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#39 Residency in Croatia

At first it is very important to me to mention how great of a chance this is to be able to exchange such big experiences, knowledge and personalities through this residency program. I am absolutely content with my decision to take part in it and also tremendously grateful to have a chance to be accepted and go through such amazing days that we are having. 

The group is very well-collected, the personalities are so diverse, while so precious, warm and so very kind and attentive towards each other. 

I liked it very much that we had a great amount of time sitting down calmly, getting to know each other and slowly unfolding our thoughts and ideas towards the creation processes. It was very helpful to start out the work this way, as it made me relax with my thoughts and entirely devote myself to the process of  planning and polishing my ideas around the performance. We all are excited to make it work really nicely and give in the best of ourselves. This definitely shows and I believe that there is no other way, rather than for it to work out just fine. 

Good luck to my new friend whom I treasure a lot already and big thank you to the very head of the team, dearest Mr. Žak, also a great friend and a mentor, a precious person himself. 

Thanks again to all of you and to the city and the sea of Rijeka!

By Natia Bunturi 


Najprije mi je jako važno spomenuti koliko je ovo velika šansa razmjenjivati tako velika iskustva, znanja i osobnosti kroz ovaj rezidencijalni program. Apsolutno sam zadovoljan svojom odlukom da sudjelujem u tome i također sam silno zahvalan što imam priliku biti prihvaćen i proći kroz tako nevjerojatne dane koje imamo.

Grupa je vrlo dobro okupljena, osobnosti su tako različite, a tako dragocjene, tople i tako vrlo ljubazne i pažljive jedna prema drugoj.

Jako mi se svidjelo što smo imali puno vremena mirno sjediti, upoznavati se i polako razvijati svoje misli i ideje prema procesima stvaranja. Bilo mi je od velike pomoći započeti posao na ovaj način jer sam se opustio s mislima i potpuno posvetio procesu planiranja i brušenja svojih ideja oko izvedbe. Svi smo uzbuđeni da to učinimo da stvarno dobro funkcionira i da damo najbolje od sebe. To se definitivno vidi i vjerujem da ne postoji drugi način nego da sve dobro funkcionira.

Sretno mom novom prijatelju kojeg već jako cijenim i veliko hvala samom šefu tima, najdražem gospodinu Žaku, također velikom prijatelju i mentoru, i sam dragocjenoj osobi.

Još jednom hvala svima vama i gradu i moru Rijeci!

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