18/03/2026
TRIGGER 2026: 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘 🗣️
Društvo Asociacija and EAIPA European Association of Independent Performing Arts working session: 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙊𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
📍Thursday, 19th March 2026, 13:30 – 15:30, Cukrarna
Artists often navigate precarious work, physical demands and short-term opportunities. This working session addresses strategies for sustaining a career in performing arts, highlighting existing support structures across Europe and sharing artists’ reflections on health, professional development and long-term career sustainability.
Guests:
🔹Christian Keller - Strategy & Content, European Association of Independent Performing Arts (EAIPA)
🔹Sabina Potočki - producer, Dance Theatre Ljubljana veteran
🔹Oliver Dähler - choreographer, SSUDK Transition Center director
🔹Anže Dolinar – philosopher, Društvo Asociacija advocacy expert
Moderator: Polona Torkar – head of expert office, Društvo Asociacija
𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩: 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨
📍Friday, 20th March 2026, 11:00 – 12:30, Cukrarna
This session offers two analytical perspectives on independent performing arts in Slovenia. It examines participatory practices, audience engagement and contemporary aesthetics, reflecting on how productions respond to social issues and experiment with new forms of performance.
Authors & presenters:
🔸Karolina Bugajak - theatre researcher and critic, focusing on participatory theatre
🔸Metod Zupan - independent cultural worker, editor and researcher
Motovila pannel: 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙏𝙤𝙤𝙡? 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙧𝙩
📍Friday, 20th March 2026, 14:00 – 15:30, Cukrarna
This roundtable investigates the growing trend of framing culture as a tool for social, economic or political objectives. Experts discuss the consequences of “hyper-instrumentalisation” for artistic freedom, funding criteria, labor conditions and the broader autonomy of culture in Europe.
Guests:
🔹Luiza Moroz - head of policy, Culture Action Europe
🔹Jurij Krpan - artistic director, Kersnikova, Galerija Kapelica / Kapelica Gallery
🔹Ulrike Kuner - managing director, IG Freie Theaterarbeit & EAIPA
Moderators:
🔹Tery Žeželj – dramaturge and researcher
🔹Mateja Lazar – director, Motovila
📸 Marijo Zupanov (TRIGGER, 2024)