FREE PROGRAMMES / WORKSHOPS
43RD WEEK OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE – VOL. 2
This year’s 43rd Week of Contemporary Dance, in addition to festival performances, brings a series of free programmes, participatory workshops, installations and performances open to the public. The programmes are intended for professional dancers, students, as well as a wider audience interested in contemporary dance, movement and performing arts.
TUESDAY / 19.05.
20:00
HERE – Mina Ugrin
Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
Mina Ugrin’s short original work explores the idea of presence — physical, emotional and spatial — through a minimalist performative approach and an intimate relationship with the audience.
WEDNESDAY / 20.05.
17:30
Dance Communication Lab – presentation
Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
A presentation of the work and process of the Dance Communication Lab, with the participation of artists and project collaborators.
18:00
Somatic Freaks – The Proprioceptors Revolution
Vlad Benescu & Alexandra Dancs / Art No More Association (RO)
ZPC – White Studio
Free admission
A multi-hour performative installation exploring the boundaries of perception, bodily presence and endurance through an intense somatic and performative process.
FRIDAY / 22.05.
19:00
Participatory workshop for the audience before the performance
CHOREIA – a PolyBallet
Rafaële Giovanola / CocoonDance (DE/CH)
KUC Travno
Free participation
The audience is invited to take part in a special introductory participatory programme before the performance Choreia – a PolyBallet. Through simple tasks, voice, movement and a collective experience of space, participants become part of the performance itself and its choreographic structure.
Workshop participants receive FREE admission to the performance.
SATURDAY / 23.05.
10:00 – 13:00
Choreographic dance workshop for professional dancers, choreographers and teachers
Rafaële Giovanola / CocoonDance
Zagreb Dance Centre
Free with registration
In Search of the Unthinking Body
The workshop explores the body beyond technique, style and expectation. Through perception, instinct and bodily memory, participants develop movement that emerges directly from the moment.
Registration: hipptsp@gmail.com
17:00
Participatory workshop for the audience before the performance
CHOREIA – a PolyBallet
Rafaële Giovanola / CocoonDance (DE/CH)
KUC Travno
Free participation
The second session of the participatory introduction for the audience before the performance Choreia – a PolyBallet.
Workshop participants receive FREE admission to the performance.
18:00 & 19:00
BOXED – Simone Wierød / WiredStudio (DK)
Terrace of the Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
A performative installation that blurs the boundary between observer and performer, inviting the audience to actively enter the performance space and become part of a shared experience.
19:00
HERE – Mina Ugrin
Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
SUNDAY / 24.05.
10:00 – 13:00
Choreographic dance workshop for professional dancers, choreographers and teachers
Rafaële Giovanola / CocoonDance
Zagreb Dance Centre
Free with registration
Voice, Breath, Sound and Movement
The second day of the workshop focuses on the relationship between voice, breath, sound and movement, exploring how these elements transform physical presence and the collective experience of performance.
Registration: hipptsp@gmail.com
18:00 & 19:00
BOXED – Simone Wierød / WiredStudio (DK)
Terrace of the Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
A performative installation for audiences and passers-by that explores space, presence and the shared experience of watching and participating.
EXHIBITION DURING THE FESTIVAL 19 – 27.05.
“There is no life without theatre, and one must dance”
35 Years of the Zadar Dance Ensemble
Gallery of the Zagreb Dance Centre
Free admission
An exhibition dedicated to the long-standing work of the Zadar Dance Ensemble and its contribution to the Croatian contemporary dance scene.
