Društvo za kulturno produkcijo in afirmacijo umetniških procesov NAGIB
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The Nagib Association grew out of the NagiB Contemporary Dance Festival, an annual festival for contemporary dance and performance art that took place in Maribor between 2005 and 2013.
Nagib on Stage
Since 2014, the festival has run a programme strand called Nagib on Stage, hosting performances and its own productions. Initially based at the main regional theatre Narodni dom Maribor, it has expanded over the years to other venues across Maribor. Focused on contemporary dance and theatre with an emphasis on supporting independent scene productions, the programme also encompasses various side projects that explore the performances' concepts and the performers' practices in a more discursive format.
Nagib towards Process
From the 2019/20 season, Nagib shifted the focus of its programming once again. The programme strand Nagib to Process aims to provide an environment for professional dance practice and promote a wider understanding of artistic processes. Within this strand, Nagib also occasionally organises the Open Studio for creators as an attempt to establish and nurture a creative community, offering artists a space for creative work, experimentation, rehearsal, and collective or individual making, as well as an opportunity to question and reflect on their own practices.
The association also collaborates regularly and productively with the Maribor-based Drugajanje Festival. In 2017, it was involved in the international project Shifting Baselines, co-organised in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Ljubljana and ArgeKultur Salzburg.
In 2015, Petra Hazabent, head of the association and curator of Nagib's programmes, received the Ksenija Hribar Award from the Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia, in recognition of her achievements as a producer in Slovenian contemporary performing arts.
Nagib towards Learning
Nagib also organises creative educational workshops for pre-school and school-age children, led by established arts practitioners and drawing on interdisciplinary, interactive, and embodied approaches to foster creative potential. Currently, it runs the Little School of Art, intertwining puppetry, movement and dance, and sound.