SIDE PROGRAMME: Moving Balkans Co-Productions

12 & 17 May 2026

ARTissue: Lineage

12 May / 6:00 PM / Fabrika

Duration: 40 min

Choreography: Kristina Paunovski

Dancers: Tea Milanović, Irina Šincek, Kofi Yiadom, Panagiotis Demoirakos

Music: ReVibrant - Osman Eyublu (violin and electronics), Pedro Rosenthal Campuzano (percussions and electronics), Golnar Mohajeri (cello)

Light design: Dalibor Fugošić

Costumes: Nataša Mihaljčišin

The work process begins with an intimate question as a focal point – how can we express something that concerns us all? Can the personal become universal, or is it inherently universal by its very nature? The performance ARTissue: Lineage questions the connection between the personal/intimate and the communal/universal, exploring the boundaries between street-club dance styles and contemporary dance and how they mutually influence each other.

The performance is part of the “ARTissue” research process, in which Kristina Paunovski re-examines artistic practices in relation to movement and the body, as well as their history and roots. The author of “Lineage” begins the conversation as a guest at the 2023 American Dance Festival.

The performance is a co-production of the Croatian Culture Centre Sušak (Rijeka, Croatia) and DAN.C.CE Unitiva (Athens, Greece), supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia. It was created within the Moving Balkans Dance Platform.

Duets Across Borders

12 May / 8:00 PM / SKCNS

More information: TBA

IMAGINE

17 May / 10:00 AM / SKCNS

Duration: 80 min

Choreography: Dragana Alfirević, Dejan Srhoj

Created and performed by: Jelena Alempijević, Ana Javoran, Jovana Rakić, Frosina Dimovska, Željka Jakovljević

Set, space and lighting design: Željka Jakovljević

Music and performance: Dunja Crnjanski

Choir: Hor Radio

Choir conductor: Dušica Stojković

Costume design: Dajana Ljubičić

Dramaturgy: Igor Dobričić

Sound design: Žolt Polgar

Graphic design: Ivana Đurđević

Imagine that one night you get lost and meet people you have always known, yet have never encountered before. Imagine that you recognize each other because your eyes are closed in dance and opened in song. Imagine that the next morning (which stubbornly refuses to dawn), as you walk down the street on your way home, you move together, dancing. And that no one questions you, but greets you.

Co-produced by: SKCNS; Kino Šiška (Ljubljana); Praktikabl – platform for contemporary art and culture (Novi Sad); and Nomad Dance Academy (Ljubljana), within the framework of the Moving Balkans project. The performance has been supported by the Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities; the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia; and the FUSION – Contemporary Forms of Art and Sociability project, developed in cooperation with the French Institute in Serbia and the regional Teatroskop program, implemented with the financial support of the French Embassy in Serbia.

For the realization of the performance, works and poems by Judita Šalgo, Katalin Ladik, and Vujica Rešin Tucić were used. We extend our sincere gratitude to Slobodan Tišma, Mitja Bravhar, and Tatjana Tucić. The performance includes the composition “Shores” by the band The Howlite.

Ridges

17 May / 12:00 PM / Fabrika

More information: TBA

Glorious Epic Wet presented in VR (360°)

17 May / 1:00 PM / OPENS

Duration: 60 min

Concept and choreography: Sofia Mavragani

Co-creation and dancers: Tina Habun, Fiona Macbride, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Nika Zidar, Mattia Cason, Matija Franješ, April Veselko, Tjaša Bucik, Tara Ukmar, Semina Rizou, Sebastian Zamaro.

Original music: Thalia Ioannidou

Costumes: Katarina Markov

Camera: Sašo Podgoršek

VR production: Omar Ismail

Audio production: Studio 001

Production: En-Knap and Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia

With the support of the European Commission, Ministry of Culture Slovenia, City of Ljubljana, Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

Storm-like and physically charged, Glorious Epic Wet, challenges inherited notions of heroism and hierarchy. It proposes a different epic - one written by many bodies navigating crisis and instability together. Glory is no longer monumental; it emerges through interdependence, shared endurance, and fleeting solidarities formed within uncertain terrain.