About
“Queer as Folk” is a choreographic exploration of queer identity, intimacy, resistance, and community. It draws from the emotional, social, and political terrain of queer life and experience through subcultures such as gay cruising, pride, protest, and club spaces. The research delves into moments of pleasure, vulnerability, erasure, euphoria, existence, encounter, and survival.
The dance research places the queer body at the center—how it signals, desires, defends, transforms, and remembers within space. The politics of visibility and being positioned in public are reflected in how bodies occupy space on stage or in life. What happens when queer bodies reclaim spaces from which they were once excluded? How do movement, gaze, and touch operate differently under queer codes?
Dance becomes part tribute, part protest, part celebration—honoring the multiplicity of queer life: bodies as archive.
When, Where
21.- 25. 5. - Stara mestna elektrarna - Elektro Ljubljana
21. 5: 10 am – 2 pm
22. - 24. 5.: 10 am - 4 pm
24. 5.: 7 pm - public presentation
25. 5.: 10 am – 12 pm – on process
The research is led by choreographer and dancer Leon Marič.
Collaborators: Davide Lafabiana, Filip Štepec, Nik Žnidaršič
Biographies
Leon Marič is a dancer, performer, and dance pedagogue. In his artistic practice, he explores the formation and experience of different communities within established and institutional structures. He began developing his dance and artistic interests at the Contemporary Dance Arts Gymnasium (SVŠGUGL) and later graduated in Contemporary Dance and Movement/Performance Studies from Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. Since 2019, he has been teaching at the Secondary Preschool Education School, Gymnasium, and Arts Gymnasium Ljubljana. Since 2020, he has been a member of the collective The Feminalz, which creates techno-burlesque works such as Tatovi podob. In 2024, he created his debut solo work Küšni me.
Filip Štepec is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of dance, theatre, and film. He began his artistic journey with KD Qulenium He studied acting at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), where he is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Movement Arts.
Davide Lafabiana is a dancer and performer from south of Italy. In 2018, he further developed his practice at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), where he was exposed to a wide range of styles and international choreographers. Between 2022 and 2025, he was a member of the En-Knap Group in Ljubljana.
Nik Žnidaršič is a dramaturg working across both institutional and independent scenes. He regularly collaborates with director Živa Bizovičar (Boško and Admira, Juriš, Women on Trial…), on devised projects (Agmisterij; as co-author: Razmetana soba, Where Are You From, Girl?) and dance performances (Tam, v vrtu; Anthology of the Scream I: Surprise Bag).
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