Professional profile

2012 – 2021
Physical Manifestations, choreographer and artistic director
Internationally oriented projects supported and presented in slovenian and international venues. Premuš was between 2019/20 invited in Creative Crossroads (LLB) EU program, Creative Europe:
Presentations / residences / touring:

2021
Time in a Glance, choreographer
Partner Bunker
MGML (City Museum of Ljubljana),
Festival Nagib, Maribor

2021
Every now is time space
Festival Borštnikovo srečanje, Maribor
Cofestival, Ljubljana
Impulstanz, Vienna, performance material of projects Every now is time, space and Time in a glance was presented in the PSR project (LLB) On the road to nowhere, Leopold Museum Vienna

2021
Poiesis of the self
Festival Mot, Skopje
Koreografski obrat Ljubljana

2020
Every now is time space
Residency and presentation Ufer studio Berlin premier was postponed because of Covid lock down / Improspekcije Zagreb

2020
Publication of the book Poiesis of the self

2019
Poiesis of the self
Festival Kondenz, Belgrade,
Festival Drugajanje Maribor
Biennale of contemporary dance Slovenia, Gibanica Ljubljana

2019
Every now is time space Premier Old power plant Ljubljana

2018
Body as an archive (documentation of process in Poiesis of the self)
Partnership with Museum of Contemporary Art +MSUM documentary exhibition (oktober – december 2018)

2018
Just for today,
dancer
Choreographer Maja Delak, Produced by Zavod Emanat Ljubljana

2017/2018/2019
Every now is time space
residency and presentation in Workshop foundation – Trafo Theatre and Artus studio, Budapest

2017
Physical manifestations 1,
 Biennale of Contemporary dance Gibanica, Ljubljana

2017
Poiesis of the self, Festival Nagib, Maribor

2016
Poiesis of the self, residency in Ufer Studio Berlin and Premier in Old power plant Ljubljana

2015
Physical manifestation 1, premier Old Power station Ljubljana

2014
Intelligent body, residency and presentation,  Isadora and Raymond Dance Research Centre, Athens

2010 –
Kolektiv Federacija, dancer and co creator
Projects for Museums and Urban spaces. Produced by zavod Federacija, partner MGML

Unauthorised
2014 Festival Lent Maribor
2014 – 15 project was invited to Athens, Rijeka and Berlin in collaboration with local artists
2013 Biennale of Contemporary dance, Gibanica Ljubljana
2013 Festival Korpus 6, Celje
2012 premier EPK Maribor

Permanent exhibition of nowness
2012 – 2022 Life installation for museums and galleries. Produced in partnership with Mestni Muzej Ljubljana MGML

2008 – 2013
Silent body/ Dolly my body / The double, Choreographer –  interdisciplinary performances. Producers: Flota, Exodos, Zavod Federacija
Touring, residences:
2013 Biennale of Contemporary dance Gibanica, Ljubljana
2012 Festival Crossings, Maribor
2010, Fabrika Moscow
2009, Festival Exodos, Ljubljana
2009, Festival Performa Maribor
2008, Festival Week of Contemporary dance Zagreb
2008 Festival, Salamanca, Spain
2008 BOOZ Cooperativa Athens

2008
International improvisation project Dialog, dancer
Artistic director: Georgio Rossi, Fabbrica Europa Foundation For The Contemporary Arts, Firenze

2007
Dance or Die, Betontanc, dancer
Director Matjaž Pograjc, Bunker Ljubljana

2006-2007
International project Brother Karamazov, dancer
Choreographer Matej Bučar, partner Fabbrica Europa Foundation for the Contemporary Arts, Firenze

2005
Hype as I wanna be,dancer
En Knap / Iztok Kovač, Cankarjev dom Ljubljana

2003 – 2010
Stories of the body, choreographer. Production by Exodos Ljubljana, EPI Center Ljubljana
Touring:
2011
Balkan dance Platform, Exodos Ljubljana
2010
Kinitiras Studio Athens
Oho Festival, Austria
Locomotion Festival, Lokomotiva Skopje
Monotanz Festival Budapest
Festival Fronta Murska Sobota
2007/ 2009
Biennale of Contemporary Dance Ljubljana
2008
Soloduo festival in Ludwigshafen

2003 – 2005
Stories about O /As you like it, W.Shakespeare / V.Bartol Alamut, choreographer
Director:Sebastijan Horvat, Drama / National theatre Ljubljana and Salzburg Festspiele.

2004
International project Mindscapes, dancer
Director: Beda Percht, Athens
Improvisation with acclaimed musician Vinko Globokar, Athens

2000  – 2002
Dedicatoria and Handle with care, dancer and  co-creator with Spanish choreographer Elena Alonso, commissioned by Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin

2001 – 2003
Amplified body, choreographer in collaboration with  musician Ignaz Schick, Berlin produced by PTL Ljubljana.
Touring:
2003
Biennale of Contemporary dance Ljubljana
Festival Performa Maribor
2002
Robin Howard Theater, London
Theatre Am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin
Festival Garage, Stralsund

1999
“From scratch”, Collaboration with Ivana Jozić, the project was supported by Open Society Institute, Ljubljana / Zagreb

1998
Commissioned to choreograph for 4D – Master degree performance group, London Contemporary Dance School
“In one room”, Brixton, London choreography in collaboration with internationally acclaimed German designer Berndt Skodzig

1997
La vita nervosa (MA Choreography piece), Cochrane Theatre in collaboration with designer form Central St.Martins School of Design and Film, London

1994 – 2002
Yelp Dance Co. London/Athens, dancer Choreographer: Mariela NestoraPast pressure passed / Can you carry this for me please… / Roses are red, violence is blue / The difficult whole / Minime / In between

1992 – 93
Dance Theatre Aldea, dancer
They called me Puby, choreographer Mink Veselić Kološa
Transparencies, choreographer Grant McDaniels

Awards:
2017 *

Ksenija Hribar award for  choreographic work between 2014 – 2017 on Biennale of Contemporary Dance Slovenia: https://sodobniples.si/en/awards-2017/

2013 *
Kolektiv Federacija – Meta Vidmar award for outstanding achievements in the field of creative work with young people

2009 *
Move As – Audience Award, Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance

2005 *
Alamut – Young Directors Prize, choroegrapher in the team of director Sebastijan Horvat, Salzburg Festival, Austria

Snježana Premuš has collaborated with the following artists:
1997 –
Vinko Globokar, Mateja Bučar, Maja Delak, Elena Alonso, Betontanz, En Knap, Elena Alonso, Mariela Nestora, Philip Gemacher, Ivana Jozić, Berndt Skodzig, Ignaz Schick, Andreja Podrzavnik Rauch, Gregor Kamnikar

2012 –
Project Physical manifestations
Sanja Nešković Peršin, Mateja Rebolj, Tea Reba, Gregor Zorc, Melina Iordannidou, Tina Valentan, Anja Bornšek, Liza Šimenc, Dragana Alfirević, Milan Ketiš, Mariela Nestora, Aleksander Ostan, Viktorija Bogdanova, Boštjan Perovšek, Špela Škulj, Rok Vevar

The projects are supported by the Municipality of Ljubljana and the Ministry of Culture. 

Her work is produced in Slovenia in partnership with:
MGML, MSUM, Zavod Bunker, JSKD RS, GT22 Maribor

International partners and residencies:
Isadora And Rymond Dance Research Centre Athens, Ufer Studios Berlin, Workshop Foundation Budapest, Multimedijalna Koliba Zagreb
Creative Crossroads Cycle 1 2019/20
http://www.lifelongburning.eu/projects/creative-crossroads.html

© Snježana Premuš, 2021