TranziT - European Festival of Contemporary Theatre Practices

TranziT aims to promote both European and Croatian independent performing artists and their organisations. The festival’s program features works that resonate with contemporary audiences and reflect the current social and technological context. Over several months, the festival will focus on presenting works characterised by strong authorship, high-quality artistic expression, and relevant content. It will present smaller, experimental formats of events that can take place in both theatrical and non-theatrical spaces, engaging and involving audiences in the creative process. The goal is to cultivate the festival as a space for exchange, transformation, and the breaking down of conventional forms, boundaries, and both personal and collective obstacles.

Artists and organisations may apply in one of two categories:

• Presentation of an Artistic Work: This includes a performance, a talk with the audience following the performance, and a shorter workshop for the audience conducted the day before the performance (1-2 days).
• Research Lab: This consists of 1-2 guest artists interested in sharing their working methods with local artists and audiences, exploring a topic of their choice, and fostering potential collaboration and future work in Rijeka (2-3 days).

The festival cover the following costs for the participants:

• artistic fees
• travel expenses (including accommodation and transportation).

The TranziT#6 festival program is financially supported by Kultura nova Foundation, City of Rijeka, The Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and Primorsko-goranska županija

The idea of the festival is the result of a collective process and thinking about how to create and collaborate. It was born as part of KRILA’s collaboration with the collectives ACTS (Oslo), MOVEO (Barcelona), Platform 88 (Montpellier), Poulpe Electrique (Arcueil), ToTum TeaTre (Barcelona), and Workinglifebalance Ltd (Graz) as part of the incubation project MAKE A MOVE, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program (2018-2020). The pilot edition of the TranziT festival took place in 2020 as part of the official Rijeka 2020 program. So far, TranziT has presented the works of the following artists and organisations: Christina Lederhaas and Johannes Schrettle – Workinglifebalance, Graz, Austria; James Riordan – Brú Theater, Galway, Ireland; Julianna Bloodgood (USA/Poland); Oscar Valsecchi and Sanna Toivaninen – ToTum TeaTre, Barcelona, Spain; Rodrigo Pardo – Oximoron, Marseille, France; Marin Lemić – ON /A, Zagreb; Mihanović, Müller, Šimičić, Šovagović group of authors – Multimedia Hut, Zagreb; Saša Božić – De Facto, Zagreb, Sanja and Till Frühwald – VRUM, Varaždin; Žak Valenta and Ivana Peranić – KRILA, Rijeka; Eva Hofer – Theater im Bahnhof, Graz, Austrija, Guillaume Pige and Claudia Marciano – Theatre Re, London, Great Britain; Sellena Beram (Croatia), Natia Bunturi (Gruzia), Jasna Čižmek Tarbuk (Croatia), Iakob Gogotishvili (Gruzia), Nino Khositashvili Xosilita (Gruzia), Aleksandra Konieczna (Poland), Nataša Pavlov (Croatia), Nyko Piscopo (Italy), Giulia Roversi (Italy), Claudia Verdat (Italy), Justyna Irena Warelis (Poland), Kamil Wawrzuta (Poland) – public presentations of the creative residency inside of the EU project Dancing Together, Again!, TRAFIK, Rijeka; Jura Ruža – Gllugl Teatar, Varaždin, Maria Gil – Teatro do Silencio, Lisabon, Portugal; Senka Bulić and Beti Lučić, Kazalište Hotel Bulić, Zagreb; Laura Arís Álvarez – Zagreb Dance Ansambl, Zagreb; Francesco Biasi (AlphaZTL, Italija), Jasna Žmak (Hrvatska), Mala Kline (Slovenija), Luna i Nika Lilek (Hrvatska), Irena Tomažin (Slovenija) i Jule Frierl (Njemačka), Claire Huber (Belgija), and through the selection of our parnter Barcelona Dance Film Festivala – Choreoscope – Ying Jin Yu, Jacob Lee, Anna Bogomolova, Rodrigo Pardo, Tanin Torabi, Madli Lääne, Mey Montero, Lucía García.

These projects vary significantly in content and form, but they all share a common focus on the body, movement, and physical action as primary means of expression. This includes physical and dance theater performances staged in venues such as theaters, galleries, specific locations, and public spaces. Additionally, there are multimedia performances and participatory works designed to foster a dynamic environment for creativity and dialogue between professionals and non-professionals. These interactions can take place through organised audiences, focus groups, or even random passers-by.