Plesni Teater Ljubljana

Plesni Teater Ljubljana (Dance Theatre Ljubljana), also known as PTL, was founded in 1984 by Ksenija Hribar as the first professional contemporary dance company in Slovenia. Most of todays contemporary dance choreographers in Slovenia emerged from or collaborated with PTL. At the end of the nineties PTL opened the doors of the first theatre venue for contemporary dance in the capital and in Slovenia. So far PTL produced over 200 dance and dance-theatre performances by Slovenian and foreign authors who received important award at home and internationally. With first projects it opens the way to future creators, with festival of dance perspectives Ukrep it encourages innovative creativity and development. PTL also enters in international collaborations and co-productions with artists, festivals and theatres. In its theatre venue Plesni Teater Ljubljana presents to the public a wide rabge of selected Slovenian and international contemporary dance creativity.