Curriculum Vitae
First Name: Sabrina
Family Name: Železnik
E-Mail: [email protected]
web: http://sabrinazeleznik.weebly.com
Formal education
May 2007
Degree from high school: »I. gimnazija v Celju« (secondary education).
September 2013
Bachelor degree in the field of Cultural sciences at the Faculty of Social sciences, University Ljubljana.
June 2016
Master degree in Master of Theatre Practices at ArtEZ Institute of Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands,
Informal education
1991-2012
»Plesni forum Celje« dance school, teacher and mentor: Gordana Stefanovič-Erjavec.
2007-2012
Workshops, summer and winter courses:
- modern (Fred Lasserre, Michele Pogliani, Louise Edith Frenkenhius, Kristina Pojbič Champeigne, Kjara Starič, Mojca Ussar, Rosana Štorgelj, Anita Čanadi, Siniša Bukinac).
- contemporary (Gill Clarke, Gabrielle Staiger, Tina Dobaj, Riccardo Meneghini, Boštjan Antončič, Maja Kalafatič, Rosana Hribar, Sava Malenšek- Kučič, Milan Kozanek, Goran Bogdanovski, Gyuala Cserepes, Gisela Fantacuzzi).
- ballet (Dasha Rashid, Lilijana Keča).
- yoga (Estela Žutič, Maja Kalafatič).
- theatre movement seminars, Buto, Le Coq, acting, directing (David Čeh, Branko Završan, Maja Gal Štromar, Dejan Srhoj, Miha Alujevič, Matjaž Šmalc, Jaša Koceli, Michael Laub, Janez Janša, Edit Kaldor, Jonatham Burrows…)
- afro dances (Maša Kagao Knez)
2013-2018
- movement research and improvisation techniques Feldenkreis, Gaga, Osteopathic research (Nevenka Koprivšek, Gisela Fantacuzzi, Loup Abramovici, Noam Eidelman, Maria Gabriella Iaspara, Julien Hammilton, Jurij Konjar…)
Work as a performer
- Choreography by Gordana Stefanovič-Erjavec:
“IONOSFERA 2” (2009/10), “HORORSKOP” (2007/08), “IONOSFERA” (2006/07), “TRIS” (2005/06), “Kralj Urban” (2002-06), “Tisto nekaj” (2004), “BIS” (2003), ethno dance performance “LECTOVO SRCE” (2000/01), international dance-musical project “GET BACK” (1999/00), dance-theater project for children “SADNA OPERA” (1998/99), “KAPLJICA” (1995/96).
- Choreography by Gisela Fantacuzzi:
Short piece “I wish this would be your colour”, (January 2013), EU-ROPA project (2013-2018).
- Choreography by Mojca Kasjak:
Labirinth (June 2019), Maribor, Slovenia
International Dance festivals
»International Youth dance festival« Macao – China (2008) , »International Children`s Festival of Performing Arts« New Delhi- India (2006), Ballynahinch- Irealand (2006), Lamorlay- France (2005), »International Kulturschwerpunkt« Singen- Germany (2004, 2009) festival » Eurotreff« Weinheim- Germany (2001), International festival in Šibenik- Croatia (1999, 2000, 2010), festival »Eurotreff« Rastatt- Germany (1999), festival »Eurotreff« Singen- Germany (1997).
My own work
choreographies, research, residencies:
- 2006 choreography and dance in »Dober dan, žalost«, which won the national prize
»Opus 1« and was based on the book of Françoise Sagan »Bonjour Tristesse«,
- 2007 choreography and dance in »Trentutek v trenutku traja«, which won the
national prize »Opus 1« and was based on the story of two Slovenia’s most important
dancers Pino and Pija Mlakar,
- 2007 choreography in musical »Beauty and the beast«, which was performed for
Slovenian members at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium
- 2008 choreography and dance in national opera »Teharski plemiči«,
- 2013 (January) research and solo performance in a short piece “I wish this would be
your colour” with Gisela Fantacuzzi,
- 2013 - ongoing EU-ROPA project: movement research with Gisela Fantacuzzi.
Residencies and performances in MC Jedro (Medvode, Slovenija), Cloud at Danslab (Den Haag,
Netherlands) and Gängeviertel (Hamburg, Germany), Španski borci (Ljubljana, Slovenija), MKC (Skopje, Macedonia), Bitef teater (Belgrade, Serbia)
- 2013 solo movement research on the video “New found land”,
- 2015 lecture performance “Movement of love”; presented at Postgraduate conference in Utrecht, Netherlands and at the festival Locomotion in Skopje, Macedonia,
-2016 meditative workshop “I am a performer”, presented in the frame of graduation performances at ArtEZ, Arnhem, Netherlands; at the CO-existing festival in Skopje, Macedonia, at DrimON festival in Struga, Macedonia and Akto fesival in Bitola, Macedonia, - 2016 performance “Save the dance, campaign”, a collaboration with Kliment Poposki, premiered in Kino Kultura, Skopje, Macedonia.
platforms, projects, writings
- 2013 web platform Kultuvarica, a collaboration for contemporary dance in Slovenia with Gaja Madžarevič: www.kultivarnica.wix.com/home,
- 2015 web platform NNNaughty people in collaboration with Ljubica Manievska and Dragana Zarevska: www.nnnaughtypeople.com,
- 2015 line of events “Meeting point” in Skopje, Macedonia: https://www.facebook.com/meetingpointskopje.
- 2017 lauch of the book Dance in the Netherlands with my article Movement of love
Pedagogic work
- 2004 - 2008 teaching contemporary dance in »Plesni forum Celje«.
- July 2013 leading the workshop ‘Rhythm in dance’ for children at Festival Ljubljana. - January 2013 leading a workshop in improvisation with Gisela Fantacuzzi in a project Kultimat, Ljubljana.
- July 2015 leading the workshop ‘Movement and dance’ for children at festival Drim On in Struga, Macedonia.
- May 2016 participating in a project “Museum of dance” for education children in dance theatre in Skopje, Macedonia.
- June 2015- initiaitng a project “Kultraining” for regular professional trainings and education of macedonian communities in contemporary dance in collaboration with Lokomotiva in Kino Kultura, Skopje, Macedonia.
- November 2016 creating a project “Prostosvet” for education of children and adults in contemporary peforming arts.
- 2017 Lauch of the NGO and platform Kultivarnica.