source: culturenethr
Dancer and choreographer from Pula, Matija Ferlin under the title ‘New choreographer Matija Ferlin nominated by Sasha Waltz – Sasha Waltz’s avant-garde genius’.

The minimalist, existential work of Matija Ferlin began with an unlikely spark of inspiration. The 28-year-old Croatian choreographer was first prompted to get up on his feet by the acrobatic dancing of Italian variety singer Rafaela Carra, whom he watched on local music television as a 6-year-old boy. Born and raised in the southern port city of Pula, Ferlin injects the contemporary dance world with a particularly stoic rhythm. His performances often involve little movement, despite drawing on heart-wrenching life experiences. “My work fits a lot in galleries,” he explains. “Being present and being exhibited, exhibiting the body, those are the themes.”
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source: emanatsi
Matija Ferlin was born in Pula (1982). Graduated at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. Worked and lived in Berlin. After his returning to Pula he focused on researching and rearticulating different concepts of stage performance and other media such as short movies, videos and exhibitions.
He presented and performed his own work across Europe and America at numerous festivals such as Impulstanz in Vienna, Spider Festival in Lyon, Young Lions and Gibanica in Ljubljana, Ex-Yu festival in New York, Rhubarb Festival in Toronto, Contemporary Dance Festival in Bogota, Rencontre Choregraphiquein Paris, Dance and Non-Verbal Theatre Festival San Vincenti, Perforations Festival in Zagreb and others.
He has collaborated with choreographers, directors, visual artists, and dramaturgs such as Ivica Buljan, Martin Butler, Christophe Chemin, Maja Delak, Luc Dunberry, Mauricio Ferlin, Ame Henderson, Aleksandra Janeva, Heinz Peter Knes, Matea Koležnik, Keren Levi, Karsten Liske, Maria Ohman & Claudia de Serpa Soares, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Sasha Waltz, David Zambrano, Jasna Žmak and many others.
New York V Magazine announced him as one of the most promising young choreographers in 2011.
Matija is currently working and living in Pula, Croatia.