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Elvis Stork, a Genius Klutz is a humorous, amusing and dynamic odyssey about the life of an average teenager whose relatively uncomplicated and routinely dull life is turned upside down by the news of his parents’ divorce. As if this wasn't enough, he has to share a home with women he finds all but unbearable, and his mom makes an announcement that she's pregnant. After an unexpected family tsunami, Elvis is forced to play the part of a family therapist and, while solving everyone else’s problems, is swamped with troubles of his own.

In compliance with the restrictive measures taken by the Government of RS to limit the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, Cankarjev dom has cancelled or rescheduled all events. All exhibitions are temporarily closed.

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The Hungarian youth novel The Paul Street Boys became an instant classic, immensely popular with readers both at home and abroad and translated into several languages. The many theatrical (including radio) and screen adaptations testify to the novel’s literary significance and the timeless creative challenge of its themes.

The project is based on Nanine pesmi, a music picture book comprising Frane Milčinski – Ježek’s lesser-known poetry performed by Nana Milčinski. The subject of the seventeen poems is the poet’s granddaughter, Nana, on whose initiative the poems were set to music and included in the collection Preprosta ljubezen (Simple Love).

Aimed at our youngest audiences, the tenderly autobiographical Nana’s Songs (Nanine pesmi) blends music, dance, theatre and video to tell an enchanting story about a little girl discovering the worlds of drawing, play and fantasy in the company of her doting grandfather. The meeting of the grandfather (Frane Milčinski - Ježek), granddaughter (Nana Milčinski) and their art comes to life as an encounter between two generations in a special place – the peace that humans get to experience only at the end or the beginning of their lives.
 

The project is based on Nanine pesmi, a music picture book comprising Frane Milčinski – Ježek’s lesser-known poetry performed by Nana Milčinski. The subject of the seventeen poems is the poet’s granddaughter, Nana, on whose initiative the poems were set to music and included in the collection Preprosta ljubezen (Simple Love).

Aimed at our youngest audiences, the tenderly autobiographical Nana’s Songs (Nanine pesmi) blends music, dance, theatre and video to tell an enchanting story about a little girl discovering the worlds of drawing, play and fantasy in the company of her doting grandfather. The meeting of the grandfather (Frane Milčinski - Ježek), granddaughter (Nana Milčinski) and their art comes to life as an encounter between two generations in a special place – the peace that humans get to experience only at the end or the beginning of their lives.
 

In compliance with the restrictive measures taken by the Government of RS to limit the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, Cankarjev dom has cancelled or rescheduled all events. All exhibitions are temporarily closed with the exception of Henri Cartier-Bresson: Tête à Tête to remain on view during regular opening hours. Entrance from Prešernova Street.

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Concept, music and sound art: Petra Strahovnik
Director, Set Designer: Rocc
Libretto: Petra Strahovnik and Rocc (based on the book Balerina, balerina by Marko Sosič)
Performed by: Nataša Zupan, soprano; Mateja Petelin, soprano; Sanja Nešković Peršin, dance/stage movement; Vida Habjanič, video; Petra Strahovnik, piano/sound
Musicians: Ensemble Modelo62; Ezequiel Menalled, Artistic Director
 

Adriana Calcanhotto, vocals; Bem Gil, guitar; Bruno Di Lullo, bass; Rafael Rocha, drums

A million titles would not be able to define Adriana Calcanhotto: a multi-platinum album seller and Latin Grammy award winner who moves effortlessly between widely popular ballads to conceptual art inspired by the great figures in literature and poetry, largely influenced by Brazilian modernism. As the iconic name of her generation, the recording artist was able to connect the Tropicalia movement, whose prominent representatives include Caetano, Gil, Tom Ze and Mutantes, to popular love songs and ballads that topped the charts and served as soundtracks for major TV soap operas. The show marks Adriana’s second appearance in Ljubljana and Cankarjev dom.
 

Lina, vocals, keyboards; Raül Refree, piano, Fender Rhodes

Lina, a young, truthful and haunting voice, and Raül Refree, a musical genius from Barcelona, whose productions range from flamenco (he has done astonishing duo albums with Rosálía and Sílvia Pérez Cruz) to avant-garde rock, are updating traditional Portuguese fado for the 21st century. Without any tricks or filters, but with a unique electronic approach and a focus on underlining fado’s universal condition. A close student of Amália Rodrigues’s work, Lina selected some timeless classics from the Diva’s repertoire, which served as a basis for the exploration that discarded all instrumental dogmas of fado. Lina sounds as if she is part of the history, listening to divas’ voices echoing in the side streets of her imagination. The duo’s debut album was released to rave reviews on Glitterbeat. Magical and timeless.

Brina Vogelnik, Metod Banko, vocals; Jelena Ždrale, violin; Andrej Zupan, clarinet; Tanja Pirc, mandolin; Tina Pančur, harpsichord; Brane Matošec Bizjak, guitar; Tomaž Guček, accordion; Nino de Gleria, double bass; Rudi Pančur, piano
 

A project by composer and pianist Rudi Pančur, Mala mestna muzika takes us on a trailblazing musical walk to the outer edges of Slovenia with a beautiful repertoire comprising musical settings of Vlado Žabot’s poems, Žalostinke po razkriško (elegies in Razkrižje dialect). Fronted by lead singers Brina Vogelnik and Metod Banko, the small ensemble of well-versed artists dexterously integrates the poems into newly penned music, creating lyrical, balladesque, slightly grotesque and, above all, nostalgic soundscapes. Undoubtedly one of the finest musical projects to have come out of Slovenia in recent years.

Petra Pogorevc is writing a biography of Rac, an actor who delved into his characters with an all-or-nothing approach, a high-wire performer without a safety net and a fanatic setting himself and others the highest professional standards. The book about Radko Polič - Rac intertwines memories of his private life and professional career, and shows that the passion and determination of the man match those of the actor.

It focuses on his approach to interpreting roles, presents his view of the beautiful and demanding acting profession and offers direct insight into the numerous unforgettable characters he portrayed in theatre and film. According to Radko Polič - Rac, acting is not pretending, but dancing on the razor’s edge, just like living. Acting is being yourself.
Petra Pogorevc in conversation with Radko Polič.

The event will be held in Slovenian.

Izhodišče predavanja bo koncept »skrbi zase«, kot ga je na temelju antičnih zgledov (grško »epimeleia heautou«, latinsko »cura sui«) psihološko pozitivno oblikoval francoski filozof Michel Foucault. Poseben izziv skrbi zase je, da ni univerzalnih receptov, ki bi bili primerni za vsakogar, ampak mora vsak zase, po svoji meri, iz dneva v dan krojiti svoj enkratni program in način skrbi zase ter ga prilagajati različnim okoliščinam in obdobjem lastnega življenja. Pomemben poudarek Foucaulta je tudi, da skrb zase ni vaja za samoto, ampak je skupnostna praksa. Torej ni mogoča v asocialnem prostoru, ni beg od ljudi in sveta, ni egocentrična praksa, ampak je na številne načine povezana z drugimi ljudmi in okoljem, tako da bogati socialno in ekološko vpetost. Prav njeno upoštevanje je postalo v sodobnih družbenih razmerah divjega globalnega kapitalizma, ki podira ekološko ravnovesje, velik izziv za vsakogar od nas.


Mag. Miran Možina, psihiater in psihoterapevt, direktor in dekan Fakultete za psihoterapevtsko znanost Univerze Sigmunda Freuda v Ljubljani. Uveljavljen strokovnjak je med drugim strokovni vodja ambulante za otroke in mladostnike v okviru Psihoterapevtske ambulante fakultete. Na svoji raznovrstni poti je vodil dobrodelne projekte psihosocialne pomoči za otroke, mladostnike, njihove družine in za uporabnike psihiatrije v Društvu za prostovoljno delo in psihosocialno pomoč ODMEV. Na svojih predavanjih pa udeležence razveseljuje s široko razgledanostjo in spodbujanjem razmisleka o pomembnih temah, na katere v vsakodnevnem tempu še prehitro pozabimo.
 

The event will be held in Slovenian without translation.