Iztok Kovač

Endless

#earlier en–knap works#co-productions

2004

Endless is an encounter between two of Kovač’s early choreographies: his solo How I Caught a Falcon, which received the prestigious London Dance and Performance Award from Time Out magazine, and Sting and String – First Touch, staged in 1996 with Boris Kovač’s unforgettable string quartet. Both works are given a new frame and choreographically extended for LDP, a South Korean dance company of twelve dancers carefully selected from among the graduates of the country’s most prestigious dance institutions.

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The main inspiration for Endless, and the connection between the two performances, is an analysis of sonata form as a cyclical musical structure, with particular emphasis on two movements from Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, Unfinished, and on the irreconcilable contrasts that have driven Kovač’s work from the very beginning. Kovač’s approach to Schubert’s symphony is contemporary, seeking its “finality” through his own experience of the twentieth century.

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

Performed by Chi-Young Jo, Dong-Kyu Kim, Hee-Sun Kim, Ki-Hun Kim, Pan-Sun Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Hye-Rin Lee, Min-Young Lee, Young-Woo Lee, Yoon-Ji Oh, Chang-Ho Shin

Music Franz Schubert, Symphony no. 8 (Unfinished); Boris Kovač, copyright music for string quartet 

Light design Jaka Šimenc (by original concepts of Miran Šušteršič and Andrej Hajdinjak) 

Costume design Mi Na Yoo

Executive producer Jana Wilcoxen 

Public relations Karla Železnik

Production En–Knap 

Co-production Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana, Slovenija), La Filature (Mulhouse, France)

With support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Municipality of Ljubljana - Department for Culture