inter-cultural co-worker Ivan Mijačević (Ptuj, 1979) is a maker with versatile artistic skills – a creator, researcher and pedagogue in the fields of dance and music and an assistant teacher of preschool children. He received his Master’s degree in the dissemination of dance in a contemporary context from the University…
Nina Meško
choreographer, dancer, pedagogue, expert adviser for dance Nina Meško (1973, Ptuj) has been working as an independent expert advisor for dance at the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of Republic of Slovenia (JSKD) since 1997, after gaining considerable recognition in the Slovenian dancing circles as a contemporary dancer and choreographer.…
Gregor Luštek
choreographer, dancer, theatre practitioner, pedagogue Gregor Luštek (1973, Novo mesto) studied at the Faculty of Sports in Ljubljana. He is trained in a variety of dance techniques, from classical ballet to contact improvisation. His artistic expression is based on soft and athletic movement, taking anatomical structure of the body as…
Nina Fajdiga
dancer, choreographer, performer, pedagogue Nina Fajdiga (1979, Ljubljana) graduated from School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam in 2007. Her solo and collaborative performances have been shown at different domestic and international dance festivals. In 2006 she won the Young Choreographer’s Award at the International Theatre School Festival for her…
Kaja Lorenci
dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Kaja (Valenti) Lorenci (1981, Maribor) graduated from SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2006 and later collaborated with choreographers Andreja Rauch Podrzavnik, Mateja Bučar, Gregor Luštek and Rosana Hribar, Madeleine Karlsson and Aleksandra Stratimirović, Shimrit Golan, Katja Legin, Nataša Berce, Karmina Šilec (Carmina Slovenica) and…
Katja Legin
performer, choreographer, dramaturge, pedagogue Katja Legin (Ljubljana, 1985) graduated from Laban Conservatoire of Dance in London. As part of her MA studies in theatre directing (Academy for theatre, radio, film and television in Ljubljana) she wrote a longer text, which was later published as the book Dualities: The Performer and…
Jasmina Križaj
dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Jasmina Križaj (1982, Maribor, Slovenia) graduated in choreography from the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) at the Theaterschool in Amsterdam. She has presented her performances at many festivals at home and abroad. With the piece Zebra in the Hair Saloon she received the award for the…
Iztok Kovač
choreographer, artistic director, dancer, pedagogue In the 1990s the choreographer and dancer Iztok Kovač (1962, Trbovlje) placed the until then virtually non-existent discipline of Slovenian contemporary dance firmly on the European and world cultural stage. Under the aegis of the Klapstuk Festival, he founded the international dance company En-Knap in…
Jurij Konjar
dancer, choreographer, improviser At an early age Jurij Konjar (1978, Ljubljana) trained judo and dancesport and took singing lessons. After receiving his first technical training in contemporary dance in Ljubljana, he decided to study at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. He later worked with and for Les Ballets C de la B…
Bara Kolenc
performance artist and philosopher Bara Kolenc PhD (1978, Postojna) is a freelance performance artist and philosopher working in the area of performing, interdisciplinary and visual arts. She graduated from philosophy and comparative literature at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana and later completed her PhD the same…