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A pioneer in the development and promotion of contemporary dance in Slovenia since 1984, the Dance Theatre Ljubljana (or PTL) is one the most important contemporary dance production venues in Ljubljana, presenting both its own productions and domestic and foreign performances.

PTL offers regular professional contemporary dance classes and, since 2008, organises the biennial Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives.

Background

Ljubljana Dance Theatre was initiated by the choreographer and dancer Ksenija Hribar (also one of the co-founders of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and recipient of the Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana) and co-founded with the choreographer and director Damir Zlatar Frey. The establishment of the theatre presented a decisive step towards the professionalisation of contemporary dance in Slovenia and the then-Yugoslavia. Under the artistic leadership of Ksenija Hribar (Damir Zlatar Frey left the theatre in 1986), PTL was an open dance-theatre group that created a number of stylistically ground-breaking and widely influential performances. Until 1996, when PTL obtained its own rehearsal and performing spaces in the Prule neighbourhood of Ljubljana, the majority of performances were presented on the stages of Cankarjev dom, the Mladinsko Theatre, Kapelica Gallery and elsewhere. During the following years, the theatre was led artistically by Ksenija Hribar, Matjaž Farič and Sinja Ožbolt.

Programme and international cooperation

During 35 years of creative activities, over 300 full-length dance-theatre productions, experimental projects, and performances for children have been staged. Several of them have won important (also international) awards. Nowadays, PTL functions as an umbrella production house to several acclaimed choreographers with very different modes of aesthetic expression, such as Tanja Zgonc, Sinja Ožbolt, Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, Veronika Valdés, and Maša Kagao Knez. PTL collaborates with the majority of Slovene independent institutes and regularly engages in international co-productions. Its productions frequently appear at the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance, which it has been co-organising since its beginnings in 2003. Each year, Ljubljana Dance Theatre also produces a début by an emerging maker, offering rehearsal spaces and post-production support.

Dance Theatre Ljubljana is a partner in the Transferzala project, a combined season ticket for six independent Ljubljana theatres: besides PTL, also Mini Theatre, Španski borci Culture Centre, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, Vodnik Homestead and Glej Theatre.

PTL is member of the International European Theatre Meeting (IETM); Keđja, the Baltic-European Dance Network; Generator Dance Platform, with partners from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Serbia; and, since 2018, of Be SpectACTive!, a large-scale European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the EU, which operates in performing arts through artistic productions and participatory practices aimed at involving the citizens and spectators in creative and organisational processes.

For a list of PTL's partners and co-producers see below.

Ukrep – Festival of Dance Perspectives

In 2008, PTL's team launched the biennial festival Ukrep (Taking Measures) – Festival of Dance Perspectives. Attempting to redefine the emancipatory potential of contemporary dance and performing arts practices, the festival focuses on presenting emerging (contemporary) dance makers and aims for the strategic development of contemporary dance in Slovenia, also through a number of discussions and theoretical/dramaturgy workshops organised in the festival's side programme.

External links

Gallery

Butoh dance performance Between by Tanja Zgonc and Stefan M. Marb, Dance Theatre Ljubljana (2008)

Dance performance DUET 012 at Dance Theatre Ljubljana

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-==History==
+A pioneer in the development and promotion of contemporary dance in Slovenia since [[established::1984]], the [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]] (or PTL) is one the most important contemporary dance production venues in Ljubljana, presenting both its own productions and domestic and foreign performances.
-Ljubljana Dance Theatre was initiated by the choreographer and dancer Ksenija Hribar (also one of the co-founders of London Contemporary Dance Theater and receiver of [[Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana]]) and co-founded with the choreographer and director Damir Zlatar Frey. The establishment of the theatre presented a necessary professionalisation of contemporary dance in Slovenia and the then Yugoslavia. Under the artistic leadership of Ksenija Hribar (Damir Zlatar Frey left the theatre in 1986), PTL was an open dance-theatre group that created a number of important and influential performances. Until 1996, when PTL obtained its own rehearsal and performing spaces in Prule, the majority of performances were presented on the stages of [[Cankarjev dom]], [[Mladinsko Theatre]], [[Kapelica Gallery]] and elsewhere. During the next years, the theatre was led artistically by Ksenija Hribar, Matjaž Farič, and Sinja Ožbolt. Recently, the theatre constitutes itself increasingly as a production venue, presenting around 80 performances a year, including both its own productions and innovative domestic and foreign performances.
-From 1992-1996, PTL has organised five international Video Dance Festivals, held in [[Cankarjev dom]]. In 1993 it presented three premiere performances in the frame of European Cultural Capital in Belgium, which were praised for their innovative approaches..
+PTL offers regular professional contemporary dance classes and, since 2008, organises the biennial [[Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives]].
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-==About==
-During 25 years of creative activities, over 80 full-length dance-theatre productions, experimental projects, and productions for children have been staged and several of them have won awards. Nowadays PTL functions as an umbrella production house to several choreographers with very different modes of aesthetic expression, and regularly premières new productions (in 2008 by Tanja Zgonc and Stephan Maria Barb, Matjaž Zupančič, Sebastijan Horvat, Tanja Skok, Milan Tomášik, in 2009 by Sinja Ožbolt, Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek, Robert M. Hayden, etc.) or shows for children (Petra Pikalo, Katja Povše). It collaborates with the majority of Slovene independent institutes, its co-productions during the past years include: ''Expensive Darlings'' (2007) by [[Emanat Institute]], ''Silent Body'' (2008) and ''3niti'' (2008) by [[Flota Institute]], ''Move As'' (2008) by [[Exodos Institute]], ''When the Moon is Increasing'' (2008) by [[City of Women]] festival, ''Utopia I'' by [[EPI Centre]], etc. Each year, Ljubljana Dance Theatre also produces a début by an emerging maker, offering rehearsal spaces and post-production. Its productions regularly appear at the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]].
-====Professional training and Festival of Dance Perspectives Ukrep====
-PTL offers regular professional contemporary dance classes and other performing arts related education programmes. The programme ''Dancelab'' offers improvisation events, 'work in progress' performances, and different lectures. The workshops (practical and theoretical) during the past years included the following lecturers and makers: the choreographer Mala Kline, the director Sebastijan Horvat, the dramaturge Ivana Ivković, the dancer Karima Mansour (organised by [[Emanat Institute]] in the frame of ''Agon'' programme and co-organised by [[City of Women]]), etc.
-In 2008 the biannual festival ''Ukrep'' - Festival of Dance Perspectives was launched. Attempting to redefine the emancipatory potential of contemporary dance and performing arts practices, the festival is intended to the presentation of emerging dance makers and aims for a strategic development of contemporary dance in Slovenia.  Thus, a number of discussions and theoretical/dramaturgy workshops were organised. The festival closely collaborates with the ''Seminar of Contemporary Performing Arts'', organised by [[Maska Institute]].
+==Background==
-As part of ''Ukrep'', a number of other activities (called ''Med-ukrep'') are organised between individual editions of the festival, which include lectures by different philosophers, theoreticians, and directors as well as individual interdisciplinary projects.
+Ljubljana Dance Theatre was initiated by the choreographer and dancer [[Ksenija Hribar]] (also one of the co-founders of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre and recipient of the [[Župančič Award of the City of Ljubljana]]) and co-founded with the choreographer and director [[Damir Zlatar Frey]]. The establishment of the theatre presented a decisive step towards the professionalisation of contemporary dance in Slovenia and the then-Yugoslavia. Under the artistic leadership of [[Ksenija Hribar]] ([[Damir Zlatar Frey]] left the theatre in 1986), PTL was an open dance-theatre group that created a number of stylistically ground-breaking and widely influential performances. Until 1996, when PTL obtained its own rehearsal and performing spaces in the Prule neighbourhood of Ljubljana, the majority of performances were presented on the stages of [[Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre|Cankarjev dom]], the [[Mladinsko Theatre]], [[Kapelica Gallery]] and elsewhere. During the following years, the theatre was led artistically by [[Ksenija Hribar]], [[Matjaž Farič]] and [[Sinja Ožbolt]].
-PTL collaborates internationally in joint productions with guest choreographers and overseas dance festivals (for example, with the ''Choreographic Center CCL Linz'', the Slovak ''Žilina Centre'', the German ''i-Camp'', and the French ''Dance Centre Colline'').
-PTL has co-organised the biannual [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]] since its beginnings in 2003 and is a member of [[Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia]] and [[Asociacija, Association of Arts and Culture NGOs and Freelancers]].
+==Programme and international cooperation==
+During 35 years of creative activities, over 300 full-length dance-theatre productions, experimental projects, and performances for children have been staged. Several of them have won important (also international) awards. Nowadays, PTL functions as an umbrella production house to several acclaimed choreographers with very different modes of aesthetic expression, such as [[Tanja Zgonc]], [[Sinja Ožbolt]], [[Rosana Hribar]] and [[Gregor Luštek]], [[Veronika Valdés]], and [[Maša Kagao Knez]]. PTL collaborates with the majority of Slovene independent institutes and regularly engages in international co-productions. Its productions frequently appear at the [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]], which it has been co-organising since its beginnings in 2003. Each year, Ljubljana Dance Theatre also produces a début by an emerging maker, offering rehearsal spaces and post-production support.
-==Venue==
+Dance Theatre Ljubljana is a partner in the ''Transferzala'' project, a combined season ticket for six independent Ljubljana theatres: besides PTL, also [[Mini Theatre]], [[Španski borci Culture Centre]], [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]], [[Vodnik Homestead]] and [[Glej Theatre]].
-'''Type of venue:''' [[type of venue::theatre hall]];
+PTL is member of the International European Theatre Meeting (IETM); Keđja, the Baltic-European Dance Network; Generator Dance Platform, with partners from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Serbia; and, since 2018, of Be SpectACTive!, a large-scale European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the EU, which operates in performing arts through artistic productions and participatory practices aimed at involving the citizens and spectators in creative and organisational processes.
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+For a list of PTL's partners and co-producers see below.
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+In 2008, PTL's team launched the biennial festival [[Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives|Ukrep (Taking Measures) &ndash; Festival of Dance Perspectives]]. Attempting to redefine the emancipatory potential of contemporary dance and performing arts practices, the festival focuses on presenting emerging (contemporary) dance makers and aims for the strategic development of contemporary dance in Slovenia, also through a number of discussions and theoretical/dramaturgy workshops organised in the festival's side programme.
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 ==See also==
-* [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]]
+* [[Ukrep - Festival of Dance Perspectives]]
 * [[Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia]]
 * [[Asociacija, Association of Arts and Culture NGOs and Freelancers]]
+* [[Gibanica (Moving Cake) Festival of Slovene Dance]]
 ==External links==
 * [http://ptl.si/ Ljubljana Dance Theatre website]
+* [http://ptl.si/partnerjipartners/ A list of PTL's partners and co-producers]
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Background

Programme and international cooperation

Ukrep – Festival of Dance Perspectives

See also

External links

Gallery

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