Dream Baby Dream

Contemporary dance performance

Maribor Dance Room

Premiere June 21, 2026 as part of the Open Dance Stage, Minoriti Cultural Quarter

The performance lasts 25 minutes without intermission.

Concept and artistic direction Jerneja Fekonja
Co-creation and performance Minka Babič, Ajda Čuš, Aicha M. Diallo, Dora Domjanič, Urška Kramberger, Miona Krulj, Luka Oblak, Maja Voglar Rodošek
Photography Matic Ačko
Production Maribor Dance Room
Co-production Narodni dom Maribor 
Supported by JSKD 
Special thanks to Dalanda Diallo, Matteo Dell'Unto, Christopher Benstead 

 

I get needlessly anxious about the sculpture presentation, even though everything turns out fine in the end. And about every damn unfinished project lying in the drawer. But I don’t regret the tears. Not the sun. Not the laughter. Not the rain. Not the storms. Not the winter turning into spring, and the touch of unspoken words. And this ending — well, yes. An ending.

Performance Dream baby dream explores dreams as a space of love, memory, and longing — a space where the past, the present, and what never had the chance to become real meet. Longing appears as a quiet call — even when the body is awake, the mind is tired, and the world feels inevitable.

Jerneja Fekonja is a Slovenian dancer, performer, choreographic assistant, and rehearsal director. She graduated in Contemporary Dance from the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy in 2019. She works across institutional and independent contemporary dance productions and has collaborated with the Ljubljana Opera and Ballet, SNG Drama Ljubljana, Theater Bremen, TanzTrialog, and Dance Masterclass film productions. Alongside her performance career, she teaches contemporary dance and leads workshops in Slovenia and internationally. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with choreographers, dramaturgs, and artists including Francesco Scavetta, Guy Cools, Nuria Gui Sagarra, Willi Dorner, Mateja Bučar, Marco Torrice, and Mateja Koležnik. As a performer and dance educator, she has worked in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, Romania, and Sweden.