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En–Knap & Rita Góbi

Cut

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This performance contains strong light (strobo) effects.

Every life has its ruptures. A cut is an end — but it is also a beginning.

This physical poetry of six bodies unfolds in hypnotic cycles of attraction and repulsion, held together by an intense, binding rhythm. Through miniature movements, archetypal landscapes and biotopes emerge and dissolve before our eyes, shaped by a strikingly futuristic atmosphere that feels both otherworldly and deeply human.

The topology of "Cut" (2025) is established and disappears, formed and deformed through the disturbances that cause cuts. As in the case of the Möbius strip, these cuts are paradoxical, as they change the topological space without actually breaking it. What they uncover is a multitude of gaps, wherein a cut paradoxically acts as a glue that binds the void in ever new forms, relations and significations, until a new event emerges, which again cuts into the continuum.

Cut is a study of disruptions — spatial, temporal, bodily, acoustic, luminous, and dramaturgical.

Góbi’s choreographic language moves between lines and waves, form and energy, the geometric and the abstract, saturation and minimalism. Within these collisions, she is especially drawn to spaces of discontinuity – where material bounces, breaks, and potentiality emerges. In this exploration, the choreographer remains committed to the sufficiency of bodies, observing their placement and (dis)connection within the shared space of existence. Dramaturgical ruptures never arise from external interventions designed to add spectacle dimension to the performance. Rather, they result from internal disruptions in means and purposes of the basic building blocks of the performance – the movement material, electronic music, and light design. 

Rita Góbi is a dancer, choreographer, and dance educator born in Novi Sad. She graduated from the Hungarian Dance Academy in Budapest and has participated in numerous international residencies, including OMI DANCE (USA), SE.S.TA–KoresponDance (Czech Republic), and the Japanese Foundation (Tokyo). As a dancer, she has worked with Ballet Pécs, Yvette Bozsik Company, The Symptoms, and Eva Duda Company, and collaborated with film director Miklós Jancsó. As an educator, she teaches at the Ágnes Nemes Nagy Art Secondary School, the Sára Berczik Budai Dance Club and the University of Theatre and Film Arts, and regularly leads workshops in Hungary and abroad. In 2006, she founded Góbi Dance Company, creating contemporary dance productions, interactive performances for children, and interdisciplinary projects.

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Created by: Rita Góbi
Performed by: En–Knap Group (Mattia Cason, Matija Franješ, Tina Habun, Fiona Macbride, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Nika Zidar)
Music: Miha Šajina
Dramaturgy: Sara Živkovič Kranjc
Light design: Hotimir Knific
Costumes: Katarina Markov (Atelje d.o.o.)
Rehearsal Director: Ana Štefanec Knez
Photography: Žiga Koritnik
Video: Sašo Podgoršek
Production: Zavod En–Knap / En–Knap Productions
With the support: Liszt Institute Ljubljana

En–Knap Productions Artistic Director: Iztok Kovač
En–Knap Group Artistic Director: Mattia Cason
Managing Director of Španski Borci Cultural Center and En–Knap Productions: Marjeta Lavrič 
Executive Director of En–Knap Productions / Španski Borci Cultural Centre and Head of Finance: Julija Travančić
Technical Production: Omar Ismail, Hotimir Knific, Fabijan Purg, Gal Škrjanec Skaberne, Aljaž Zaletel, Maja Pahor
Executive producer: Karmen Keržar
Postproduction: Nataša Ramovš
Head of Communication: Valerija Intihar
Design: Marko Damiš
Event coordinator and organizer: Katja Gabrijelčič

The programme of En–Knap Productions, administrator of Španski Borci, is financially supported by: City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, which also supports Španski Borci activities, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia

THU 14. MAY at 20:00

Big Hall

55 min

Tickets

12,00 € (regular price)

8,00 € (reduced for students, children and the elderly)

Tickets can also be purchased at the Španski borci box office.

Past events

FRI 24. OCT 2025

THU 23. OCT 2025