In the dance solo Lightness, the author is primarily interested in the tactics and strategies with which we try to restore to the body and mind some of that lightness in one’s presence we usually admire in children, as well as the ways that allow us to break away from the burden imposed on the individual by the turbo-capitalist system.
The author plays with the methods that individuals resort to in order to free themselves from the shackles that burden them. She establishes and translates established approaches into movement material, gradually layers it and frees it from prescribed templates. By introducing irony and humor, she breaks down the one-dimensional understanding and takes the viewer towards a lighter state as well.
Ana Romih is a choreographer, dance pedagogue, dancer and co-founder of KUD Qulenium Ljubljana. She graduated from the SNDO dance academy in the Netherlands. In addition to dancing, she actively participates in the organization and implementation of the Kalejdoskop Festival in Kranj and Ljubljana, and also works as an independent creator (choreographer and dancer). She received the Meta Vidmar Gold Badge for her work in 2015, the Body Concert performance, co-authored with Beno Novak, was included in the Gibanica 2018 competition program, and the performance Being Me (2018) received an award for concept and authorship at the Transgeneracije 2019 festival. Romih’s work was awarded the Meta Vidmar Charter in 2020. The dance miniatures in which she acts as a mentor at dance competitions in Slovenia (Pika Miga, Živa, Opus -1 dance miniature: national and international competition) receive gold medals.
Idea, execution, choreography: Ana Romih
Video: Mato Marinček
Light design: David Cvelbar
Consulting: Saša Lončar
Dramaturgy: Jasmina Založnik
Photography: Urška Boljkovac and Matija Lukić
Advice on song structure: Kaja Janjić
Stage setup sound: Jure Vlahovič
Music: Slavko Stojakovič (Veztax)
Costume design: Tina Pavlin
Production: KUD Qulenium Ljubljana
Coproduction: KD Qulenium Kranj, Kino Šiška
Supported by the City of Ljubljana, the City of Kranj and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities
