CoFestival, the international festival of contemporary dance co-produced by Kino Šiška and Nomad Dance Academy, returns with its 14th edition, taking place from 21 to 28 November 2025 at Kino Šiška and other venues across Ljubljana. This year’s festival once again offers an outstanding international programme, bringing together top-tier artists, fresh choreographic approaches, and a rich accompanying programme of talks, workshops, and social gatherings.
The title of Sonja Pregrad’s solo Object of Dance (2022) sets the tone for the artistic landscape addressed by the works of Berlin’s Dance On Ensemble under the joint name Making Dances. A short solo by Martha Graham, Deep Song (1937), will be accompanied by an installation by director and performer Tim Etchells titled Everything/Nothing (2021), marking the first live presentation of Graham’s work in Slovenia. Dance On Ensemble also reconstructed Story (1963), Merce Cunningham’s legendary open work, which prompted a choreographic response from French choreographer Mathilde Monnier, titled Never Ending (Story) (2021).
In collaboration with the Forum for New Music, the Old Power Station will host the premiere of Open Cage, choreographed by Andreja Rauch Podrzavnik and Milan Tomášik, featuring live performances of works from John Cage’s repertoire, along with Rauch Podrzavnik’s own recent piece A Fold (2024). German choreographer Isabelle Schad returns with her latest piece Studies of Infinity #2 – Nudity and Landscape (2024), a sensitive closing to the Object of Dance section.
Four contemporary expressions of subjectivity will unfold through four solo works: South African choreographer and dancer Tiran Willemse’s Blackmilk (2022), exploring the specific masculinities in South African pop culture; Batty Bwoy (2022), an anthological queer solo by rising European contemporary dance star Harald Baharie; and debut pieces by local dance artists Petja Golec Horvat (my own private, Spring 2025) and Bor Prokofjev (Equilibrium, 2024), the latter premiered at the Dance Theatre Ljubljana.
The programme also includes a presentation of choreographic artworks blending art and technology as part of the European project MODINA, where dance artists collaborate with technologists and engineers to create choreo-digital situations, accompanied by a dedicated conference strand.
Co-produced by Kino Šiška and Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia, the festival will also host talks, workshops, and social events that invite collective reflection on the programme.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned to the CoFestival channels — more programme details coming soon!
21–28 November 2025
Organization: Kino Šiška and Nomad Dance Academy Slovenija
