Mala Kline

Mala Kline (1977) graduated from Philosophy and Comparative Literature (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (SLO).

"Since 1995 on I have been professionally working as a dancer (En-Knap, Ultima Vez), performer, choreographer and director in variety of performance art projects. I create my own work based in and collaborate with other artist in projects with shared authorship. My most widely acclaimed works are Campo de' Fiori, Debut, The End and recently premiered Bliss. From year 2001 on I was extensively engaged in different founding, research and educational activities. I collaborated with En-Knap’s Dance Laboratory.

I co-founded and a co-programmed Agon – educational and research program for dance and I co-directed Cimet – project for mobility of young dancers in Central Europe. I co-founded Emanat - institute for the affirmation and development of dance art, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I also cofounded and was editor of Transitions, which publishes books on dance, as related to other arts and  theatre practices. In 2005 I received awards Zlata ptica, and Povodni moz.

Currently I am in the 3rd year of Doctoral studies at the Department of Philosophy, direction Social Philosophy (Ljubljana). Since 2009 I am studying in The School of Images with dr. Catherine Sheinberg (New York). From September 2010 I enrolled in a Masters of Theatre program at DasArts (Amsterdam)."