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TRIGGER: Beton Ltd.: GROSSE ERWARTUNGEN|GREAT EXPECTATIONS

The second performance of the German cycle Beton Ltd. are a collective of authors: Katarina Stegnar, Primož Bezjak and Branko Jordan. Große Erwartungen|Great Expectations is their sixth performance. They say they always begin a performance from ground zero, but for a performance to emerge from nothing, personal grips are almost always of key importance for them. They do not enter narrations and dilemmas through individual stories alone, but also through personal ones. »We can only legitimately speak about ourselves.« After ecology, transitional/growing‑up loss of illusions, the impotency of resistance, generational angst, they are now dealing with the topic of great expectations and future. And what are expectations if not projections of present desires? »The desires of a European, white, heterosexual, urban, cosmopolitan, overrepresented generation. But we must not forget: Katarina, Primož, Branko … we were all children once. Slovenian children. Some still are.« “This is an ensemble, which builds on a gesture. This is not revolutionary theatre, although it is innovative and political. It is a theatre we need here and now, to push us at least a few feet somewhere else – or reminds us, that it’s time to go.” (Muanis Sinanović, Kriterij) >>MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE<< Concept and…

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BETON LTD.: GROSSE ERWARTUNGEN|GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Beton Ltd.: VELIKA PRIČAKOVANJA|GROSSE ERWARTUNGEN, Stara elektrarna, september 2018 https://www.bunker.si/slo/archives/19651

BETON LTD.: GROSSE ERWARTUNGEN|GREAT EXPECTATIONS

DEAR VISITORS! IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CONDITIONS FOR VISITING CULTURAL EVENTS, TVA CONDITIONS APPLY TO VISIT THE THEATER – tested, vaccinated or those who already had covid The second performance of the German cycle Beton Ltd. are a collective of authors: Katarina Stegnar, Primož Bezjak and Branko Jordan. Große Erwartungen|Great Expectations is their sixth performance. They say they always begin a performance from ground zero, but for a performance to emerge from nothing, personal grips are almost always of key importance for them. They do not enter narrations and dilemmas through individual stories alone, but also through personal ones. »We can only legitimately speak about ourselves.« After ecology, transitional/growing‑up loss of illusions, the impotency of resistance, generational angst, they are now dealing with the topic of great expectations and future. And what are expectations if not projections of present desires? »The desires of a European, white, heterosexual, urban, cosmopolitan, overrepresented generation. But we must not forget: Katarina, Primož, Branko … we were all children once. Slovenian children. Some still are.« “This is an ensemble, which builds on a gesture. This is not revolutionary theatre, although it is innovative and political. It is a theatre we need here and now,…

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Beton Ltd.: Hoppla, Wir Leben. The Lost Gesture of Self‑Resignation

Per-formation The per-formation Hoppla, wir leben. The Lost Gesture of Self Resignation is the final act of the Beton Ltd.’s German Cycle, which complements the performances Ich kann nicht anders (2016) and Große Erwartungen | Great Expectations (2018), and the music-performance hybrid project Mahlzeit (2019). In terms of content, per-formation addresses the question of what’s going on in society so that no one uses the gesture of resignation anymore, as well as the question of the performer’s resignation in relation to the audience, a resignation from the stablished production of theatre art while radically reconsidering one's own model of collectivity, extended autonomy and non-hierarchy. In a subversive position of living while not really living, Beton Ltd. refuses to accept any currently established or acquired theatrical form (certain forms take the edge off certain contents). This time, we embraced reduction as the basic artistic principle that led to the creation of a per-formation, as we define the work ourselves. In order to avoid misinterpretations, Hoppla, wir leben is not about abandoned ore future scenography, but rather a form that is closer to installation, while building it theatrical tension through personal interpretations of members of the resigning collective. Thus, the 29-hour uninterrupted…

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NEW YEAR’S “DANCE” 2020: 10TH ANNIVERSARY of BETON Ltd

Bunker & Old Power Station & BETON Ltd. are inviting you to the NEW YEAR'S "DANCE" 2020: 10TH ANNIVERSARY of BETON Ltd Theatre collective Beton Ltd. is famous for always anticipating time in their performances. Let the 10th anniversary celebration be the prospect of better times in 2021. Celebrate with us - at home! December 20 at 9 p.m. Links to the on-line event: at Bunker's Facebook profile: https://fb.me/e/4Sx7embe0 or at Bunker's Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/rn543tCBx5g Happy 2021! On stage: Katarina Stegnar, Primož Bezjak, Branko Jordan Host: Jure Novak Space: son:DA Musical video design: Toni Soprano Meneglejte, 004, Petja Sonda Music: Beton Ltd. Mahlzeit Sound: Jure Vlahovič Technical director: Andrej Petrovčič Video stream: Gregor Gobec, Sergej Semibratov Producer: Maja Vižin Public relations: Tamara Bračič Vidmar, Klara Drnovšek Solina Produced by: Bunker, Ljubljana With support of: Ministrstvo za kulturo RS, Mestna občina Ljubljana

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