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were able to admire lively events on stages in the past as well.
The foundations were laid as early as 1892, when the Slovenian
Provincial Theatre acquired a new building (today’s National
Opera), where drama and opera performances were put on. In
spring 1918, the theatre began operating with the help of the
Theatre Consortium, whose goal was the rebirth of the Slovenian
stage in the 1918/19 season. And so the Slovenian musical stage
came to life again as early as the fall of the same year, and in
addition to the drama and opera theatre, Slovenian theatre was
enriched with ballet theatre.
For more information, visit www.balet.si.
CAMbODIA IN LJubLJANA
Visitors to the Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre
who like Asian art have again been delighted. The main stage
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hosted the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. It is a ballet which UNESCO
recently declared part intangible human heritage, based on their
many years’ effort and fight for the freedom of art.
The Royal Ballet of Cambodia presented an amazing aesthetic of
movement, posture refinement, costume perfection and Asian
mythological tradition. Khmer dance is complemented by golden
costumes which are sewn directly on the dancers’ bodies before
a performance. In short, an extraordinary experience of a distant
Asian culture in the current European capital.
SLOvENIA PRESENTED IN JENA
In the middle of April in Jena, Germany, a set of events was
organised by the Slovenian embassy in Germany, presenting
Slovenia as a cultural and tourist country. It began with a
performance by the Slovenian group Terrafolk and the Jena
Philharmonic; the next day, there was a concert of chamber music
in the atrium of Jena town hall. Young artists - clarinettist Dušan
Sodja, cellist Jaka Stadler and pianist Tatjana KauËiË - performed
a concert entitled ‘Honey Yesterday and Today’. In the Volkhaus
Cultural Centre, the Greentown Jazzband from Ljubljana played
a day later, and Lojze Spacal was represented by his photography
exhibition entitled ‘Painter’s Eye and Photographic Camera’.
There was an information fair about Slovenia throughout the
week in the Goethe Gallery, where tourist, cultural and business
information on Slovenia was available.
PAINTER POLONA TRATNIk EXhIbITS IN
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On the premises of the European Commission, the European
Commissioner for Science and Research, Dr Janez PotoËnik,
opened an exhibition entitled ‘Micro Flesh’ by the artist Polona
Tratnik, which through five projects treats the microbiology of
the human body in different ways. On this occasion, PotoËnik
designated Tratnik as the only Slovenian bio-artist.
Supported by microbiology, the author manipulates live material
through the processes of fragmentation and reconstruction of
the body. “My art deals with issues concerning broader society,
whereby contacts with science are important, since matters in
scientific areas are usually hermetically sealed,” Tratnik said in
explaining her creative concept to the national press agency.
The exhibition is the fifth in the ‘Gallery LJU cosinus BRX’ series,
a gallery concept established on the initiative of the Slovenian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and intended for the exhibition of
works dealing with science and technology through art.
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