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− | [[Fičo Balet]] is an artist-led company founded in [[Established::2000]] by Goran Bogdanovski and a core group of artistic collaborators and dancers. The name of the company comes from the Slovenian nickname for the Fiat 500, ''fičo'', and the Slovenian word for ballet, ''balet''. The group performs in original and unconventional ways, striving to transform classical and academic dance-styles into inspiring, understandable, and accessible performances enabling new experiences of art. | + | [[Fičo Balet]] is an artist-led company founded in [[Established::2000]] by [[Goran Bogdanovski]] and a core group of artistic collaborators and dancers. The name of the company comes from the Slovenian nickname for the Fiat 500, ''fičo'', and the Slovenian word for ballet, ''balet''. The group performs in original and unconventional ways, striving to transform classical and academic dance-styles into inspiring, understandable, and accessible performances enabling new experiences of art. In the frame of the Nomad Dance Academy (launched by the Balkan Dance Network) Fičo Balet produced the Pleskavica Contemporary Dance Festival in June 2010. |
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+ | ==Production and performances== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
+ | ==Networking and training== | ||
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 – Service for Contemporary Dance, Serbia; Lokomotiva – Center for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture, Macedonia; and the Brain Store Project, Bulgaria. | 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 – Service for Contemporary Dance, Serbia; Lokomotiva – 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. | 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. | ||
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+ | ==Pleskavica Festival== | ||
+ | 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 [[Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL)]] and [[Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station|Old Power Station]] venues in Ljubljana. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
− | * [http://www.ficobalet.org/ Fičo Balet website] | + | * [http://www.ficobalet.org/ Fičo Balet website] (in Slovenian) |
− | * [http://www.balkandancenetwork.org/ Balkan Dance Network] | + | * [http://www.balkandancenetwork.org/ Balkan Dance Network] |
* [http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org/ Nomad Dance Academy] | * [http://www.nomaddanceacademy.org/ Nomad Dance Academy] | ||
+ | * [http://www.ficobalet.org/NomadDA.pdf Pleskavica Festival flyer] (in Slovenian and English) | ||
+ | ===Fičo Balet on YouTube=== | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oAvfnmFMg Go out and dance! Invitation video on youtube] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oAvfnmFMg Go out and dance! Invitation video on youtube] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_ME0pEBbQ Go out and dance! Ljubljana video on youtube] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_ME0pEBbQ Go out and dance! Ljubljana video on youtube] |
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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
Production and performances
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.
Networking and training
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 – Service for Contemporary Dance, Serbia; Lokomotiva – 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.
Pleskavica Festival
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 Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL) and Old Power Station venues in Ljubljana.
External links
- Fičo Balet website (in Slovenian)
- Balkan Dance Network
- Nomad Dance Academy
- Pleskavica Festival flyer (in Slovenian and English)