Janez Janša
Who is Next?
Maska Ljubljana, Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna, AT), Inkonst (Malmö, SE)
Running time 1 hour and 30 minutes. No interval.
Première: 14 October 2011, Inkonst Cultural Centre (Malmö, Sweeden)
Slovene première: 6 November 2011, Linhart Hall, Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana)
Author of concept and director Janez Janša
Creators and performers Adriano Wilfert Jensen, Boštjan Narat, Jelena Rusjan, Irena Tomažin, Vito Weis, Grega Zorc, Nataša Živković/Barbara Krajnc
Dramaturg Simona Semenič
Authors of text Simona Semenič and creators
Video and photography Darko Herič
Technical director and lighting designer Igor Remeta
The performance deals with issues of individual responsibility in the contemporary society of recession, shock, precarious work, uncertainty and light-heartedness. What is the action that could make a change? Is democracy merely an empty ritual of endless dialogues that lead to nowhere? Who is going to take the responsibility and do something? Go to the end? Is violence the only solution?
Consisting of film, music, and choreography, the performance creates a field in which many performers with many names negotiate the action. Together with spectators. There is no doubt that something has to be done, urgently. The question is, what is to be done and who will do it?