Ajda Tomazin, a choreographer and designer, graduated from the SVŠGL High School of Contemporary Dance in 2005 and received her bachelor’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana in 2011, studying under Tanja Pak, M.A., and Milan Erič, M.A. In 2010, she spent a year studying film and television editing at AGRFT, but the following year she was drawn back to the performing arts and therefore went on to study at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies at the University of Giessen in Germany, where she completed her master’s degree in Choreography and Performance under Prof. Dr. Bojana Kunst in 2014. During and after her academic studies, she participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions with her works (photography, video, ceramics, and unique design). As a costume and/or set designer, she has collaborated with numerous artists in the performing arts (Maja Delak, Magdalena Reiter, Matevž Dobaj, the M O N S T R A collective, etc.). She is the recipient of the 2019 Ksenja Hribar Award for set design in the field of contemporary dance.

As a choreographer, she worked for several years at Schauspiel Frankfurt and taught dance at KD Qulenium, Studio Dansa, JSKD seminars, Schauspiel Frankfurt, and elsewhere. During her master’s studies, she launched the long-term project Imagination of Expectations, which resulted in a trilogy: the visual installations Net and Work (2012), the dance performance String Theory (2014), and the research-based performance Audition for Producers (2015–…). Since 2014, she has focused her artistic practice on two target groups: dance performances for children and young people (From a Drop to the Ocean, Čigumitvist, Iceberg _ the giant,…) and artistic andragogical processes with representatives of the senior generation, through a series of projects exploring social choreography in the senior generation (Flock of Experienced Birds, Flock of Experienced Flyers,…).

Her specificity lies in the fact that she develops comprehensive concepts for projects that encompass choreography and design (visual design, set design, costumes), thereby creating a unique language and methodology for the creative process. These qualities are reflected in her original productions, the quality of which is increasingly recognized by the broader international professional community. This is confirmed by guest performances and awards. In 2019, the Odprti predali Institute, an institute for contemporary interdisciplinary processes, was established in Kranj.