City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture

Contact

Mesto žensk, društvo za promocijo žensk v kulturi

Kersnikova 4 (Office: Metelkova 6), SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.cityofwomen.org

info@cityofwomen.org

Phone386 (0) 1 438 1580

Events abroad

Past Events

• 8 Jan 2020

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  20 Jan 2020

  Hungary Budapest Central European University,Different locations

  
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  Teja Reba (City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture) as moderator at a round table titled Increasing the Visibility of Female Artists and video interviews with Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik, Kaja Draksler, Maja Osojnik and Nina Dragičević, conducted by Tomaž Grom (Sploh Institute), at MusicaFemina International Symposium, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 24 Oct 2018

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  28 Oct 2018

  Croatia Rijeka Filodrammatica

  
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  The performative installation Red Web by Olja Grubić and Živa Petrič, co-produced by Aksioma Institute and City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture; the exhibition Rule 34 by Iza Pavlina, produced by Aksioma Institute; and the theatre performance 6, directed by Žiga Divjak and co-produced by Mladinsko Theatre and Maska Institute,

  at the ZOOM Festival

  
  

  
  

• 1 Jun 2018

  United Kingdom Leeds Yorkshire Dance

  
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  A research sharing featuring choreographer and performer Nataša Živković, part of the Performing Gender – Dance Makes Differences EU project, co-produced by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

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• 20 Nov 2017

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  24 Nov 2017

  Spain Madrid Sala de Danza Conde Duque

  
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  The workshop El cuerpo activista, led by Alexis Eupierre and Teja Reba, part of the Performing Gender – Dance Makes Differences EU project, coproduced by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  at the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid

  
  

  
  

• 4 Nov 2017

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  11 Nov 2017

  Italy Bologna Atelier Sì

  
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  Bologna Training (GenderBender project) with Nataša Živković, part of the Performing Gender – Dance Makes Differences EU project, co-produced by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 24 May 2016

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  29 May 2016

  Romania Timișoara Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre,Military Casino

  
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  The Second Time, a solo performance by Simona Semenič, produced by Integrali Cultural Association and City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture, and Svetlana Makarovič's Dead Man Comes for His Sweetheart, produced by the Prešeren Theatre Kranj and Ptuj City Theatre, at the TESZT - Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bucharest,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 3 Feb 2014

  Czech Republic Prague Alfred ve dvoře theatre

  
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  What if, a performance by Maja Delak, produced by the Emanat Institute and the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 3 Nov 2013

  France Marseille MuCEM

  
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  What if, a performance by Maja Delak, produced by the Emanat Institute and the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 28 Jun 2013

  Croatia Islam Grčki Janković Castle

  
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  Building a Bright Future, a collective performance by Milijana Babić (City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture)

  at the Zimsko ljetovanje Festival

  
  

  
  

• 17 May 2013

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  18 May 2013

  United Kingdom London Performance space

  
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  Sofa, a performance by Leja Jurišić and Teja Reba (Pekinpah Association, and a presentation of the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture by Mara Vujić (City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture) at the performance e x c h a n g e event

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 9 Apr 2013

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  25 Apr 2013

  Croatia Zagreb Galery VN

  
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  Murder, My Sweet, an installation by Meta Grgurevič and Urša Vidic, co-organised by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 15 Mar 2013

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  3 Apr 2013

  Croatia Pula MMC Luka Pula

  
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  Murder, My Sweet, an installation by Meta Grgurevič and Urša Vidic, co-organised by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture,

  
  

  
  

  
  

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The City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture was established in 1996. It organises the annual international festival of contemporary arts in Ljubljana called City of Women and aims to raise the visibility of high-quality innovative creations by women artists, theorists and activists from all over the world.

In 2019, the City of Women Association received the prestigious international prize for culture Princess Margriet, awarded by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).

Mission

The City of Women Association presents the artistic and cultural production of women in the performing arts, music, visual arts, film and video, literature and theory, thus provoking debate and raising awareness as to the currently disproportionate participation and representation of women in arts and culture, as well as in society as a whole.

It simultaneously provides a platform that considers pertinent critical contemporary issues. Alongside its festival manifestation (which offers an increasing number of its own productions and co-productions, mainly from the field of performing arts and dance) it is also active throughout the year, organising lectures, public discussions, civic initiatives, and so on.

Current projects

In 2019, the City of Women Association launched the international project Women on Women (WoW) together with partner institutions Outlandish Theatre Platform CLG (Ireland), Space of Gender and Media Culture K-ZONA (Croatia) and Tiiiit! Inc. – Skopje (Macedonia). The project aims to try out new models of solidarity and knowledge exchange between different communities, celebrating at the same time past and present achievements of women.

In the frame of the project, WOW (WomenOnWomen) awards are presented to living women (female, transgender or intersex) who have been consistent catalysts for equality and social justice. The awards are presented in March in four partner countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Ireland).

Since 2019, City of Women is also a partner in the European project BurnOut Aid, supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission, which draws attention to the growing problem of work burnout and aims to raise awareness of burnout syndrome in the non-governmental sector and prevent its causes. The project's partners are the Culture Shock Foundation (Poland) and Space of Gender and Media Culture K-ZONA (Croatia).

In 2017, the City of Women Association started participating in a two-year international programme titled "Performing Gender – Dance makes differences". Designed for European professionals in the field of dance and performance art, the project aims to improve skills and discourses on the intersections between dance/performance and gender.

It also works on promoting Slovenian artists abroad within various partnerships and/or international co-productions.

See also

• City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts

External links

• City of Women website
• International cooperation projects at CoW website
• Women on Women project at CED Slovenia project database

Gallery

Drage drage (Expensive Darlings), choreographed by Maja Delak, premiering at Dance Theatre Ljubljana co-produced by Emanat Institute and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, 2007.