About
Ridges draws inspiration from the traditional dances, rhythms, and atmospheres of Albania, Croatia, and North Macedonia, transforming inherited movement languages into a contemporary choreographic expression.
Through precise footwork, circular trajectories, and shifting rhythmic patterns that slip out of expected structures, the performance creates a dynamic and evolving stage landscape. Movement appears not as a literal reference to tradition, but as its echo—embedded in the body, breath, and collective presence of the performers.
As spatial relations continuously transform, Ridges blurs the boundaries between identity, memory, and contemporary expression, giving rise to a fluid and evolving movement language.
Info
- Date: April 25, 2026
- Location: Zagreb, KNAP Theatre
- Premiere: Croatian premiere
Credits
- Concept & Choreography: Ermira Goro
- Music: Aliki Leftherioti
- Performers: Mariel Brahimllari, Viktor Konstantinović, Margareta Sinković, Semela Skenderasi
- Special thanks: Lara Kapeloto
Production
A Moving Balkans co-production in collaboration with:
Albania Dance Meeting (Tirana), Dance Fest Skopje / Interart Culture Centre (Skopje),
Dance Week Festival / Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (Zagreb)
The project is part of the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Platform, co-funded by the European Union.
About the artist
Ermira Goro is an internationally recognized dance artist and choreographer known for her interdisciplinary approach. She trained in Albania and Greece and further developed her practice in New York, where she began creating her own work.
From 2007 to 2018, she collaborated with the renowned DV8 Physical Theatre. In 2022, she was nominated for the prestigious Bessies – New York Dance and Performance Awards. Her work has been presented at numerous international festivals and venues, where it has been recognized for its innovation and distinctive choreographic voice.
Moving Balkans project is an initiative which assembles 11 dance organizations from the Balkans region: Albania Dance Meeting (AL), Art Link Foundation (BG), Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (SI), Croatian Cultural Center Rijeka (HR), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (HR), DAN.C.CE UNITIVA (GR), EN–KNAP Productions (SI), Interart Culture Center (MK), Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture (SI), The National Center for Dance Bucharest (RO), Students’ Cultural Center Novi Sad (RS). More about the project: www.movingbalkans.eu
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
