Fabla Collective - Aerowaves

Do Birds Dream of Flying?

Slovenia The Twenty26

Do Birds Dream of Flying? is a performance in which two artists explore themes of balance, freedom, and limitation through movement and an originally designed set piece. A rotating and swinging ladder opens up an aerial space usually inaccessible to the human body. Their interaction with the ladder, which demands precision, coordination, and a keen sense of balance, creates a poetic dialogue between risk and responsibility, while reflecting on how to navigate curiosity and care for the world around us.

Biography

Fabla Collective is a performance art collective led by artists Inan Sven Du Swami and Mojca Špik. Their work blends circus, dance and physical theatre, exploring how movement can emerge from the interaction between body and object. In recent years, their artistic research has focused on creating kinetic and dynamic set pieces that challenge them to discover movements that were previously impossible.

They try to approach limits as opportunities to move differently. In their work, bodies and objects influence one another, revealing a dialogue between movement and mechanism, choreography and engineering, poetry and structure.

In 2025, their touring performance Do Birds Dream of Flying? received international recognition, winning multiple awards at the Teatri Riflessi festival, including Best Performance from both the Final Jury and the Audience, the Valentina Nicosia Award, and a Special Mention from the participating companies.