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EKG Group

The international dance company EnKnapGroup (EKG), founded in 2007 by Iztok Kovač and En-Knap Productions, is currently the only permanent professional ensemble for contemporary dance in Slovenia. A composition of remarkable dancers under the artistic direction of choreographer Iztok Kovač, EnKnapGroup's work is dedicated to collaborations with innovative, creative authors and production practices and articulations of new approaches to contemporary dance. Over the nine years of its existence, EnKnapGroup has collaborated with 20 choreographers and directors in 30 performances.

Since 2009, the group has its permanent rehearsal spaces at the Španski borci Culture Centre, where they also present their newest works.

Performances and collaborating artists

EnKnapGroup has collaborated with numerous internationally acclaimed contemporary dance choreographers and theatre directors. One of the main orientations of the group in the first part of its existence was an articulation of different stage genres and poetics, which they undertook by working with renowned choreographers such as Matjaž Farič in Order [Ukaz] (2008), Andreja Rauch in Celebration [Praznovanje] (2007), Claudia de Serpa Soares in Raw [Surovo] (2009), and Mala Kline and theatre director Tomi Janežič in the site-specific project Romeo and Public [Romeo in publika] (2008).

In 2012, Iztok Kovač choreographed Ottetto (8 Swings for His Highness), a piece for 14 performers (besides the dancers, also 8 musicians and a conductor) built around the composition Octet, a 16-minute musical delicacy by Igor Stravinsky from 1923, which relied heavily on visual elements (videography, set and light design). Also in 2012, the group collaborated with Rosana Hribar & Gregor Luštek and Csaba Molnár in a double bill performance '68 that addressed the question of revolution, personal engagement, freedom, and possibilities of resistence. The group's latest piece Phobia [Fobija] (2015), a complex intertwinement of dance, theatre, and live music, choreographed by Guy Weizman and Roni Haver and co-produced by Club Guy & Roni and Slagwerk Den Haag, premiered at the 2015 edition of Noordezon, Performance Arts Festival in the Netherlands.

Aiming to address the possibilities of the dance medium as a practice that may augment theatrical expressivity, the group often collaborates with theatre directors, such as Sebastijan Horvat, with whom they have created the performance Decision [Ukrep], based on the once "forbidden text" of the same title by Bertolt Brecht, which was reconstructed in 2013 with the new cast; Bojan Jablanovec of Via Negativa in Cut Out [Črtano] (2009); Matjaž Zupančič in the theatre-dance performance 20th Century Fog [Megla stoletja] (2014), exploring the paradoxes underlying the cultural landscape of possibly one of the most puzzling centuries, which also opened the 2015 edition of the Maribor Theatre Festival. The current and former casts of the group also appear the newest film by Kovač and Sašo Podgoršek Vashava (2014), which premiered at the Festival of Slovenian Film.

In 2013, the group created a highly successful didactic performance event Beware, Dance! [Pozor, hud ples!], directed by Iztok Kovač, which inventively demonstrated creative procedures of contemporary dance and was in 2015 expanded to include the international history and prominent figures of contemporary dance in Take a Chance on Dance [Pozor, hud ples 2].

EnKnapGroup was formed via two auditions in 2007 and 2010. Presently consisting of five regular members, the cast was extended in 2015 within the project EKG+, ensemble for contemporary dance, implemented through the instrument New Career Perspectives II, which is partly financed by the European Union.

romeo and public // romeo in publika by whitecrossproduction on YouTube

Trailer of the dance-theatre site-specific project Romeo and Public, 2008

External links

Gallery

Dance performance Surovo by EKG at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station in Ljubljana

Dance performance Beware, Dance! at Španski borci Culture Centre in Ljubljana

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 ==Performances and collaborating artists==
-EnKnapGroup have collaborated with numerous internationally acclaimed contemporary dance choreographers and theatre directors. One of the main orientations of the group in the first part of its existence was an articulation of different stage genres and poetics, which they undertook by working with renowned choreographers such as [[Matjaž Farič]] in ''Order'' [Ukaz] (2008), [[Andreja Rauch]] in ''Celebration'' [Praznovanje] (2007), Claudia de Serpa Soares in ''Raw'' [Surovo] (2009), [[Mala Kline]] and theatre director [[Tomi Janežič]] in the site-specific project ''Romeo and Public'' [Romeo in publika] (2008).
+EnKnapGroup has collaborated with numerous internationally acclaimed contemporary dance choreographers and theatre directors. One of the main orientations of the group in the first part of its existence was an articulation of different stage genres and poetics, which they undertook by working with renowned choreographers such as [[Matjaž Farič]] in ''Order'' [Ukaz] (2008), [[Andreja Rauch]] in ''Celebration'' [Praznovanje] (2007), Claudia de Serpa Soares in ''Raw'' [Surovo] (2009), and [[Mala Kline]] and theatre director [[Tomi Janežič]] in the site-specific project ''Romeo and Public'' [Romeo in publika] (2008).
-The group also extensively collaborates with theatre directors, such as [[Sebastijan Horvat]], with whom they have created the performance ''Decision'' [Ukrep], based on the once "forbidden text" of the same title by Bertolt Brecht, which was reconstructed in 2013 with the new cast; [[Bojan Jablanovec]] of [[Via Negativa]], etc.
+In 2012, Iztok Kovač choreographed ''Ottetto (8 Swings for His Highness)'', a piece for 14 performers (besides the dancers, also 8 musicians and a conductor) built around the composition ''Octet'', a 16-minute musical delicacy by Igor Stravinsky from 1923, which relied heavily on visual elements (videography, set and light design). Also in 2012, the group collaborated with [[Rosana Hribar]] & [[Gregor Luštek]] and Csaba Molnár in a double bill performance '''68'' that addressed the question of revolution, personal engagement, freedom, and possibilities of resistence. The group's latest piece ''Phobia'' [Fobija] (2015), a complex intertwinement of dance, theatre, and live music, choreographed by Guy Weizman and Roni Haver and co-produced by Club Guy & Roni and Slagwerk Den Haag, premiered at the 2015 edition of Noordezon, Performance Arts Festival in the Netherlands.
+Aiming to address the possibilities of the dance medium as a practice that may augment theatrical expressivity, the group often collaborates with theatre directors, such as [[Sebastijan Horvat]], with whom they have created the performance ''Decision'' [Ukrep], based on the once "forbidden text" of the same title by Bertolt Brecht, which was reconstructed in 2013 with the new cast; [[Bojan Jablanovec]] of [[Via Negativa]] in ''Cut Out'' [Črtano] (2009); [[Matjaž Zupančič]] in the theatre-dance performance ''20th Century Fog'' [Megla stoletja] (2014), exploring the paradoxes underlying the cultural landscape of possibly one of the most puzzling centuries, which also opened the 2015 edition of the [[Maribor Theatre Festival]]. The current and former casts of the group also appear the newest film by Kovač and [[Sašo Podgoršek]] ''Vashava'' (2014), which premiered at the [[Festival of Slovenian Film]].
+In 2013, the group created a highly successful didactic performance event ''Beware, Dance!'' [Pozor, hud ples!], directed by Iztok Kovač, which inventively demonstrated creative procedures of contemporary dance and was in 2015 expanded to include the international history and prominent figures of contemporary dance in ''Take a Chance on Dance'' [Pozor, hud ples 2].
+EnKnapGroup was formed via two auditions in 2007 and 2010. Presently consisting of five regular members, the cast was extended in 2015 within the project ''EKG+, ensemble for contemporary dance'', implemented through the instrument New Career Perspectives II, which is partly financed by the European Union.
-The newly established group was formed via two auditions in 2007 and 2010. The group premièred with a performance ''Celebration'' [Praznovanje] in September 2007, which was co-created by long-term collaborators of En-Knap: choreographer and dancer [[Andreja Rauch]], film director [[Sašo Podgoršek]], and En-Knap founder and choreographer [[Iztok Kovač]].
-In 2007, EKG presented the piece ''In-Between'' [Nekje vmes] by Simone Sandroni and Lenka Flory, established choreographers and directors of Deja Donne dance company, and in 2008, the performance ''Decision'' [Ukrep] by the Slovene director [[Sebastijan Horvat]], based on the once "forbidden text" of the same title by Bertolt Brecht. The group's other performances include ''Order'' [Ukaz] (2008) by the renowned Slovene choreographer [[Matjaž Farič]]; ''My Kingdom for a Horse'' [Kraljestvo za konja] (2008) by [[Iztok Kovač]]; the site-specific project ''Romeo and Public'' [Romeo in publika] (2008) by [[Mala Kline]] and the director [[Tomi Janežič]], featuring guest performers, which tackles theatre's conventions and foregrounds the relationship between performer and the public; ''Raw'' [Surovo] (2009) by Claudia de Serpa Soares; and ''Cut Out'' [Črtano] (2009) by the theatre director [[Bojan Jablanovec]] of [[Via Negativa]].
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