When the Moon is Increasing

In
content and motif the performance of this young and promising choreographer
draws on different imaginative powers – human,
animalistic, and mythological. Since culturally determined laws and principles
operate on the unconscious level, they paradoxically emerge as a predetermined inevitability,
autonomously created by human beings. Through movement, mime, and a minimalist
use of props, the author attempts to free herself from the omnipresent prescribed
patterns which programme and paralyze us. She searches for different, “natural
laws” and questions whether ‘to be’ is not just as fabricated as ‘to become’. The
performance thus examines the semantic boundary between “preprogrammed” meat
and “autonomous” body, deciding for itself and from itself.

Choreography,
dance: Tina Valentan Dramaturgy: Aleksandra Blagojević Lighting design: Urška
Vohar Executive producer: Jasmina Založnik Produce by: City of Women
Co-produced by: Plesna Izba Maribor,
DWA (Amsterdam), Ljubljana Dance Theatre Organized
by: City of Women In
collaboration with: Ljubljana Dance Theatre