To the Moon! takes you on a journey into outer space. Combining a theatrical experience with educational content, the show is aimed at young audiences aged between twelve and fifteen. It offers a fascinating glimpse at the Moon’s formation, the first human to step on the Moon, and the latest space technology that has become part of our daily lives. 

To the Moon! revisits the surge of excitement surrounding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s landing on the Moon in 1969, taking a fun approach to explaining the law of gravitation and its effects on celestial objects (and human body). In a unique yet scientifically accurate way, Prof. Dr. Peter Kranjc and his assistant Aleksander explain how the Earth rotates around the Sun and the Moon orbits Earth and the effects of this endless circling embrace (also on teaching assistant Aleksander...). In addition, Prof. Kranjc and his assistant vividly recount several creation myths about the Moon’s formation and outline the fascinating symbolism of the Moon in art.

Learning about the universe is gaining in popularity and the interest in space exploration has been on the rise in recent years. The authors of the huge hit The Fearless Explorer – Marie Curie and Radioactivity invite you to join them for a new adventure. Let's fly together! Higher and higher!

Brief Event Schedule:

18:00: Viewing of the theater play "Kriplov zagovor" 
18:55 to 19:15: Short break
19:15: Presentation of the novel "Life in the Subconscious" and discussion with the author Simon Šerbinek and experts Dr. Bojan Filipič and Dr. Aleksander Zadel
Event concludes at 20:00
After the event: Social gathering with refreshments

Brief Description of the Theater Play "Kriplov zagovor":

"Kriplov zagovor" is an original theatrical play and a continuation of the collaboration between actor Simon Šerbinek, a bilateral below-knee amputee, and director Matjaž Latin. They previously created a successful monodrama titled "Krhkost" (Fragility) based on an essay by the renowned French filmmaker Jean-Claude Carrière. "Kriplov zagovor" is based on Simon Šerbinek's autobiographical story. It's a "comedy" that uniquely portrays the actor's autobiographical tale of rehabilitation and the integration of disabled individuals into society. The play addresses various types of disabilities, both physical and mental diagnoses. The actor presents his personal story in an apparently relaxed manner, yet with a significant amount of social critique and self-irony. The performance simultaneously challenges and breaks various taboos associated with disability, delving into painful personal and societal themes. Crucially, it involves a candid and intimate portrayal of the actor's personal story, one that profoundly marked his life and stigmatized him. Despite losing both legs due to a suicide attempt, Simon Šerbinek managed to find meaning again, complete two degrees, and build a family.

Brief description of the novel "Življenje v podzavesti. Borec – dnevnik nekega strahopetca"

The author, who named himself Alen in the book, personally experienced everything described in the story. The story is subjective and in certain parts exaggerated, so the author advises the reader to approach it with some distance. The fundamental story revolves around a decision made by an individual struggling with mental health issues and having survived a suicide attempt. This person wants to confront their past in order to start anew. A psychiatrist advises this decision, acting as an objective commentator in Alen's story. Alen describes his state of psychosis and relapse in his diary, recounting his experiences during his psychiatric treatment. He asks his life companions for their insights to help him with his story. The following characters are thus introduced into the narrative: a psychiatrist, a friend, a director, and a professor. Alen describes his condition, which involves regression, taking him back to his childhood, school days, and then his student life, filled with ups and downs. At the presentation, alongside Simon Šerbink, there will also be Simon's former psychiatrist and psychotherapist, retired Dr. Bojan Filipič, as well as psychologist Dr. Aleksander Zadel, who will participate in the discussion.

A continuation of Urša Rupnik's body of work and the second part of the project Historicizing Slovenian Contemporary Dance.

Iz/najdena (Rediscovered) takes an in-depth look at a choreography by Živa Kraigher, Ballade (1989), her last work marked by a highly intricate and stylized choreography. The work, whose dramaturgy finds its inspiration in Frédéric Chopin’s composition of the same name (Ballade No. 1 in G minor), is driven by an intense inner development with ups and downs that tellingly stem from glimpses at Živa Kraigher’s experience of the world and her turbulent lifestyle at that time. In addition to evincing an interest in the dance-stylistic concept and thematic idea of the dance piece, the project also delves into life’s intimate stories that have emerged concurrently with the creation of this dance piece and continue to remain alive today; above all, these are stories of strong women, individual personalities who, like in the final movement of Ballade, dare to cry out:

Ryszard Legutko (1949) is a Polish philosopher, politician (member of the European Parliament) and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory. He is the co-founder of the Center for Political Thought (Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej) and author of several books. In the book The Demon in Democracy – which he will present in a lecture entitled Totalitarian Temptations in Modern Societies – Legutko explores the common features of the communist regime and liberal democracy and explains how the latter eventually bowed to the same goals as communism, albeit without Soviet-style brutality. Both systems limit human nature to the common man who is convinced that he is free from all the shackles of the past. Both the communist and the liberal democrat refuse to admit that there is anything of value outside the political systems to which they have pledged their allegiance. Likewise, both systems reject any critical examination of their ideological prejudices.

Since last October, experienced improvisers have been pushing the boundaries of their performance skills competing against each other in improvisational disciplines. The improvisers take prompts for their scenes from the audience that also determines the winners of each competition. 
On the League’s final day, 11 June, you can provide one last cue for the scenes and decide on the winners of the 2023 season! Only two teams will make it to the grand final at Cankarjev dom, this year taking place in the beautiful Štih Hall, a theatre-in-the-round, which adds extra depth and flavour to the suspenseful improvised performance!

Experience the inimitable authenticity of improvised performance and observe how your suggestions help develop a crazy story on stage. All options are open, all plot situations possible, all ends happy and sad until they solidify on stage in a scene that can only happen once, extemporaneously, with that particular audience, and never again.  

Awards acknowledging the finest achievements in the current season will be presented after the funny and entertaining show. 
The following teams have competed in this season’s Impro League: Banda Ferdamana, Brand new, Improholics, Milijoni, Kamijoni, Glumissimo, SNiG A and SNiG 1. 

Impro liga (Impro League) is Slovenia’s programme of improvisational theatre taking place since 1993. The greater part of the League is usually held as a national competition of impro theatre groups, with the programme serving as a point of intersection for Slovenian improvisers.

Through fiction, Los combatientes – perhaps a novel, perhaps a theatrical play – tells a true story of representation and reality, of enforced radicalism and authentic transgression, about art as provocation and provocation as art. The protagonists, young members of a theatrical group who seek to express their contempt for society through art, ridicule all respectable figures, beginning with themselves, their actor colleagues and ending with the great writers. In doing so, grounding their philosophy in the old avant-garde principle of glorifying the young, the group members turn their youth into a frenzied historical category, which turns them not only into theatrical but also political actors, since reality can only be portrayed through derision. Cristina Morales builds a provocative generational portrait stemming from the generation gap, the lack of understanding in today’s society and the anomalies of modern life. On the formal level, the innovative writing approach and masterly use of intertextuality are complemented by the content that, through humour and irony, invites critical reflection and distrust of the current social order of capitalist and patriarchal dictatorship. 

The novel has been translated into Slovenian by Veronika Rot.

Cristina Morales (1985) is celebrated by the literary world as one of the most talented, innovative, radical and expressive Spanish authors of the younger generation. She studied law and political science with a focus on international relations. Author of four novels (Los combatientes – The Fighters, Últimas tardes con Teresa de Jesús, Terroristas modernos and Lectura fácil) and a book of short stories, La merienda de las ninas, Cristina Morales is known for her harsh criticism of social, political and media structures and ideologies. Her works have received several national and international awards. In 2021, she was named a Granta Best Young Spanish-Language Novelist. Morales works with the contemporary dance company Iniciativa Sexual Femenina and is executive producer of the punk band At-Asko.

The talk will be held in Spanish, with simultaneous translation into Slovenian.

The song describes the building of a fortress on the Bojana River at Skadar by three Mrnjavčević brothers. They've been building the fortress for three years but failed to lay even the foundations. Whatever they built during the day, was destroyed overnight by a mountain vila (a fairy similar to a nymph, in Slavic mythology). To build the fortress, one of the brothers had to wall up his young wife alive within the walls of the fortress as a human sacrifice demanded by the vila. 

This song was first published in 1815 in a version recorded by Vuk Karadžić from the singing of a Herzegovinian storyteller named “Stari Raško”. Vuk Karadžić sent a copy of his folksong collection to Jakob Grimm, who described it as “one of the most touching poems of all nations and all times”. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, who did not share Grimm’s opinion, published the German translation at his suggestion despite finding the poem’s motif “barbaric”.
 

 

The exceptional Syrian musicians based in Vienna, Basma Jabr and Orwa Saleh, transform the charismatic ancient Arabic tunes into a perfect harmony and a sensual musical journey, on which they will be joined by the Slovenian musician Vasko Atanasovski on saxophone/flute.

The Basma-Orwa-Atanasovski concert is one of the 36 concerts that will be held simultaneously in 25 Euro-Mediterranean countries with the aim of celebrating the diversity of the Mediterranean and enhancing mutual ties.


At 18:30, a round-table discussion will be held on the importance of intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean and the binding power of art, moderated by journalist Kristina Božič.
The multicultural trio of virtuoso musicians Basma-Orwa-Atanasovski will begin their concert at 20:00.

Round table United in Diversity - Culture as a Bridge in the Mediterranean

Moderator: Kristina Božič, journalist
Panelists:
Ambassador Mateja Prevolšek, Head of Department for Africa and the Middle East at Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ervin Hladnik Milharčič, journalist
Orwa Saleh, Syrian musician
Jerneja PENCA, PhD, Associate Professor and Head of Academic Affairs at the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)

Xavier Bobés' Corpus is an intimate encounter between sculpture, animator and musician in a space where a reflection on the relationship between the human, animal and plant body unfolds. The poetic scenic dialogue raises questions about practises of objectification and seeks to find a way of interpreting, transforming and presenting them. Through the interconnections between the living and the objectified body, the rich possibilities of transformation are revealed on stage. The body is a journey between the human being and its form, which slowly dissolves, shrinks and finally disappears.
 

Concept and selection of stories: Špela Frlic
Storytellers: Janez Škof and Tamara Avgušin
Music: Samo Kutin
In cooperation with Zavod Homo Narrans

The fear of hellfire led to the creation of a special genre of folk tales about fiendish and mischievous demons, the devils that were deadly serious and evil when someone had to be deterred from committing a sin.