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| name                = Young Lions Festival
 
| name                = Young Lions Festival
 
| localname          = Festival Mladi levi
 
| localname          = Festival Mladi levi
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| street              = Slomškova 11
 
| street              = Slomškova 11
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
 
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| telephone          = 386 (0) 5 971 0001, 386 (0) 51 269 906
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| telephone          = 386 (0) 5 231 4492, 386 (0) 51 269 906
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 1 231 4492
 
| fax                = 386 (0) 1 231 4492
 
| email              = info@bunker.si
 
| email              = info@bunker.si
| website            = http://www.bunker.si/slo/mladi-levi
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| website            = http://www.bunker.si/festival-mladi-levi/
 
| organised by        = Bunker Institute
 
| organised by        = Bunker Institute
 
| frequency = annual
 
| frequency = annual
 
| dates and duration = August, late, 10 days
 
| dates and duration = August, late, 10 days
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| duration weeks    = 34,35 (2012) 34,35 (2013) 34,35 (2014)
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| festival dates    = 23.8.2015 - 30.8.2015, 20.8.2016 - 28.8.2016, 18.8.2017 - 27.8.2017, 24.8.2018 - 1.9.2018, 23.8.2019 - 30.9.2019, 22.8.2020 - 29.8.2020, 20.8.2021 - 29.8.2021, 19.8.2022 - 27.8.2022, 18.8.2023 - 26.8.2023, 22.8.2024 - 31.8.2024
 
| contacts = {{Contact
 
| contacts = {{Contact
  | name                = Nevenka Koprivšek
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  | name                = Alma R. Selimović
  | role                = Festival Director and Artistic Director
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  | role                = Director
 
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  | name                = Mojca Jug
 
  | name                = Mojca Jug
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  | name                = Alma Selimović
 
  | name                = Alma Selimović
 
  | role                = Public Relations
 
  | role                = Public Relations
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| email              = alma.r.selimovic@bunker.si
 
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The [[Mladi levi Festival]] (in English: ''Young Lions Festiva''l) is an annual international festival of contemporary performing arts, organized by the [[Bunker Institute]]. It presents original approaches to theatre and dance, focusing on talented and emerging stage performers, along with presenting already established progressive authors. It takes place every end of the summer and was initiated in 1998 under the auspices of the international network Junge Hunde.
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The festival has a distinctive atmosphere marked by creativity, vibrancy, and a social nature. It is an interdisciplinary place of exchange and cooperation, extending beyond the habitual local or international concepts.
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{{Image|Foto Nada Žgank publika Mladi levi IvoDimchev P project 001.jpg}}
  
The [[Mladi levi Festival]] (in English: Young Lions Festival) is one of the most prominent events organised by [[Bunker Institute]], which initiated the festival in Slovenia in [[established::1998]] within the international network Junge Hunde. The international festival aims to present makers whose work is characterised by original approaches to theatre and dance, focusing on talented and emerging makers, along with presenting already established progressive authors.
 
  
During the festival that takes place at the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Old Power Station]] and the surrounding neighbourhood, the festival journal ''Arena'' is published, covering the festival's performances. The contributions are mainly written by young writers in collaboration with the [[Maska Magazine]], and in 2010 available also on-line on the [[Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal]].
 
 
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==Principles==
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In order to create circumstances where artists and audiences can meet, exchange experiences, and develop future collaborations, the festival invites artists to stay in Ljubljana for the entire length of the festival. This gives them a chance to see each other's work, have the time and opportunity to talk to other artists and audience members in an informal way, and plan future collaborations.
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{{Image|160819 Mladi levi otvoritev 039foto.nada.zgank.jpg}}
  
==Festival profile==
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== Programme ==
  
Mladi levi Festival has been presented in various old buildings of Ljubljana (in its early years at the [[Railway Museum of Slovenia]], later in the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Old Power Station]], in [[Tovarna Rog]], as well as in other venues) with the aim of presenting new contemporary productions in juxtaposition with historical heritage. At present, the festival mainly takes place at the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]] and elsewhere. In order to create the circumstances where artists and audiences can meet, exchange experiences, and develop future collaborations, the festival invites artists to stay in Ljubljana for the entire length of the festival, giving them a chance to see each other's work, to have the time and opportunity to talk to other artists and audience members in an informal way, and to plan future collaborations.
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The festival has thus far hosted authors such as Martine Pisani, Jérôme Bel, Ivo Dimchev, Eduard Gabia, Vera Mantero, Vitor Rua & Nuno Rebelo, Camille Boitel, the collective Les SlovaKs, The Collective 1927, Stefan Kaegi, Rimini Protokoll, Ivica Buljan, Francesca Grilli, Walid Raad, Tim Etchells, Ant Hampton, Chiara Bersani, Lucy McCormick, Jaha Coo, Beton Ltd., and numerous others, as well as organized a number of roundtables, workshops, and discussions.
  
The festival has thus far hosted authors such as Martine Pisani, Jérôme Bel, Ivo Dimchev, Eduard Gabia, Vera Mantero, Vitor Rua & Nuno Rebelo, Camille Boitel, the collective Les SlovaKs, the collective 1927, Rimini Protokoll, etc., as well as organised a number of round-tables and discussions.  
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{{Image|230825 Mladi levi Neskoncna ljubezen by.nada.zgank (5).jpg}}
  
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During some editions, the festival journal ''Arena'' was published, covering the festival's performances. The contributions were mainly written by young writers in collaboration with the [[Maska Magazine]]. In 2010, it was also available online on the [[Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal]]. In 2017, yet another outlet was created, a website portal for criticism called Kriterij, which was upgraded into Aplavz.art in 2022, featuring critics of the performances and articles about connected topics.
  
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===Collaborations and venues===
  
== Mladi levi 2009==
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The festival collaborates with various producers and groups such as [[Beton Ltd.]], [[Sploh Institute]], [[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]], [[Via Negativa]], ProstoRož, and others. The festival also presented three emerging makers, former participants of the [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]].
  
The 2009 edition of Mladi levi Festival presented several firmly established authors as well as some emerging names. The 11th festival included 12 performances, among them the performances ''Empire (Art & Politics)'' by the French-Austrian collective Superamas; ''Mackbeth After Shakespeare'' by [[Ivica Buljan]] (produced by [[Mini Theatre]]); Ivana Müller's ''While We Were Holding It Together''; a performance featuring a group of Serbian actors of the younger generation ''Možda smo mi Miki Maus'', an adaptation of the play of the same title by the Serbian playwright Maja Pelević, directed by [[Matjaž Pograjc]] and his group [[Betontanc]]; the performance ''Sonja'' about a lonely middle-aged lady, dwelling on the edge of the Beckettian universe, directed by the Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, otherwise well-known for inventing fresh directing approaches and theatre formats; and a series of solo performances by [[Katarina Stegnar]], [[Gregor Zorc]], and [[Boris Kadin]], based on performances by [[Via Negativa]]. The festival also presented three emerging makers, former participants of the Nomad Dance Academy (a project launched by the Balkan Express Network, one of the partners of Bunker Institute), namely, the American Elia Rubin Mrak Blumberg, the Macedonian Aleksander Georgiev, and the Latvian Ruta Nordmane. Further, the festival invited the [[ProstoRož - FlowerSpace Association]] to set up an installation in the Tabor area of Ljubljana and organised a concert of rebel songs by the female group [[Kombinat Choir|Kombinat]].  
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Often, the festival opens important themes through performances and discussions. This happens in the format of ''Discussion Café'', which takes place in public space under the trees, or through special events such as conferences, forums, or artistic activities (e.g., in the frame of the Mediterranean experiment ''Sostenuto'', the festival also organized the project ''My Street'', within which a street exchange focused on all sorts of exchange and sharing on the basis of solidarity in a direct and money-free spirit; the festival featured the forum about emotional materialism through the international project ''Trans-making'', a conference about art and communities ''Create to Impact'', and a conference about the themes of art and ecology in the frame of ''ACT – Art, Climate, Transition'' international network). In the 2024 edition, Mladi levi is hosting the ''Shared Landscapes'' international co-production with Rimini Protokoll featuring four days of performances happening in the woods.
  
In the frame of the Mediterranean experiment SOSTENUTO, this festival edition also organised the project ''My Street'', within which a street exchange focused on all sorts of exchange and sharing on the basis of solidarity in a direct and money-free spirit.
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In the past, the [[Mladi Levi Festival]] utilized various venues across Ljubljana, among them the [[Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice]] and Tovarna Rog, thus presenting new contemporary productions in juxtaposition with historical heritage. Since 2004, most of the home of the festival is at the [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]]; the performances are taking place there and in numerous other venues across Ljubljana, among which are Sports Society Tabor, [[Glej Theatre]], [[Ljubljana Puppet Theatre]], [[Španski borci Culture Centre]]. Some performances and discussions also take place in public space.
  
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{{Image|230818 Mladi levi Obmocje cloveka 085by.nada.zgank.jpg}}
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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* [[Bunker Institute]]
 
* [[Bunker Institute]]
 
* [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]]
 
* [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [http://www.bunker.si/eng/festivals/mladi-levi Mladi levi Festival web page] (in English)
 
* [http://www.bunker.si/eng/festivals/mladi-levi Mladi levi Festival web page] (in English)
 
* [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website]
 
* [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website]
* [http://www.jungehunde.dk/ Junge Hunde website]
 
* [http://www.expeditio.org/en/projects/403-informacija-za-medije-zapoela-realizacija-projekta-sostenuto-u-crnoj-gori-avgust-2009.html Project Sostenuto web page]
 
  
 
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Festival Mladi levi
Slomškova 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 5 231 4492, 386 (0) 51 269 906
Organised byBunker Institute
Alma R. Selimović, Director
Frequencyannual
Festival dates22.8.2024 - 31.8.2024




230819 Mladi levi DUETI 035by.nada.zgank.jpgPerformance Duos by Czech artistic group Temporary Collective at the Mladi levi Festival in 2023. Author: Nada Žgank

The Mladi levi Festival (in English: Young Lions Festival) is an annual international festival of contemporary performing arts, organized by the Bunker Institute. It presents original approaches to theatre and dance, focusing on talented and emerging stage performers, along with presenting already established progressive authors. It takes place every end of the summer and was initiated in 1998 under the auspices of the international network Junge Hunde.

The festival has a distinctive atmosphere marked by creativity, vibrancy, and a social nature. It is an interdisciplinary place of exchange and cooperation, extending beyond the habitual local or international concepts.

Foto Nada Žgank publika Mladi levi IvoDimchev P project 001.jpgAudience at the Mladi levi Festival, Old Power Station. Author: Nada Žgank



Principles

In order to create circumstances where artists and audiences can meet, exchange experiences, and develop future collaborations, the festival invites artists to stay in Ljubljana for the entire length of the festival. This gives them a chance to see each other's work, have the time and opportunity to talk to other artists and audience members in an informal way, and plan future collaborations.

160819 Mladi levi otvoritev 039foto.nada.zgank.jpgThe opening of the Mladi levi Festival in Old Power Station. Author: Nada Žgank

Programme

The festival has thus far hosted authors such as Martine Pisani, Jérôme Bel, Ivo Dimchev, Eduard Gabia, Vera Mantero, Vitor Rua & Nuno Rebelo, Camille Boitel, the collective Les SlovaKs, The Collective 1927, Stefan Kaegi, Rimini Protokoll, Ivica Buljan, Francesca Grilli, Walid Raad, Tim Etchells, Ant Hampton, Chiara Bersani, Lucy McCormick, Jaha Coo, Beton Ltd., and numerous others, as well as organized a number of roundtables, workshops, and discussions.

230825 Mladi levi Neskoncna ljubezen by.nada.zgank (5).jpgPerformance Unending Love, or Love Dies, On Repeat Like It’s Endless, performed by Aaa Biczysko and Beverly D. Renekouzou at Mladi levi Festival in 2023. Author: Nada Žgank

During some editions, the festival journal Arena was published, covering the festival's performances. The contributions were mainly written by young writers in collaboration with the Maska Magazine. In 2010, it was also available online on the Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal. In 2017, yet another outlet was created, a website portal for criticism called Kriterij, which was upgraded into Aplavz.art in 2022, featuring critics of the performances and articles about connected topics.

Collaborations and venues

The festival collaborates with various producers and groups such as Beton Ltd., Sploh Institute, MoTA Museum of Transitory Art, Via Negativa, ProstoRož, and others. The festival also presented three emerging makers, former participants of the Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia.

Often, the festival opens important themes through performances and discussions. This happens in the format of Discussion Café, which takes place in public space under the trees, or through special events such as conferences, forums, or artistic activities (e.g., in the frame of the Mediterranean experiment Sostenuto, the festival also organized the project My Street, within which a street exchange focused on all sorts of exchange and sharing on the basis of solidarity in a direct and money-free spirit; the festival featured the forum about emotional materialism through the international project Trans-making, a conference about art and communities Create to Impact, and a conference about the themes of art and ecology in the frame of ACT – Art, Climate, Transition international network). In the 2024 edition, Mladi levi is hosting the Shared Landscapes international co-production with Rimini Protokoll featuring four days of performances happening in the woods.

In the past, the Mladi Levi Festival utilized various venues across Ljubljana, among them the Railway Museum of Slovenske železnice and Tovarna Rog, thus presenting new contemporary productions in juxtaposition with historical heritage. Since 2004, most of the home of the festival is at the Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station; the performances are taking place there and in numerous other venues across Ljubljana, among which are Sports Society Tabor, Glej Theatre, Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Španski borci Culture Centre. Some performances and discussions also take place in public space.

230818 Mladi levi Obmocje cloveka 085by.nada.zgank.jpgPerformance Human Territory by Slovenian artist Gregor Zorc, taking place at the Sports Society Tabor, Mladi levi Festival, 2023. Author: Nada Žgank

See also

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