21 Mar 2025

Contemporary dance piece "Mašina"


Bojana Robinson: Mašina (Machine)
Cankarjev dom, Ljubaljana

The Machine project is a duet between Bojana, a choreographer and dancer, and a breathing machine that her daughter occasionally uses. Although the device is present due to the child's health condition, the author explores her personal relationship to the technological device that directly and indirectly affects the author's life.

The author questions the nature of the machine, how it becomes the subject of the performance itself, and how to embody the relationship between the machine and the human.

"The machine is a mediator. The machine is a source of fear and discomfort, but also a source of security and freedom. The machine evokes emotions and demands them." Dimitrije Kokanov

Author, choreographer and performer: Bojana Robinson
Text and dramaturge: Dimitrije Kokanov
Scenographer and video artist: Dorian Šilec Petek
Music composer: Manja Ristić
Costume designer: Timotej Rosc
Lighting designer: Igor Remeta
Text translation: Polona Glavan
Actress (voice): Polona Juh
Choreographic dialogue: Kaja Lorenci
Photo: Matt Robinson

Production: Institute for Contemporary Art Practice and Theory 0.1
Co-production: Cankarjev dom
Co-organization: Society of Arts and Culture 47, Vrhnika, DUM - Society of Artists, Ljubljana, Society for Cultural Production and Affirmation of Artistic Processes NAGIB, Maribor
With financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and City of Ljubljana