Dance Theatre Ljubljana

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Plesni teater Ljubljana (PTL)
Kersnikova 4, Metelkova 6 (office), Prijateljeva 2 (theatre), SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone386 (0) 1 430 8344
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Ljubljana Dance Theatre (PTL) was founded in 1984. Throughout the 1980s, PTL played a pioneering role in the development and promotion of contemporary dance in Slovenia. Most of today's contemporary dance choreographers and dancers have collaborated with the theatre, and some of them founded their own companies in the 1990s (e.g. Flota Institute, Fourklor, etc.).


History

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 198), 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..

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, Matjaž Zupančič, 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.


It offers regular contemporary dance education programmes (Dancelab) and collaborates internationally in joint productions with guest choreographers and overseas dance festivals (with the Linz Choreography Centre, the Slovak Žilina Centre, the German i-Camp, and the French Dance Centre Colline in 2008). In

A new festival called Ukrep is being planned.

Venue

Type of venue: Theatre hall;

main use: dance performances;

seating: 90 seats;

performing area: 10m W x 10m D x 4.85m H flat sprung wooden stage floor suitable for dance;

wing spaces: available through use of black masking, 1.5m W SR, 1.5m W SR;

2 exits;

suspension equipment: max load 30kg;

soft hangings: grey opera horizon screen, black wall background;

lighting: 48-channel mixer, 2kw dimmers, lanterns include 16 x PC 1kw, 16 x PC 500w, 5 x zoom profile 15-38, 30 x PAR 64, stroboscope;

sound: Mackie mixer, 4 active loudspeakers, 1 equalizer, 2 CD, 1 DAT, 1 wireless microphone;

stage equipment: Video Beam Infokus (2,500 lumens) video projector, Antracit opera 9m x 4.85m projection screen;

backstage: dressing rooms accommodating 30 persons total;

availability: available for hire

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A pioneer in the development and promotionA 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.ons and domestic and foreign performances. +
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