News and responses
A MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING STOPS • RESPONSES
Axis of rotation
“A moment when everything stops invites us to reflect on the increasing pace of existence and, in its final act – the switching off or stopping – asks where it will spin us. The alternating synchronicity and asynchronicity of the performers opens up a reflection on the levers of power that dictate this rotation. Who makes us spin?” / Sigledal.org
SLOVENIAN MOUNTAIN TRAIL • RESPONSES
Between slavery and freedom
“Slovenian Mountain Trail is a metaphor for the internalised patriarchy we inherit from our fathers. Without explicit wording and with the power of body language, Kravanja shows how the subject, embedded in the ancestral stream and trapped in the various social habits and conventions that co-shape the prototype of Slovenian identity, is forced into self-censorship and denial.” / Sigledal.org
THREE QUARTERS OF A HUMAN • RESPONSES
Dancing through the end of the world
“Before us is a dancing people, a social order that is constantly breaking apart and putting itself back together again, little by little. And in the imaginary air above them, somewhere high up, there are planes with bombs, approaching relentlessly. And people dance on, unaware.” / Radio Študent, Ljubljana
UNDER CONTROL • RESPONSES
And you drop it …
“While juggling with ping-pong balls, a narrative about the controllable and uncontrollable events of life unfolds, while the dramaturgy of the “panchlines” skilfully conveys the dynamics of hope and disappointment, of trying to keep things under control and letting them slip away. It is here that Piletić’s presence, his ability to communicate and to charm the audience are revealed.” / Sigledal.org
METASTASIS OF FREEDOM • RESPONSES
The boat no longer floats peacefully
“Gradually and surely, we have felt what the metastases of freedom are, what we have done as a cohesive and fractured community, and what our future holds. Which is to say that Olja Grubić is a master of combining ambiguity, humour, subversive contradictions and idiosyncratic approaches to the deadly serious issues that affect us all.” / Dnevnik, Ljubljana
MANDIĆCIRCUS • RESPONSES
The actor as manic fragment and shock therapist
“Mandić cannot be reduced to narcissism. He is an actor who constantly shatters his image in the mirror. A powerful actor. His performance is memorable – it is a performance/announcement, a performance/manifesto, a performance/challenge. A celebration and a “horror” reflection on the acting and the actor.” / Novi list, Zagreb
