dancer, performer, choreographer, pedagogue, lighting designer Urška Vohar (1977, Maribor) studied visual arts at the Faculty of Education in Maribor and went on to study dance and choreography at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2006. While studying in Amsterdam, she started working as…
Minka Veselič Kološa
dancer, choreographer, dance pedagogue, artistic director Minka Veselič Kološa (1960, Ptuj) graduated from the Faculty of Education in Maribor in 1982. She received her dance training at international dance schools and academies in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and the Netherlands. She danced at the student dance company Point / Magra,…
Tina Valentan
choreographer, dancer, performer, pedagogue Tina Valentan (1978, Maribor) graduated from the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam in 2007 and has been working as a freelance dancer ever since. Her solo and group works have been supported by different production houses such as Ljubljana-based institutes Federacija, Emanat, Maska and…
Veronika Valdés
dancer, choreographer, dance pedagogue, music maker Veronika Valdés (1992, Ljubljana) has been dancing for over 15 years. Now working as a freelancer, Veronika finished secondary level contemporary dance programmes at the Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory (under the mentorship of her mother Jana Kovač Valdés) and at the Pre-school Education,…
Nataša Tovirac
dancer, choreographer, pedagogue, artistic director Nataša Tovirac (1971, Ljubljana), a visible figure on the Slovenian contemporary dance scene, works as a freelancer in the area of contemporary dance, choreography and dance pedagogy. Since 1992, she has been running Intakt Dance Studio, which brings together contemporary dancers and makers and offers…
Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik
performer, dancer, vocalist Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik (1979, Ljubljana) completed her BA in philosophy at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. She developed a strong interest in theatre and performance while attending Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana, where she was part of the school’s theatre group IHT, led by theatre director Tomaž…
Maša Kagao Knez
choreographer, dancer, theatre practitioner, pedagogue Maša Kagao Knez (1978, Ljubljana) first came into contact with performing arts through the work of her mother Jasna Knez, a dancer and choreographer herself. Maša trained with different international teachers in Slovenia and abroad and in 2006 graduated from Georges Momboye School for African…
Ajda Tomazin
choreographer, designer Ajda Tomazin (1986, Ljubljana) finished the contemporary dance programme at the Pre-School Education, Grammar and Art Grammar School in Ljubljana and in 2011 graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. In 2010 she studied film and television editing at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and…
Milan Tomášik
dancer, choreographer, dance pedagogue Dancer, choreographer and pedagogue Milan Tomášik (1981, Slovakia) has been living and working in Slovenia since 2004. He studied dance at the J. L. Bellu Conservatory in Banska Bystrica and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and in 2004 graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels.…
Igor Sviderski
dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Igor Sviderski (1967, Kumanovo, Macedonia, Yugoslavia) started dancing at the age of thirteen at the Ljubljana-based Kazina Dance School and later trained under numerous acclaimed dance artists and teachers at home and abroad. He has been a visible figure on the Slovenian contemporary dance and performance art…