Slovenian Mountain Trail (Slovenska transverzala)

About the performance:

Slovenian Mountain Trail is a performance about mountains. About all the peaks connected by this nationwide hiking trail. About the people who climb them, about pride, about the beauty and dangers up there, and, of course, about Rok, who has been drawn to the heights since childhood. Just like his father. After all, blood runs deep.

Rok and his father often put this theory to the test in the mountains, strengthening both body and spirit. But at such altitudes, the unpredictable can happen. Oxygen is scarce, and the brain works differently. Nature is relentless. The weather is fickle, and extreme conditions can arise in an instant. That’s when inhibitions fade. Masks fall. And nothing is as it seems.

About the author:

Rok Kravanja is a graduate actor and performer, active in both institutional and independent performing arts scenes. In 2019, together with Ajda Tomazin, he founded the Odprti predali Institute, under which a series of participatory performances featuring representatives of the older generation was created. Slovenian Mountain Trail was created to mark the 10th anniversary of his professional stage career.

Concept, text and performance: Rok Kravanja

Performance dramaturgy: Katarina Stegnar, Gregor Zorc

Light design: Špela Škulj

Production: Via Negativa, Moment

Co-production: Zavod Odprti predali Kranj

Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, City of Ljubljana, City of Maribor

The project was conceived at the VN Lab, the Via Negativa laboratory for performance art and the performance arts research platform PARL 2023.