SIDE PROGRAMME: VR Performances

16 & 17 May 2026

MB Top 10 2025, presented in VR

16 May / 4:00 & 5:00 PM (two groups) / OPENS

Duration: 60 min

Masterwork for Six Dancers (360°)

Emese Cuhorka & Csaba Molnár

Choreography: Emese Cuhorka & Csaba Molnár

Direction of adaptation: Iztok Kovač

Created and performed by: Mattia Cason, Tina Habun, Davide Lafabiana, Tamas Tuza, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Nika Zidar / Núria Capella

Editing and graphic design: Luka Umek

360 video: Omar Ismail

Music: Ábris Gryllus

Sound recording: Igor Iskra (001)

Light design: Leon Curk (based on the original design concept by Kate Dézsi)

Costume design: Emese Cuhorka, Csaba Molnár, Katarina Markov (Atelje d.o.o.)

Rehearsal Director: Ana Štefanec Knez

Technical Coordinator: Jaka Šimenc

Technical support: Omar Ismail, Leon Curk, Hotimir Knific, Fabijan Purg, Gal Škrjanec Skaberne, Aljaž Zaletel

Production: En–Knap Productions

The VR performance Masterwork for Six Dancers 360 opens a view into a world of body parts and props that decompose, intertwine and move beyond ordinary functionality. The body becomes an object (of dance), an object of becoming; its movement, its autonomy, and the use of props create a world that lives on its own. It is not imitation, nor alienation, it is play that surpasses meaning, agency without limitation, infinite sensibility and the joy of abstract existence.

In its 4 parts, the VR staging of Masterwork for Six Dancers creates an intimate yet spatially expansive experience. The viewer enters a world where body, objects, and space merge, shift and resonate in a multilayered choreography, while also becoming part of the play itself. Combining Bauhaus philosophy, the Triadic Ballet, and the concept of “objectification,” the VR piece opens a space where every movement is an exploration of freedom and potential, and every object or prop is a tool for transformation and discovery of new bodily dimensions.

SALINE NEBULA (180°)

Stanislav Genadiev & Violeta Vitanova

Saline Nebula is a striking anti-utopia project that transforms the abstract into the tangible and the unseen into the visible. Through choreography, it brings chaos, loneliness and beauty to the forefront, turning shadows into images and form. This exploration of the primal human condition reveals a universe both alien and deeply human, capturing an ethereal world on the edge of the unknown.

The performance was filmed in VR 180 in 2025 in Rijeka, in the impressive interior of the engine room of the historic ship Galeb, produced by HKD Sušak, with the support of the Rijeka City Museum, and as part of the Moving Balkans project. The film crew consisted of director Enya Belak, cinematographer Igor Crnković from Pilot Media, and sound engineer Ivo Vicić.

*The performance Saline Nebula features a naked female body.

Glorious Epic Wet (360°)

17 May / 1:00 PM / OPENS

Sofia Mavragani

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.