“Icarus”
Icarus’s story creates questions: Is Icarus heroic or reckless? The opinions have always been divided. Inside us, there is a fight between the mind and the heart. Some saw the fall, but others saw the flight – it depends on the gaze. Since our childhood, we learn to follow the precise rules that contribute to our survival and the survival of the social system. We must not excel and we must not fall below the average. Icarus, however, is the embodiment of human striving to reach beyond the limits of the possible, to find new options, to venture into the unknown, to discover new dimensions. And perhaps learn something from the fall. Creative souls have no difficulty identifying with the character of Icarus, who inspires. Artists have always wanted to go into the unknown, the impossible. The dancer’s wishes are to fly, to rise up to the sun. To fly high or low? Perhaps the middle is the best choice. The myth that has inspired many artists also inspires the dance performance produced by the MN Dance Company in collaboration with the SNG Nova Gorica.

Choreographer and author of music selection
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia

Dancers
Nastja Bremec Rynia, Michal Rynia, Tjaša Bucik, Noemi Capuano, David Micu, Eri Nishibara, Matteo Palumbo, Robert Prein, So Yeon Shin, Luka Vodopivec

Video
Fabris Šulin, Urban Kosir

Concept authors
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Ana Kržišnik Blažica

Dramaturg
Ana Kržišnik Blažica

Scenographer
Aleksander Blažica

Photo
Aljoša Kravanja

Costume designers
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Tanja Zorn Grželj

Light designer
Matjaž Bajc, Samo Oblokar

Sound designer
Matej Čelik

Recorded voice
Ana Facchini

Premiere
October 28, 2021, SNG Nova Gorica, big stage

Production
Zavod MN Produkcija, MN Dance Company

Co-production
EPK 2025, CD Ljubljana, Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, Gorizia Dance Festival Visavì

Special thanks for the stage lights to Intra Lighting.

“Perpetuum Mobile”

A perpetuum mobile, a hypothetical machine that moves endlessly without energy supply, is a miracle and clearly expresses the striving of a human to researching the new, even the impossible. The production is dedicated to the 570th anniversary of the visionary, artist, architect and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, who attempted to create a perpetuum mobile himself, but soon denied that it could be built. Although his genius placed him far ahead of his time, he was not able to create endless motion, but he nevertheless remained an assiduous searcher of the new and the excellent.

"We are researching the perpetuity of the movement and the infinity of new discoveries that were so dear to master da Vinci. We like to create something out of nothing – of merely our bodies."
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia

Choreographers and Authors of Visual Image
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia

Dramaturgy
Ana Kržišnik Blažica

Light Designer
Matjaž Bajc

Sound Designer
Matej Čelik

Props Designer
Gorazd Prinčič

Recording
Fabris Šulin, Urban Kosir

Photographers
Aljoša Kravanja, Damir Ipavec

Dancers
Marco Arzenton, Noemi Capuano, Rebecca Moriondo, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Michal Rynia, Dalma Kitley, Francesco Misceo, Eri Nishibara, Robbie Pitt, Helén Tamaskó, Luka Vodopivec, Karelis Zambrano

Production
Zavod MN Produkcija, MN Dance Company

Co-production
SNG Nova Gorica, CD Ljubljana

Supported by
Ministry of Culture R Slovenija and MONG

“Phlox”

In the language of flowers , the phlox means “Harmony” and “Our souls are united”.
I like this “phlox “sound itself.
2 human are on the stage. They are looking for something what they are missing. They keep
searching because they feel alone and no one around you. Step by step, they can feel there is one
more person around you . Finally they can see and touch, and realize that you are what I was looking for.

Dancer
Natsumi Hirosawa, Eri Nishibara

Costume design
Masayo Motegi

Make up
Yusuke Mori

Music Composer(4th one)
DJ KILOFEET

Video
Gabriela Castro

Choreographer
Eri Nishibara

Place
Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte