Miklavž Komelj ponovno gostuje v Studiu Pekinpah. Tokrat bo beseda tekla o Antonu Aškercu, enem največjih pesniških glasov 19. stoletja.

Spider Festival is back - this year we celebrate 15 years of its existence! A lot of interesting names will join the Spider stage. See you soon!

Gašper Kunšek will perform a bold, durational performance in Kino Šiška - make sure not to miss this one.

Silence returns with a new album titled Alien Poetry - to be released via Pekinpah Association on October 13.

By restricting the performers to a confined area, freedom ceases to be a concept and becomes a physical weight. Here, the boundaries of one’s autonomy are no longer theoretical, they are felt. While history often defaults to violence, conquest, or control when space is tight, the dancers in Vulneri propose an alternative: a choreography of coexistence rooted in collective awareness and mutual reliance.

Your favorite duo is back for another live masterclass.

The Materials, Elements, Prototypes installation marked the first public presentation of categorized materials and elements from the museum's warehouse. These served as the starting point for a three-week workshop where students from the Faculty of Architecture developed exhibition structure prototypes using discarded materials.

Lecture on the fiftieth anniversary of Pasolini's death by Miklavž Komelj.

The puppet show Dance In Stone primarily opens up the question of how modern human society can so often shape an individual who hates themselves, who is their own greatest rival, their own most despised other. The stones, which in the show function as both puppets and scenography, symbolise the radical other—that which seems uncontrollable or unacceptable, both within ourselves and in society.

The dancers’ bodies—elegant yet volatile—collide, pausing only to dissolve into motion once more. With precision, they step into one another’s space, oscillating between tenderness and rupture. What appears contingent reveals itself as meticulously orchestrated; even their breath syncs, but only fleetingly—a glimpse of unity before the rhythm fractures again.

Confining subjects to such a small area makes freedom a concrete reality rather than an abstract idea. The limits of one person's liberty become physically and immediately clear. History shows us that options like terror, domination, and the seizure of space are always possible. However, the dancers in Vulneri demonstrate a different, more constructive path: one built on mutual awareness and support.

The 14th edition of Spider Festival brings together opposites and unexpected encounters: the energy of youth and the power of age, harmony and disruption, trance and awakening. Through movement, we’ll shape new realities—resisting, remembering, and reinventing. We’ll tune into the voices of trees marked by ruin, invent a dance against tango, and revel in the instant where tradition collides with rave, in that charged pause before falling in love, before uprising.

On Victory Day, Leja Jurišić and Miklavž Komelj read a dialogue between Capital and Revolution from Pasolini’s Stilna žival, echoing his closing verse: “And yet, this is a day of victory!” The event featured interventions by Darko Suvin (online), Boris A. Novak, Alice Pamuk, and Janez Kardelj, who also exhibited a painting. The interior was of course, designed by Petra Veber.

With this initiative, our intention was to offer direct support for artistic excellence by providing choreographers with concrete financial recognition. Thanks to the donations gathered, we were able to contribute to the main award of the Biennial, granted to Klemen Kovačič for his work Agmisterij. The award was not simply a gesture of praise, but a resource aimed at enabling the continuation and deepening of his creative practice.

Join us at Studio Pekinpah (Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, 4th floor) as we mark the 10th anniversary of Tomaž Šalamun's death and 100 years of the Surrealist Manifesto. Through words, movement, and presence, we’ll summon the birds so they cease to fear — for death is but a mistake of naming, and dance is yet to come. Interventions by Miklavž Komelj and Leja Jurišić, with guests Tibor Hrs Pandur, Marko Rop, Dan Rosenberg, and more.

Matej Kejžar has been awarded the Croatian Theatre Award 2024 for House Bolero, recognised as the best performance in the dance category. Performed by an exceptional cast and produced by the Studio for Contemporary Dance, the piece highlights Kejžar's distinctive approach to movement and expression. With scenography and lighting by Petra Veber, this award marks a significant moment for contemporary dance. Congratulations to Matej and everyone involved!

Join us on Wednesday, November 6 at Studio Pekinpah in Ljubljana for the presentation of Djuna Barnes' Antiphon, now available in Slovene. The event will feature a blend of spatial installation, live performance, and reading, with a focus on engaging the translator in dialogue. A unique opportunity to experience one of the most enigmatic works of 20th-century drama.

Tatiana Kocmur will once again explore the topic of sexual violence in a provocative environment with her new project Meso⏐Flesh. Unlike The Following Body, which focused on the sheer brutality of trauma, Meso⏐Flesh focuses on the story of rekindling love after the traumatic encounter with sexual violence, presenting the audience with a story of regrowth through pain.