OPUS 1 – PLESNA MINIATURA 2024
15. MEDNARODNO TEKMOVANJE MLADIH PLESNIH USTVARJALCEV
Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje, 30. marec 2024
15. International Competition of Young Dance Creators
OPUS 1 – Short Dance Piece 2024
Slovenian National Theatre Celje, 30th March 2024
THEMES
1. BEING AN ANIMAL
2. WHATEVER
1. BEING AN ANIMAL
This year’s title and theme are based on an article by Irena Štaudohar, published on 19 August 2023 in the Sobotna priloga (The Saturday Supplement) of the Delo daily.
Ecosystems are slowly disappearing from our planet. Climate change is a fact, the earth is overheating, suffocating, drowning in waste with animal species becoming extinct at a rapid rate. Everything is connected in nature and humans are only a piece of the global ecosystem. We are nothing but animals, writes poet, writer and environmental philosopher Melanie Challenger. The further we move away from nature, the more we forget our instincts and the more horrors we unleash.
“We need a different, wiser and perhaps even a more mystical concept of thinking about animals. In a world older and more perfect than ours, there live beings that are perfect, possessing senses that we have lost or never attained, and inner voices that we will most likely never hear. They are not our brothers, they are not our subjects, they are other nations with whom we live in a community, with whom we are caught in the web of life and time, with whom we share the beauty and suffering of our planet.” / Irena Štaudohar
Be an animal – for the future, for nature, for the world!
2. WHATEVER
But if the theme above does not inspire you, you are free to do, well, whatever. Whatever is in you, whatever is around you, whatever you are looking for, whatever you are wondering about, whatever you question, whatever you are interested in… we are interested as well!
Guidelines for mentors and creators:
The required part of the creative process should include translating your ideas and procedures into words. The same as every year, you have to attach a description of your creative process to your application (literary origins, thoughts, procedures, decisions…). Think about it and work on it so as to genuinely delve into the depths of your short dance piece.
The theme is designed to offer a wide scope of possibilities to all artists, regardless of their age. Mentors should discuss it with young creators, while the latter should be autonomous and creative in shaping their ideas and pieces.
The role of mentors in creating the short dance piece is to counsel, lead and guide the young creators in creating their own ideas, dance expressions and autonomous choreographies.
Approach the theme with exploratory zeal and creative inspiration.
Think and work on it to really delve into the creation and formation of the short dance piece, thus meaningfully fulfilling the concept, process and results of your work.
