BODY AS A REFLECTIVE STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION
 
Snježana Premuš’s Physical Manifestations was anticipated by a series of performances called Stories of the Body which dealt with the research of corporeality of the person and personality of the body. This is the entry point to the method of work that the artist has continuously developed and upgraded since 2010 and is characterized by the intertwining of various principles which through a specific dramaturgy form an unusual and intriguing stage language. The key role is played by the physiognomy of individual’s body as a reflective structural organisation which represents the kinaesthetic potential for movement. Through addressing the ballet language as a universal code and a disciplined body, and the significance of dynamic bodies in space, the topic of embodied thought acquires in Physical Manifestations an additional dimension allowing a reconsideration of corporeality, embodiment and the possibility of different understandings of the isolate and stage physicalities.
 

Concept and choreography: Snježana Premuš
Performed and participated by: Tina Valentan, Gregor Zorc, Melina Iordannidou, Liza Šimenc
Dramaturgy: Barbara Novaković Kolenc                                                             
Staging the solo from the ballet Chopiniana: Mateja Rebolj                                                
Lighting design: Borut Bučinel
Sound design: Boštjan Perovšek
Technical direction: Špela Škulj                                                                                                                                                 
Public relations: Jedrt Jež Furlan                                                                  
Photography: Marcandrea
Producer: Ksenija Kaučič
Video: Tone Stojko
Production: Zavod Federacija Federacija Institute
 Co-production: Bunker/SMEEL, Dance Theatre Ljubljana
Residence: Isadora&Raymond Duncan Dance Research Center
Predstava je nastala s podporo Ministrstva za kulturo RS in Mestne občine Ljubljana