A community for dramatic arts and development, Thailand
In the land of 10 rais, surrounded by paddy fields in Patumtani Province, 40 km. from central Bangkok, Thailand, a group of dramatists live together in a community in order to make an eco-better world through drama under 6 philosophies
Premiere: 12.12.2008, Galery Dali, Kranj
We all have to carry multiple identities. It's just a question to what extent
they allow development, by going to plan. Are you allowed to treat your self on
the moment or leave "mold" and become what they should be, to which one of us wants a system.
The show takes as a starting point multupli personality syndrome, which is then processed over various everyday situations and events they experienced characters stage. Investigate the situation of persons in society, their impact on the further development of events. It deals with the importance of individual identity in the modern times.
Premiere: 07.06.2008, Pungert at 11.00
The Artizani Artistic Puppet Company works under the wing of the Children's
Cultural Centre "The House of Children and Art". Its members believe that an
active involvement in arts shows us the way to ourselves and to others. Through art,
children acquire social skills; they learn how to overcome difficulties without the help of others,
they personally grow, develop different skills and discover their talents.
"The House of Children and Art" is open to all who believe that creative power is
a sine-qua-non condition for a good quality of life, that creative games allow children
to acquire important experiences, to get to know different emotional reactions, to
explore human relations…
The performance "Dragon and Daisy" was created on the basis of a late medieval bestseller from the thirteenth century, written by Jacobus de Voragin and known by the title “Golden Legend”. The main protagonist is Saint George, a knight who lived at the end of the third and at the beginning of the fourth century. The story is about a dragon that made his nest above the only water source, located above the town of Liddy. In exchange for water the citizens each day sacrificed a man chosen by chance. One day the lot fell upon a beautiful princess. Saint George, a young knight on a white horse, killed the dragon and saved her life. In grateful thanks for his bravery the citizens of this oriental town accepted Christianity. The young members of The Artizani Artistic Puppet Company turned the legend into a street performance with live music, three-headed dragon and a knight on stilts. Designed as a promenade, the interactive performance allows the spectators and passer-bys to interfere. In an impro theatre style content of the story adjusts to the environment in which the performance takes place.
Premiere: 07.06.2008, Dali Gallery ob 21.00
Opening of Photo Exhibition Kalejdografija - author Ajda Tomazin Short Movies Presentation – authors David Sipoš, Žiga Anžlovar, Aljoša Korenčan and Denis Lončar.
Premiere: 07.06.2008, Old swimming pool Izbruh at 23.00
D&G Show unites different musical and dance streams. It connects underground with main
stream, fairy-tails with reality. . . It is an event which crosses the conventional
borders of clubbing and performing arts, and puts itself in between both in order to
improve the communication with its environment. It does not rely only on one genre,
but presents different genres in an unlimited sequence. It is an event that opens
the doors of perceptions. Costumes are a must! Motto: imagination is a personal thing!
Premiere: 06.06.2008, France Prešeren Street - Kranj at 18.00
Alja Kump is an independent 'ethno' artist. She works in the field of 'ethno' ornamentation, which includes furniture decoration, wall decoration, painted beehive panels, etc. Her work is closely connected with folk tradition. As a descendant of a famous puppet player, Sašo Kump, she has always been in close touch with puppets and theatre. The puppet show "Alja and Pavlihec" reflects her fondness for puppets and wonderland and her need for artistic expression.
The puppet show includes short studies on evil threatening Pavlihec as well as the audience, but Niko Kuret’s hero successfully defeats it and overcomes all difficulties.
Premiere: 06.06.2008, Pungert at 19.00
The Taka Tuka Association was established in 2003, after many years of working with deaf and hard hearing children and youth in the field of theatre. Members of the Association are deaf, hard hearing and hearing children aged between 12 and 19, who are interested in puppets, theatre and dance. Their performances are interesting and understandable for deaf as well as hearing audience. The main purpose of the Association is to help children in the process of growing up by developing their creative powers.
The performance is a creation of young members of the Metulj Theatre Company. The story is about four clowns, who are invited to a competition for the best clown in town. Each of them is convinced that he is going to win. One of them is willing to do anything for that prestigious title. The question is "Who is going to win?"
Premiere: 06.06.2008, Khiselstein at 21.30
Renan Martins de Oliveira, a Brazilian dancer and choreographer, is studying at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Austria. SEAD is a private dance school, which gives its students the opportunity to choreograph and present their work, to teach in adult’s and children’s education programme and to participate in exchange programmes abroad. Its motto is "open-mindness and constant inspiration". Sapucai is the name of the main street where the competition for the best fantasy, best performance, best dance, best music, etc, at the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro has taken place. Renan Martins de Oliveira borrowed this idea and created a solo performance based on his own best conception, best dance, best music and best performance. New environment confronted him with the idea of what dance represents in the city and how it functions as a cultural and social event. Renan stared to dance in Brazil, where dance is a part of the culture and he is now studying contemporary dance in a city where a strong classical tradition meets European contemporary dance. He created a solo based on his own experience of being exposed to a new environment and looking at the situation from a position of foreigner who found himself in a completely new situation, with new tradition and new rules. The performance is supported by video material from TV show "So you think you can dance!"
Premiere: 05.06.2008, France Prešeren Street - Kranj at 18.00
The performance focuses on the exploration of different possible usages of s ace and environment, which are not directly designed for dance movements, but everyday life. Such space demands from the performer to discover anew his own body, as some movements change completely due to the adaptation to a new environment; open space with numerous elements of chaos and noise swallows up the individual and turns him into a passer-by. . . Travelling, borders, quests, displacements, distinctions and similarities. . . We are about to discover anew something we already know – our city, the city whose structure is so familiar, whose buildings we could draw by heart without looking at them, whose faces, streets, shops and statues are easily recognizable, whose churches, theatres and various taverns had been our sanctuaries on many occasions. . . Numerous performers throughout the city suddenly start to implement different forms of movements, which consist of choreographic as well as common, everyday movements. . . They occasionally connect the spectators with the performers, who then repeatedly lose themselves in the hustle and bustle of Prešernova ulica.
Premiere: 05.06.2008, Pungert - Kranj at 19.00
The De-Ci, De-La Theatre Company comes from Caen in Normandy. Since the establishment of the company in 2005, their members have been creating theatre and puppet shows. The main idea is to find a common language through corporal expression. Beside choreography, some performances also include text. The aim of the De-Ci, De-La Theatre Company is to introduce theatre to young people and make them grow fond of it.
Pacotille is a puppet show in which two different worlds meet. A clown finds a magic box that enables him to pass over to the puppet world, where he comes across unknown adventures and new acquaintances. When he enters the world of puppets, the magic box mysteriously disappears. Together with his new friends, the clown tries to find the box that will allow him to return. Without text, characters move around in a musical atmosphere.
Premiere: 05.06.2008, Dali Gallery at 20.00
Pedagogue: Renan Martins de Oliveira
Premiere: 05.06.2008, Khiselstein at 21.30
The Moradokmai Theatre Company comes from Patumtani Province, 40 km away from central Bangkok, Thailand. They exist since 1995. A group of authors live together in a community in order to contribute to a more ecological world through drama. One of their leading philosophies is: "You are what you eat, what you read, and what you teach."
Samanakha was a giant and a beloved sister of Tosakan, an antagonist character in Ramakien, the greatest epic in Thai literature. She fell madly in love with Bhra Rama at first sight, while he was washing himself in a river in a deep forest. She followed him to his shelter and realized that Bhra Rama was already married to a very beautiful woman, called Sida. Samanakha was hurt, but couldn't stop loving him. Therefore, she enviously harassed Sida. Bhra Rama tried to stop her, but did not succeed. Finally, he cut off her ears, nose, arms and legs. With the help of some supernatural powers, Samanakha managed to escape and took refuge at her brothers's, Tosakan. In order to take revenge on Bhra Rama, she introduced Tosakan to the beautiful Sida, whom he immediately fell in love with. Tosakan kidnapped Sida, which led to a 7 years long war between giants and men.
Premiere: 06.05.2008, France Prešeren Teather at 20.00
In his development as an artist, Matej Kejžar went through different periods. This reflects also in his performances. His work is mainly oriented towards Western European countries, where he has been working in several major academies and dance centres.
The performance is both a punk concert and a dance performance. The author is interested in the form and content of the performing experience on the stage itself, which satisfy the experts in the art of performing as well as everybody else. He uses themes and motifs from the Brothers Grimm tales. On the other hand, the performance deals with the position of an artist in an urban environment. What "to be heard" really means and what conditions must one fulfil in order to be heard? Terrorism, rebellion, constant negation? An artist should not be a victim of the system, who would not find a moment of realization during his life. The performance communicates through a world of fantasy, which it constantly tries to overturn and install into reality. It mixes naivety with faith, death with life. The author's idea is: "Objective perception is an illusion, which defies the reality of our subjectivity!"
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