Mično pomično 2015 - Gathering of belly dance groups in Maribor

Back to Maribor for the 41st Time!

The weekend in February when half of Slovenia finishes with a one week winter school break and the other half starts it, is — as reliably as the calendar itself —reserved for the Winter Dance School (Zimska plesna šola) in Maribor and the 41st edition was, once again, no exception.

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of spending time in the wonderful company of the dancers from Pandora - Art of Pole, as they performed their tenth edition of Pandorina skrinjica (Pandora’s Box), annual performance that usually takes the big stage of Narodni dom Maribor.

Celebrating 40 Years of the Winter Dance School in Maribor

This year’s Winter Dance School was truly special. Not only did it mark a significant milestone—the 40th edition—but it was also a celebration of the incredible dedication of everyone involved, especially the one and only Minka Veselič Kološa, the driving force behind it all.

Dancers in studio photo shoot: Edita Čerče (49,90 project)

Wednesday, 23/11/2022

2023 calendar photoshoot

Shooting Edita for a 2023 calendar was surely one of the longest, but also a photoshoot filled with many, many loud laughs that I had in years! :)

Dancers in studio photo shoot: Lucija Jalincienė

Tuesday, 19/04/2022

Continuing with photographing dancers in my photo studio in Maribor, my next dancer was amazing Lucija Jalincienė, another dancer that I photographed performing many, many times in the past.

Dancers in studio photo shoot: Vanja Kolanovič

Tuesday, 12/04/2022

First in my new series of dancers in studio photoshoots features amazing dancer and dance teacher Vanja Kolanovič :)

My 8th Winter dance school in a row, but this time in a way different.

30. Odprta plesna scena (30th Open Dance Scene)

Third and the last day of the annual 30. Odprta plesna scena (30th Open dance scene) festival brought the dynamic duo of Marina Abib and Beno Novak with their performance "Kup kuncev" (400 rabbits) which was a pure joy to photograph :)

30. Odprta plesna scena (30th Open Dance Scene)

First night of 30th Open Dance Scene was reserved for "Plesni utripi mladih" (Youth Dance Beats) - presentation of dance miniatures of young dancers from various local dance schools and selection for Živa, the Festival of young dance creativity in Slovenia.

Plesna izba Maribor's annual summer dance show performance

Although was the school year 2020/21 anything but normal due to COVID-19, with a big pause in classes and regular practices for young dancers, Plesna izba Maribor decided to produce its annual summer dance performance, with the situation getting a bit better and restrictions for groups of people gathering lifting here in Slovenia.

Nagib is well known Maribor based society for cultural production that have been working in the field of contemporary dance for some years now. This season, they’ve organised community gathering for artists who live or work in Maribor in the field of contemporary dance...

Continuing our fruitful collaboration after last year’s debut, I had a privilege to photograph another gathering of belly dance groups in Maribor titled "Mično pomično".

Book (p)review: Jordan Matter: Dancers among us - A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday

Monday, 16/02/2015

Workman Publishing, 2012

New York Times bestseller that I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in dance and/or dance photography!

Moment - Monja & Domen - the dancing couple, a quick photo shoot

Monday, 22/12/2014

Monja Lorenčič and Domen Žugelj, known also under their artistic name Moment, are two great, young and very talented dancers from Slovenia that needed some fresh pics for their portfolio - I was very honoured to work with them on a quick photo shoot last month and am sure will do this again, since all three of us had a great time :)

Movie (p)review - Ride, Rise, Roar

Tuesday, 30/04/2013

Hillman Curtis, 2010

Concert documentary showing performances and behind the stage shots from the David Byrne's "The Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" tour, including not just musicians but some modern dancers too. For all fans of David Byrne, Talking Heads and the ones that like the good mix of modern dance with pop music!

Spacial installation called "Bodies in Urban Spaces", authored by Willi Dorner, took place during Front@ contemporary dance festival in Murska Sobota.

Contemporary dance festival

Ten days contemporary dance festival called "Premik v Maribor / Move to Maribor" in, well, Maribor! :)

MARIBOrient is a "musical-visual-dance ritual" by a group called Saltana whose members are oriental dancer Edita Čerče, three musicians (Tadej Furlan, Dani Marinič and Andrej Hrvatin) and a VJ Katja Hrvatin Jazbec.

Platforma sodobnega plesa 2011 was a three day festival of contemporary dance with the emphasis is on local artists who have their starting point in Plesna izba Maribor.