JURIJ KONJAR
Jurij Konjar is a dancer, improviser, performer, choreographer, researcher, writer, curator and organizer, working in the field of dance. He studied at PARTS in Brussels, then started dancing with Les Ballets C de la B. He worked with/for Maja Delak, Janez Janša, Boris Charmatz. In 2007 he suffered a head injury that shifted his focus towards the potential of the present moment. In 2009, an in-depth observation of Steve Paxton’s Goldberg Variations video triggered what became an ongoing improvisation practice and provided a basis for a rich ongoing dialogue. Some of his still touring performances are Goldberg Variations (2010, after Steve Paxton), For Juliano Mer-Khamis (2013), Still (2014) and a collective work Monday at eight (2017). In 2011 a selection of his writings and exchanges with Steve Paxton were published in Goldberg Observations (Contact Quarterly, 2011). Collaborating with Steve Paxton (2010-2016), he has performed Paxton’s work Bound (1982), Flat (1964) and Quicksand (2016). In 2014 he has launched Habitat, a nomadic working space for process oriented practices (touring at present). He co-organised Contact Improvisation as a Research Paradigm (CIRP, Paris 2018) and International Summer School of research in improvisation (ISS Nice, 2019), curated Out Of The Toolbox festival (Ghent 2019) and is part of Dance Out Of Line mixed ability EU education project (2018-2020). His own research, performance and teaching are deeply informed by Contact Improvisation and Lisa Nelson's Tuning Scores practice.
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Jurij Konjar is a dancer, improviser, performer, choreographer, researcher, writer, curator and organizer, working in the field of dance. He studied at PARTS in Brussels, then started dancing with Les Ballets C de la B. He worked with/for Maja Delak, Janez Janša, Boris Charmatz. In 2007 he suffered a head injury that shifted his focus towards the potential of the present moment. In 2009, an in-depth observation of Steve Paxton’s Goldberg Variations video triggered what became an ongoing improvisation practice and provided a basis for a rich ongoing dialogue. Some of his still touring performances are Goldberg Variations (2010, after Steve Paxton), For Juliano Mer-Khamis (2013), Still (2014) and a collective work Monday at eight (2017). In 2011 a selection of his writings and exchanges with Steve Paxton were published in Goldberg Observations (Contact Quarterly, 2011). Collaborating with Steve Paxton (2010-2016), he has performed Paxton’s work Bound (1982), Flat (1964) and Quicksand (2016). In 2014 he has launched Habitat, a nomadic working space for process oriented practices (touring at present). He co-organised Contact Improvisation as a Research Paradigm (CIRP, Paris 2018) and International Summer School of research in improvisation (ISS Nice, 2019), curated Out Of The Toolbox festival (Ghent 2019) and is part of Dance Out Of Line mixed ability EU education project (2018-2020). His own research, performance and teaching are deeply informed by Contact Improvisation and Lisa Nelson's Tuning Scores practice.
