DINAMO

Premiere 31 August 2026, Great Hall, Maribor Puppet Theatre

The choreographic work lasts 10 minutes without intermission.

Dinamo is a choreographic work by April Veselko, developed during a three-day workshop for semi-professional and professional dancers as part of the NEST Platform's Research Cycles program.

Concept April Veselko
Choreography April Veselko & dancers
Performance Participants of the Dinamo workshop
Music Joran Teraš – WRONG1DEA

Dynamo explores pure raw energy within a time and space of passive bodies and excessive conceptualism. Movement that fills us with momentum, joy, and an inner dynamo. The kind that makes you want to dance along. The kind that leaves you happily out of breath. Musical, open, breathing, contagious, simple, together.

April Veselko is a dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She trained through the Dance’s Start Up programme in Bologna and MoDem PRO in Catania. She has created several original works, including Falling In, From Particles and AEROTEARS: Safe Space. As a performer, she has collaborated with numerous Slovenian and international choreographers, while her short choreographic works have received several awards at international competitions. She is a member of Tovarishia Dance Company and one of the organisers and choreographers of the ŠIK Dance Collective. As a teacher, she works in Slovenia and abroad.