Zuhause INVITES: Burja Podlesnik - 4 April 2026

Four times a year, Zuhause invites makers from outside the house to present new work. Not established names, but work in the now: ideas in motion that are eager to meet an audience. For us, it’s a way to discover new voices; for makers, it’s a chance to test and develop their work in front of a live audience.

Zuhause INVITES: Burja Podlesnik

For the very first edition of Zuhause INVITES, we welcome Burja Podlesnik, a young maker who recently graduated from ArtEZ. During this edition she premieres her latest work, Two Men in Underwear.

“Two Men in Underwear” is a gentle wrestling match that explores the tension between our inherent need for vulnerability and the barriers that protect us from it. On the stage transformed into a quiet arena, the performers pass through subtle lifts, falls and deconstructed movement patterns, where flying limbs rearrange their intertwined bodies – like a moving pile of flesh eager for collision. In their desire to taste vulnerability, they seek refuge in a departure from the societal view, where strength is often associated with physical endurance and emotional restraint. Their transformative relationship revolves around the fine line between pain and pleasure, love and hate, where the measure of courage will be the one to draw it.

Collaborators

• Concept, choreography: Burja Podlesnik
• Co-created: Oscar Magnusson, Koen Kaya Eye
• Performed by: Oscar Magnusson, Koen Kaya Eye/Ivan Tocchetti
• Dramaturgy: Maša Radi Buh
• Mentorship: Danielle Dietz
• Light design: Veronika Hana Grubič
• Graphic design: Špela Šivic
• Executive production: Tamara Pepelnik

Two Men in Underwear is supported by:

• Production: Emanat, Institute for Development and Affirmation of Dance and Contemporary Art
• Co-production: Cankarjev dom
• Co-production residencies: NEFCD New Education for Contemporary Dance, Performing Arts STUDIO, Härnösands folkhögskola, Zuhause Arnhem, Festival Velenje
• Financial support: Ministry of Culture RS, City of Ljubljana

Workshop by Burja on sunday 5th april

The workshops will focus on Two Men in Underwear’s repertoire and the developed principles from the work – the movement language originating from Burja's ongoing research Yielding Structures and rougher movement qualities inspired by elements from wrestling.