Miloš Janjić: bone(r) in the throat (2025)
Tuesday, 1 December 2026, at 8:30 pm
Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Performance
Duration: 75 min.
The tragedy of “true masculinity” lies in its own erasure of humanity, says the American writer Ocean Vuong. It is not, he believes, irreparable. In recent years, the phenomenon of toxic masculinity has been widely examined − probably also because we have all, globally, become its hostages. Miloš Janjić is interested in how this virus settles into the body, and what it does once there.
Dancer, choreographer and designer Miloš Janjić has, in recent years, focused on the postures and predicaments of normative heterosexual masculinity, and on its authoritarian and toxic manifestations (machismo, misogyny, femicide, auto/homophobia, militarism, and radical nationalism). He has approached the male body as an archive of masculinity, and its actions as a form of ideological training.
“bone(r) in the throat presents a collection of perspectives on toxic masculinity through the lens of five young men, who, through continuous reflection, offer alternative masculinities, playing with learned bodily actions and discourses, pushing them to the point of absurdity, and sharing intimate testimonies of their own upbringings, deeply shaped by social norms. The phenomenon is approached through scenic documentation and speculation on specific situations, from individual to collective experiences.
The performance focuses on bodily actions, narratives, and operations that are incorporated into the male body during maturation, shaping specific behavioural patterns that the body, under societal pressure, reproduces. Simultaneously, the body itself is observed as both the author and consequence of the harmful effects that masculinity has on contemporary society − on women, but also on men themselves − particularly in patriarchal societies where boys’ socialization often normalizes violence,” write the performance’s creators.
Author, text, and choreography: Miloš Janjić
Co-authors and performers: Lazar Tešić, Dražen Horvatić, Mladen Šijan, Miloš Janjić, Chad Spence
Dramaturgy: Nina Plavanjac, Andreja Kargačin
Directorial consulting: Ana Pinter
Choreographic Advisor: Isidora Poledica
Set Design Consulting: Marija Pokrajac
Music and Sound Design: Jana Baljak
Technical Support and Set Construction: Milica Babić
Photo Documentation: Marija Stojković, Vladimir Opsenica
Video Documentation: Tanja Drobnjak
Production: BRINA
Organised by NDA Slovenija and Kino Šiška