Enya Belak

[Barbara Novakovič]
ALLEGORIES – FRAGMENTS

Emphasising the specific depictions of the twelve months, Allegories – Fragments is a performance focusing on the physicality and visuality of dance language.

CREDITS

[DANCE PERFORMANCE]
ALLEGORIES – FRAGMENTS

Directing, movement and visual image: Barbara Novakovič
Sound design: Jure Vlahović
Ligting design: Andrej Petrovčič
Consultant: Suzana Koncut
Dancers: Enya Belak, Matevž Dobaj, Beno Novak, Kristýna Peldová
Translation into English: Jana Wilcoxen
Photography: Andrej Lamut
Design: Enya Belak
Scenic elements made by Marko Udvanc
Video documentation: Y0Y Production, Manja and Avguštin Solce
Production: Muzeum Ljubljana
Co-production: Kino Šiška – Centre for Urban Culture  and the Festival Platform of Contemporary Dance  (Moja Kreacija, Institute)
In collaboration with Tabor Sport Association
Financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and  the Department of Culture of Municipality of Ljubljana.
Special thanks to Branko Potočan, Barbara Petrca.
Performance photographs by Urska Boljkovac / Kino Šiška
Year of production: 2023

PERFORMANCES

ABOUT

Emphasising the specific depictions of the twelve months, Allegories – Fragments is a performance focusing on the physicality and visuality of dance language. Already in Antiquity, a triptych of the months was well established in literature: as a natural, work rhythm, as a rhythm determined by deified, astral forces, and as a rhythm of gods on Earth, worshipped by man (Ovid, Verij Flak …).

This triptych will be explored in the genre embodiments from historical cycles in literary and visual arts paradigms from Antiquity to the Renaissance. The project will partly allude to the liturgy of feasts and the theme of the radiance of the images of the months and natural personifications, marked by celebrations and rituals. The fragmentary nature of the performance is shown by stringing together images, deities and attributes. The scenes are broken into sections based on the seasons. Driving the narrative, they turn time, as it revolves through the sequence of the months and years: harvesting, foraging, autumnal sowing and moments alongside the rotating mill interchange with motifs of hunting and resting. From domestic genre scenes, spaces of vitae contemplative emerge, connecting closely to December – the month of sharp contrasts and images – predominantly devoid of work-related motifs.

Extracts from press reviews

“The author expanded the second part of the trilogy with an experienced team of dancers, despite their youth, who also work as choreographers, educators, and filmmakers.”
[Andreja Kopač, DELO]

“In the dance performance ‘Allegory – Fragments,’ the second part of her dance trilogy, Barbara Novakovič focuses on the depiction of the twelve months’ peculiarities, as well as the corporeality and sculptural nature of dance language.”
[MMC, RTV SLO]

 

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