Matija Ferlin: Sleep My Baby Sleep *premiere*

SLEEP MY BABY SLEEP
dance performance based on the play by Jon Fosse
28. & 29.11.2025, 20h 
In November, the Mediterranean Dance Center will host the premiere of Matija Ferlin’s new dance performance Sleep My Baby Sleep, developed throughout 2025 in a series of residency blocks in collaboration with performers Petra Chelfi, Martina Tomić, Ivana Pavlović and Petra Valentić. Their connection and experience shape the performative framework within which Ferlin continues to refine his distinctive artistic language, carefully building relations between movement, text and sound.
ABOUT THE PIECE
Sleep My Baby Sleep is a dance performance based on the play by Jon Fosse, directed and choreographed by Matija Ferlin in collaboration with performers Petra Chelfi, Martina Tomić, Ivana Pavlović and Petra Valentić. The work explores an unstable performative space that constantly collapses and re-establishes itself. Through fragmented gestures and micro-actions, the performers do not embody characters but become affective carriers of the atmosphere — bodies oriented toward perception, constantly reading invisible tensions between movement, text and space.
In collaboration with composer Luka Prinčič, Fosse’s text is deconstructed into a layered sound score, creating an auditory dramaturgy that intertwines body, voice and sound into a dreamlike performative structure. Produced by Katana and Tras, the project marks the beginning of a long-term artistic partnership and lays the foundation for new choreographic research and models of non-institutional creation. The Zagreb premiere is planned for early December at the Zagreb Dance Center.
CAST & CREDITS
Choreography & direction: Matija Ferlin
Performed by: Petra Chelfi, Martina Tomić, Ivana Pavlović, Petra Valentić
Light design: Anton Modrušan
Sound design: Luka Prinčič
Costume design: Desanka Janković and Matija Ferlin
Costumes: Maska
Photography: Jelena Janković
Graphic design: Tina Ivezić - Oaza
Video & trailer: Lovro Mrđen and Vid Begić
Marketing & PR: Ana Suntešić and Ivana Sansević
Translation: Dubravko Torjanac
Production: Katana & Tras
In collaboration with: Mediterranean Dance Center San Vincenti, Zagreb Dance Center
Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb 
TICKETS
Premiere: Nov 28, 2025 – by invitation only
Repeat performance: Nov 29, 2025 – buy tickets via LINK
Group bookings: rezervacije@mediteranskiplesnicentar.hr
