregor Luštek]], [[Tina Dobaj Eder]] and [[Milan Tomašik]] as well as younger generation choreographers [[Gašper Kunšek]], [[Žigan Krajnčan]], [[Jan Krmelj]] and [[Ana Cvelfar]], among others.

Since 2006, Flota organises the [[Front@ Contemporary Dance Festival]], based in Murska Sobota, thus contributing to the decentralisation of contemporary dance in Slovenia. Flota Institute has developed strong international partnerships through Beyond Front@ &ndash; a project and informal network twice-supported by the European Commission. 
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==International cooperation==

In 2003&ndash;2005 Flota collaborated with the Swedish organisation Intercult in the international project ''SEAS'', which united artists from more than 15 European countries between the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. 


===Beyond Front@ ===

Flota is the founder of the Dance Explorations Beyond Front@ project (together with Dance Week Festival, organised by Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance, Zagreb, Croatia; Pro Progressione, Budapest, Hungary; d.ID/Dance Identity, Pinkafeld, Austria; and OffenesHausOberwart (OHO), Oberwart, Austria), supported by the Culture 2007&ndash;2013 programme of the European Commission and the European Culture Foundation (ECF). The partnership network aims to present high quality dance performances to the border areas of Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Hungary, to generate artistic dialogue, and foster new cross-cultural co-productions. 

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In 2009, the Beyond Front@ network launched the project Creation Beyond Front@, promoting artistic exchange between Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Austria, which resulted in the project entitled ''Monster Tamer'', consisting of four choreographic miniatures by four choreographers, each performed by the same four dancers. The project was hosted by the network member organisations.

2012&ndash;2014 a new cycle of entitled Beyond Front@: Bridging New Territories led by the Flota Institute involves organisations from Austria, Croatia, Hungary and United Kingdom (Greenwich Dance). Cooperation between major urban areas and smaller communities in the region was encouraged, contemporary dance being a vehicle.


== See also ==
* [[Front@ Contemporary Dance Festival]]

== External links ==
* [http://flota.si/ Flota Institute website]
* [http://www.beyondfronta.eu Beyond Front@ network]
* [http://www.flota.si/network/network.html Dance Explorations Beyond Front@ in 2010] 
* [http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?678 Matjaž Farič on Culturebase.net]
* [http://www.flota.si/Video/video.html Flota and Matjaž Farič videotheque]

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