Gyula Cserepes i Bojana Robinson | Lucija Klarić | Kamov Residency

Gyula Cserepes i Bojana Robinson

Gyula Cserepes

Born in Yugoslavia, he grew up in a Hungarian speaking family and began to dance at the age of 8.

He studied traditional dances at Fóti Népművészeti Szakközép- és Szakiskola and contemporary dance at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy.

First, he was the member of Central-Europe Dance Theatre, then he joined En-Knap Group in Ljubljana. Over the past years he performed with the Swiss Cie József Trefeli and Cie Philippe Saire in many countries of the world from Brazil to Iran, Australia to South-Korea, Mozambique to Mexico.

His own performances move on a range from site-specific to interactive dance performance. The base of his work is rhythm as a universal language: combining his folk- and contemporary dance background, he creates innovative works, which are researching the essence of dance and its essential role in human life.

Bojana Robinson

Bojana Robinson is a dancer and choreographer from Belgrade, who lives in Ljubljana. In 2005, she graduated from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) and completed the Erasmus programme (SEAD and SNDO).

As a dancer, she has participated in performances by choreographers (selection) Boris Čakširan, Rebecca Murgi, Vita Osojnik, Boštjan Antončič, Kaja Lorenci, Mateja Bučar, Snježana Premuš, Andreja Rauch Podrzavnik; and as a choreographer, in performances by directors such as (selection) Anđelka Nikolić, Ivana Đilas, Andrej Nosov, Jovana Tomić, Selma Spahić, Juš Zidar and Maša Pelko. She did the choreography for the Belgrade National Ensemble of Folk Dances Kolo and as a movement director for the feature film No One’s Child by Vuk Ršumović.
Her performance Oh, how very ordinary, co-authored with Katja Legin, premiered at the Kino Šiška and was performed at Bunker – SMEEL, the Krušče Festival, the Mladi Levi Festival, Nagib Maribor, the Desire Festival Subotica, DUM project space and at the 11th Gibanica 2023 – Biennale of Slovenian Contemporary Dance as part of the competition programme. The new author's performance, Machine, premiered in October at Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana and was performed at the Kondenz Festival in Belgrade.

Seagulls Take Off Early

04.-19.12.2024.

 Seagulls Take Off Early residency project is initiated based on the shared past of authors, Bojana Robinson and Gyula Cserepes both of whom were born in Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Caught in the middle of changing global power structures, they left their homeland soon after the war.

Through their continuous cross-border migration, both Bojana and Gyula have experienced the impact of migration on their personal cultural identity; the impact of settling in a new country, a new language, a new social environment.

The idea behind Seagulls Take Off Early is inspired by the motifs of walking, steps, movement, migration. Using root chakra, that resonates with their personal experiences of cross-border migration, Bojana and Gyula plan to create a performance that will explore the cultural identity of individuals in the context of cross-border migration and movement.

The residency is planned to result in the performance, a promenade, a walking choreography that will take shape both in public spaces related to migration and in a studio. The movement material of the performance will be created through the deconstruction of folk dances from the Carpathian Basin and the Balkans, with a strong emphasis on virtuoso footwork. The materials for the piece will be collected in Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. The rehearsal work will be complemented by participatory activities in collaboration with local audiences. The information gathered during these workshops will be incorporated into the performance.

This mobility project is supported by Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union.

* This work will be produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak

Croatian Cultural Centre in Sušak (HKD)

HKD is a public cultural institution that hosts numerous cultural, educational and entertainment programs throughout the year with dance, drama, music, film and multimedia activities, as well as visual arts in the Kortil Gallery. Kortil has been operating as an exhibition space since 1997, with exhibition program open to contemporary domestic and foreign artists, applied art, for exhibitions of artists who marked the art of the 20th century, but at the same time for young authors who are just entering the art scene.  

HKD hosts educational programs with dance, drama and music workshops and training for children and young people. It also implements community programs such as Kortil live and has its own volunteering program.

HKD is a member of the European dance networks Aerowaves and Pan-Adria and the music/organizational network MOST Music.