Swan Lake is without a doubt that ballet masterpiece that captivates audiences again and again. The story of Princess Odette, who turns into a beautiful swan as a result of a spell, along with the fairy-tale music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the choreography of Viktor Latvinov, will enchant with costumes and original scenography at SNG Maribor.
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If you don't know where to take your better half on Valentine's Day, the photo exhibition The Adventure of Kisses, which will be on view at the Ljubljana Castle from February 13, is certainly the most romantic choice.
Franz Kafka is one of the biggest names in literature, and the themes of his works prove to be relevant again and again. In the Ljubljana Drama, his novel The Castle will experience the baptism of a dramatization, the author of which is Goran Ferčec, and the demanding task of directing this complex work was undertaken by Janusz Kica.
From February 18 to 21, movements will speak instead of words on various stages around the capital. Namely, the 7th Gibanica - festival of contemporary Slovenian dance art is coming.
On February 8, Prešeren's Day, which is considered the central Slovenian cultural holiday, Slovenia will once again be driven away from culture. We will once again honor the memory of our greatest poet, France Prešerno, with many cultural events, at the head of which will be a national celebration, where the Prešerno awards and awards from the Prešerno Foundation will be awarded. Read below where to go for Prešeren's Day.
On March 3, the ballet ensemble Malandain from Biarritz will host the dance performance Cinderella (Cendrillon) in Cankarjev dom, which will take us to the world of princes and cobblers with a mixture of modern choreography by the outstanding Thierry Malandain and classical music by Sergei Prokofiev.
From the end of January until May, more than 130 precious works from the so-called "dream archives" of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris will be exhibited in the Albertina Museum in the neighboring capital. The greatest masters of the 19th century will be on display: Degas, Cezanne, Seurat, Millet, Daumier, Moreau and others.
In the Ljubljana National Gallery, from January 15 to April 5, 2015, we will be able to rest our eyes on the exhibition of French Impressionists entitled Painting in Normandy.
Jimmy Carr, named by The Guardian as a comedy hero of today, will make the audience of Gallus hall at Cankarjev dom laugh with his stand-up evening Gagging Order on 11 May 2015, and tickets are on sale now!
On January 24, a dramatization of Homer's Iliad, a work that is so fundamental to the beginnings of our civilization that it has a special place in each of us, will be staged in the Gallus hall of Cankarjev dom, directed by Jerne Lorenci.
The Prague Burlesque performance revives an almost forgotten type of stage art that flourished in the first half of the twentieth century. With the help of sensual dance, breathtaking costumes, comedic elements and exotic scenography, it takes the audience to the fantasy world of erotica.
This year too, the Ljubljana and Maribor Opera Houses are taking care of our festive experience in December. December will be spent in pleasant music and dance performances of The Nutcracker, The Bat, The Barber of Seville, Romeo and Juliet and Carmen.