En–Knap & Iztok Kovač

Kaktus Unter Strom

#earlier en–knap works

2000

Double Bill: Emanatio Protei

Kaktus Unter Strom is a musical composition by Vinko Globokar for oboe, horn, double bass, electronic sound processing, sound tapes, and stage actions. At the heart of the composition is the stereotypical image of a triangle, which Globokar compares to the relationship between a man, a woman, and their child.

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The performance was part of a double-bill evening titled Emanatio Protei. Both Mo/Ten/Tion and Kaktus Unter Strom were created by choreographer and dancer Iztok Kovač in collaboration with composers Uroš Rojko and Vinko Globokar. The works explore the relationship between movement, music, and visual media. Their choreographic approach draws on compositional principles from music while incorporating film as a means of shaping the spatial and temporal structures of performance. As a whole, Emanatio Protei investigates the interactions between contemporary dance and music, positioning itself at the intersection of performance and concert formats.

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The Proteus has the ability to breathe using its lungs and gills, it can survive for a long period of time relying on its food stocks which it renews when it gets a chance to. So far we still haven’t seen how proteus reproduces...

Iztok Kovač

bio

Iztok Kovač is a choreographer and founder of En–Knap. Following the international success of his solo How I Caught a Falcon (1991), he became one of the key figures in the development of Slovenian contemporary dance. He founded En–Knap Group, Slovenia's first permanent contemporary dance ensemble, and serves as artistic director of both En–Knap and the Španski borci Cultural Centre. His works have toured internationally for more than three decades. Additionally, his artistic practice includes six dance films, international pedagogical work, guest choreography and the direction of major national events in Slovenia. During the Covid period, he initiated Stage360, developing dance works in virtual reality.

credits

Concept and choreography Iztok Kovač

Composer Vinko Globokar 

Musicians Jean Paul Celea (kontrabas), Franck Ollu (rog), Peter Veale (oboa) 

Dancers Maja Delak, Laszlo Rokas, Iztok Kovač 

Processing of sound Experimental Studio of the Heinrich Strobel Foundation of the Southwest, Radio Freiburg 

Directing space sound Andre Richard, Michael Acker 

Sound engineer Rudolf Straus 

Sound design Reinhold Braig 

Light design Jaka Šimenc 

Costume design Uroš Belantič 

Custom work Experimental-Studio of the Heinrich Strobel Foundation of the Southwest, Radio Freiburg, ZKM Karlsruhe

 

Production En–Knap Productions

With support: RTV Slovenia, NSK, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana - Department for Culture, Arts Council of England