The 30th Winter Dance School will take place from the 20th until the 23rd of February 2015 in Maribor, in Karantena, in organization of Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities, Branch Office Maribor and Association of Cultural Societies Maribor. It is recommended for dancers, dance mentors, choreographers and everybody who are actively involved with dance and movement. Workshops are open to all age groups, amateurs, professionals or anyone in between. The concluding showing of participants of WDS is planned for the last evening. You are also invited to come and see the dance performances on the small stage of Narodni dom Maribor.

WORKSHOPS AND PEDAGOGUES

CONTEMPORARY DANCE - Lotem Regev

Lotem Regev is a freelance dancer and choreographer based in Tel-Aviv. He started his professional career at the age of 19 with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel). Later on he joined the Batsheva Ensemble (Israel) where he studied Gaga for two yeas. Recently he finished dancing with the Göteborg Opera Dance Company (Sweden). Over the years Lotem has worked with choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Rami Be'er, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Itzik Galilee, Franck Chartier, Barak Marshall and others. In 2008 Lotem started creating his own work while teaching movement research workshops around the world.

Lotem's class is an opportunity to explore new techniques and qualities through guided improvisation, based on ideas that Lotem has found throughout his career. At the end of each class Lotem will teach a combination from his own repertoire. You can choose between a beginners or advanced class.

CONTEMPORARY BALLET – Edward Clug

Edward Clug completed his ballet studies in 1991 at the National Ballet School in Cluj-Napoca (Romania). In the same year he was engaged as a soloist at the Slovene National Theatre (SNG) in Maribor. In 2003 he became the artistic director of the Ballet at the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor, leading the company towards new and distinctive directions. Throughout the past ten years, Clug drew the attention of the international audience, due to his specific choreographic style. He equally succeeded in putting the Maribor Ballet Ensemble on the international dancing map. He has participated in the largest theatre festivals throughout the world and has received awards for his choreographies at many international dance competitions and festivals. He received the highest Slovene prizes in culture for his work, the Award of the Prešeren Foundation in 2005 and the Glazer Charter in 2008. In 2010 he was nominated for Golden Mask in Moscow. This year he is creating for Zürich Ballet and NDT 2.

Edward's Contemporary Ballet is based on a high quality Ballet technique, which he upgraded with his unique dance style. He intertwines unpredictable dynamics, power, and energy and always anew creates different movement motives, which seem fragmented and minimalistic but are still musical. Choreographies are composed of small movements, who are like puzzles catching the right solution, which in the end stays unresolved.
His classes are appropriate only for dancers with a high level of dance technique.

MODERN – Kjara Starič Wurst

Kjara Starič Wurst is a choreographer, pedagogue and the artistic director of Kjara's Dance Project. She finished Ballet studies in Ljubljana and has also been intensively upgrading her knowledge of modern dance techniques. She danced in SPP under the leadership of Fred Lasser. In Slovenia and America she has collaborated with many choreographers. In 2010 she founded Kjara's Dance Project and successfully realised performances Odtisi, Compassion and Razpotja. She has received many awards for her choreographic works at various ballet and modern dance competitions both in Slovenia and abroad. She’s a jury member at the International Ballet Competition in San Remo, Italy and in Pula, Croatia. She tightly collaborates with the Ariston Proballet Company in Milano, where she will choreograph in the next season. She currently lives and works in Milano. 

Kjara's Modern workshops intertwine modern dance technique, technically stylized ballet and broken lines of contemporary ballet. You will train the precision in execution of movement, interpretation of choreography and the volume that the body can occupy. You will get the chance to dance out fully on the background of different kinds of music. You can choose between an intermediate or advanced level.

CREATIVE DANCE WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN – Saša Lončar

Saša Lončar keeps on upgrading her pedagogical mission. She is the founder, artistic director, pedagogue and choreographer of KD Qulenium in Kranj and Ljubljana. She organizes the festival Kalejdoskop and the Festival of Performing Art. Through creative processes, with exuberant imagination, openness, audacity and excellent feeling for guidance, she stimulates children’s dance creativity and enriches their personal movement expression.

Creative Dance Workshops for children – are intended for children (younger kids from 5 – 7 years, older kids from 8 - 11 years). Through imagination, creativity and ability of expression they will develop dance and movement skills, body awareness and strengthen their kinaesthetic competence. And in doing so, infinitely enjoy! The workshops last 60 minutes.

AFRICAN - CONTEMPORARY DANCE – Maša Kagao Knez

Maša Kagao Knez is a dancer, choreographer and theater artist. She has studied with many mentors at home and abroad, in 2006 she graduated on The School of Georges Momboyeja in African traditional and contemporary dance in Paris and in 2013 at the Academy of Dance in Ljubljana. As a dancer, actress and choreographer she is involved with both institutional theaters as well as independent producers. As one of the founders of the Cultural Arts Society Baobab she has been teaching and (co) creating dance performances, since 2009. As a dancer she received The Award of Ksenija Hribar, in 2013.

African - Contemporary dance
Maša's choreographic and pedagogical work is based on connecting contemporary dance techniques and West African dances. She directs attention on exploring different qualities. She is interested in how to stimulate dancers in order to achieve various possibilities of dance expression, with the help of mastering dance technique, the elements of African tradition (rhythmicity, movement motives…) and improvisation. Prior dance knowledge is desired but not obligatory.
First part of the class will be accompanied by drums, played by Blaž Korez, Brin, Matic and Nejc Kološa.

FLAMENCO DANCE – Daša Rashid

Daša Rashid is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and a graduate of The Faculty of Education in Koper. In classical ballet, she studied by Marin Turcu and Maya Srbljenović Turcu and danced in the ballet, opera and theater performances of SNG Maribor. She studied flamenco at The Escuela Bolero in Madrid and Granada with renowned dancers: Mariquilla, La Presy, Ana Cali, Mercedes Ruiz and others. She furthered her studies in New York by Omayra Amaya, the niece of flamenco queen Carmen Amaya, and with Oscar Valera. She teaches ballet and flamenco at Plesna izba Maribor.

Flamenco dance
Classes begin with the technique of legs, and continue with flamenco compass (rhythm) and arms technique. The last part is based on developing choreography. EQUIPMENT: shoes with a higher, wider heel (up to 5 inch) and a long and wide skirt are obligatory.

DANCE DRAMATURGY - Andreja Kopač

Andreja Kopač is a publicist, dramaturge and PhD student of cultural sociology. Until now she has been active in different fields: as a coordinator of the Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts, as a performer, moderator, selector and a researcher. Lately she is mostly active as a dramaturge (collaborated in more than 40 projects) and a co-worker at national and international art projects. Since January 2013 she has been a guest teacher on The Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance SEAD. She also teaches on SVŠGL in Ljubljana. In 2013 she has received a reward called Plaque of Meta Vidmar, for her achievements in the art field.

The Dance Dramaturgy Workshop
The concept of Dance Dramaturgy covers more fields at the same time; but mainly it is defined by a somewhat reversed thought of a Belgium dramaturge Marianne van Keerkhoven, a former co-worker of the company Rosas: »Observing with a pencil in the hand«. As there are many different procedures of creation, so are as many different ways of dance dramaturgy. Text as well as the code of staging of dance performances namely arises each time anew; wherefore specific ways of thinking and collaborating. In this context dance dramaturgy is always »somewhere in between«, which assumes a constant blend of theory and practice, thought and action and demands regular articulation and dialogic criticism. The workshop is intended for all who are interested in this field or/and are encountering practical problems while making dance performances. It is desired that you bring existing material with you (on a dvd, or usb) and that you are mostly curious! With my experience in this field we will all together make steps forward and develop ideas and dance materials.

EMBODIED ANATOMY AND YOGA – Snježana Premuš

Snježana Premuš started her dance path at Plesna izba Maribor. In 1998 she completed her Masters at London Contemporary Dance School in contemporary dance and choreography and in 2012 finished the study of Embodied Anatomy and Yoga, with BMC principles, in Berlin. Since 1997 she has collaborated with many known artists in choreographic researches, improvisation festivals and projects: M.Tompkins, D.Zambrano, J.Hamilton, L.Nelson, I.Kovač, E.Claid, V.Globokar. Sebastijan Horvat. Her most noticeable works are Amplified Body with a berlin musician Ignaz Schick and a series of performances Stories about the body. Since 2009 she collaborates with the collective Federacija, which she co-founded together with A. Podrzavnik and G. Kamnikar and has been the director of it, since 2012. In the years 2009 – 2014 she is dedicated to collective work and her own project “Physical Manifestations”.

Embodied Anatomy and Yoga is a practice where we will combine the knowledge of embodied anatomy with asanas. It will be based on a fundamental principle: Support precedes movement. This way of working enables dancers more stability in dynamic moving, as well as a dynamic understanding of stability. Like this we deeply warm up, stimulate flexibility and build up strength; elements, which are important for moving without strain.

LATIN PERCUSSION WORKSHOP - Lazaro Amed Hierrezuelo Zumeta

Lazaro Amed Hierrezuelo Zumeta from Cuba is a percussionist of Latin percussions (Bongo, Conga, Timbales). He also plays violin, guitarron, is a composer and a music pedagogue. He successfully finished his studies on the Institute of Art, as a violinist and a professor of violin and chamber music. He performed with the Children and Youth Symphonic Orchestra, in Cuba, toured with Claudio Abbado in Venezuela, played in Orquesta de la Opera del Gran Teatro de la Habana. He performed with many famous musicians, such as: Cesar Lopes, Chuco Valdes, Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer. As a violinist and guitarron player he has, since 2007 successfully performed with the group Mariachi Real Jalisco de La Habana, which could be heard on Festival Lent in 2010 and other festivals as well. From then on he lives and works in Slovenia. As a percussionist he participates with Latin Cubans, Las Cuerdas-Jam latino, Che Kandela Cachita, Cubismo, Sonora Tropical and others.
On the Latin Percussion Workshop he will enthral us with passionate Latin rhythms on percussions: Bongo, Conga, Timbales.

SCHEDULE

DANCE PERFORMANCES AT WDS 2015

- Small Stage, National Hall, Narodni dom Maribor, Kneza Koclja 9

Friday, 20. 2. 2015, at 20.00

– BEAR ME / by CRISTINA PLANAS LEITÃO (PT / NL)
Concept & performance | Cristina Planas Leitão; Texts & song | Cristina Planas Leitão
Christina P. Leitao graduated on ArtEZ – Arnhem Dansacademie. She is a winner of a Third Place Award for her solo Skinned, teaches Flying Low and Passing Through techniques and collaborates as an assistant of choreography. As a choreographer and dancer she is very active in supporting the progress of the contemporary dance scene in Porto.
Support | This piece is developed with the support for the creation/residency by Lugar Instável, Porto (PT) within the frame of Associated Artist of Companhia Instável and in collaboration with BCN – Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte in the frame of Research Project 2014 - Conquering the studio: a Time for research with Mala Kline (SI/ BE).
The performance is a gift from Plesna izba Maribor, which has been taking care of the whole year education in contemporary dance and production of contemporary performing art, since 1987.

Saturday, 21. 2. 2015, at 20.00

– BALLET OF REVOLT / by LEJA JURIŠIČ & PETRA VEBER
in the frame of the 1st season of contemporary performing arts Nagib on Stage in collaboration with National Hall.
In the performance Ballet of Revolt, Leja Jurišić and Petra Veber will present their personal interpretations of European Union during turbulent times of economic, political and social crises.
Produced by: Pekinpah / Kink Kong; Coproduced by: Tanzquartier Wien, Hellerau Dresden, Dansens hus Stockholm, CUK Kino Šiška; Concept: Leja Jurišić & Petra Veber; Choreography & performed by: Leja Jurišić; Scenography & lights: Petra Veber; Music: George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique (1924): Recreated and Conducted by Maurice Peress, Nimbus Records (1992); Light engineer: Borut Cajnko; Producer: Žiga Predan
Supported by: Ministry of Culture Republic of Slovenia, with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union in the framework of the Modul-Dance Project www.modul-dance.eu.

Tickets: for the participants of WDS the entrance is free of charge, with the identification card of WDS but it is necessary to make a reservation in advance because of the limited number of seats.

Sunday, 22. 2. 2015, at 19.30

– VIDEO DANCE – screenings of dance videos – a talk about them will be moderated by Andreja Kopač, in the basement of Karantena.

Monday, 23. 2. 2015, at 19.30

- CONCLUDING SHOWING OF THE 30th WDS, UNION Hall  (Free entry).
WDS 2015 will conclude with the final presentation of workshops at the stage of UNION hall. The participants will get the opportunity to demonstrate the skills they have learnt and to see the results of other dance workshops.

WDS 2015 CERTIFICATE will be issued by the organizer, JSKD OI Maribor (for all who participated at least one entire 4-day workshop).

ADDITIONAL PROGRAM

SHIATSU MASSAGE: every day, by prior appointment (Tina Dobaj, 040 818 626).

FEES

DISCOUNTS

20% discount on the total amount received by all the performers at the festival ŽIVA 2014!
Attention! 10 % discount on a total amount for:
1. SOCIETY or CLUB, that signs up more than 5 people (application forms must be sent in one bundle)
2. A family that signs up at least 2 members of the family (application forms must be sent in one bundle)
3. PROFESSIONALS with a freelance status (a copy of a proof necessary)
Discounts cannot be combined. Discounts are applicable for those that follow the course for all 4 days.

APPLICATION

Lower prices are valid if you sign up before the 10th of February 2015.
A correctly filled-in application form must be sent before 10th of February 2015 to: minka.veselic@jskd.si or by post to: JSKD OI Maribor, Pobreška 20, (Karantena) 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
After this deadline the applications will only be possible, if there are any vacancies left and the price will raise for €10, therefore please check with the organizer.

PAYMENTS

According to your application form, we shall send you a proforma invoice that should be paid before the WDS starts. If the payment is made by an institution, the application form must be signed by a person responsible for it and include its stamp. (payments are also possible at JSKD OI Maribor).

ACCOMMODATION

Please arrange it yourself. ATTENTION! RESERVATION OBLIGATORY in hostel PEKARNA as soon as possible, otherwise the accommodation is not guaranteed.
Contact: Hostel Pekarna, phone: +386 (0)59 180 880, fax: +386 (0)59 180 882, hostelpekarna@mkc.si. More info: www.mkc-hostelpekarna.si.  

WARRANTY

- Each participant will receive an identification card to enter the studio.
- We retain the right to change the content of the programme, due to a higher force
- We take no responsibility for injuries and thefts. Regulate your own personal insurance and take care of your
belongings.
- The tuition fee will be refunded only on the basis of a letter received before the start of the WDS (20.2.2015)
or on doctor's note, received before the end of the WDS (23.2.2015)
- Photographing, video recording and taking notes during classes is prohibited, only if otherwise agreed with
the organizer and teacher in advance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACT

Minka Veselič Kološa dance advisor phone: +386 (0)2 23 42 110, +386(0)2 23 42 116 or +386 (0)51 390 428 fax: +386 (0)2 23 42 112, e-mail: minka.veselic@jskd.si

		Nina MEŠKO dance advisor phone: +386 (0)1 2410 522 fax: +386 (0)1 2410 510 e-mail: nina.mesko@jskd.si