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Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station

Performance Trans-Plant by Luka Martin Škof and Nika Švab at Old Power Station, 2020. Author: Nada Žgank

Set in a former power plant, the aptly named Stara Elektrarna can be translated as the Old Power Station. One of the most important contemporary performing arts venues in Ljubljana, it is run by a non-governmental organisation, the Bunker Institute. The place is primarily used for theatre and dance performances, yet also frequently utilised as a rehearsal and residency space. Various workshops (ranging from cultural management to dance techniques), lectures, round tables, concerts and multimedia events also take place here.

Numerous Slovene festivals have been (or still are) hosted by Stara Elektrarna (in part or in their entirety), among them the Mladi levi Festival, the City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, the Gibanica (Moving Cake) Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance Art, MENT Ljubljana, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, and also the Lutke International Puppet Festival, etc.

Stara Elektrarna is included in the Transferzala project, a combined season ticket for 5 independent Ljubljana performing arts venues: besides Stara Elektrarna, also Dance Theatre Ljubljana, Španski borci Culture Centre, Glej Theatre and Vodnik Homestead.

The venue's foyer features a small museum displaying various pieces of now-defunct equipment from the old power station.

Audience at the Mladi levi Festival, Old Power Station. Author: Nada Žgank

The opening of the Mladi levi Festival in Old Power Station. Author: Nada Žgank

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Emanat Institute

Sad sam almost, performed by Matija Ferlin at Stara Elektrarna - Old Power Station, produced by Emanat Institute, 2009

Emanat Institute, an Institute for the Affirmation and Development of Dance and Contemporary Art, aims to gain recognition for contemporary dance through stage, multimedia, and occasionally online production, dance education, and publishing activity. Established in 2006 by the acclaimed choreographer Maja Delak, Emanat produces innovative works that develop their own artistic procedures and work codes as well as stimulate artistic exchange.

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