MEDIATHEK

Deconstrustion the principles of choreographic authorship yet another time, Kovac thus places a "problem" in front of the spectators-he jerks the rug out from under their feet by constantly and almost consistently demolishing the spectators´horizon of expectation. In this way, he forces them to develop new manners of perception or ´ocular athletics´in the dance theatre process, where in the breaking apart of the distance between the spectator and the stage the autonomic power of the danctheatre elemants, space and time, opens up. (Katja Praznik, Dnevnik, 4. Nov. 2003)

The roots of the piece link back to a conversation about contemporary issues between Iztok Kovač and poet Uroš Zupan in which Malaparte’s novel »La pelle« was mentioned. It, among other sources became a shared reference for both Kovač and Hamilton during the creation process. This process continues on the stage as the performers instantly compose the piece. The unpredictable and unique structure builds up more than 40 fixed-in-advance and improvised sequences that demand the concentration of participants which are not only entering an uncertain mutual relationship but also awaited onstage by a cheerful and brazen musician ready for both kind co-operation and pointed deviations from what was agreed.

CONCEPT: Iztok Kovač
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTED BY: Iztok Kovač, Julyen Hamilton

CREATED AND PERFORMED BY: Karmit Burian, Julyen Hamilton, Gali Kaner, Iztok Kovač, Andreja Rauch, Carme Renalias, Sebastiano Tramontana

MUSIC: Sebastiano Tramontana
CONTENT CONSULTATION: Maja Kranjc
LIGHT DESIGN: Jaka Šimenc
SET DESIGN: Marko Japelj
COSTUME DESIGN: Andreja Kovač
TECHNICAL MANAGER: Jaka Šimenc
TECHNICIAN: Miha Zupan

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Karla Železnik
ORGANIZATION HELP: Jelka Pekolj
TRANSLATIONS: Mojca Demšar
DESIGN: Gsus AJAX/Ajax Studio
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nejc Saje, Sašo Podgoršek, Julyen Hamilton
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jana Wilcoxen
PRODUCTION ADVISER: Jožko Rutar
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Andreja Kralj

PRODUCTION: EN-KNAP
CO-PRODUCTION: Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana, Slovenija), Muza Dance Company (Tel Aviv, Izrael)

WITH SUPPORT: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana - Department for Culture and Research Activity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Jerusalem, Israel; Tel Aviv – Yafo Municipality

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