In a time of student and pupil blockades, the author re-examines the position of their parents from the aspect of bodily exhaustion. A leap into the unknown for all of them represents a call to stand still (or to stop). Why does this call appear to be inevitably unachievable for parents? What kind of security arises from physical activity, as opposed to stillness?
ROOM 1: CHILDREN
The children have stopped.
In a space that evades the logic of continuous movement, their decision to stop becomes a movement of resistance. In that space, standing is not passivity, but a conscious taking of a position. The call for a general strike addressed to parents remains unanswered. A gaze at one’s own feet in the mirror is the posing of a question: is to stand still the same as to vanish? The photographs are an archive of that attempt at halting — an intention to capture, freeze, and re-examine the movement through an image.
ROOM 2: PARENTS
The parents have not stopped.
Guided by an internal imperative of movement, they reflect the basic paradox of labor: the impossibility of stopping within a system that rests on constant production and activity. Flour, as the material from which rolls (kiflice) are made, carries a gesture of support, but also of “tamed, safe” rebellion. Movement takes on the qualities of flour — a rolling pin is sharp, or quiet, or soft. After the performance, an audio-visual trace remains, witnessing the impossibility of a real break— a movement that exhausts itself but never ceases.
Isidora Stanišić is a contemporary dancer and choreographer, dance educator, and advocate for the development of contemporary dance. She is one of the central figures on the contemporary dance scene in Serbia, with a career marked by contributions through performance, creation, and pedagogy. Her work is closely linked to the “Lujo Davičo” Ballet School, Bitef Dance Company, and Stanica — Service for Contemporary Dance, of which she is a co-founder. She is known as a significant author, a critical voice, and an active advocate shaping the discourse on the status and future of contemporary dance in Serbia.
MOVEMENT WORKSHOP: ON MOTION
18 April 2026, 1100-1600hrs
The workshop is an integral part of the performance/installation titled “To Stop. Or Not.”, which explores the relationship between parents and their children regarding the cessation of movement at the moment when stillness becomes a “movement” of resistance. Different dynamics and qualities of motion will be accentuated by pauses within them. The exploration will be based on guided improvisation, and thus requires no prior dance experience from the participants. We will search for an organic sequence of movement with focused attention alongside conscious stillness.
TALK: RESILIENT BODY
21 April 2026, 1900hrs
What does stillness mean in a world that demands constant action? How, on the other hand, is the resilience of a body that refuses to be passive measured? A body that walks, rides a bicycle, stands in the street, is being struck, bound in prison? How long does a single moment of physical limit last? What are these spaces of freedom that we conquer with our own breath and effort? Where does physical exhaustion end, and the strength of a collective goal begin?
Participants:
Isidora Stanišić, dancer and choreographer
Zlata Lazarević, psychologist
Igor Koruga, choreographer
Talk moderator:
Dimitrije Kokanov, dramaturge and playwright
U vremenu studentskih i učeničkih blokada, autorka preispituje poziciju njihovih roditelja sa aspekta telesnog iscrpljivanja. Skok u neizvesnost za sve njih, predstavlja poziv da stanu. Zašto se taj poziv za roditelje ispostavlja kao neupitno neostvariv? Koja vrsta sigurnosti proizilazi iz telesne aktivnosti, za razliku od mirovanja?
SOBA 1: DECA
Deca su stala.
U prostoru koji izmiče logici neprekidnog kretanja, njihova odluka da stanu postaje pokret otpora. U tom prostoru, stajanje nije pasivnost, već svesno zauzimanje pozicije. Poziv na generalni štrajk upućen roditeljima, ostaje bez odziva. Pogled na sopstvena stopala u ogledalu je i postavljanje pitanja: da li je stati, isto što i nestati? Fotografije su arhiv tog pokušaja zaustavljanja — namera da se slikom uhvati, zamrzne i preispita pokret.
SOBA 2: RODITELJI
Roditelji nisu stali.
Vođeni unutrašnjim imperativom kretanja, oni reflektuju osnovni paradoks rada: nemogućnost zaustavljanja unutar sistema koji počiva na stalnoj proizvodnji i aktivnosti. Brašno, kao materijal od kojeg nastaju kiflice, nosi gest podrške, ali i „pripitomljene, bezbedne” pobune. Kretnja dobija kvalitete brašna – izvođačica je oštra, ili meka. Nakon performansa ostaje audio-vizuelni trag koji svedoči o nemogućnosti stvarnog prekida — o pokretu koji se iscrpljuje, ali ne prestaje.
Isidora Stanišić je savremena plesačica i koreografkinja, plesni pedagog i zagovaračica razvoja savremenog plesa. Predstavlja jednu od centralnih figura na sceni savremenog plesa u Srbiji, sa karijerom obeleženom doprinosima kroz izvođaštvo, kreaciju i pedagogiju. Njen rad je usko povezan sa Baletskom školom „Lujo Davičo“, Bitef Dens Kompanijom i Stanicom – servisom za savremeni ples, čiji je jedan od osnivača. Poznata je kao značajna autorka, kritički glas i aktivna zagovornica koja oblikuje diskurs o statusu i budućnosti savremenog plesa u Srbiji.
RADIONICA POKRETA: O KRETANJU
18. april 2026, 11.00-16.00h
Radionica je sastavni deo performans/instalacije pod nazivom „Stati ili (ne)stati“, koja tematizuje odnos roditelja i njihove dece prema prekidu kretanja u trenutku kada mirovanje postaje „pokret“ otpora. Različite dinamike i kvaliteti kretanja biće akcentovani pauzama u istom. Istraživanje će biti bazirano na vođenoj improvizaciji, te od učesnika ne zahteva prethodno plesno iskustvo. Organski niz kretanja sa usmerenom pažnjom uz svesno mirovanje, je ono za čime ćemo tragati.
RAZGOVOR: IZDRŽLJIVO TELO
21. april 2026, 19.00h
Šta znači nepomičnost u svetu koji zahteva neprestanu akciju? Kako se, sa druge strane, meri izdržljivost tela koje odbija da bude pasivno? Tela koje hoda, vozi bicikl, stoji na ulici, biva udarano, vezano u zatvoru? Koliko dugo traje jedan trenutak fizičkog limita? Koji su to prostori slobode koje osvajamo sopstvenim dahom i naporom? Gde prestaje fizički zamor, a počinje snaga zajedničkog cilja?
Učesnici:
Isidora Stanišić, plesačica i koreografkinja
Zlata Lazarević, psihološkinja
Igor Koruga, koreograf
Razgovor vodi:
Dimitrije Kokanov, dramaturg