creative bodies in movement: dance and performance

 

Dance and Performance workshop with Leja Jurišić, 10 to 31 May 2022
The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union under the European Social Fund.

 
 
 

The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union under the European Social Fund.

Projekt Kreativna telesa v gibanju sofinancirata Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije ter Evropska unija iz Evropskega socialnega sklada.

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Call for participants

The Pekinpah Association is inviting participants to enroll in a new program in the field of dance and performance, which will be carried out as a part of the project Creative Bodies in Movement. This is the third educational program and it will be mentored by the established dancer and choreographer Leja Jurišić.

The project Creative Bodies in Movement is an initiative primarily intended for immigrants, but also for other young enthusiasts from Slovenia, for whom the Pekinpah has prepared a year-round series of educational programs in the field of performing arts. At the workshops, participants will gain the knowledge and skills needed to perform stage work with the help of established mentors. The project as a whole ends in February 2023, when the participants will publicly present their newly acquired knowledge.

We have already realized workshop programs in the fields of costume design and scenography, and in addition to the current workshop in the field of performance, the one in the field of theater music is planned for the end of the year.

The Body is Me and I am the Whole World

Leja Jurišić will conduct a forty-hour workshop in the field of dance and performance. The program will be based on the physical and emotional patterns of the participants: the participants will try to turn their own habits into a dance movement in order to establish a stronger awareness of their own subjectivity. The process of establishing oneself through dance deepens self-reflection and helps us discover who we truly are - according to Leja Jurišić, knowledge about ourselves and the world around us leads to new findings that can be used constructively in everyday life.

The aim of the workshop, with the meaningful title The Body is Me and I am the Whole World, is to find the specifics and thus the qualities of each individual, both in front of oneself and the group, both within the performing arts and in everyday life.

No previous dance knowledge is required for the workshop. Desirable equipment: a t-shirt or tracksuit and a reflection on your favorite music.

The workshop will be taking place from 10 to 31 May 2022 in Tabor hall (Tabor 13, Ljubljana) every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12:00 to 16:00. Application deadline is 5 May.

About the mentor

Leja Jurišić is a dancer and choreographer working in the field of performative and political art. The author, who is no stranger to criticism of social, economic and political distortions of freedom, sees the human body as a powerful emancipatory tool in creating experiences of resistance. She has performed her original pieces in various institutions across Europe, United States and Mexico. As a dancer, she has collaborated with choreographers and directors such as Tim Etchells / Forced Entertainment, Meg Stuart, Janez Janša, etc. She won numerous awards, among others Borštnik Award (2018) and Ksenija Hribar Award (2019), the Best Gibanica Performance (2019), etc.

Applications: kreativnatelesa@pekinpah.com
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Usposabljanje na področju plesa in performativnosti

Poziv za udeležence

V Društvu Pekinpah objavljamo poziv za udeležbo na usposabljanju na področju plesa in performativnosti, ki se izvaja v sklopu izobraževalnega projekta Kreativna telesa v gibanju. Gre za tretji segment izobraževanja na področju uprizoritvenih umetnosti, ki ga v vlogi mentorice tokrat izvaja uveljavljena plesalka in koreografinja Leja Jurišić.

Projekt Kreativna telesa v gibanju je pobuda, prvenstveno namenjena priseljencem, a tudi drugim mladim entuziastom, za katere smo v Društvu Pekinpah pripravili celoletni niz izobraževalnih programov s področja uprizoritvenih umetnosti. Na delavnicah bodo udeleženci ob pomoči uveljavljenih mentorjev pridobili znanja in veščine, potrebne za izvedbo scenskega dela. Projekt se zaključuje februarja 2023, ko bodo udeleženci tudi javno predstavili svoje novo pridobljeno znanje.

Realizirali smo že usposabljanja na področjih kostumografije in scenografije, poleg aktualnih delavnic na področju performativnosti pa se konec leta obeta še usposabljanje s področja gledališke glasbe.

Telo sem jaz in cel svet

Štirideseturno usposabljanje na področju plesa in performativnosti bo kot mentorica izvajala Leja Jurišić. Zastavljeni izobraževalni proces bo izhajal iz fizičnih oziroma čustvenih vzorcev sodelujočih: udeleženci bodo skušali lastne navade vpreči v plesni gib, da bi na ta način vzpostavili močnejše zavedanje o lastni subjektiviteti. Proces vzpostavitve samega sebe prek plesa poglablja samorefleksijo in nam pomaga odkriti, kdo pravzaprav smo: kot pravi Leja Jurišić nas spoznanja o sebi, pa tudi o svetu, ki nas obdaja, vodijo do novih dognanj, ki jih lahko na konstruktiven način uporabimo v vsakdanjem življenju. Cilj delavnice, ki nosi pomenljiv naslov Telo sem jaz in cel svet, je tako iskanje specifik in s tem kvalitet vsakega posameznika, tako pred njim samim kot pred skupino, tako znotraj performativnih umetnosti kot v vsakdanjem življenju.

Plesno predznanje za delavnico ni potrebno. Zaželjena je športna oprema, npr. majica ali trenirka in razmislek o svoji najljubši glasbi.

O mentorici

LEJA JURIŠIĆ deluje kot koreografinja in plesalka, ki se pri svojem delu pogosto udejstvuje na področju performativne in politične umetnosti. Avtorica, ki ji kritike družbenega, ekonomskega in političnega izkrivljanja svoboščin niso tuje, dojema človeško telo kot močno emancipacijsko orodje pri ustvarjanju izkušenj odpora. Od leta 2005, ko je ustvarila svoj prvi samostojni projekt, je svoje delo je predstavila na več prizoriščih po Evropi, ZDA in Mehiki. Kot plesalka je sodelovala s koreografi in režiserji, kot so Tim Etchells/Forced Entertainment, Meg Stuart, Janez Janša, idr. Med drugim je prejemnica Borštnikove nagrade po presoji žirije (2018), nagrade Ksenije Hribar (2019), nagrade za najboljšo predstavo Gibanice 2019, nagrade Društva gledaliških kritikov in teatrologov Slovenije za najboljšo gledališko predstavo 2017/18.

40 - urno usposabljanje poteka med 10. in 31. majem 2022 v dvorani Tabor v Ljubljani (Tabor 13, Ljubljana); vsak torek, sredo in četrtek med 12. in 16. uro. Število mest je omejeno. Prijave sprejemamo do 5. maja.

Dodatne informacije & prijave: 
kreativnatelesa@pekinpah.com
pekinpah.com/news/kreativnatelesa
facebook.com/groups/kreativnatelesa