After more than a decade of leading regular weekly dance training sessions of Composition of Differences, Dejan Srhoj is opening a new year-long group. The training sessions will take place every Tuesday from 18:00 to 20:30 in the Great Hall of the Tabor Student Residence (Kotnikova ulica 4, Ljubljana).

Who are the training sessions for?
The sessions are intended for everyone – regardless of prior dance experience – who wishes to explore movement, body, touch, breath, relationship to space, playing with time, differences, possibilities of reflection, being alone, being with and next to another, and much more through dance.

Through contemporary dance improvisation and tools for solo dance, duet, and group dance, we will explore the possibilities of our own movement expression within the group. We will ask ourselves: 

• How to coexist with and next to another, whilst at the same time preserving one's own expression?

• What kind of compositions do we create or spontaneously emerge when we speak the same language, but each in a slightly different way?

How does a training session work?

1. Warm-up: Through breathing exercises, we first raise awareness of our own body, thoughts, and emotions, and then warm up through various movement exercises to prepare for guided improvisation tasks (scores).

2. Exploration and improvisation: The training is defined by continuous research and a space that allows for unpredictability. In this sense, the sessions draw on the tradition of contemporary dance, which is based on the research of choreographers from the 1960s within the Judson Dance Theatre. This tradition, among other things, stems from the belief that anyone can be a dancer and that any movement can be dance. A key part of the process will be working with choreographic scores. These offer a framework of exploration within which surprises, mistakes, and above all, the emergence of new knowledge that cannot be predicted in advance, are possible.

3. Discussion and reflection: A key part of the training is also the articulation and discussion of the experience, where everyone has the opportunity to ask a question, suggest something new, or share their own experience.
Dejan understands Composition of Differences as building a temporary community and a space for the continuous development of two languages – dance and verbal – that establish this community.

Training dates
The sessions are divided into three trimesters (each comprising 12 training sessions):
I. trimester: 22 Sep. – 15 Dec. (except 27 Oct.)
II. trimester: 22 Dec. – 23 Mar. (except 29 Dec. and 23 Feb.)
III. trimester: 30 Mar. – 22 Jun. (except 27 Apr.)

Price and trial session
Price for one trimester (12 training sessions): EUR 250

First session: Attending an individual trial session is free of charge until the end of this year for anyone who would like to get to know the work and the group.

Practical information and registration
Registration: Registration for the training sessions is mandatory via email to: dejan_srhoj@yahoo.com

What you need: Comfortable clothes and a desire to explore. We dance barefoot.

About the mentor
Dejan Srhoj is a dancer, choreographer, and educator living in Ljubljana. He creates his own performances, participates as a dancer in projects by other creators, and leads workshops throughout Europe. He is a co-founder of the Nomad Dance Academy network, CoFestival (international contemporary dance festival in Ljubljana), and a co-founder of Fičo Balet. In 2026, Dejan co-created the dance performance Imagine! and taught in Stockholm, Bucharest, Ljubljana, and Vienna. 

More about Dejan: www.koreografski.info/dejan-srhoj

The training sessions take place under the auspices of the Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia organisation www.nda.si