Izbrano telo (The Exquisite Corpse) – A Presentation of Research into Performative Language

The dance-performative research Izbrano telo (The Exquisite Corpse) forms part of Emanat's series of projects by young (but not exclusively so) artists, dedicated to researching the language of per-formance. With this kind of research we seek to break the concentration of creative processes fo-cused purely on the product and to refocus them primarily on developing the performative language and reflecting on the questions of WHAT and HOW in producing an original creation. In collabora-tion with Cankarjev dom, movement research conducted by three different artists will be presented before the public, freely using the surrealist principle of the parlour-game cadavre exquis (the exquis-ite corpse) to reflect on the structure of a presentation, on the development of a performative lan-guage, or on the methodology of the work being developed through research. Their investigation of movement-based forms will be presented by Alja Branc, Jasmina Križaj and Neža Kokalj.

The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session with the artists hosted by Maša Radi Buh.

Jasmina Križaj (1982) is a dancer and choreographer based in Maribor, whose work is integrated into a broader European context. She graduated in choreography from De Hogeschool voor de Kun-sten, De Theaterschool, Amsterdam, department SNDO – School for New Dance Development. Her shows have been presented at many national and international festivals. For the last few years Jasmina has worked in partnership with the Swiss artist Simon Wehrli. She is currently finishing her second year of body-oriented psychotherapy studies and is a practitioner of Taoist healing methods (Chi Nei Tsang I, II, III).

Neža Kokalj (2002) is currently completing her dance studies at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, Austria. She previously attended the dance programme at the Secondary Preschool Educa-tion, Grammar School and Performing Arts Grammar School Ljubljana. In Ljubljana, she has con-tributed to the critical platforms Kriterij and Aplavz since 2019, and has worked in interdisciplinary projects with musicians and visual artists in Linz and Copenhagen.

Alja Branc (1994) is a dancer, performer and artist working between Slovenia and Hungary. She received her first contemporary dance education within the context of the dance programme at the Secondary Preschool Education, Grammar School and Performing Arts Grammar School Ljubljana and continued her studies at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. Alja works in partner-ship with different Slovenian and Hungarian artists, and it is this collaboration and the sharing of creative processes that deeply inspire her work and research in the field of dance and, as a result, allow her to share her findings and the passion for developing movement.