A House a Home is based on short stories by women authors (Clarice Lispector, Alice Munro, Kate Chopin), which address the themes of women and the juices of life, home, family and absence. It continues the themes of family and intergenerational relationships and the different roles of the woman-artist, which were central already in Oh, How Very Ordinary.
The performance happens at home, where the author lives. In a flat/kitchen set on a miniature stage, she dances through different situations integrating in it the personal and actual frame of the piece. Entrapment in the small space and possible feeling of entrapment of the “standard” female roles is not linked to victimhood but through humor guides us into the question of freedom, aliveness, maybe juiciness or even the magic of the mundane. The performance is thus a space in which the woman-artist-author, with all the aspects of life that are inherent to her position, takes space and puts them on stage in an equal but complex relationship.
Performance by Katja Legin
On stage: Katja Legin and guests
Concept for the space: Branko Hojnik, Tomi Janežič
Scenography: Branko Hojnik
Costumography: Marina Sremac
Sound design: Tomaž Grom
Collaborator in the process: Kaja Lorenci
Artistic advice: Tomi Janežič
Voice: Anja Novak
Production: Studio za raziskavo umetnosti igre
Partners: Društvo Studio za raziskavo umetnosti igre (UC Krušče), Bunker, Nagib Maribor
Producer: Petra Hazabent
Supported by: Municipality of Ljubljana and Ministry for culture RS
Duration: 70 minutes
Katja Legin (Ljubljana, 1985) graduated from Laban Conservatoire of Dance in London. As part of her MA studies in theatre directing (Academy for theatre, radio, film and television in Ljubljana) she wrote a longer text, which was later published as the book Dualities: The Performer and His Work (MGL, 2015). She danced with EnKnapGroup and since 2009 works as a freelancer. In the years she collaborated with most of the prominent Slovene choreographers and authors in the field of performing arts. She has participated in various creative processes in very diverse roles – as a dancer, author, choreographer, dramaturge, external eye, mentor, pedagogue/professor, writer, curator.