slavna devotes a great amount of energy to details, she lovingly refers to it as 'decor terror'. whether her designs are highly stylized or camp, factual or trash, her efforts are to galvanize the projection of the intimate space of the performer within the depth of the stage. she hybrids a strange mix of an untypical mélange of antique silks, hand embroidery, discarded objects, plastics, and her grandmother's unending wardrobe...all gloriously crafted, painted and produced by hand. apart from her obsessions with materiality, color, and space, she is never at the loss of the meaning of dress as an extension of the character's performance of identity, gender, and other social and sequential specificities resonating the tale told. recently, slavna also co-collaborated on stage design with the director saar magal 'obsessions' at the burg theater in vienna and 'love me more' at the schauspielkoeln. slavna's latest designs are for bizet's carmen directed and choreographed by constanza macras conducted by maxime pascal at theater basel in switzerland.
carmen
theater basel, switzerland
direction and choreography: constanza macras
conductor; maxime pascal
set design: simon lesemann
costumes: slavna martinovic
love me more
schauspielkoeln, cologne, germany 2022
direction, concept and choreography: saar magal (choreography in cooperation with the ensemble)
set design: saar magal and slavna martinovic
costumes: slavna martinovic
dramaturgy: lea göbel
lighting: jürgen kapitein
music : julian stetter
video design: julian pache
video art direction (uncredited) : Slavna Martinovic
ten odd emotions
schauspielfrankfurt, frankfurt, germany 2023
direction, concept and choreography: saar magal (choreography in cooperation with the ensemble)
in coproduction with dresden frankfurt dance company
set design: magda gut
costumes: slavna martinovic
dramaturgy: alexander leiffheidt
lighting: frank kraus
music : omer klein
video design: natan berkowitz,macin kosakowski
hair and make uo art direction (uncredited) : slavna martinovic
mid summer night's dream
william shakespeare
bitef dance company, serbia, 2018
choreography: isidora stanisic
costume design: slavna martinovic
music: daria janosevic
lights and video art: dragan balaban
visual concept : maicej kuzminski
photography: nenad sugic
romeo and julia
choreography : guy weizman & roni haver
composer: hector berlioz
oldengurgische steedstheater, germany 2013
konzert theater bern, switzerland 2015
conductor: jesko sirvend
baritone: andreas daum
tenor: andries cloete,
mezzosopranist: sophie rennert
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter
(ob)sessions
burg theater, vienna austria 2021
direction and choreography: saar magal
set design: saar magal and slavna martinovic
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: norbert
photography: karolina miernik
the demons
volkstheater munich, 2018
fyodor dostoyevsky
direction: felix hafner
set design: stefanie grau
costume design: slavna martinovic
composer: clemens wenger
choreography: dunja jocic
photography: gabriela neeb
the protagonist
theater aan het spui, den haag holland 2019
choreography and direction: dunja jocic
composer: harry de witt
text:barbi markovic
light design pavla beranová
costume design: slavna martinovic
photography: jelena jankovic
l' histoire du soldat
ballet moskva, moscow, russia 2015
bitef dance company, belgrade, serbia2016
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
composer: igor stravinsky
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: jelena jankovic
naked lunch
théâtre national de chaillot, paris, france 2016
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
text: oscar van woensel
composer: yannis kyriakides
musicians: slagwerk den haag, singers: vocaallab
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: milica kolaric & andreas etter
my private odysey
stadttsheater mainz, germany 2014
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
composer: david dramm & tomoko mukayiama
musicians: anne leberge, monica germino
tomoko mukaiyama
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter
60 years
schauspiel köln, germany 2009
direction: guy weizman
choreography: roni haver
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: brachwitz
mama i'm coming home
göteborg opera house, sweeden 2012
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver composer: david dramm
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: urban joren
happiness
stadtsschouwburg amsterdam, holland 2016
club guy and roni
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
composer: frank wienk, niels broos,with
slagwerk den haag
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter
four
stadtstheater mainz, germany 2015
choreographed by guy weizman & roni haver
music by novile maceinaite und darien brito
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter
airways
oldenburgisches staatsteater, germany 2011
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
composer: arvo pärt
conductor: guido johannes rumstadt
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter
macbeth
william shakespeare
bief theater belgrade, serbia 2017
choreography milosh isailovic
composer: drasko adzic
set design: jasmina holbus
costume design: slavna martinovic
photography: slavica dolosevic
hk quintette
choreography: norbert servos / jorge morro
dock 11, berlin 2016
set design: jan freese
costume design: slavna martinovic
music: max richter u.a.
sounddesign: michael kessler
light design: asier aolana
small places
stadttsheater mainz, germany 2018
choreography: guy weizman & roni haver
composer: elad cohen bonen
set design: ascon de nijs
costume design: slavna martinovic
light design: will frikken
photography: andreas etter