The body comes first. A human’s breath, meeting the corporeal, needs neither words nor symbols.
Sun and Iron is a trial – the disciplining of muscles, accustomed to spectacle, into refinement. Gašper Kunšek enters the Cathedral hall of Kino Šiška without excess weight, as ringing iron that may melt in the sun.
If iron is technique, the sun is what burns and lays it bare, so that it can be forged into ever-other forms. As the technique burns away, the body holds back, as if it withdrew the moment you reached for it. And this withdrawal into restraint that transcends is the direction of his search at the edge of the possible. It demands renunciation, silence, and faithfulness to the living.
Each repetition is another state of the same melting. Each stays open – as long as it withstands the gaze of others, to whom it does not offer itself – and reaches into the invisible, into the impossible. And you too, who watch, reach with him.
The muscle, accustomed to being seen, yet trained out of visibility, looks upon the same life – only the body’s starting point is different. That is why he says: “To be and to dance are one and the same.” You enter with no guarantee that it will be comfortable – into a syntax of silence and movement, which opens the doors to a language known to all, gently seething, beyond our words.
Premiere: 21. 7. 2026 / Tickets available at Eventim.
Repeat performances: 7. 9. and 8. 9. 2026 / Tickets available at Eventim.
Gašper Kunšek (1997) is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher of urban styles, as well as a multiple world, European, and national champion. By continuously deepening his skills in performance and especially improvisation, he has developed his own distinctive expression through a blend of various movement principles – hip hop, house, contemporary dance, freestyle, contact improvisation, yoga, alchemy, krump, shamanic dance, newstyle, turfing, bboying, smashing, locking, and popping. Since the age of 13, he has been collaborating with Žiga Krajnčan, with whom he has explored universal systems of movement, life, existence, and action, including as the duo Alien Express since 2016, performing worldwide with over 80 guest appearances (Brazil, China, Africa, Europe). In recent years, Kunšek has also been developing solo performances, including Palace of the Mind – Contemplating Death (PTL, 2021), and together with Ekipa, he founded the Kuga dance school in 2025. Kunšek is the recipient of the Gibanica Festival Audience Award for the performance Chorus, the Ksenija Hribar Award for promising male contemporary dance artist, and the Meta Vidmar Award for pedagogical achievements in the field of contemporary dance.
Author and dance: Gašper Kunšek
Lights: Matevž Ftičar
Advisors: Leja Jurišić, Jonas Žabkar Klančnik
Executive producer: Polett Kasza
Producer: Žiga Predan
Production: Pekinpah and Kino Šiška
Partners: Društvo Kuga (Kuga Studio)
Supported by: Ministry of Culture RS, City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture
Design: Matej Ferlič
Photo: Rok Valenčič
