Ana Pandur, author, dancer, philologist and philosopher, has devoted her attention to studying flamenco and its application to contemporary performing practices in the framework of studies at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and later. After completing her classical ballet education, she studied flamenco dance and theory at the Amor de Dios Academy in Madrid with Merche Esmeralda and others between 2002 and 2004. Upon her return to Slovenia she founded the Flamenko Dance Association, which is the central organization for the development, promotion and education of flamenco in the region.

As a dancer, choreographer and dance pedagogue she connects flamenco with contemporary performative practices and searches for new author approaches in which she connects flamenco with contemporary dance, theater and music. She is the author of numerous dance performances, with the emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to flamenco. The anatomy of the encounter; Sylvia, Carmen, Maria, should be emphasized, which premiered in November 2013 at Glej Theater, Cabello 22.11 (in collaboration with Rosana Hribar and Robert Jukic) in March 2014 in Cankarjev dom, Syncopation in May 2016 at Plesni teater Ljubljana.

Her latest performance Firebird premiered in February 2018 at the international BiFlamenko festival in Cankarjev dom, where she participaded as the first and only domestic author and performer, alongside the biggest names of the contemporary flamenco genre.

She works with foreign and Slovenian musicians, as well as dancers and choreographers (and at the same time as a performer and choreographer, she works with Anton Podbevšek Theater and director Matjaž Berger (Marina Abramović or how I lost the way to Antigone, Thus spoke Zaratustra, Time is a child playing with pebbles, …).

She is the author of the first Slovene flamenco dance performance Metafora, premiered in PG Kranj in March 2009. She also works with different flamenco gutarrists like David Savcić, as well as Vito Marenče, performing in a form of a flamenco-jazz “dance concert” format at numerous festivals at home and abroad.

 

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Ana Pandur, avtorica, plesalka, hispanistka in filozofinja, se je preučevanju flamenka in njegovi aplikaciji v sodobne uprizoritvene prakse posvetila že v okviru študija na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani in tudi kasneje. Po zaključenem izobraževanju klasičnega baleta je med letoma 2002 in 2004  študirala flamenko ples in teorijo na akademiji Amor de Dios v Madridu pri  Merche Esmeraldi in drugih. Po vrnitvi v Slovenijo je ustanovila Plesno kulturno društvo Flamenko, ki je osrednja organizacija za razvoj, promocijo in izobraževanje flamenka.

Kot plesalka, koreografinja in plesna pedagoginja povezuje flamenko s sodobnimi uprizoritvenimi praksami in išče nove avtorske pristope, v katerih povezuje flamenko s sodobnim plesom, gledališčem in glasbo.  Je avtorica številnih plesnih predstav, s poudarkom na  interdisciplinarnem pristopu k flamenku. Izpostaviti velja predstave Anatomija srečanja; Sylvia, Carmen, Maria, ki je bila premierno uprizorjena novembra 2013 v gledališču Glej, Cabello 22,11  (v sodelovanju z Rosano Hribar in Robertom Jukičem) marca 2014 v Cankarjevem domu, Sinkopa v maja 2016 v Plesnem teatru Ljubljana.

Njena zadnja predstava Firebird je bila premierno izvedena feburarja 2018 na mednarodnem festivalu BiFlamenko v Cankarjevem domu, na katerega s eje uvrstila kot prva in edina domača avtorica in izvajalka, ob boku največjim imenom sodobnosti flamenko žanra.

Sodeluje tako s tujimi kot s slovenskimi glasbeniki kot tudi s plesalci in koreografi (, obenem pa kot performerka in koreografinja sodeluje z novomeškim  Anton Podbevšek Teatrom in režiserjem Matjažem Bergerjem (Marina Abramović ali kako sem izgubil pot do Antigone, Tako je govoril Zaratustra, Čas je otrok, ki se s kamenčki igra, …).

Avtorica prve slovenske flamenko plesne predstave Metafora, premierno uprizorjene v PG Kranj marca 2009. Sodeluje v flamenko zasedbi Davida Savćića, pa tudi  Vita Marenčeta, s katero v formatu »plesnega koncerta« nastopajo na številnih festivalih doma in v tujini.

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