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Vitkar Institute is a non-profit cultural institute, founded in 1995 by the dancer and choreographer Branko Potočan, which produces and presents dance performances, organises dance workshops and runs other performing arts education programmes. The institute primarily works for the physical theatre group Fourklor, a collective that regularly approaches the genre of contemporary circus.

Since 2003 Vitkar is setting up the annual spring festival Rdeči revirji!, and is also co-organising the biennial Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance. It produces solo shows of Branko Potočan, and occasional dance, theatre, and multimedia projects by other authors, such as Tina Janežič, Gregor Luštek, Rosana Hribar, Jana Menger, etc.

Performances

The performances of the group Fourklor are characterised by detailed choreography with humorous details, playful use of stage props, and smooth natural movement passages.

The most notable productions of Vitkar include: Do I Dream the Memory, or Do I Remember the Dream [Sanjam spomin, a se spominjam sanj] (1996), for which Potočan received the Golden Bird Award as well as the Award for Best Performance at the 1997 Infant Festival in Novi Sad; Melancholic Thoughts [Melanholične misli], which received a special jury award at the International Theatre Festival MESS Sarajevo 1998; Rusty Donaldets [Zarjavele trobente] (2005), which won the Audience Award for Best Performance at the 2007 edition of the Gibanica Festival of Slovene Dance; and Seeing through touch [Skozi oči dotika], awarded at PUF International Alternative Theatre Festival 2011.

Kroz oči dodira / Through the Eyes of a Touch by Domino on Vimeo

International touring and cooperation

Vitkar has toured widely with Fourklor productions, both at home and abroad. Its shows appeared at the Mediterranean Festival of Young Artists in Turin, the Belgrade Summer Festival, the Junge Hunde Festival in Antwerp, the Skopje Summer Festival, the Carniola Festival in Kranj, the Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in Ljubljana, and the Primorska Summer Festival.

In 2003 Vitkar launched the annual international Red Beats! Festival, which is held in the small Slovene mining town of Hrastnik and offers a wide range of dance, theatre, and circus performances, presented in both theatrical as well as non-theatrical contexts. The programme also includes dance and circus workshops, concerts, performances for children, and puppet and street theatre performances.

Educational programme and the Studio Vitkar

Since 2001 Vitkar has run educational programmes dedicated to contemporary circus art, a form at that time almost unknown in the Slovenia, with workshops led by Bruno Kief (rope, tissue, trapeze), Volodia Lesluin (rope, tissue), and Mitja Samardija (acrobatics). Besides offering periodical professional training in contemporary dance, Vitkar is also organising contemporary dance workshops led by Potočan himself, and by Rebbeca Murgi (contact improvisation), Frey Faust (Axis Syllabus technique, contact improvisation), and Erik Kaeil (contact improvisation).

Some of this programme is held at Studio Vitkar, a educational and training facility in Ljubljana.

External links

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-Vitkar is a not-for-profit cultural institute (zavod), which operates primarily as the exclusive producer of the [[Fourklor]] physical theatre group. Dance artist Branko Potočan of [[Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL)]] and Ultima Vez founded the physical theatre group Fourklor in 1995. To date Vitkar has produced the following shows: Who Drew a Ski Jump for Mr Stanko; Do I Dream the Memory, or Do I Remember the Dream; When We Were'nt Lying Yet, Not So Much That Is; Melancholic Thoughts, Like Last Year's Snow; The Door; Perkmandeljc the Vanishing Spirit; Stolen Poem; Somewhere in Between; Stolen Poem; Pedestrian Zone; Short Cuts; and Rusty Trumpets, most of them created by Branko Potočan The performances are characterised by detailed choreography with humorous details, skilful use of stage props and smooth natural movement passages.
+[[Vitkar Institute]] is a non-profit cultural institute, founded in [[Established::1995]] by the dancer and choreographer [[Branko Potočan]], which produces and presents dance performances, organises dance workshops and runs other performing arts education programmes. The institute primarily works for the physical theatre group [[Fourklor]], a collective that regularly approaches the genre of contemporary circus.
+Since 2003 Vitkar is setting up the annual spring festival [[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival|Rdeči revirji!]], and is also co-organising the biennial [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]]. It produces solo shows of Branko Potočan, and occasional dance, theatre, and multimedia projects by other authors, such as [[Tina Janežič]], [[Gregor Luštek]], [[Rosana Hribar]], [[Jana Menger]], etc.
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-Vitkar has toured [[Fourklor]] productions widely, both at home and abroad. Its shows have appeared at the Mediterranean Festival of Young Artists in Turin, the Summer Festival in Kranju, the Belgrade Summer Festival, the Junge Hunde Festival in Antwerp, the [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]] in Ljubljana, the Skopje Summer Festival and the Primorska Summer Festival in Koper.
+== Performances ==
+The performances of the group [[Fourklor]] are characterised by detailed choreography with humorous details, playful use of stage props, and smooth natural movement passages.
+The most notable productions of Vitkar include: ''Do I Dream the Memory, or Do I Remember the Dream'' [Sanjam spomin, a se spominjam sanj] (1996), for which Potočan received the [[Golden Bird Award]] as well as the Award for Best Performance at the 1997 Infant Festival in Novi Sad; ''Melancholic Thoughts'' [Melanholične misli], which received a special jury award at the International Theatre Festival MESS Sarajevo 1998; ''Rusty Donaldets'' [Zarjavele trobente] (2005), which won the Audience Award for Best Performance at the 2007 edition of the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance|Gibanica Festival of Slovene Dance]]; and ''Seeing through touch'' [Skozi oči dotika], awarded at PUF International Alternative Theatre Festival 2011.
-Branko Potočan received the [[Golden Bird Award]] in 1996 for the performance Do I Dream the Memory, Or Do I Remember the Dream and the award for best performance at the 1997 Infant Festival in Novi Sad. He also received a special jury award of the Sarajevo MESS 98 for Melancholic Thoughts. For several years he has been co-operating with the theatre MGL, where he has choreographed many successful theatre performances. In 2005 he received a [[Little Golden Stick Awards]] for directing children's movement performance Kekec. In 2003 he started to co-operate with the Sarajevo National Theatre as a choreographer.
+{{Vimeo|35761482}}
-Since 2001 Vitkar has run educational programmes dedicated to circus art, with circus workshops led by Bruno Kief (rope, tissue, trapeze), Volodia Lesluin (rope, tissue), Mitja Samardija (acrobatics) and contemporary dance workshops led by Rebbeca (contact improvisation), Frey Faust (axis syllabus technique, contact improvisation) and Erik Kaeil (contact improvisation). In 2003 Vitkar launched the annual Rdeči revirji - Red Beats! Festival.
+== International touring and cooperation ==
+Vitkar has toured widely with Fourklor productions, both at home and abroad. Its shows appeared at the Mediterranean Festival of Young Artists in Turin, the Belgrade Summer Festival, the Junge Hunde Festival in Antwerp, the Skopje Summer Festival, the [[Carniola Festival, Summer in Kranj|Carniola Festival]] in Kranj,  the [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]] in Ljubljana, and the [[Primorska Summer Festival, Koper-Capodistria|Primorska Summer Festival]].
+In 2003 Vitkar launched the annual international [[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival|Red Beats! Festival]], which is held in the small Slovene mining town of Hrastnik and offers a wide range of dance, theatre, and circus performances, presented in both theatrical as well as non-theatrical contexts. The programme also includes dance and circus workshops, concerts, performances for children, and puppet and street theatre performances.
+== Educational programme and the Studio Vitkar ==
+Since 2001 Vitkar has run educational programmes dedicated to contemporary circus art, a form at that time almost unknown in the Slovenia, with workshops led by Bruno Kief (rope, tissue, trapeze), Volodia Lesluin (rope, tissue), and Mitja Samardija (acrobatics). Besides offering periodical professional training in contemporary dance, Vitkar is also organising contemporary dance workshops led by Potočan himself, and by Rebbeca Murgi (contact improvisation), Frey Faust (Axis Syllabus technique, contact improvisation), and Erik Kaeil (contact improvisation).
+Some of this programme is held at Studio Vitkar, a educational and training facility in Ljubljana.
 == See also ==
-* Festivals
+*[[Fourklor]]
-** [[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival]]
+*[[Rdeči revirji! - Red Beats! Festival]]
-* Performing arts groups
+*[[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]]
-** [[Fourklor]]
+==External links==
+* [http://www.ljudmila.org/fourklor/vitkar.htm Vitkar Institute website]
+* [http://www.ljudmila.org/fourklor/ Fourklor website]
+* [http://rdecirevirji.si/ Rdeči revirji Festival website]
+[[Category:Producers]]
 [[Category:Theatre producers]]
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+[[Category:Dance education]]
+[[Category:Theatre]]
+[[Category:Festival organisers]]
+[[Category:Event organisers]]
+[[Category:Workshop organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance]]
+[[Category:Contemporary dance]]
+[[Category:Groups]]
+[[Category:Dance groups]]
+[[Category:Dance producers]]
+[[Category:Dance festival organisers]]
+[[Category:Theatre festival organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance event organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance workshop organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance education]]
+[[Category:Education]]
+[[Category:Theatre & Dance]]
+[[Category:Dance_education_and_research]]
+[[Category:Dance_festival_and_event_organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance_course_and_workshop_organisers]]
+[[Category:Education_and_research]]
+[[Category:Theatre_festival_and_event_organisers]]

Difference between revisions of "Vitkar Institute"

Latest revision as of 02:42, 19 February 2021

Contents

Performances

International touring and cooperation

Educational programme and the Studio Vitkar

See also

External links

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