Коло
Stanica
Serbia
authors:
Simonida Zarkovic, Djordje Zivadinovic Grgur, Jana Milenkovic, Isidora Popovic, Jovana Stojic, Aleksandar Stoimenovski
Cast:
Simonida Zarkovic, Djordje Zivadinovic Grgur, Jana Milenkovic, Isidora Popovic, Jovana Stojic, Aleksandar Stoimenovski
Co-authors and performers: Simonida Zarkovic, Djordje Zivadinovic Grgur, Jana Milenkovic, Isidora Popovic, Jovana Stojic, Aleksandar Stoimenovski
Composer: Matija Anđelkovic
Costume: Milos Janjic
Collaborators and consultants: Ana Dubljevic, Filip Otovic Visnjic, Olga Potparevic, Stana Djokic, Vera Klupic, Ljubina Otovic, Ivana Savic
Photos: Luka Knezevic Strika / Station – Service for contemporary dance
Production: Station – Service for contemporary dance
Support: Cultural Center Magacin, Belgrade
Production: STANICA Service for contemporary dance, Belgrade; Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, Ljubljana; Nomad Dance Academy Bulgaria, Sofia; Tanzfabrik Berlin and LOKOMOTIVA Centre for new initiatives in art and culture, Skopje
Performance on the MOT festival is part of the program of (Non)Aligned Movements, curated by Biljana Tanurovska–Kjulavkovski and produced by Emilija Chockova
In the artistic research and creation of the performance Kolo, we dealt with the re-examination of contemporary manifestations of community, with a focus on the physical aspects of its showing through dance practice. We examined the possibility and impossibility of making contact in a time of change based on digital technologies, using as a catalyst a “new reality” caused by the pandemic. The central element of attention in the wok was the folk dance kolo. Although other dance techniques also use physical contact among dancers, we treated kolo as an established cultural pattern that shapes the experience of shared moments in collective gatherings. Constant physical contact of the group, simplicity of movement, and emphasis on joint activities form the basis on which we have developed our material.
An experimental research project, which analyzes the functioning and creation in the community, the possibility and impossibility of physical contact. The central element is the dance.
duration:
50 min.
