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Set in a former power plant, the aptly named [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Stara Elektrarna]] can be translated as ''The Old Power Station''. One of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana, it is run by a non-governmental organisation, the [[Bunker Institute]]. The place is primarily used for theatre and dance performances, yet also frequently utilised as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events are also held here.
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Set in a former power plant, the aptly named Stara Elektrarna can be translated as the ''Old Power Station''. One of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana, it is run by a non-governmental organisation, the [[Bunker Institute]]. The place is primarily used for theatre and dance performances, yet also frequently utilised as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events also take place here.  
  
Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna, among them the [[Mladi levi Festival]], the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]], the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance|Gibanica Festival of Slovene Dance]], the [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]], the [[Druga Godba Festival]], etc.  
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Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna (in part or in their entirety), among them the [[Mladi levi Festival]], the [[City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts]], the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance Art]], [[MENT Ljubljana]], [[Animateka International Animated Film Festival]], and also the [[Lutke International Puppet Festival]], etc.  
  
The venues foyer features a small museum displaying some old power station equipment.
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Stara Elektrarna is included in the ''Transferzala'' project, a combined season ticket for 5 independent Ljubljana performing arts venues: besides Stara Elektrarna, also [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]], [[Španski borci Culture Centre]], [[Glej Theatre]] and [[Vodnik Homestead]].  
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==Background==
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The venue's foyer features a small museum displaying various pieces of now-defunct equipment from the old power station.
  
Protected as an immovable cultural heritage of Slovenia, the brick building itself was built in 1898 as Ljubljana’s first power plant. When in 1940s its technology became obsolete it stopped its operations, but it got modernized in the 1960s and from then onwards the place still produces some of the city electricity. 
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However, in the mid-1980s the potential of the old industrial architecture was already being discovered by alternative artists. [[Ema Kugler|Ema Kugler's]] ''Mankurt I'' opened the space as a performance venue and during the 1990s several site-specific performances, for example the Enrique Vargas's piece, were staged here.
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During the 1990s it came about that the city of Ljubljana lacks performing arts rehearsal spaces and the building was originally planned as a space for rehearsals. In 1998 the [[Ministry of Culture]] began the renovation works and in [[established::2004]] (together with the [[Ljubljana Urban Municipality]]) made it available for the independent performing arts scene. Following an open call for NGOs to run the space, the contract went to [[Bunker Institute]].
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==Venue==
 
==Venue==
  
Type of venue: black-box theatre; main use: contemporary theatre, dance, music, multimedia events, rehearsal space and space for workshops; seating: 300 seats total; performing area: 25m W x 15m D x 3.5m H to grid, floor suitable for dance; suspension equipment: overhead pipe grid for suspension of masking and lighting; forestage: dance floor; lighting: details on request; sound: details on request; stage equipment: details on request; backstage: 2 dressing rooms accommodating 15 persons total; climate control: air-conditioned.
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Type of venue: black-box theatre; main use: contemporary theatre, dance, music, multimedia events, rehearsal space, and workshops; seating: 300 seats total; performing area: 25m W x 15m D x 3.5m H to grid, floor suitable for dance; suspension equipment: overhead pipe grid for suspension of masking and lighting; forestage: dance floor; lighting: details on request; sound: details on request; stage equipment: details on request; backstage: 2 dressing rooms accommodating 15 persons total; climate control: air-conditioned.
 
 
Though leased to Bunker, the place is still owned by Elektro Ljubljana (Enterprise for Distribution of Electric Energy, Co.).
 
  
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Though leased to [[Bunker Institute]], the place is still owned by Elektro Ljubljana (Enterprise for Distribution of Electric Energy, Co.).
  
 
== See also ==
 
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* [http://www.bunker.si/eng/the-old-power-station Old Power Station web page]  
 
* [http://www.bunker.si/eng/the-old-power-station Old Power Station web page]  
* [http://www.bunker.si/eng/the-old-power-station-plan-and-sections Groundplan of Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]
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* [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website]  
* [http://www.bunker.si/slo/ Bunker Institute website] (in Slovenian and English)
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* [http://www.transferzala.si/ Transferzala website]
* [http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?theatreId=279 Stara Elektrarna architecture] - the history of the building from the ''Theatre Architecture in Central Europe'' web database
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* [http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?theatreId=279 Stara Elektrarna architecture] – the history of the building from the ''Theatre Architecture in Central Europe'' web database
  
 
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200610 TRANS-Plant 023 1foto.nada.zgank.jpgPerformance Trans-Plant by Luka Martin Škof and Nika Švab at Old Power Station, 2020. Author: Nada Žgank

Set in a former power plant, the aptly named Stara Elektrarna can be translated as the Old Power Station. One of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana, it is run by a non-governmental organisation, the Bunker Institute. The place is primarily used for theatre and dance performances, yet also frequently utilised as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events also take place here.

Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna (in part or in their entirety), among them the Mladi levi Festival, the City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance Art, MENT Ljubljana, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, and also the Lutke International Puppet Festival, etc.

Stara Elektrarna is included in the Transferzala project, a combined season ticket for 5 independent Ljubljana performing arts venues: besides Stara Elektrarna, also Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Španski borci Culture Centre, Glej Theatre and Vodnik Homestead.

The venue's foyer features a small museum displaying various pieces of now-defunct equipment from the old power station.

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

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



Venue

Type of venue: black-box theatre; main use: contemporary theatre, dance, music, multimedia events, rehearsal space, and workshops; seating: 300 seats total; performing area: 25m W x 15m D x 3.5m H to grid, floor suitable for dance; suspension equipment: overhead pipe grid for suspension of masking and lighting; forestage: dance floor; lighting: details on request; sound: details on request; stage equipment: details on request; backstage: 2 dressing rooms accommodating 15 persons total; climate control: air-conditioned.

Though leased to Bunker Institute, the place is still owned by Elektro Ljubljana (Enterprise for Distribution of Electric Energy, Co.).

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