Janez Janša “Who Is Next?”, SI

Wed, 12.09.2012, 20h, HKD

 

About the performance:

The performance opens questions of individual responsibility in the contemporary society marked by recession, shock, precariousness, uncertainty and indifference. What is an act that can trigger change? Is democracy just an empty ritual of endless dialogues, which lead nowhere? Who is going to take responsibility to act, to go all the way? Is violence the only solution?

The performance unfolds this question using a combination of documentary and fictional approach. “Who is next?” is composed of film, music and choreography and thus creates a field where many players and many names negotiate about doing action – spectators included. There is no doubt that something has to be done, urgently. The questions are what should be done and who is going to do it? Can we do something in the theatre? Is theatre the place of action?

About Janez Janša

Janez Janša (*1964, Rijeka, Croatia) has studied sociology and theatre directing at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and performance theory at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. As author, director and performer of interdisciplinary projects, he is one of the most controversial artists in Slovenia. His actions again and again stir up both the Slovenian and international public as well as generate reactions from the highest political authorities. Indeed, his critical addressing of socio-political matters sharply cuts straight into most sensitive issues of both an individual and society. Janša is one of three artists who in 2007 officially adopted the name and surname of Janez Janša, the then Slovenian Prime Minister, and triggered an avalanche of polemics still actual to this day.

Since 1999 he is the director of Maska, non-profit organization active in publishing, production and education, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

He regularly curates workshops and gives lectures at the European and American universities and art centres. His work won him several awards in Slovenia and abroad.

 

 

Credits:

Concept and direction: Janez Janša
Creators and performers: Adriano Wilfert Jensen, Boštjan Narat, Jelena Rusjan, Irena Tomažin, Vito Weis, Grega Zorc, Nataša Živković / Barbara Krajnc

Dramaturgy: Simona Semenič

Text: Simona Semenič and creators

Technical director and light design: Igor Remeta

Executive producer: Tina Dobnik

Public relations: Urška Comino

Production: Maska Ljubljana

Co-production: Tanzquartier, Wien (Austria), Inkonst, Malmö (Sweden)