Dodgeball

Family breakdown

The final part of the trilogy, depicting the family constellations of daughter-mother, daughter-father and daughter (as mother)-child. After the performances For-Fathers-Sake and Prva ljubezen, drugič (Preboleti Naceta Junkarja), this time the author is in the role of a mother, (former) partner and artist. Dodgeball is a personal story, a monologue of a woman, split into two voices, each experiencing in its own way a deep cut in the family biography – its breakdown. It is a reflection on the idea and the real problems of the so-called classical family, which mirrors the stereotypes of heterosexual partnership and the related games of femininity, masculinity and parental roles.

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Photo: Nada Žgank

Dodgeball

2020
Performance • 60 min

Conceived by — Nataša Živković
Devised by — Tomaž Grom, Tjaša Črnigoj, Špela Trošt, Nataša Živković
Dramaturgy — Tjaša Črnigoj
Text — Nataša Živković, Tjaša Črnigoj
Video
— Camera: Maša Nonković, Ana Čigon
— Editing: Tomaž Grom, Špela Trošt
— Sound composition: Tomaž Grom
Performers — Ava Abramovici Reba, Bela Abramovici Reba, Mila Bezjak Stegnar, Teodora Novaković, Julija Ornik, Neli Banič, Vasja Fon, Ema Baša Poderžaj, Filip Pepelnik Čučnik, Taras Ždrale, Uma Pečarič, Nil Seliškar, Čarna Košir, Svarun Košir, Lav Janković, Frida Kapun, Irina Kapun in Nataša Živković
Music used in the performance — Jure Robežnik: Življenje je vrtiljak
Producer — Špela Trošt
Production — Via Negativa
Co-production — City of Women, Ljubljana