20 METERS IN LENGTH, NINE METERS IN WIDTH, AND FOUR METERS IN HEIGHT
hosting the dance pavilion in Maribor in collaboration with DSPS
The Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia
The event lasts two hours: 5:00−7:00 PM
Production The Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia
Project partners KUD Plesni Forum Celje, KUD Kultivarnica Celje, KD Qulenium Kranj, Zavod MOJA KREACIJA, Maribor, JSKD – Dance Department (Dance Miniatures from Opus 1 Competition)
Special thanks to Maska, GT22, The Hotel
Financial support by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City Municipality of Maribor, City Municipality of Ljubljana, and Ljubljana Tourism
This Year, The Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (DSPS) celebrates its 30th anniversary. Since the very beginning of the society’s existence, the Slovenian dance community has been waiting for community spaces dedicated to dance. Despite contemporary dance being the only art form supported by the Ministry of Culture, it still lacks a public institution. The title of the project refers to the dimensions of a temporary studio built with funds from the public institution Center for Contemporary Dance Arts. This institution was established in 2011 but was dissolved by a decision of the new government a year later. We could only see the studio in the courtyard of the company that constructed it, and today it serves different purposes. Meanwhile, contemporary dance continues to wait for suitable infrastructure, better working conditions, and stable funding.
In the year of our anniversary,we will revive the lost studio from our dreams! Artist Toni Soprano Meneglejte has designed a temporary dance pavilion, which was first presented in Ljubljana and has traveled to Celje, Kranj, and Maribor. In collaboration with dancers from the Dance Center Maribor, Plesna izba Maribor, and Galerija plesa Maribor, there will be several dance performances and interventions created by local dance artists and guests: DISKOlektiv, NEST Institute, Kulturno umetniško društvo NUM (KUD NUM), Kulturno umetniško društvo "IGEN" Hiša umetnosti Celje, Dance Theater, and KD Qulenium Kranj.