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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCOFESTIVAL RETURNS WITH ITS 14TH EDITION\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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CoFestival, the international festival of contemporary dance co-produced by Kino \u0160i\u0161ka and Nomad Dance Academy, returns with its 14th edition, taking place from 21 to 28 November 2025 at Kino \u0160i\u0161ka and other venues across Ljubljana. This year\u2019s festival once again offers an outstanding international programme, bringing together top-tier artists,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 20 November from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. assembly on the political participation of migrants in Slovenia, pre-festival event Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Komuna Democratic societies only function effectively if all members of the political community are equally involved and have the same rights. It is vital, therefore, that special attention<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Friday, 21 November at 6:00 p.m. discussion Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, upper foyer Duration: 90 min. Ann Papoulis, an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, composer and vocalist, is well known in the local dance community for her performances in Ljubljana in the 1990s. She is even better known as a dance educator, having<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSylvain Huc and Mathilde Olivares: La Vie nouvelle (2025)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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Friday, 21 November at 8:00 p.m. dance performance, festival opening Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Katedrala Duration: 53 min. Dancer and choreographer Sylvain Huc has presented work at CoFestival twice before; first with Thiago Granato in the duet Lost Particles (2023), and last year with the performance Sujets (2018). The dance duet New<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Friday, 21 November from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. book sale Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, upper foyer The Slovenian Theatre Publisher Network, which includes Emanat Institute, the MGL Library, Maska Ljubljana and The Slovenian Theatre Institute \u2013 SLOGI, was established with the aim of connecting Slovenian publishers of professional literature in the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Saturday, 22 November at 6:00 p.m. dance performance Viba film, Small Studio Duration: 70 min. We are very pleased to announce that Tiran Willemse, a dancer and choreographer from South Africa who lives and works in Switzerland, will be joining us for the first time. Willemse’s work boldly investigates the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Saturday, 22 November at 8:00 p.m. dance performance premiere with live music The Old Power Station The work Cage Open was created in collaboration between the New Music Forum and CoFestival. The two festivals have a shared interest in artistic creativity. In the twentieth century, this creativity was driven by<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSlavcho Dimitrov: Anarchic Bodies: Corporeal Materialism, Affects and the Political (2025)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sunday, 23 November at 7:00 p.m. book presentation \u0160panski borci, upper foyer Duration: 50 min. In his book Anarchic Bodies: Corporeal Materialism, Affects and the Political (ZG Kontrapunkt \u2013 Skopje, 2025), Dimitrov tackles the concept of the political by exploring its complex and constitutive entanglement with corporeality, affects, and matter.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sunday, 23 November at 8:00 p.m. dance performance \u0160panski borci, Main Hall Duration: 45 min. Croatian dancer and choreographer Sonja Pregrad is well-known in the Ljubljana contemporary dance scene, presenting many of her works here and collaborating with several local artists. In 2021, she was featured at the Symposium of<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Monday, 24 November at 6:00 p.m. dance performance and after-talk The Old Power Station Duration: 75 min. With the solo Batty Bwoy (2022) \u2013 a title that could be translated into English as faggot, or the more literal, archaic, and forgotten Dorothy’s friend \u2013 dancer, performer, and choreographer Harald Beharie<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tuesday, 25 November at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dance performances and discussion; introduction to works of M. Cunningham and M. Graham at 6:30 p.m. Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, Stage Under the Stars and \u0160entjakob Stage 6:30 p.m. Rok Vevar: Introduction to works of Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham, lecture, Stage Under the Stars<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Monday, 24 November at 9:00 p.m. artistic performance event in three parts Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Katedrala Duration: 60 min. Andreja Rauch Podrzavnik’s Fold (2024) is the final part of a trilogy, which also includes Carry On (2021) and Origami (2023). A large white paper sheet, like a blank canvas or a<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wednesday, 26 November at 5:00 p.m. VR installation Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Katedrala Duration: 60 min. In Still Moving, Liis Vares, choreographer, and Taavet Jansen, an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, whose work integrates movement, digital technologies, and interactive performance, invite the audience into a space where instinctive physicality meets linguistic thinking, using<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wednesday, 26 November at 7:30 p.m. dance performance; sensory introduction to the performance at 7:00 p.m. The Old Power Station Duration: 120 min. German choreographer Isabelle Schad is well-known to the local audience thanks to her previous performances at CoFestival. In 2016 and 2021, she presented the group works Collective<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 27 November from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Master class for dancers The Old Power Station Participants will first dedicate themselves to a daily training. Based on movement principles deriving from somatics and from Asian techniques such as Aikido, Shiatsu, stretching and breathing techniques, the choreographic practice unfolds: it<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 27 November from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. dance installation Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Komuna The Novacene is the conceptual lens through which nino frames anxiety about AI, as well as issues of identity and connection prevalent in contemporary society, and promotes a future characterised by increased connectivity, a return to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 27 November at 7:00 p.m. dance performance Dance Theatre Ljubljana Duration: 65 min. The performance my own private* by Petja Golec Horvat and Bor Prokofjev’s solo Equilibrium are presented as a double-bill. This pairing is deliberate, acknowledging that both artists are at the nascent stages of their journeys, yet<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 27 November at 8:15 p.m. book presentation Dance Theatre Ljubljana, foyer Duration: 30 min. The book Bodies of Dance: Aspects of Dance as Cultural, Political, and Art Work in Yugoslavia and After (Station, Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, Nomad Dance Academy Croatia, Lokomotiva, 2024 ), created within the EU project<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thursday, 27 November at 9:00 p.m. dance performance Dance Theatre Ljubljana Duration: 35 min. Bor Prokofjev’s solo Equilibrium and the performance my own private* by Petja Golec Horvat are presented as a double-bill. This pairing is deliberate, acknowledging that both artists are at the nascent stages of their journeys, yet<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Friday, 28 November from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. seminar Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Komuna With this year’s edition of CoFestival, as part of the Modina project, we continue the morning seminar session by presenting local examples from the field of contemporary dance and performance where these practices meet technological tools. Last<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Friday, 28 November at 2:00 p.m. seminar Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Komuna The seminar will include presentations and discussions on solutions developed in the European collaborative project MODINA (Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience). In this framework we explore the expansion of the creative possibilities for contemporary dance performances, and augment the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Friday, 28 November at 8:00 p.m. participatory performance Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, Katedrala Duration: 45 min. In participatory performance Gaitless, Marko Mili\u0107, artist working in the field of dance and multimedia, and Uro\u0161 Kr\u010dadinac, computer scientist, artist, writer, and educator, collaborate on the expansive topic of how AI could enable us to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t...\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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