Jan Rozman: CHOREOPANPSYCHISM – CHOREO-PROCESS
Continuing his exploration of autonomy (of both human and non-human bodies), Jan Rozman brings together two main liness of his choreographic work to date: object somatics and embodied digital logic. In his upcoming work, he will examine autonomy through the lens of panpsychism—the idea that consciousness (like matter and time) may be a fundamental property of the universe. The research, situated at the intersection of choreography and object theatre, will be carried out with a group of five dancers and animated set design.
Collaborators
Research process and chorepgraphy: Jan Rozman
Creation adn performance: Leon Marič, Julija Matkovič, Lara Ostan Vejrup, Filip Štepec, Veronika Valdés
Financial support: Ministry of Culture RS
Partner: The Old Power Station – Elektro Ljubljana
CHOREO-PROCESS is a continuous support program of activities in the field of performing arts, enabling a research-oriented approach by authors, shifts in work and moments of distance, process-based development in preparing production formats, public events, organized documentation, and multimedia communication about the development of activities to the public.
Through a laboratory-based approach, the creators will critically question, test, or address a given choreographic theme, problem, or territory. At the beginning of the process, the theme will be presented through an interview and presentation, documented and published on https://vid.pretok.tv, a streaming platform that also serves as an archive of events by the Emanat Institute. During the continuation of the process, it will be documented multiple times and published (audio, video, writings, notes). At the end of the timeframe, there will be a public presentation, which will be documented in the form of a video stream, broadcast, and published on the website, social media, and the new federated platform tv.emanat.si
The results of the process- and research-based work may be diverse, aiming toward the articulation of the artistic work, the project’s key questions, the cast or team, and the exploration of different media.
Biography
Jan Rozman is a choreographer, dancer, and performer working between Ljubljana and Berlin. He develops a post-internet choreographic language based on the movement of objects and the hybridization of genres. He is the recipient of the Ksenija Hribar Award for best choreographer (2019) and the main prize at the Slovenian dance biennial Gibanica (2021). He has created several choreographic stage works, develops artistic methods aimed at young and diverse audiences, and occasionally works as a set designer. He is a co-founder and part of the artistic leadership of the group baff, whose work has been featured multiple times among the top 10 German productions for children and youth at the Augenblick Mal! festival (2023, 2025).