En-Knap Zavod za organizacijo in izvedbo kulturnih prireditev, Ljubljana
Metelkova 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 620 8784
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Past Events
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19 Oct 2024
A national premiere of "Amateur Smugglers", a dance performance with historical themes by Silvia Gribaudi and Andrea Rampazzo with En-Knap Productions.
at the VISAVI Gorizia Dance Festival
20 Sep 2019
21 Sep 2019
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Fringe Arts Festival
13 Sep 2019
14 Sep 2019
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
24 Aug 2019
The audiovisual project From Blacksmith to Miner, based on selected scenes from EnKnapGroup (EKG) dance films featuring live concert by Bratko Bibič, Vid Drašler, and Eduardo Raon, produced by En-Knap Productions and Alcedo Institute,
at the Filmestival Neue Heimatfilm
23 Aug 2019
24 Aug 2019
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
3 Aug 2019
4 Aug 2019
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Aichi Triennial
16 Dec 2018
The performance Hero 2.0 by Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions,
12 Dec 2018
14 Dec 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
6 Dec 2018
8 Dec 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma, US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
28 Nov 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper (Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US))with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
25 Nov 2018
1 Dec 2018
The performances The Idiots, directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac and produced by Mladinsko Theatre; Hero 2.0 by Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions; 365 Falls by Via Negativa; and a concert by Laibach,
at the Desiré Central Station
10 Nov 2018
The performance Hero 2.0 by Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions,
28 Sep 2018
6 Oct 2018
Alien Express by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Hero 2.0 by Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions,
at the Periskop Festival
16 Aug 2018
18 Aug 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel
20 Jul 2018
The performance Dark Union by the EnKnapGroup (EKG), choreographed by Josef Nadj and produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Dance and Non-Verbal Theatre Festival San Vincenti
11 Jul 2018
15 Jul 2018
The performances Hero 2.0, produced by Moment Arts and Culture Association and En-Knap Productions, Dark Union and Ant Ferocious, both produced by En-Knap Productions; a concert by the Ljubljana International Orchestra (LIO) and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Živa Ploj Peršuh and co-produced by Ljubljana Festival; and an event by the Slovenian rapper Challe Salle,
at the Mittelfest
14 Mar 2018
16 Mar 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Hong Kong Arts Festival
2 Mar 2018
3 Mar 2018
Pursuit of Happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
14 Feb 2018
16 Feb 2018
Pursuit of happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions and co-produced by the Théâtre de la Ville,
12 Jan 2018
14 Jan 2018
Pursuit of happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Under The Radar Festival
13 Oct 2017
14 Oct 2017
Pursuit of happiness by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, Nature Theater of Oklahoma (US) with EnKnapGroup (EKG), produced by En-Knap Productions,
at the Steirischer Herbst
30 May 2016
1 Jun 2016
Nótt, produced by the Dance Theatre Ljubljana, and Falcon!, performed by Janez Janša and Iztok Kovač and produced by En-Knap Productions and Maska Institute, at the 33rd Dance Week Festival
20 Aug 2015
22 Aug 2015
Phobia, performed also by EnKnapGroup (EKG) and produced by En-Knap Productions, at the Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen
16 Nov 2012
- Aerowaves, 2017
Project summary - Aerowaves, 2014
Project summary - CIMET – Cultural Intersections, Mobility, Education and Tradition, 2004
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Background
Since its beginnings, En-Knap Productions acted as the producer of dance performances by the international dance group En-Knap, which was founded in 1993 by Iztok Kovač in Leuven, Belgium under the wings of the production-managing house Stuc and the Klapstuk Festival, Belgium. The group immediately gained wide recognition abroad as well as at home, while Iztok Kovač received the Prešeren Foundation Award for the group's first performance Spread Your Wings (You Clumsy Elephant) (1993) and for his acclaimed solo How I Caught a Falcon (1991). This was the first time that the highest national cultural award was given to an artist coming from the field of contemporary dance. The group's later productions, marked by their trademark aesthetic, have toured extensively and received numerous international and domestic awards, among others also the London Dance and Performance Award from Time Out magazine in 1993 for the solo How I Caught a Falcon and the Swedish Grand Prix International Video Dance Award in 1996. In its first decade, En-Knap Productions has also produced works by other artists, such as Mala Kline, Andreja Rauch, Maja Delak (all former collaborators of En-Knap), Hanna Preuss and others.
Stage production and international networking
In 2007 En-Knap Productions established EnKnapGroup (EKG), the first permanent professional contemporary dance group in Slovenia, including an international team of dancers. The group, selected via auditions, has worked with an array of prominent international and domestic co-producers, choreographers, and directors and has been steadily building up its repertoire of successful and critically acclaimed contemporary dance and theatre works that are shown at prominent venues and festivals around the world.
En-Knap Productions also runs two main international programs. As a member of the Aerowaves Network, aimed at creating cross-border performance opportunities for emerging European choreographers, it organises the Import-Export international program, which brings acclaimed dance productions to Ljubljana on a monthly basis and has hosted names such as Julyen Hamilton, Wendy Houstoun, Steve Paxton, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, DV8, etc. In 2011 it co-organised the inaugural Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival at the Španski borci Culture Centre in Ljubljana, which has evolved into a year-round festival Plesna Vesna (Spring Forward), which showcases young European dance, mainly drawing from the Aerowaves network open call applications.
In the 25 years of En-Knap Productions' activities, the institute has collaborated with over 50 international and national co-producers, recieved numerous (international) awards, and organised over 90 workshops, master classes, and auditions, in which over 3000 dancers and other artists have participated.
It has collaborated with many acclaimed international co-producers, such as the Nature Theater of Oklahoma, tanzmainz (Germany), Atelier 3+1 (Joseph Nadj), Hebbel-Theatre, Berlin; The Place London; Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Springdance Festival, Utrecht; Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent; Szene, Salzburg; TanzBremen, Bremen; Podewil/TanzWerkstatt, Berlin; Joint Adventures, Munich; Luzerntanz, Luzern; and CNDC L´Esquisse, Angers.
En-Knap Productions also organises dance workshops for children and is part of the project Transferzala, a combined season ticket for five independent Ljubljana theatres: Mini Theatre, Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, and Glej Theatre.
Film production
En-Knap Productions filmography includes six dance films and six documentaries, most of which were made in collaboration with the Slovene film director Sašo Podgoršek. The award-winning En-Knap dance films are without exception filmed on locations in the Slovenian mining town of Trbovlje and include Vertigo Bird [compare Vertigo Bird] (1996), which received the Award for Best Film at the Festival of Slovenian Film and the Springdance Cinema Award in Holland; House of Freedom (2000), both directed by Sašo Podgoršek and featuring choreography by Iztok Kovač; the short film Taming the Time (2000), directed by Dan Oki, a Croatian film and video artist; What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here? (2006) and Vashava (2014), both recipients of multiple awards at the Festival of Slovenian Film. En-Knap's film production is supported by the Slovenian Film Centre.
See also
External Link
- En-Knap Productions website
- Aerowaves Network website
- Transferzala project website
- The CIMET project case study on Evrokultura.org (in Slovenian)
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En-Knap Productions, a non-profit institution for the organisation and realisation of cultural events, was established in 1994, a year after the establishment of the international dance group En-Knap by the choreographer and dancer Iztok Kovač. +
En-Knap Productions, a non-profit institution for the organisation and realisation of cultural events, was established in 1994, a year after the establishment of the international dance group En-Knap by the choreographer and dancer Iztok Kovač. +
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