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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. | [[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. | ||
− | 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 | + | 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. |
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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. | 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. | ||
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==Dance development through international cooperation== | ==Dance development through international cooperation== | ||
Besides organising regular weekly trainings in Ljubljana and offering teachers’ training programmes and mentorship, Fičo Balet is the initiator of the [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]], a branch of the wider 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. | Besides organising regular weekly trainings in Ljubljana and offering teachers’ training programmes and mentorship, Fičo Balet is the initiator of the [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]], a branch of the wider 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. | ||
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+ | == Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia == | ||
− | + | Fičo Balet was also initiator and project leader of ''Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia'' in 2010, that aims at connecting people and endeavors to increase the quality of production and the sophistication of professionals 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== | ==Festival production== | ||
− | Fičo Balet | + | Fičo Balet co-initiator and co-organiser of the international festival of contemporary dance [[CoFestival]] that integrates Contemporary Dance between the market and democracy. |
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+ | 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. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[PLESkavica Festival]] | ||
* [[CoFestival]] | * [[CoFestival]] | ||
+ | * [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]] | ||
* [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]] | * [[Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.ficobalet.org/ Fičo Balet website] | * [https://www.ficobalet.org/ Fičo Balet website] | ||
− | * [ | + | * [https://dancealchemy.net/teacherstraining Dance Improvisation Teacher Training] |
− | * [http:// | + | * [https://www.holisticretreats.net Holistic Retreats & Journeys] |
+ | * [Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia: http://www.sodobniples.si/kategorija/Archive-CDNS-2010-2012] | ||
+ | * [Nomad Dance Academy http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org] | ||
Revision as of 09:26, 27 September 2018
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23 Apr 2014
27 Apr 2014
A production by Fičo Balet and Goran Bogdanovski's workshop, promoted also by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
at the Tanzhafen Festival
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.
Dance development through international cooperation
Besides organising regular weekly trainings in Ljubljana and offering teachers’ training programmes and mentorship, Fičo Balet is the initiator of the Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, a branch of the wider 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.
Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia
Fičo Balet was also initiator and project leader of Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia in 2010, that aims at connecting people and endeavors to increase the quality of production and the sophistication of professionals 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 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
External links
- Fičo Balet website
- Dance Improvisation Teacher Training
- Holistic Retreats & Journeys
- [Contemporary Dance Network Slovenia: http://www.sodobniples.si/kategorija/Archive-CDNS-2010-2012]
- [Nomad Dance Academy http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org]