Živa 2025
Festival plesne ustvarjalnosti / Festival of dance creativity
13.- 15. 11. 2025, Španski borci, Ljubljana, Slovenia
UVOD
Festival plesne ustvarjalnosti ŽIVA ponuja program plesnih miniatur in predstav izbranih plesnih skupin in posameznic/posameznikov iz vse Slovenije ter goste iz tujine. Ime festivala predstavlja svojevrsten hommage Živi Kraigher, plesni pedagoginji, koreografinji in dolgoletni voditeljici Oddelka za izrazni ples na SGBŠ v Ljubljani. V treh festivalskih dneh se bo letos predstavilo 430 plesalk in plesalcev ter njihovih neprecenljivih plesnih učiteljic in učiteljev, koreografinj in koreografov, mentoric in mentorjev.
Vstopnica, ki jo nujno potrebujemo za prihod na festival je RADOVEDNOST. To je prvi korak približevanja plesu. Gib vznikne, pogled išče pomen.
Ples nas vabi, da ga opazujemo in se brez sodbe vprašamo: kaj je ta ples? kako ga gledam? kakšne občutke imam ob tem v telesu? kako sploh izraziti te občutke - obstajajo besede ali načini odziva na ples?
Morda je ples ogledalo, v katerem uzremo ODSEV svojih misli, občutkov, diha.
Kakšne SLEDI pušča ples v nas?
Če mu dovolimo, nas prevzame, PRIVLAČNOST narašča, ples zaživi z nami, nas spreminja.
In ko se ustavimo in zazremo vase in druge, pride PRAMANA (sanskrt: प्रमाण; IAST: Pramāṇa), ki se osredotoča na to, kako je mogoče pridobiti pravilno znanje, kako nekdo ve, kako nekdo ne ve in v kolikšni meri je mogoče pridobiti znanje. Znanje, ki vključuje spoštovanje do gibanja, do teles, do procesa, ki se šele rojeva.
Odpre se prostor za RAZISKOVANJE PLESNIH MATERIALOV – surovih, neukročenih, še neizdelanih. Materialov, ki šele iščejo svojo obliko, ritem, koreografijo. In se veliko sprašujejo.
Zato bi v letošnjem letu skupaj z vami, gosti festivala, želeli razpreti poseben prostor, kjer se srečajo naši občutki, misli, vtisi. Vabiva vas, da po ogledu strnete vaš p-ogled v besedno zvezo ali stavek, ki odseva en ali več odtisov, ki jih ponavadi odnesemo s sabo ali jih izrečemo le najbližjim. Zbrali jih bomo v skupnem oblaku misli in jih predstavili ob zaključku v zgornjem nadstropju Španskih borcev skupaj z vtisi plesalcev ter mentorjev in koreografov. Kalejdoskop zbranih misli nam lahko na ustvarjalen način razširi vpogled v to kako nastaja ples, kako ga plešem, kako ga gledam.
Naj vas letošnji festival ŽIVA vodi skozi proces – od prve iskrice RADOVEDNOSTI in PRIVLAČNOSTI do zorenja VZNESENOSTI, od nedolžnega opazovanja in RAZISKOVANJA PLESNIH MATERIALOV do HVALEŽNOSTI.
Hvaležnosti za gib, za telo, za skupnost. Za vse, kar ples je.
Nina Meško in Snježana Premuš
INTRO
The festival of dance creativity ŽIVA offers a programme of dance miniatures and performances by selected dance groups and individuals from all over Slovenia, as well as guests from abroad.
The name of the festival is a kind of homage to Živa Kraigher, dance pedagogue, choreographer and long-time head of the Department of Expressive Dance at the SGBŠ in Ljubljana. Over the three festival days, 430 dancers and their invaluable dance teachers, choreographers, and mentors will present themselves.
The ticket we absolutely need to come to the festival is CURIOSITY. This is the first step towards approaching dance. Movement emerges, the gaze searches for meaning.
Dance invites us to observe it and ask ourselves without judgment: what is this dance? how do I look at it? what feelings do I have in my body? how can I express these feelings - are there words or ways to respond to dance?
Perhaps dance is a mirror in which we see the REFLECTION of our thoughts, feelings, breath.
What TRACES do dance leave in us?
If we let it, it takes over us, the ATTRACTION grows, the dance comes to life with us, it changes us.
And when we stop and look within ourselves and others, comes PRAMANA (Sanskrit: प्रमाण; IAST: Pramāṇa), which focuses on how correct knowledge can be acquired, how someone knows, how someone does not know, and to what extent knowledge can be acquired. Knowledge that includes respect for movement, for bodies, for the process that is just beginning to emerge.
It opens up a space for EXPLORING DANCE MATERIALS – raw, untamed, unfinished. Materials that are still searching for their form, rhythm, choreography. And they are full of questions.
That is why this year, together with you, the guests of the festival, we would like to open up a special space where our feelings, thoughts, and impressions can meet. We invite you to summarize your impressions after viewing the exhibition in a phrase or sentence that reflects one or more of the impressions that we usually take with us or share only with those closest to us. We will collect them in a shared cloud of thoughts and present them at the end of the festival on the upper floor of Španski borci, together with the impressions of the dancers, mentors, and choreographers. The kaleidoscope of collected thoughts can creatively broaden our insight into how dance is created, how I dance it, and how I watch it.
Let this year's ŽIVA festival guide you through the process – from the first spark of CURIOSITY and ATTRACTION to the maturing of ELEVATIONS, from innocent observation and EXPLORATION OF DANCE MATERIALS to GRATITUDE.
Gratitude for movement, for the body, for the community. For everything that dance is.
Nina Meško and Snježana Premuš
PROGRAM:
Četrtek / Thursday, 13.11.2025:
18.00 Otvoritev festivala + Plesne miniature 1 - RADOVEDNOST / Opening of the Festival + Dance Miniatures 1 - CURIOSITY
20.00 Plesna predstava ODSEV / Dance performance REFLECTION (Katja Kučina)
Petek / Friday, 14.11.2025:
18.00 Plesna predstava SLEDI / Dance performance TRACES (Alja Turk Hvala in Beti Polanec)
19.00 Plesne miniature 2 - PRIVLAČNOST / Dance Miniatures 2 - ATTRACTION
21.00 Plesna predstava / Dance performance PRAMANA (Plesonoga)
Sobota / Saturday, 15.11.2025:
17.00 RAZISKOVANJE PLESNIH MATERIALOV / EXPLORING DANCE MATERIALS
18.30 Plesne miniature 3 - VZNESENOST / Dance Miniatures 3 – ELEVATIONS
20.00 Plesna miniature 4 – HVALEŽNOST + Zaključek festivala / Dance Miniatures 4 – GRATITUDE + Closing of the Festival
Podrobni program / Program in detail >>
Organizator / Organizer:
Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti / Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD)
in / and
Območna izpostava JSKD Ljubljana / JSKD Ljubljana, regional office
Umetniška vodja / Artistic Director: Nina Meško
Državna selektorica / National Selector: Snježana Premuš
Regijski selektorji / Regional selectors: Tina Valentan, Igor Sviderski, Sabina Schwenner, Andreja Kopač, Ajda Tomazin, Mojca Kasjak
Vizualna podoba festivala / Design by: Ajda Tomazin
Povezovalec programa / Moderator: Daniel Petković
Fotografinja festivala / Festival photographer: Anka Simončič
Prizorišče / Venue: Španski Borci, Zaloška 61, Ljubljana
Kontakt & informacije / Contact & info: JSKD – Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti, Štefanova 5, 1000 Ljubljana; T: +386.1.24 10 522; M: +386.51.327 575; E: nina.mesko@jskd.si; W: www.jskd.si
Prodaja vstopnic / Tickets: Blagajna Španski borci, Zaloška 61, Ljubljana (eno uro pred predstavo); otvoritev je brezplačna, festivalska vstopnica (neomejeno število predstav): 10 EUR (otroci brezplačno, dijaki, študentje in upokojenci 50% popust: 5 EUR)
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