Created and performed by/ Crée et interprété par:
Maša Kagao Knez in Murat
Dramaturgija/ Dramaturgy:
Joseph Nzobandora – Jose
Kostumi/ Costumes:
Jelena Proković & Tina Pavlin
Oblikovanje svetlobe/ Lighting design/Création des lumières:
Danilo Pečar
Umetniški sodelavci/ Artistic collaboration /Les collaborateurs artistiques:
Rosana Hribar, Andreja Kopač
Producentka/ Producer:
Andreja Potočnik (Studio 25), Katja Somrak (Plesni Teater Ljubljana)

Projekt je podprlo Ministrstvo za kulturo RS/ The project was supported by:

PREMIERA: 17. 5. 2017 SiTi Teater, 29. 6. 2017 Plesni teater Ljubljana

GOSTOVANJA IN PONOVITVE: 4. 7. 2017 Postojna / 7. 7. 2017 Šentjakob v Rožu (A) / 9. 9. 2017 Svetvinčenat (HR) / 14.9. 2017 Plesni Teater Ljubljana / 11. 11. 2017 Graz (A) / Festival Rdeči revirji: 25.5. 2018 Hrastnik , 30.5. 2018 Zagorje /  14.6. 2018 Festival UKREP, Plesni Teater Ljubljana / 21.9. 2018 Festival Noč plesa, Slovenj Gradec / 10.11. 2018 Festival Raz/seljeni SSG Trst, Trst (I), / 4.2. 2019 Festival Bobri, Plesni Teater Ljubljana / 8.2. 2019 Festival Bobri, KD Franca Bernika, Domžale / 20. 5. 2019 Cloud Festival, Tirana (Al) / 30.5. 2019 Festival Rdeči revirji, Zagorje / 11.6. 2019 Teden Kultur, Novo mesto / 5. 11. 2019 Festival Cikel koncertov glasbe in plesa, Narodni dom, Maribor/ / 13.2. 2020 KD Sežana/ 28. 8. 2020 festival FRONTA, Murska Sobota

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

LakeLess: Soundy Moving Fusion without A … Less
Maša Kagao Knez (dancer and choreographer, Slovenia) and Murat (hip hop musician, Slovenia) developed a cheesy soundy moving fusion, which interactes directly with images of contemporary dance and music and brings direct, open and unpredictable fusion of two languages, »sliding into one«, without a real stream, because both of them are all the time just – there. Taking images and situations from day-to-day instant & constant communication and transformation of internal pulsation of the thought to the external language of rhytm – could be seen and tasted as a soundy moving duet that brings increadable freshness and lightness in performing strategies, constantly corresponding directly with the spectator – without extra thoughts or explanations. Energy. Water. Fish. Lake. As an inherent vibration of moving & uttering bodies Maša & Murat seem to be timeless, colourless and even lakeless in the times where less is more.

LakeLess, un spectacle de danse et de la musique qui nous montre les situation d’un quotidien ordinaire. La chorégraphe et danseuse Masa Kagao Knez et le prodige du beatbox Murat, nous les interprètent avec un mélange de la voix et de la danse.  Ils nous livrent un spectacle qui traite les relations humaines avec beaucoup d’humour et de cette façon il ravivifie nos senses. Les deux artistes ont développé ce spectacle a partir d’une courte miniature, avec la quelle ils ont déjà été primé au Festival des miniatures chorégraphiques a Belgrade, en 2016. Ils ont réunis la danse contemporaine et le beatbox avec un grand succès.

FROM THE PRESS

DANCE PARADE dance performance critique

Ljubljana, 17.07.2017 | Daliborka Podboj

Maša Kagao Knez and Murat. A combination of dance and music with overwhelming energy! 
LakeLess was the grand finale of this season’s dance “boom”

…. the unusual dance-sound project LakeLess, in which voice and movement spread throughout the entirety of the stage in a tight creative embrace, a duo of modern dance filled with various innovative and unique movement transformations accompanied by a rhythmical background of a “beatbox” voice. When the two performers communicate without words in their dance-sound ensemble, they become as one, they become dance and rhythm. And when they translate their thought processes into a vision of everyday patterns and situations, mostly tinged with humour…

… LakeLess is a fresh and original fusion of movement and sound, two creative platforms which tightly intertwine and cannot operate individually, that is each on it’s own. The voice is not only in sync with the movement, it is a strong and equal part of movement. When both actors, the dancer and the musician, sing the poetry of two poetic souls and dance while simultaneously encompassing familiar life situations, they become the modern-era heroes of the silent film (it is like a silent film, but with sound), as the dancer is also able to use her voice and turn the rhythm of sound into voice…

…Project LakeLess represents a unique artistic concept in modern dance combinations of movement and rhythm, music and dance. It is also a very specific choreographic duet form which projects the everyday familiarity of common situations at a higher artistic level which albeit somewhat distant in our era of modern technology. This is why Maša and Murat are here – to bring us back to modern-day associations of visual, audible and emotional sensations, which continue to be the integral part of our lives on this planet…

LA PARADE DE LA DANSE, la critique du spectacle

Ljubljana, 17.07.2017 | Daliborka Podboj

Maša Kagao Knez et Murat. Un duo de danse et musique avec une énergie féconde!
LakeLess  a terminé en beauté le “boum” de cette saison de danse contemporaine.

…Le projet Lakeless est un mélange unique de convivialité entre le rythme et le mouvement, entre la musique et la danse. Les deux interprètes communiquent sans les mots, ils deviennent un, ils sont la danse et le rythme. C’est une forme de duo spécifique qui nous livre les situations du quotidien sous une forme artistique très élevé. Avec l’humour en plus…

PARADA PLESA  | 17. 07. 2017  | Daliborka Podboj  | Maša Kagao Knez in Murat. Duet plesa in glasbe ter energije, ki oplaja!