Teja Reba
| Teja Reba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Slovenian, French |
| 💼 Occupation | contemporary artist, cultural manager, artistic director |
Teja Reba (born 1978 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian contemporary artist, artistic director and cultural manager. She is considered one of the most prominent figures in Slovenian contemporary dance and feminist cultural politics.[1][2]
Biography
Reba grew up in Paris, where she studied art history. She graduated in French studies and comparative literature. Her interest in performing arts was further developed through research studies in India, Japan, Brazil, the United States and Germany.[3]
By 2010, she had created more than twenty original contemporary dance and performance works, presented both nationally and internationally, collaborating with numerous Slovenian and international choreographers and theatre directors.[4]
Professional career
Association for Contemporary Dance Slovenia
Between 2013 and 2016 she was president of the Association for Contemporary Dance Slovenia, where she led several advocacy initiatives.[5]
Since 2023 she has been director of the Gibanica Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance and co-leading the European project Moving Balkans (2024–2026). Since 2025 she has also been president and executive director of the Association for Contemporary Dance Slovenia.[6]
City of Women
From 2015 to 2021 she was director of City of Women, where she:
- led the International Festival of Contemporary Arts City of Women,
- established feminist cultural education programmes,
- developed a specialised library and archive,
- introduced residency and community programmes, and
- led research and advocacy projects on gender equality in culture.[7]
She designed and co-led several European cooperation projects, including: Performing Gender (2017–2019), Dance Makes Differences (2017–2019), BePart (2019–2022), ActArt (2019), Women on Women (2019–2021), Musica Femina (2018–2021), Power (2020–2023), and Dancing in Your Shoes (2020–2023).[7]
Other activities
- She collaborated with the European Cultural Foundation on the European Pavilion project and was a member of its curatorial team in 2024.[8]
- In 2022, for Center Rog, she led a research team and co-authored the Strategy for Gender Equality and Diversity.[9]
Cultural policy
Reba has been a member or chair of several expert bodies:
- Ministry of Culture of Slovenia:
- member of the board of the Prešeren Fund (2014–2016),
- chair of the Expert Group for NGOs (2019–2020),
- member of the working group for the development strategy in contemporary dance (2023–2024),
- member of the Expert Commission for Performing Arts (2022–2026).
- City Municipality of Ljubljana:
- artistic director of Ljubljana’s bid for the European Capital of Culture 2025 (2020–2021),[10]
- chair of the Expert Commission for Transdisciplinary Programmes in Culture (2023–2027).
Awards
- Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic (2023),[8]
- Ljubljana City Award for City of Women (2022),
- Ksenija Hribar Award (2013 and 2021),
- Princess Margriet Award – European Cultural Foundation (2019),
- EFFE Label for the City of Women Festival (2017/2018 and 2019/2020).
See also
External links
- Association for Contemporary Dance Slovenia
- City of Women
- Teja Reba on Sigledal
- Teja Reba on Koreografski.info
References
- ↑ "Teja Reba: The Train for Contemporary Dance Will Depart Again". Dnevnik. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Interview: Teja Reba". Večer. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Teja Reba – profile". Sigledal. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Teja Reba". Koreografski.info. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Association for Contemporary Dance Slovenia". Sodobni ples. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Gibanica – Biennial of Slovenian Contemporary Dance". Gibanica. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "City of Women". Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Teja Reba awarded the Order of Arts and Letters". French Embassy in Slovenia. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Podcast: Razkošje v glavi – Teja Reba". Prvi RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Ljubljana: European Capital of Culture 2025 bid". MOL. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
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