CoFestival returns to Ljubljana this November for its 15th edition. From 27 November to 4 December, the international contemporary dance festival will present contemporary dance and performance practices by Slovenian and international artists at various venues across Ljubljana, with the programme also featuring workshops, talks and an exhibition.
The international contemporary dance festival CoFestival 2026 will host at various venues in Ljubljana Lisa Colette Bysheim and Katrine Patry from Norway, Samwel Japhet from Tanzania, Italian choreographers Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi with the Studio for Contemporary Dance from Zagreb, Dragana Alfirević and Dejan Srhoj with the Pokretnica collective from Serbia, Moritz Ostruschnjak from Germany, Cherish Menzo from the Netherlands, Zhana Penkova Pencheva from Bulgaria, Jason Martin from Canada, Miloš Janjić and Marko Milić from Serbia, Darko Dragičević from Germany, Imre Vass from Hungary, and local performers Tatiana Kocmur and Jernej Šmid. Through the perspective of social genders and eroticism, the selected performances address issues of visibility and invisibility, appearance and background, norm and singularity. Igor Dobričić’s workshop will explore the body behind words and slogans, while the workshop Living Dance Archives will be dedicated to the history of dance.
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Whole programme:
THU, 26. 11. – SUN, 29. 11., 10:00 am – 5:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Komuna
Living Dance Archives
workshop
FRI, 27. 11. – FRI, 4. 12., 12:00 am – 6:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Kamera
Hristian Nashulovski: On The Line
an exhibition yet to become
FRI, 27. 11., 8:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Lisa Colette Bysheim & Katrine Patry: BLUE CAROUSEL (2024)
dance performance I festival opening
FRI, 27. 11., from 9:30 pm / Kino Šiška, lower foyer
DJ FUGENTORPEDO (Warrego Valles)
afterparty
SAT, 28. 11., 7:00 pm / The Old Power Station
Samwel Japhet: BECOMING: From the Streets to Now (2026)
solo dance performance
SAT, 28. 11., 8:30 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Studio Contemporary Dance Company Zagreb Ensemble, Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi: ALL’ARME (2024)
dance performance
SUN, 29. 11., 6:00 pm / Ljubljana, venue to be confirmed
Dragana Alfirević & Dejan Srhoj: IMAGINE (2026)
dance performance
SUN, 29. 11., 8:00 pm / Cankarjev dom, Linhart Hall
Moritz Ostruschnjak: NON + ULTRAS (2025)
dance performance
Tickets available HERE
MON, 30. 11. – FRI, 4. 12., 10:00 am – 3:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Komuna & The Old Power Station
Sylvain Huc: Practices of Attention
dance workshop
MON, 30. 11., 6:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Cherish Menzo: DARKMATTER (2022)
dance performance
MON, 30. 11., 8:30 pm / The Old Power Station
Zhana Penkova Pencheva: I LOVE WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING ME (2025)
solo dance performance
TUE, 1. 12. – FRI, 4. 12., 10:00 am – 3:00 pm / ŠKUC gallery & MSUM, seminar room
Igor Dobričić: To Stand Behind One’s Words
seminar
TUE, 1. 12., 7:00 pm / Španski borci, main hall
ENTITEY / Jason Martin: THE ONE(S) WHO NEVER LIVED (2023)
dance performance
TUE, 1. 12., 8:30 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Miloš Janjić: bone(r) in the throat (2025)
performance
WED, 2. 12., 6:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Komuna
Marko Milić: DILF (2025)
performance
WED, 2. 12., 7:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala & upper foyer
Darko Dragičević: DUMPSTER (2025)
performance
WED, 2. 12., 8:15 pm / Kino Šiška, upper foyer
Conversation with Miloš Janjić, Darko Dragičević, Marko Milić and Zhana Penkova Pencheva, moderated by Igor Dobričić
THU, 3. 12., 6:00 pm / Španski borci, upper foyer
A History of Male Homosexuality in Yugoslavia – conversation with Franko Dota and Slavčo Dimitrov
THU, 3. 12., 8:00 pm / Španski borci, main hall
Imre Vass: MMXXV (2026)
dance performance
FRI, 4. 12., 7:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Tatiana Kocmur: NIRA (2025)
performance
FRI, 4. 12., 8:00 pm / Kino Šiška, Katedrala
Jernej Šmid: SLIDING (2025)
performance
Organisation: Kino Šiška and NDA Slovenija.
