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2:0., performed by the original ensemble of Fičo Balet: Goran Bogdanovski, Dejan Srhoj, Goran Tatar and Damjan Mohorko, 2016.

Fičo Balet is an artist-led NGO founded in 2000 by Goran Bogdanovski and a core group of artistic collaborators. Fičo Balet’s diverse (international) programme aims to explore and communicate the full range of the artistic and educational experience of dance by organising different community-based art projects.

Fičo Balet also provides an on-going, weekly training to "any body" interested in movement and dance and has been organising the international festival of contemporary dance.

DANCE ALCHEMY / Dance Improvisation Training by Goran Bogdanovski on Vimeo

Background and mission

The name of the company comes from the Slovenian nickname for the Fiat 750, fičo, the first widely accessible car in the former Yugoslavia, and the Slovenian word for ballet, balet. Attempting to bring democracy to high art, transform the mundane through art, and to foster new forms of collaboration, Fičo Balet seeks to explore physicality, presence, and corporeal expression through different educational and performance practices as well as through festival production.

Productions

Combining skill with playfulness, Fičo Balet's dance and theatre projects are known for redefining dance virtuosity in inspiring and unconventional ways. Aiming to reflect the "emotional landscape of the everyday", Fičo Balet has created many dance performances and other dance-related events (improvisations, community-based projects). Following the slogan “Every body can dance”, Fičo Balet also produces works with non-professional dancers as well as cross-disciplinary works, such as happenings and performance art events.

2:0 Goran Bogdanovski by Goran Bogdanovski on Vimeo

Dance development through international cooperation

Besides organising regular weekly trainings in Ljubljana and offering teachers’ training programmes and mentorship, Fičo Balet’s core members Goran Bogdanovski and Dejan Srhoj were the co-initiators of the Nomad Dance Academy in 2006, an international platform for collaboration, education, research, production, and promotion of contemporary dance that gathers potentials and resources on a regional level with an aim to contribute to the improvement and professionalization of contemporary dance in the Balkans.

Do you dance? by Goran Bogdanovski on Vimeo

Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia

Fičo Balet was also an initiator and a project leader of the Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia in 2010 that aims at connecting people and increasing the quality of dance production. Its programme is oriented towards establishment of conditions for high-profile professional work in the field of contemporary dance in Slovenia. The network led a process of establishing the first public dance institution, the Centre of Contemporary Dance Arts in Ljubljana and created a touring network throughout Slovenia.

Festival production

Fičo Balet was co-initiator and co-organiser of the international festival of contemporary dance CoFestival that integrates Contemporary Dance between the market and democracy.

Since 2014, Fičo Balet has been organising Fičo Dance Journeys & retreats, summer workshop festivals featuring international teams of artists and teachers, based on the principles of co-living, learning through sharing, and cooperation. The festival is held in Slovenia, Bali and otherinternational locations.

External links

Gallery

Sun City, intimate dance spectacle by Goran Bogdanovski, Fičo Balet, 2006.

Performance Sun City by Goran Bogdanovski, Fičo Balet, 2006.

Sun City by choreographer Goran Bogdanovski, Fičo Balet, 2006.

Goran Bogdanovski, performer of the solo show John, Fičo Balet, 2008.

John the Other, Fičo Balet, 2010.

Fičo Training, a synthesis of dance techniques and tools, 2010.

Square, performance based on The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other by Peter Handke, Fičo Balet, 2011.

FičoDrom, dance partying, 2013.

Performance Parodos by choreographer Goran Bogdanovski, Fičo Balet, 2013.

Parodos, created and performed by “natural - non professional” dancers, Fičo Balet, 2013.

Confi-dance, performed by Goran Bogdanovski and Dejan Srhoj, Fičo Balet, 2015.

2:0., performed by the original ensemble of Fičo Balet: Goran Bogdanovski, Dejan Srhoj, Goran Tatar and Damjan Mohorko, 2016.

Dancers transforming the stage into a football stadium during 2:0 dance performance, Fičo Balet, 2016.

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+[[Fičo Balet]] is an artist-led NGO founded in [[Established::2000]] by [[Goran Bogdanovski]] and a core group of artistic collaborators. Fičo Balet’s diverse (international) programme aims to explore and communicate the full range of the artistic and educational experience of dance by organising different community-based art projects.
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-==Production and performances==
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-Fičo Balet's dance and theatre projects aim to reflect the "emotional landscape of the everyday". Combining playfulness and skill, Fičo Balet redefines dance virtuosity. Since its establishment, Fičo Ballet has created many performances, among others also ''1:0'' (2000), ''Sweat and Soot'' (2001), ''I:move'' (2003), ''Emofad – Emotivity of Adventure'' (2003), ''Confi-dance'' (2004), ''Edge of Eden'' (2005), and ''Sun City'' (2007), co-produced by [[Anton Podbevšek Theatre]]. In April 2008, ''JOHN'', premièred at Joyce SOHO, New York City. Fičo Balet also produces theatre performances aimed at younger audiences.
+==Background and mission==
+The name of the company comes from the Slovenian nickname for the Fiat 750, ''fičo'', the first widely accessible car in the former Yugoslavia, and the Slovenian word for ballet, ''balet''. Attempting to bring democracy to high art, transform the mundane through art, and to foster new forms of collaboration, Fičo Balet seeks to explore physicality, presence, and corporeal expression through different educational and performance practices as well as through festival production.
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+==Productions==
-From the presentation of the ''Fičko throughout Yugoslavia'' book, Z[[RC Publishing]]
+Combining skill with playfulness, Fičo Balet's dance and theatre projects are known for redefining dance virtuosity in inspiring and unconventional ways. Aiming to reflect the "emotional landscape of the everyday", Fičo Balet has created many dance performances and other dance-related events (improvisations, community-based projects). Following the slogan “Every body can dance”, Fičo Balet also produces works with non-professional dancers as well as cross-disciplinary works, such as happenings and performance art events.
-==Networking and training==
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-Fičo Balet has collaborated with the Nomad Dance Academy, specifically for the NOMAD Education Programme 2008 launched by the Balkan Dance Network. This initiative is dedicated to providing practical and theoretical knowledges from the field of performing arts and enabling artistic exchange between 12 emerging contemporary dancers from the Balkans in order to create a network for future artistic collaborations. Other partners include Eks Scena, Croatia; Tala Dance Center, Croatia; Station &ndash; Service for Contemporary Dance, Serbia; Lokomotiva &ndash; Center for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture, Macedonia; and the Brain Store Project, Bulgaria.
-As a member of the Nomad Dance Academy, Fičo Balet cooperated in the production of two short videos for World Dance Day on 29 April 2009 with the motto: "Go out and dance!".
-Attempting to bring democracy to high art, Fičo Balet also provides an on-going, weekly training to "any body" interested in movement and dance as well as gives workshops and lectures.
+==Dance development through international cooperation==
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+Besides organising regular weekly trainings in Ljubljana and offering teachers’ training programmes and mentorship, Fičo Balet’s core members Goran Bogdanovski and Dejan Srhoj were the co-initiators of the Nomad Dance Academy in 2006, an international platform for collaboration, education, research, production, and promotion of contemporary dance that gathers potentials and resources on a regional level with an aim to contribute to the improvement and professionalization of contemporary dance in the Balkans.
-Short cuts #2 / NOMAD Dance Academy 2009 video
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-==Pleskavica Festival==
+== Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia ==
-In June 2010 the company produced a 4-day [[Pleskavica Festival]] with two sections: ''Blow Up'' with two performances by the established dancer (Ivo Dimchev) and director ([[Sebastjan Horvat]]) and ''Short Cuts'' with 14 world premières by the emerging artists from the Nomad Dance Academy. The festival took place in the [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]] and [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Old Power Station]] venues in Ljubljana.
+Fičo Balet was also an initiator and a project leader of the ''Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia'' in 2010 that aims at connecting people and increasing the quality of dance production. Its programme is oriented towards establishment of conditions for high-profile professional work in the field of contemporary dance in Slovenia. The network led a process of establishing the first public dance institution, the Centre of Contemporary Dance Arts in Ljubljana and created a touring network throughout Slovenia.
+==Festival production==
+Fičo Balet was co-initiator and co-organiser of the international festival of contemporary dance [[CoFestival]] that integrates Contemporary Dance between the market and democracy.
+Since 2014, Fičo Balet has been organising ''Fičo Dance Journeys'' & retreats, summer workshop festivals featuring international teams of artists and teachers, based on the principles of co-living, learning through sharing, and cooperation. The festival is held in Slovenia, Bali and otherinternational locations.
+==See also==
+* [[PLESkavica Festival]]
+* [[CoFestival]]
+* [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]]
+* [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]]
 == External links ==
-* [http://www.ficobalet.org/Ficobalet_en.html Fičo Balet website]
-* [http://www.balkandancenetwork.org/ Balkan Dance Network]
+* [https://www.ficobalet.org/ Fičo Balet website]
-* [http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org/ Nomad Dance Academy]
+* [https://dancealchemy.net/teacherstraining Dance Improvisation Teacher Training]
-* [http://www.ficobalet.org/NomadDA.pdf Flyer for the Pleskavica Festival] (in Slovenian and English)
+* [https://www.holisticretreats.net Holistic Retreats & Journeys]
-===Fičo Balet on YouTube===
+* [http://www.sodobniples.si/kategorija/Archive-CDNS-2010-2012 Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oAvfnmFMg  Go out and dance! Invitation video on youtube]
+* [http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org Nomad Dance Academy]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_ME0pEBbQ  Go out and dance! Ljubljana video on youtube]
-* [http://www.youtube.com/user/gbogda#p/Goran Bogdanovski youtube chanell]
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+[[Category:Theatre & Dance]]
+[[Category:Dance_education_and_research]]
+[[Category:Dance_festival_and_event_organisers]]
+[[Category:Dance_course_and_workshop_organisers]]

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