En–Knap & Rosana Hribar, Gregor Luštek

No Manifesto

30 min

#en–knap group's repertoire

2013

Double Bill: '68

We cannot change anything. But we can and must dance! Gregor Luštek and Rosana Hribar base their piece on a rebellious, almost nihilistic reflection: that a sincere and honest (political) position of an author can be only their sincere and honest work. At the forefront in their piece are the dancers and the relationship between the choreographer and dancers. "This is our work, this is our dance, this is where we persist." It is the dancer’s job to dance, and it's the only way they can rebel as a genuine creation is rebellious by default.

Daring, decisive, rebellious.

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Stop greedy capitalists! Enough with senseless wars! Stop discrimination! Money to the people, not to the banks! The slogans witnessed on the banners in the current protests have been used as early as in 1968. The world was in an uprising, masses of people revolted, washing away what was stale, dusty and filled with injustice in that time. But apparently not for very long. Once again we are behind the very same barricades, facing similar obstacles, fighting a similar struggle. But one that is also so very different: the world has turned upside down and away from itself. A different world, yet faced with similar problems. How to fight? What to do? Who will protest instead of us? What can we change at all? 

The performance was a part of a double bill project ’68. A politically enaged double performance by En–Knap Group, in the choreography of three inventive authors of a younger generation offers some possible answers to the questions, answers that are in tune with the world of today, but above all open new questions. 

bio

Rosana Hribar and Gregor Luštek are a dynamic Slovenian choreographic and dance tandem who create and dance together for many years. They are acknowledged contemporary dance artists who collaborated with key initiators and founders of contemporary dance art in Slovenia and still today actively collaborate with renowned contemporary dance choreographers and theatre directors. They often collaborate with other choreographers and directors together, they sign as choreographers together and sometimes they choreograph each other. For their creative work they were awarded at home and internationally.

credits

Concept Iztok Kovač

Created and performed by En–Knap Group (Luke Thomas Dunne, Ida Hellsten, Bence Mezei, Ana Štefanec, Tamás Tuza)

Concept, direction Rosana Hribar, No Manifesto

Dramaturgy, video Jure Novak

Music Kuzle, Azra, Johann Strauss

Musical adaptations Drago Ivanuša

Light design Luka Curk

Costume design Valter Kobal

Costume maker Katarina Škaper

Photography Miha Fras, Matija Lukić

Special thanks Jernej Lorenci, Kuzle

 

Production En–Knap Productions

Co-production Pajek – Spider Expand!

 

En–Knap Productions

Founder and artisic director Iztok Kovač

Head of finance Julija Travančić

Executive producers Karmen Keržar, Marjeta Lavrič

En–Knap Group rehearsal director Tanja Skok

Head of public relations Marija Zidar

Designers nejaaka

Programme coordinator and organiser Katja Gabrijelčič

Technical realization Luka Curk, Hotimir Knific, Gal Škrjanec Skaberne

The programme of En–Knap Productions, administrator of Španski Borci, is financially supported by: City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, which also supports Španski Borci activities, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia