dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Urša Rupnik (1984, Ljubljana) graduated in cultural studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences Ljubljana and in dance and choreography from the The Academy of Dance in Ljubljana. In the field of dance, she works with several educational institutions: as a university assistant at the UL Faculty…
Teja Reba
dancer, choreographer, director, producer Teja Reba (1978, Ljubljana) studied art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and performing arts at the Utkal University in India and Kyushu University in Japan. She attended contemporary dance programmes and workshops at the Centre of New Dance and Improvisation (Freiburg, Germany), ImpulsTanz Festival (Vienna),…
Snježana Premuš
choreographer, dancer, performer, pedagogue Snježana Premuš (1973, Maribor) started dancing at Plesna Izba Maribor. After graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School in 1998, she continued to expand her knowledge and skills at different international choreographic and improvisation projects in Glasgow, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Pamplona, Athens and Ljubljana (On the…
Branko Potočan
choreographer, director, dancer, artistic leader, pedagogue Branko Potočan (1963, Trbovlje) started dancing ballroom and folk dances at an early age in his hometown Hrastnik. In his teens he founded a breakdance group Gumiflex, which performed short dance pieces and also created two theatre performances. For several years he was also…
Petra Pikalo
dancer, actor, puppet artist, choreographer, dance pedagogue Petra Pikalo (1968, Ljubljana) studied at the Music and Ballet Conservatory Ljubljana, danced at Kazina Dance School and furthered her education at different dance seminars at home and abroad. She graduated from the international Institute for Contemporary Dance RIDC in Paris and later…
Radharani Pernarčič
performance artist, pedagogue, poet, cultural anthropologist Radharani Pernarčič (1979) graduated from ethnology and cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and from contemporary dance and choreography at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. Between 2009 and 2012 she was assistant researcher at the Department of Cultural…
Sinja Ožbolt
choreographer, dancer, pedagogue Sinja Ožbolt (1962, Ptuj) gained her dance education through attending modern and contemporary dance classes and workshops in Maribor, Zagreb, Rovinj, Vienna, London and Ljubljana. In 1980 and 1981, she studied acting at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and went on to…
Maja Milenović Workman
choreographer, dance pedagogue, author, producer, media artist Maya Milenovic Workman (1959, Maribor) works between Slovenia and the USA since 1980. After graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, she moved to New York and earned her undergraduate (liberal arts, fosuc psychology) and graduate (media, focus fiilm) degrees at the New…
Jana Menger
dancer, performer, choreographer, theatre practitioner, pedagogue Jana Menger (1973, Novo mesto) started dancing and training gymnastics at an early age in Novo mesto. She soon discovered contemporary dance and started taking dance and performing arts workshops with national and international teachers. She started her professional career in 1993, when she…
Jana Kovač Valdés
dance and music pedagogue, choreographer, mime artist, head of contemporary dance department Jana Kovač Valdés (1958, Slovenj Gradec) started her training in contemporary dance and music relatively late, in her teens. She took her first dance classes with a well-known Celje-based dance teacher Ana Vovk Pezdirc, who at the time…