The works of the Slovenian dancer, performer and choreographer Mala Kline deal with how images move people - images as a primitive language of the body and nature. Kline studied Philosophy, Literature and Theatre in Ljubljana, Amsterdam and New York. Her artistic work is engaged with the search for a real relationship between the performer and the audience, focussing on the presentation of various emotional states.
In her solo rock performance ‹EDEN›, the award-winning dancer juxtaposes two worlds that arise in the encounter between performer and artist. The stage design is an empty nightclub. The soloist moves freely within this space and creates a dreamland with imaginary inhabitants, even people in the audience become figures in this world. Mala Kline moves, dances and even grabs a guitar. The here and now of the theatrical encounter collides with the world of images that exist in the spaces within, outside and in-between the bodies. Opposites and paradoxes collide in ‹EDEN› in a playful and humorous manner. It is not a coincidence that the Slovenian word ‹eden› means both ‹heaven› and ‹one›.
The work was produced together with the Croatian avant-garde rock band East Rodeo and sound artists of the Sonolab Studio.
Concept, creation and performance: Mala Kline
Space, light & costume design: Petra Veber
Music: Alen and Nenad Sinkauz (East Rodeo)
Sound: Sašo Kalan in Luka Ropret
Asistance and coaching: Lucija Barišić in Adriana Josipović
Techical director: Luka Curk
Executive producer: Žiga Predan
Production: Pekinpah / Kink Kong & E.P.I. center
Co-production: DasArts Amsterdam, Center urbane kulture - Kino Šiška, Student Center Zagreb - Culture of Change - Theater &TD, EN-KNAP / Španski borci, Tanzquartier Vienna
Partner: Narodni dom Maribor, SON:DA
Duration: 60 minutes
CHF 15.-
