duo SILENCE mn DANCE

The programme is a double bill consisting of two dance and music performances, created in collaboration between the music duo Silence and the dance duo MN Dance.

MN Dance Company: DE-SET

DE-SET is a performance celebrating the 10th anniversary of the creative journey of dancers Nastja Bremec Rynia and Michal Rynia. The interlacing of dance, live music and captivating visuals integrates various motifs from the artistic couple’s body of work, which, in addition to a lively interest in humankind’s intimate and social essence, thematise archetypal questions defining the relationship between her and him, and the energy that feeds that relationship. This energy is love, it is art, it is the electricity flowing between them. In their signature dance style, marked by exceptional consistency, perfection of movement and powerful expression, they have combined their memories and past stories into a new conceptual form, co-created with duo Silence, vocalist Boris Benko and pianist Primož Hladnik, who celebrated an anniversary of their own in 2019 – 20 years of making music together. 

duo Silence: PROCES{i}

The public is invited to attend a public trial.
K. is a composer who finds herself in the dock.
She’s become a defendant after being found guilty.
Don't ask when or why. Nobody, including K., remembers that anymore.
All that matters is that her guilty verdict brings her the highest punishment: a lifelong trial. 
A lifelong dissection of her actions. A lifelong criminalisation of her goals. 
Without the possibility of pardon.
The tribunal that is prosecuting K. strictly sanctions all forms of innocence. 
Luckily, it approves of music and dance performances.

We are thrilled to announce Procesi, Duo Silence's playwriting and directorial debut. A rather unique theatrical event based on Silence’s original script and inspired by Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial, this cocktail of live music and monodrama marks the centenary of the death of Franz Kafka, the most famous insect among writers. The duo will be joined on stage by actress Katarina Stegnar.