Dance, attention to details

 First an early morning "No Kings" protest dance in front of the USA Embassy.

and then I went with a bunch of dancers to hell for a dance, quick dip under the waterfall and a small picnic. 

A quick jump to my local park

 to see a concert in the forest. First Katja Šulc (I thought I would miss her, but I managed to catch a few songs, restless as I was)

Followed by Širom, who managed to calm my restless mind for a while).

Untitled (Most words are baned in tyranny)

 

but luckily people always find a way to express themselves. 

Started with...

 

David dancing in nature (a part where nature is reclaiming the city)

continued with a stroll through another part where nature is reclaiming the city and a bit of a talk on invasive species

and ended in a gallery reclaimed by a mono-play.

Mapping the city

the main entertainment were two dogs. But there was a lot of things happening I was told. 

 

Stories about neighbours

 with some music

and a quick visit to Equrna to see Meta Krašovec's exhibition. 

Revisiting stuff

 

Arhivox after a long time

and we waited for Martina Abramović, again to no avail. 

1st day of the Soteska 2025 festival

 

46% performance, 32% concert, 22% drinking game. 

To our delight

 We build our lives, just so others can tear it down. I cannot truly describe the change in my mood when I suddenly realised where all this is leading to and linked it to the current situation (mind you, there is always a situation like this somewhere in the world)

Nira

 a futuristic performance. 

Double bill (of choirs)

 

The main choir of the evening (Voice Movers)

and their special guests on the evening (Bee Geesus)

Unfinished symphony

 for movement. 

Garden

still in the development process. 

Powered by Emotion

The title made me think it would be an emotionally charged performance, but the true emotion from the title followed during the discussion after the performance. 

 

Unharmed

Tejka Pezdirc's opening at Hupa Brajdič.

 

Sleepwalkers

 

a children's play.

Martina Abramović: The artist isn't present

 but the cat woman was. 

Juno Nau

 playing at the closing of the Evo ti pa gledaj exhibition. 

Tuning into Choreographic Turn 10

 It has started :)

Stay tuned. 

Mapping the city

 

with Dejan Srhoj.

Mapping the city

Today's team. 

 

The 6th evening of dance films

in Kinoteka ended with a discussion with some of the artists. 

 

Broken elbow

I broke my elbow a few weeks ago, cycling. Slipped on a patch of ice. So you can't hire me for photography at the moment. But, I did go to see a sort of poetry evening (poems by Tomaž Šalamun) made into a performance/theatre piece and I thought, I know, I will take my little camera with a fixed 40mm lens and see if I can take any reasonable photos with one hand and a fixed lens. Of course, the results were not quite as good as I would have wanted. but I managed to take a few photos without my arm falling off. Looking forward to my elbow getting better and picking up my proper camera. 

Unfolded moments

 

One of those shows my camera is just not good enough. When on silent mode it is extremely restricted and one just doesn't want to make a lot of clicks with the audience present. 

(So if patrons of the arts still exist (and if you are willing to call my work art), this is your time to shine)

Day 2 of the mini tour

During which we had an accident (nobody got hurt), went to look for a new car (but didn't buy it), had more fast food than is good for one, had fun and called it rock'n'roll. 

A mini tour

 

It is rare that people take me on tours, but it has started to happen :)

Now, I just need to hope for more events like this.

Hurry-Scurry, Stay in Line

 

It seems I have seen so many dance performances by now that I actually had some ideas as to what I would add. Of course, as did was the dress rehearsal the evening before the opening night, I kept them to myself. 

Life. Refabricated

 

on a daily basis. 

(It seems refabricating life is a rather dark experience)

Refabricated life

 Refabricating our lives in the cellar. 

Naked stage, the last day

 

First we watched Sara Šoukal's Art of Process: Artist on Trial,

then we enjoyed The Bohemian Tragedy, which turned out not to be totally tragic, 

and then we all joined in Maja and Juš's farewell party, with two cakes. 

The longest day of the festival

The day started with the young improvisors and their performance Herely and Therely.

After a short brake we continued with Couples, which gave us an insight into imaginary relationships and quite a few laughs.  

Of course, this was followed by the show Afterparty,

with two quite different parts

as well as audience participation. 

And the Karaoke party went long into the night.

2nd day of the Naked Stage festival

gave us the performance 500 seconds 

and the multitalented Urh with his performance Amphibian. 

 

4play is a matter of interpretation (I have learned)

The Naked Stage festival (an improv festival) started yesterday, and after staying a few days in bed because of a stomach bug (and cancelling all photo gigs I had) I finally ventured in the rainy world out there. 

 

The first, Matter of Interpretation, was more of a dance improvisation with a bit of a comic side, as one of them was interpreting the movements of the dancers. 

The second performance, 4play, was based more on gags.