ENCOUNTER WITH ONESELF

ENCOUNTER WITH ONESELF (solo) is a contemporary dance performance created by Anđela Bugarija and Kristina Lisica, accompanied by an exhibition by photographer Antonio Stipinović. Like subtitles accompanying a film, the exhibition follows the performance, sketching the (necessary) denudation required for a successful relationship with oneself.

Through the mediums of dance, film, and photography, the performer explores how to observe, develop and use one’s own resources to achieve a balance of mental and physical health. When we cannot find ourselves in our own body, perhaps it is time to get back to it. The body is a meeting place, a permeable membrane where experiences accumulate and memories are stored. Information is recorded in our senses but can overwhelm and deceive us if misinterpreted. Mental noise creates a false self. The past and expectations of the future pull us away from the present. Let us become witnesses of our thoughts and feelings, guardians of the body that is both fragile and powerful. Let us cast off our faces, rub our eyes, shake our limbs—allow ourselves to feel each part of the skin that wraps our inner world.

Concept and choreography: Anđela Bugarija, Kristina Lisica
Performance: Kristina Lisica
Music: Predrag Ćosić
Costume: Paula Zoričić, Natali Radelić
Photographer: Antonio Stipinović
Cinematographer and editor, music for the introductory video: Matija Lukman
Light design: Leon Barčić
Graphic design and trailer: Ivana Dokoza
Production: Artistic organisation Irida

Financial support: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Zadar county