10. oktober 2019
Old Power Station
18.00

Brina

Premiera predstave, 120'
// v slovenščini z angleškimi podnapisi //

Predstava se ukvarja s specifičnim emancipatornim momentom slovenskega
sodobnega plesa v obdobju druge svetovne vojne, katerega nosilka je slovenska
plesalka, koreografinja in plesna pedagoginja Marta Paulin s partizanskim
imenom Brina. Pred vojno se je šolala pri Meti Vidmar, ki je v Ljubljani leta
1930 ustanovila plesno šolo po metodi Mary Wigman. Bila je aktivna udeleženka
NOB in ena od članic kulturniške skupine, ki je delovala v XIV. diviziji, za
borce in lokalno prebivalstvo pa je na raznih prireditvah izvajala
improvizacijske plesne točke. V medvojnem času se je umetniško in osebno
povezala s Karlom Destovnikom–Kajuhom. Po vojni se je morala zaradi pomrznjenih
prstov na nogah odpovedati aktivnemu plesnemu ustvarjanju in je delovala kot
pedagoginja in publicistka.

Vstopnice: 10 / 7 €

 

Avtorica: Bara Kolenc; režija in izvedba: Bara Kolenc; soustvarjanje
in izvedba: Leja Jurišić; glasba, zvok in izvedba: Mitja Cerkvenik; instalacija
Rotor: Peter Kutin v sodelovanju s Patrikom Lechnerjem in Mathiasom Lenzem; dramaturgija: Aldo
Milohnić; oblikovanje svetlobe: Peter Pivar; izvedba skladbe Ave Maria: Urška
Kastelic; prevod: Maja Lovrenov; nadnapisi: Diana Grden in Maja Peharc; produkcija:
KUD Samosvoj; koprodukcija: Zavod Moja kreacija Maribor; v sodelovanju z Mestom
žensk, Centrom urbane kulture Kino Šiška, Zavodom Maska, Zavodom Bunker in
Platformo sodobnega plesa – Platforma po Platformi; zahvala: Malina
Schmidt Snoj, Rok Vevar, Andreja Zupanec Bajželj, Klemen Markovčič, Vlado
Vrbič, Simona Ješelnik, Matevž Kolenc, Marko Rusjan, ekipa Mesta žensk, ekipa
Zavoda Bunker, Muzej novejše zgodovine Slovenije, RTV Slovenija, MG+MSUM;
projekt sta financirala Ministrstvo za kulturo RS in Mestna občina Maribor.

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predstavi so uporabljene fotografije Jožeta Petka in fotografija neznanega avtorja, ki jih hrani Muzej
novejše zgodovine Slovenije ter avdio posnetek pričevanja Marte Paulin-Brine iz
arhiva RTV Slovenija.

Umetnice in sodelujoče
Bara Kolenc
Video

Brina

Performance premiere, 120'
// in Slovenian with English subtitles //

“When, as a dancer, I stood alone in the massive crowd of liberation fighters, aware that I shall be able to use my dance gift and weak body to express what had been uniting us, that I shall also be able to master the vast natural space, I felt strength in my feet, tramping the hard soil of the forest ground. In our case, it was not the so-called 'ballet' in the wider sense of the word, but more than that: it was a dance expression rooted in the domestic ground, human beings taking part in the very historic event of their own nation. It meant taking part in the liberation struggle of the people who know no despair, who know their power and their purpose. Dance invokes fighting, is victorious in it, then disbound into joy: due to fighting, due to efforts endured, due to strength, due to the very historic act.”
– Marta Paulin–Brina

The performance tackles the specific emancipatory moment of Slovenian contemporary dance during the WW2 period, showcasing dancer, choreographer and dance pedagogue Marta Paulin, with her Partisan name Brina, as the leading figure in this phenomenon. Before the war, she was a student of Meta Vidmar, who had founded a branch of Mary Wigman school in Ljubljana in 1927. She actively took part in the national liberation movement, was one of the founders of Partisan theatre operating within the XIVth division, and also organised improvisational dance acts for the fighters on Partisan outposts. In the inter-war period, she formed artistic and personal ties to Karel Destovnik–Kajuh. After the war, she was forced to give up active dance creation due to frostbite on her toes, so she remained active as a pedagogue and publicist.

 

Author: Bara Kolenc; choreography and performance: Bara Kolenc, Leja Jurišić; dramaturge: Aldo Milohnić; music and sound: Mitja Cerkvenik; scenography: Bara Kolenc; Rotor installation: Peter Kutin in co-operation with: Patrik Lechner, Mathias Lenz; lighting design: Peter Pivar; produced by: KUD Samosvoj; co-produced by: Zavod Moja kreacija Maribor; in cooperation with: City of Women, Kino Šiška, Platform of Contemporary Dance – Platform after Platform; Bunker – Old Power Station; thanks: National Museum of Contemporary History; supported by: Ministry of Culture, City of Maribor; City of Ljubljana.