11. 12. 2013 - 20.00 – ROJENA ZUNAJ SVOJE VASI, 1978

Maša Kagao Knez

ROJENA ZUNAJ SVOJE VASI, 1978/ born outside her village, 1978

plesna predstava/ a dance performance

Avtorica projekta in ples/ Author and Dance: Maša Kagao Knez

Dramaturgija/ Dramaturgy: Andreja Kopač

ROJENA ZUNAJ SVOJE VASI/ Born Outside Her Village:

Koreografija in izbor glasbe/ Choreography and Music selection: Rosana Hribar

1978:

Koreografija/ Choreography: Filibert Tologo

Avtorska glasba/ Music: Damir Mazrek in Andrej Hrvatin, v sodelovanju z glasbeniki projekta/ in collaboration with musicians of the project: World Hapiness Orchestra: Kandia Kouyate, Basita Dao, Ibrahima Sory Diabaté, Yakouba Demebele

Produkcija/ Produced by: Kulturno umetniško društvo Baobab

Koprodukcija/ Co-production: Plesni Teater Ljubljana

Projekt je podprlo/ Co-funding: Ministrstvo za kulturo in Mestna občina Ljuubljana

Posebna zahvala/ Special thanks to: Gregor Luštek, Danilo Pečar, Marko Djukić, Andreja Potočnik, Urša Cvahte, Tone Stojko, Lea Menard, Kim Komljanec, Issiaka Sanou, Gregor Deržič

REZ.: ptl@mail.ljudmila.org, www.baobab.si, www.ptl.si, facebook

Vstopnice/Tickets: 10/7 € (dijaki, študenti, upokojenci/scholars, students, seniors)

„Poleg razpršene atmosfere, h kateri prispeva izvrstno lučno oblikovanje, predstavo odlikuje izvajalski razpon Maše Kagao Knez, ki sodi v vrh slovenskih plesalcev.“ (Mojca Kumerdej, Delo)

„Rojena zunaj svoje vasi je povsem dorečena predstava, ki ti da misliti, te prevzame in verjameš vsakemu gibu, koreografski celoti, ki izpisuje življenjske trenutke in izriše kulturno simboliko.“ (Daliborka Podboj, Parada plesa)

Afriški izraz »kagao« v prevodu pomeni „ženska, rojena zunaj svoje vasi“. 1978 označuje leto njenega rojstva. Maša Kagao Knez, korenine katere izhajajo po materini strani iz Slovenije, po očetovi iz Burkine Faso, je plesalka in koreografinja, ki od rojstva živi v Ljubljani in je v slovenskem plesnem prostoru prisotna že skoraj dve desetletji. Med letoma 2004 in 2006 se je šolala v Parizu na šoli za tradicionalni in sodobni afriški ples. »Kljub temu nisem ne črna, ne sodobna, ne afriška,« pravi Maša in nadaljuje: “Ko pridem v Slovenijo, nisem sodobna plesalka, ko pridem v Afriko, nisem plesalka afriških plesov. Vedno znova sem nekako »zunaj«.

“Kot izhodišče za dvodelni solo performans si je postavila izkušnjo zunanjosti in (ne)pripadanja ter principe dvojnosti in identitete ter k sodelovanju povabila koreografinjo Rosano Hribar (Slovenija) in koreografa Filiberta Tologo (Burkina Faso), da iz različnih perspektiv razvijeta gibalni material, ki ga vsebuje eno telo, telo plesalke Maše Kagao Knez. In če je prvi del »gibalne raziskave« potekal pod naslovom »Rojena zunaj svoje vasi« (koreografija: Rosana Hribar), je drugi del, narejen s časovnim zamikom dobrega leta, naslovljen z letnico 1978 (koreografija: Filibert Tologo). Oba dela kljub svoji dvojni naravi (in ravno zaradi nje) ter dveh različnih uprizoritvenih jezikov sestavljata celoto, ki jo sestavlja človek s svojim dvojnim principom delovanja (dobro, slabo), umeščanja (prostor, čas) in pojmovanja (moško, žensko).

Andreja Kopač

VEČ o predstavi: www.baobab.si

Foto: Gregor, Deržič, Milena Bregar

„Next to dispersed atmosphere, to which contributes the excellent lighting design, the performance is distinguished for the performing span of Maša Kagao Knez, who at this moment is one of the top Slovenian dancers.“ (Mojca Kumerdej, Delo)

„... Born Outside My Village is a completely finalized performance which makes you think, it overwhelms you, making you believe in its every move, in the entirety of its choreography which spells out biographical moments and draws an entire cultural symbolism.“ (Daliborka Podboj, Parada plesa)

The African word “kagao” means “woman born outside her village”, 1978 indicates year of  her birth.

Maša Kagao Knez whose roots are Slovenian on her mother’s side and from Burkina Faso on her father’s is a dancer and choreographer, born and raised in Ljubljana. She has been actively involved in the Slovenian dance scene for almost two decades. Between 2004 and 2006 she attended the Georges Momboye school for traditional and modern African dance in Paris. “I am neither black/African nor am I modern,” says Maša, and continues: “When I’m in Slovenia I’m not a modern dance performer and in Africa I’m not an African dance performer. I’m an outsider wherever I go.”

Her solo performance is based on the experience of being on the outside and not belonging anywhere, combined with the principles of dual identity. Maša involved two choreographers from different dance backgrounds in her project, Rosana Hribar and Filibert Tologo, to develop the physical dance material of one a single body – of the dancer, Maša Kagao Knez – from two different perspectives.

Whilst the first part of this “research of movement” was entitled Born Outside Her Village  (choreography by Rosana Hribar), the second part, created a good year later is called 1978 (choreography by Filibert Tologo). The two parts form despite their duality (and precisely because of it) and because of their two different performative languages an entity intrinsic to humans and the dual principles of human action (good, bad), location (place, time) and notion (male, female).

Andreja Kopač

MORE about the performance: www.baobab.si

Photo: Gregor, Deržič, Milena Bregar