I see the body as a tool of what we call "I" (object and subject in one), in which all our bodies (emotional, mental, social, private, ego,...) are reflected as a self that can be transformed or directed according to my/our will.
Under the word dance/movement is the word state and not form or action. Dance as an art form, unlike visual art, is fleeting, it only happens because we are present. Dance, the presence of the body next to/among other bodies is visceral. The audience perceives their own body through the observed body.
These two elements: electrons, which are all-potential without an observer, and the influence of one body on another (observed) are naturally opposed. But in a way it is not. I am mainly interested in this NOT. Because to instantly reorganize our nervous system we must be ultra-present, conscious and in the role of observer, but at the same time be in a state of conscious unconsciousness.
As a creator, I have always been interested in the way in which my performative state and the composition of the performance bring the audience into an altered state. I am interested in how to bring the viewer into their multipotential carnality and the lucidity of thoughts and feelings through the body on stage, but not in such a way that the "external images" run through the "internal images" of the viewer, but rather create them and awaken the inner eye in him-her.
Biography
Jasmina Križaj
Jasmina Križaj graduated in choreography at De Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Amsterdam, School for New Dance Development department. She presented her performances at several festivals. For the work Zebra in the Hair Saloon she received the award for best new creation 2006 (ACT Festival, Bilbao, Spain). In 2009, the work Sugar Rush was supported by the European Cultural Foundation - ECF. In 2010 she was one of the artists selected to participate in David Zambrano's project ("Flying Low and Passing Through, Costa Rica"). With the collective 50collective they performed in front of European, North American and South American audiences. Between 2010 and 2014, she was part of the international project Modul Dance, which allowed her to create The Very Delicious Piece and The Very Boring Piece (in collaboration with the Portuguese artist Cristina P. Leitao). Within the MD project, she also directed the research INto the OUT in parallel. In 2013, she received a scholarship to participate in the Dance-WEB educational program under the tutelage of Ivo Dimchev as part of the ImPulsTanz festival. In 2015, Jasmina performed in the new work Genesis by Slovenian artist Mala Klina, the result of a multi-year process under the title DreamLab Communitas. For a few years, Jasmina has been collaborating with Swiss artist Simon Wehrli. Together they created performances: Nature Poetry (2018), Nothing Works (Shakira, Shakira) – duet (2019), Nothing Works (Shakira, Shakira) – Les Etudes Madonna – quartet (2020), D PRPL – 2023. The first and last in collaboration with musician Daniel Gisler. This trio is currently starting a new process for a show that will premiere in 2026 (Beats & Manifestos). Jasmina has just completed her second year of physically oriented psychotherapy and is a practitioner of Taoist healing methods (Chi Nei Tsang I, II, III).
