ULYSSES

Concept, choreography, art direction, dance: Jurij Konjar
Sound design: Blaž Celarec
Lighting design: Urska Vohar
Tehnical director: Borut Cajnko
Graphic design: Saša Kerkoš, treta roka
Producer: Nataša Zavolovšek
Produced by: Exodos Ljubljana".

“The road is only one. And once you take the first step, you never know, where it may  take you." J.R.R.Tolkien

Ulysses the performance is a personal tale about the experience of a journey. The impressions from that journey become the story-in-movement told by the story teller, through which the listener/observer, together with the story teller, re-lives the journey.  The rolls of a mover, story teller, man and god are joint in one person. The movement is also inspired by two texts, both titled Ulysses - one by Homer, the other one by Joyce. Ulysses of Homer is the unforgotten myth that tells us about ourselves, of our journey we call life. Homer's Ulysses, the traveller, is looking for the way home.  Home is another metaphor of broad meaning, as is journey itself. It signifies peace, balance, harmony, a space of his own, his missing piece. Homer’s Ulysses does not travel to live adventures, which he has enough of. He travels to find peace. While on the way, the gods, signifying the forces of nature, get in the way. The forces of nature are seen as divine, magical, and unattainable to ourselves. For Ulysses, they are tests of skill & will. They take and they give him strength, in permanent dialogue of man with nature.

Through movement, the graphical representation and the dialogue between those, Ulysses the performance will take others on this journey, during which, in spite of all the misadventures, the essence and the goal of the protagonist stay consistent - the same he began the travel with.

Jurij Konjar, dancer and performer of jazz ballet, contemporary dance and classical ballet. Contemporary dance was studying in New York, and in Urdang Academy in London. He finished two years academy for contemporary dance P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. He worked with different recognized dance companies in Europe, such as Les Ballets C de la B and En-Knap. From 2003 till 2006 worked withGabrielle Nankviell with who under the name OX co were performing internationally. He choreographed three works, Ulysses is his last piece.