The project by Anamaria Klajnšček with Elvis Homan, Krystina Peldová, Boštjan Simon & Gabriela Lotaif marks the first collaboration between emerging artist Anamaria Klajnšček and Pekinpah. Movements trigger sounds that constantly drives new motions, all reflecting cognitive processes. An interlace of four individual entities, fighting for attention, diving into a whirl of shared thoughts with a single motive: to keep going on.
"In the dimly lit atmosphere, evoking improvised jazz with percussion and saxophone, the dancers move in a balanced manner until, as if propelled by gravity, they ultimately collide. With scattered gazes in the audience and abrupt hand movements, they incorporate powerful dance twists." Metod Zupan - Sigledal, 13. November 2023
By thought flow we usually mean an individual thought process, but Anamaria Klajnšček traces the interlacing of four thought flows, which are not satisfied with the mental playing of images and ideas, but the entire body is the instrument of their thoughts - namely the "musical" body, which is the center point of the dancers on the one hand, and the "dancing" body, as developed by the musicians on the other.
Four bodies, dancing and musical, flow into a single, collective, clear thought that can be heard in a series of intense and experimental encounters arranged throughout the year. We are witnessing an unstoppable stream of thoughts that turns into a whirl, roaring and overflowing movements to the sounds of drums and saxophone. Sound drives motion and then motion drives sound, which in turn drives new motions, all reflecting cognitive processes. Despite their singularity, thoughts run simultaneously, sometimes indistinguishable, and sometimes they fight for exclusive attention.
Performance Stream of thoughts: Interlace leaves no doubt that individuality is important for the construction of a flow of thought, but at the same time as it is established, it is already disappearing, as it begins to transform into cooperativeness or, more precisely, symbiotic or solidary cooperation. The performance further explores the potential of the originally chaotic nature of thought, which refuses to be molded into forms of orderly and judicious thinking, but on the contrary, without self-censorship and ego, accepts thought impulses that constantly pass through the body, which responds to them with the same frequency.
If a certain stream of thought is understood individualistically as an intimate life force, the performers are interested in where to cross the border of individuality in order to create a coexistence between all four streams of thought without any of them losing their autonomy, at most the opposite, each meeting of these streams means on an intimate level a spiritual and physical enrichment of individual's thought and at the same time the construction of a new common thought, which utilizes the potential of its chaos.
CREDITS
Author: Anamaria Klajnscek
Performed by: Elvis Homan, Anamaria Klajnscek, Kristýna Peldová, Bostjan Simon
Costumes & Scenography: Gabriela Lotaif
Producer: Žiga Predan
Production: Pekinpah
Supported by: Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Culture and City of Ljubljana, Department for Culture
PREMIERE
6th November 2023, Spanski borci, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Anamaria Klajnšček (1996) is a Slovenian dancer and choreographer, working primarily in Spain. She is the recipient of the Ksenija Hribar Award for a promising dancer (2021). She completed her training in Ljubljana and later studied at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. She worked with the TanzMainz dance ensemble in Germany. She is currently involved in various dance projects with choreographers such as Roser Lopez Espinosa, Pere Faura, Žigan Krajnčan, Guy Nader and Maria Campos. In a collaborative duet with Magí Serra, COSSOC, she premiered her latest work, the dance–vocal solo ONA, in 2022.
Boštjan Simon (1982) graduated in philosophy from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana (2008) and completed his studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (2009), earning the title Bachelor of Music. Since then, he has focused on creating music in collaboration with numerous musicians. He performs with the RTV Slovenia Big Band as a substitute tenor player and is a founding member of Zlatko Kaučič’s international ensemble Orkester brez meja. He also collaborates as a conductor with the Big Band Nova from Nova Gorica. He has worked with many other musicians, including Trevor Watts, Jasper Blom, and numerous Slovenian jazz artists. In total, he has contributed to the release of 28 albums in Slovenia and abroad, with his recent projects including work with the group Etceteral.
Elvis Homan (1991) is a drummer, percussionist, sound designer, composer, and educator. He graduated from Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Erasmus Jazz Prize and the award for Best Performance at the Gibanica Biennial—together with Benko Novak and Boštjan Simon. He has performed at many festivals and is a member of several music ensembles, including the Rotterdam Electronic Orchestra. He completed studies in Live Electronics/Modern Composition and leads the Rotterdam ensemble of electroacoustic improvisers, REIO. His work focuses on the Ableton Live and Max/MSP environments and on connecting acoustic drums with modular synthesizer systems.
Kristýna Peldová is a dancer, teacher, and improviser. Her professional and personal path has been shaped mainly by the exploration of instant composition and performance improvisation. She graduated in dance/pedagogy from the Duncan Centre Conservatory in Prague. Later, dance led her to Belgium, where she completed her BA studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. During her studies, she had the opportunity to collaborate with choreographers such as Jan Martens, Agostina D’Alessandro, Stefan Dreher, Elias Lazaridis, Marta Coronado, and Renan Martins.
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