ABSTRACT
Mladi Levi, an annual international festival organised by Ljubljana-based promoter Bunker, works to bring together artists, audience members and promoters in order to facilitate an annual celebration of experimental theatre and dance. The promoters attempt to forge a culture of dialogue and exchange by housing artists in budget accommodation and funding an extended stay in the city. In her introduction to the festival, artistic director Nevenka Koprivsˇek writes,
As we arrange the program, we try to avoid a single theme for fear of conforming to a mould. Yet in the blessed moment when all the performances come together in some sort of logical rhythm, all of a sudden we feel that we want to be driven by a hope. An invisible thread, a thought, a curiosity and a desire for new experience. . . . We hope that we might catch a glimpse of ourselves in the reflection of someone who sees differently, if only for a short moment.1
