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The Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts last edition was organised in 2017. See below the archival article. Cf. other activities by Exodos Institute.

Archival article

Launched in 1995, Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was the first international festival of performing arts to be organised in independent Slovenia. Besides presenting contemporary theatre and dance performances of national and international makers, Exodos has always emphasised the educational and theoretical aspects of its work by organising practical workshops, lectures, discussions, and round tables related to the theme of individual festival's editions. From 1999 till 2011 the festival was organised annually by the Exodos Institute. The next editions are biennial.

19 Exodos trailer by Exodos Ljubljana on YouTube

Overview

Initiated by Miran Šušteršič and his Panoptikon Institute, the Exodos Festival has presented a vast number of prominent and influential performing arts makers and companies. The scope and quality of the presented works makes the festival one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the wider region. Among others, it has featured foreign artists such as Jozsef Nagy, DV8, Enrique Vargas, Wim Vandekeybus, Jan Fabre, Needcompany, Vera Montero, Emio Greco, Ultima Vez, William Forsythe, Jonathan Burrows, Jan Ritsema, Nigel Charnock & Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company, Goran Sergej Pristaš & Bad.co, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Mark Tompkins, Vera Mantero, Robert Lepage, Lydia Lunch, Mark Tompkins, Daniel Leveille, Rabih Mroué, Jan Decorte, Mark Ravenhill, Dave St-Pierre, Raimund Hoghe, Forced Entertainment, and many more.

Over the years, Exodos has also functioned as a platform for the work of leading Slovene artists, such as Maja Delak, Ivica Buljan, Dragan Živadinov, Sebastijan Horvat, Iztok Kovač, Matjaž Farič, Ema Kugler, Barbara Novakovič, Emil Hrvatin, Betontanc, Fourklor, Matjaž Berger, Diego de Brea, Sanja Nešković Peršin, Mateja Bučar, etc.

Exodos Festival took place for a number of years at Cankarjev dom. The events are also presented at different venues in Ljubljana, such as Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Španski borci Culture Centre, etc. as well as in non-theatrical spaces.

Press image for Bare Naked Souls, by Dave St-Pierre. Performed at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station during Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, 2010

Overview of past festival editions

The 17th Exodos Festival was curated by Jan Fabre and hosted also the 6th Balkan Dance Platform. In 2013 the festival was curated by Tim Etchells, Artistic Director of the Forced Entertainment Theatre company, while the 2015 edition was curated by Jan Goossens, Artistic Director of the KVS Theatre in Brussels who had developed a rich exchange programme with Congolese artists. The 19th edition was entitled Future archives: Focus Africa.

Small metal objects, Back to Back Theatre in Ljubljana, Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2009

The 16th edition of Exodos Festival involved the creation of a Labyrinth of Art in the framework of the project World Book Capital Ljubljana 2010. A total of 287 Canadian Hemlock trees have been planted during the year-long project-in-process initiated by Bulgarian visual artist Venelin Shurelov. Eventually, the trees will grow into a labyrinth in which visitors can stroll and reflect.

External links

Gallery

The Sleep (Cinema Fury 01), Caden Manson & Big Art Group, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station during Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, 2009

Bare Naked Souls, by Dave St-Pierre at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station during Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, 2010

Press image for Bare Naked Souls, by Dave St-Pierre. Performed at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station during Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, 2010

Emio Greco (Netherlands) at Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in Ljubljana. 2006

Small metal objects, Back to Back Theatre in Ljubljana, Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2009

Dark Matter by Kate Mcintosh, performed at Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, 2013

Macho Dancer by Eisa Jocson, performed at Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in Španski borci Culture Centre, 2013

Springville by Miet Warlop, performed at Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in Španski borci Culture Centre, 2013

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-{{Abstract|
+{{Teaser|
-Launched in 1995, Exodos was the first international festival of performing arts to be organised in independent Slovenia. Numerous performances by foreign artists such as Saburo Teshigawara, Josef Nadj, DV8, Enrique Vargas, Emunitas Nekrošius, Wim Vandekeybus, Jan Fabre, Nigel Charnock, Maguy Marin, Needcompany were presented during the 1990s, followed in more recent years by Robert Lepage, Lydia Lunch, Mark Tompkins, Gilles Jobin, Daniel Leveille, Rabih Mroue, Mihaj Mihalceaa and Jan Decorte. Over the years Exodos has discovered several new talented performers, including Vera Mantero, Francisco Camacho, the Holly Body Tattoo, Lili Abadijeva and John Jaspers, as well as offering a platform for work by leading Slovene artists such as Maja Delak and Ivica Buljan. Exodos has always emphasised the educational and theoretical aspects of its work by organising lectures and workshops, eg by the group Ulima vez and Wim Vandekeybus, or workshops on criticism. In 2006 the theoretical part of the festival ran under the theme 'Art and Freedom', discussing the role of art in contemporary society, its freedom and relations to politics and the economy. It featured a round-table debate involving domestic artists and four lectures by theoreticians from Belgrade, Frankfurt, Zagreb and Ljubljana.
+The [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]] last edition was organised in 2017. See below the archival article. Cf. other activities by [[Exodos Institute]].
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-In recent years, with Cankarjev dom ceasing to be the main festival venue and the withdrawal of Ministry of Culture support, the Festival has had to be temporarily transformed - its current art educational projects and international co-productions are presented at the website.
-The concept has evolved with time. The 9th Exodos festival in 2003 was, for instance, split into three components: a drama threesome, a postdrama threesome and a body and disembodiment threesome, thus creating the Triptych '03 programme.
+== Archival article ==
+Launched in [[established::1995]], [[Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts]] was the first international festival of performing arts to be organised in independent Slovenia. Besides presenting contemporary theatre and dance performances of national and international makers, Exodos has always emphasised the educational and theoretical aspects of its work by organising practical workshops, lectures, discussions, and round tables related to the theme of individual festival's editions. From 1999 till 2011 the festival was organised annually by the [[Exodos Institute]]. The next editions are biennial.
+{{YouTube|wJ7A98orE7U}}
+==Overview==
+Initiated by [[Miran Šušteršič]] and his Panoptikon Institute, the Exodos Festival has presented a vast number of prominent and influential performing arts makers and companies. The scope and quality of the presented works makes the festival one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the wider region. Among others, it has featured foreign artists such as Jozsef Nagy, DV8, Enrique Vargas, Wim Vandekeybus, Jan Fabre, Needcompany, Vera Montero, Emio Greco, Ultima Vez, William Forsythe, Jonathan Burrows, Jan Ritsema, Nigel Charnock & Helsinki City Theatre Dance Company, Goran Sergej Pristaš & Bad.co, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Mark Tompkins, Vera Mantero, Robert Lepage, Lydia Lunch, Mark Tompkins, Daniel Leveille, Rabih Mroué, Jan Decorte, Mark Ravenhill, Dave St-Pierre, Raimund Hoghe, Forced Entertainment, and many more.
+Over the years, Exodos has also functioned as a platform for the work of leading Slovene artists, such as [[Maja Delak]], [[Ivica Buljan]], [[Dragan Živadinov]], [[Sebastijan Horvat]], [[Iztok Kovač]], [[Matjaž Farič]], [[Ema Kugler]], [[Barbara Novakovič]], [[Emil Hrvatin]], [[Betontanc]], [[Fourklor]], [[Matjaž Berger]], [[Diego de Brea]], [[Sanja Nešković Peršin]], [[Mateja Bučar]], etc.
+Exodos Festival took place for a number of years at [[Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre|Cankarjev dom]]. The events are also presented at different venues in Ljubljana, such as [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station]], [[Dance Theatre Ljubljana]], [[Španski borci Culture Centre]], etc. as well as in non-theatrical spaces.
+{{Image|Dave St.Pierre - Bare Naked Souls - Exodos Festival in Ljubljana.jpg}}
-The 11th annual Exodos festival in 2005 featured stars such as Robert Lepage with 'The Busker's Opera'. Performed by the group Ex Machina, the show was co-produced by [[Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre]]. Another highlight was a performance by all-around artist Lydia Lunch, who presented her latest album 'Smoke in the Shadows'. Ljubljana audiences had a chance to see Mark Tompkins and his dance monologue 'Song and Dance', choreographer Gilles Jobin of Switzerland and his 'Steak House', Daniel Leveille's 'Love, Acid and Nuts', and 'Bad Moves' by acclaimed French hip hop and breakdance group Wanted Posse. The festival showcased also 'Looking for a Missing Employee', a show by Lebanese director Rabih Mroue, the six-hour show 'Quizoola!' by Forced Entertainment of the UK, and 'Stars High in Amnesia's Sky', a collection of memories of the Communist past by Romanian director Mihai Mihalcea. The theoretical part of the festival ran under the theme 'Art and Freedom', discussing the role of art in contemporary society, its freedom and relations to politics and the economy. It featured a round-table debate involving domestic artists and four lectures by theoreticians from Belgrade, Frankfurt, Zagreb and Ljubljana. Slovenia's off-theatre production was represented by the trilogy of director Ivica Buljan of the Ljubljana-based [[Mini Theatre]]: 'Schneewittchen After Party', 'Medea Material' and 'The Day of Murders in the Story of Hamlet'. 'Dear Elena Sergeevna' was produced by the Ljubljana-based Škuc Theatre. Exodos in 2005 provided also an opportunity to professional dancers to take part in a workshop by the group Ultima vez and its leader Wim Vandekeybus or try their luck in a DANCE audition.
-The 12th Exodos Festival of 2006 presented a selection of well-known international groups and choreographers: Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen presented the William Forsythe choreography 'Impressing the Czar'; Louise Lecavalier presented her 'Cobalt rouge Remix "I" is Memory'; the Japanese theatre company Dumb Type performed 'Voyage'; Mark Ravenhill and Paines Plough performed 'Product'; Compagnie Marie Chouinard broght their dance 'Body Remix - Goldberg Variations'; Jan Decorte/BLOET vzw and Kaaitheater performed 'dieu & les esprits vivants'; and Storm and Discípulos do Rítmo presented 'Geometronomics'. A group from the UK called dreamthinkspeak created 'Don't Look Back', a visual theatre site-specific installation at Kodeljevo Castle. The music programme featured the Musicians of the Nile. Two workshops took place: Viviane Muynuck with acting and dancing and Mark Ravenhill with playwriting. The panel discussion focused on Festivals In Transition (FIT), while Robyn Archer delivered the lecture 'Rebel Capital'. Performances by Slovene groups included Prinzesinnendramen by [[Prešeren Theatre Kranj]], directed by Ivica Buljan, HI-RES by Maja Delak, Mala Kline, Quartet by [[EPI Centre]] and [[Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL)]], Pasjansa Solitaire by [[En-Knap Dance Group]] and Zagreb Dance Ensemble, Untitled by [[Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL)]] and a children's performance Martin Krpan by [[KUD Nor]]. An accompanying programme was a Break Dance Event.
+====Overview of past festival editions====
+The 17th Exodos Festival was curated by Jan Fabre and hosted also the 6th Balkan Dance Platform.
+In 2013 the festival was curated by Tim Etchells, Artistic Director of the Forced Entertainment Theatre company, while the 2015 edition was curated by Jan Goossens, Artistic Director of the KVS Theatre in Brussels who had developed a rich exchange programme with Congolese artists. The 19th edition was entitled ''Future archives: Focus Africa''.
+{{Image|Back to Back Theatre- small metal objects - Exodos Festival 2009 .jpg}}
+The 16th edition of Exodos Festival involved the creation of a ''Labyrinth of Art'' in the framework of the project [[World Book Capital Ljubljana 2010]]. A total of 287 Canadian Hemlock trees have been planted during the year-long project-in-process initiated by Bulgarian visual artist Venelin Shurelov. Eventually, the trees will grow into a labyrinth in which visitors can stroll and reflect.
+==See also==
+* [[Exodos Institute]]
+==External links==
+* [https://en.exodosljubljana.si/festival-exodos Exodos International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts website]
+* [http://www.labirint-umetnosti.si/eng/news/7 Labryinth of Art project website]
+* [http://www.sloveniatimes.com/future-archives-an-africa-focus An interview with Jan Goossens, curator of the festival's 19th edition]
+{{Gallery}}
 [[Category:Festivals]]
 [[Category:Theatre festivals]]
+[[Category:Dance festivals]]
+[[Category:Africa]]
+[[Category:Festivals in April]]

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External links

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