Pre-premiere: 20/12/2020, Spanski borci cultural centre, Ljubljana, SI
VENUS: between captivity and flight is based on Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus, which depicts the moment of its emergence from sea foam. The birth of Venus occurs as a cut that distinguishes heaven and earth and thus creates an in-between wherein the creation occurs continuously. Without a cut, there is no creation, no gaze. Without a cut there is no theater. Then inertia is all there is. VENUS Project juxtaposes the two worlds simultaneously present. The world of dream images constantly interrupts the here and now of the theatrical encounter, inhabiting it, challenging it, and transforming it. The between space is one of boundless creativity, from which a multitude of forms and their variations emerge, inviting us to contemplate the constant birthing into space and time, the creative imagination and the beauty of the created.
Concept, choreography and performance: Mala Kline
Space and costume design: Petra Veber
Music: Nenad Sinkauz
Video: Hana Vodeb and Darko Herič
Video synchronization: Darko Herič
Light and technical direction: Jaka Šimenc
Photography: Urška Boljkovac
Executive production: Ajda Kline
Production: ELIAS 2069 and Mercedes Klein
Co-production: Center kulture Španski borci/Zavod EN-KNAP, Platform 0090 Antwerpen
Supported by Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana, Department of Culture