Description
Poetical Body- Can we just stop for a moment, please?
Choreographer, Author of Visual Image and Musical Selection Maša Kagao Knez
Light Designer
Matjaž Bajc
Sound Designer
Stojan Nemec
Seamstress
Marinka Colja
PERFORMING
Dancers
Alexander Belin, Nicoletta Carenzi, Hsiang - Yen Chang, Nathan Dhugues, Anneya Gelis, Rebecca Granzotto, Iva Ilievska, Uhaina Montet, Eri Nishibara, Alessandra Russo, Petra Seruga, Maria Sousa, Luka Vodopivec, Lucy Woodhouse, Elia Zahnd
Producer MN Dance Company. Co-producers SNG Nova Gorica and GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica. The event is a part of the official programme of GO! 2025.
Financial support Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, EU-Japan fest
Can we just stop for a moment, please? (part 2)
»I am deeply grateful to Nastja and Michal for inviting me to co-create The Poetic Body, as through their dance company they embody exactly what I myself believe in: dedication to the work, continuous exploration, and the nurturing of a strong ensemble that creates at the highest level – with persistence, mutual inspiration, and a shared sense of breath. I consistently find my greatest inspiration in dancers; with them, I wish to shape a world in which everyone can discover their own voice while attentively listening to others, allowing invisible threads to be woven between us – a harmony of voices and a shared rhythm. In my work, I return to questions of coexistence and, with optimism, dream of a society capable of building a strong, connected community – one grounded in understanding, respect, and support, seeking balance, harmony, an open spirit, and a flexible mind. A society in which the body can be poetic, one that listens to itself and to others, and finds poetry in connection. And perhaps the first step toward this is simply knowing how to pause, if only for a moment.«
Maša Kagao Knez