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WHY
ME
Multimedia theatrical dance performance
"My friend's story, the story of many women and men with this disease... is a story that I also dance for their families and is a tribute to Tadeja Polanšček.
Definitely one of the most difficult choreographic tasks for me"
Katja Vidmar
We received: Girls from the Croatian Youth Forum with MS, who shared their feelings after performing the play Why Me at the Lisinski Hall in Zagreb as part of the events of the National Multiple Sclerosis Day
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your words, which convey a message that we, the creators, also feel. We hope that we will be able to bring this incredible story to stages around the world in the future.
Shows
Zašto ja - KarlovacSat 18 AprZorin dom, Karlovac
Zakaj jaz - ŠkocjanSat 28 MarKulturni center Škocjan
Zakaj jaz - Ljubljana - zakupljena predstavaFri 13 FebLjudski dom
Zašto ja - ZagrebFri 19 SeptKoncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski
Zakaj jaz - PtujSat 05 AprMestno gledališče Ptuj
Zakaj jaz - PostojnaSat 08 MarKulturni dom Postojna
Zakaj jaz - LjubljanaFri 14 FebŠpanski borci Ljubljana
Zakaj jaz - LjubljanaThu 12 DecSrednja zdravstvena šola Ljubljana
Zakaj jaz - DolskoSat 30 NovKulturni dom Dolsko
Zakaj jaz - GrosupljeSat 12 OctKulturni dom Grosuplje
Zakaj jaz - OrmožSat 07 SeptDom kulture Ormož
Zakaj jaz - CeljeSat 08 JunNarodni dom Celje
Zakaj jaz - LjubljanaFri 31 MayŠpanski borci - Ljubljana
Zakaj jaz - premierna uprizoritev - Murska SobotaSat 25 MayGledališče Park - Murska Sobota
Zakaj jaz - predstavitev Work in progress - LjubljanaFri 16 FebLjudski dom
What they said about Tadeja
Radio talk show
May is World Multiple Sclerosis Day. The purpose of the multimedia dance theater performance Why Me? Tadeja Polanšček is a physiotherapist, dancer and multiple sclerosis patient, wife and mother, also a physiotherapist. Katja Vidmar danced (her) life with this disease in a multimedia show with dancers. The performance with a charitable note helps people with multiple sclerosis in the venue. Renata Žohar, president of the Let's Know Multiple Sclerosis Association, was also an interviewee in the show.
The show on Radio Ognjišče is hosted by Mrs. Nataša Ličen
Today, May 13th at 2:05 PM, we were able to listen to the radio talk show Oder with Katja Vidmar and Albert Podrekar on Radio Ars on the topic of the creation and life of the theatrical dance performance Why me.
Thanks to journalist Ana Rozman for the invitation and pleasant conversation.
Today, May 13th at 2:05 PM, we were able to listen to the radio talk show Oder with Katja Vidmar and Albert Podrekar on Radio Ars on the topic of the creation and life of the theatrical dance performance Why me.
Thanks to journalist Ana Rozman for the invitation and pleasant conversation.
Letters of appreciation
On September 19, 2025, we took our show to foreign stages for the first time. We performed in the small hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb and received a standing ovation from a practically sold-out hall. You can read the organizer's recommendation at the link below:
On September 19, 2025, we took our show to foreign stages for the first time. We performed in the small hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb and received a standing ovation from a practically sold-out hall. You can read the organizer's recommendation at the link below:
On September 19, 2025, we took our show to foreign stages for the first time. We performed in the small hall of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb and received a standing ovation from a practically sold-out hall. You can read the organizer's recommendation at the link below:
About the show
The theater - dance multimedia performance Why Me is a performance that touches on multiple sclerosis through excerpts from life through the eyes of Tadeja Polanšček, who is fighting this disease. In the foreground is the figure of a woman who is a mother, daughter, friend, wife, but at the same time a prisoner of the disease. Her desire for a "normal" life is extraordinary, she wants to live for her two children, for her husband, and above all for HERSELF!
She hates the disease and at the same time accepts it as a fact. Sometimes she feels trapped and would like to scream out all her pain, anger and helplessness into space, into the air, anywhere... She understands that the disease is a part of her, her body, that it is entangled in all the bonds of her life, but with her defiance and courage she tries drive away everything associated with it.
"You will be my waltz,
my ballet plie
my choreography
and my play.'
(Katja Vidmar, excerpt from the play Why Me)
The topic that spoke to me this time is the story of my friend, the story of many women and men with this disease... it is a story that I also dance for their families and is a tribute to Tadeja. Exploring the feelings of not being able to use legs and/or arms has been one of the most difficult choreographic tasks for me so far, and the creation of the performance therefore has a great emotional charge. Articles, conversations about multiple sclerosis and awareness of how vulnerable we are are the reasons why we want to help the Let's Know Multiple Sclerosis association with the performance Why Me with the proceeds from the sold tickets.
How to create motionless movement with a body that can move? How to dance in a duet with someone who is bubbling with life and at the same time someone who is screaming in pain? How to tell a story that only speech can carry/cut into silence because the body is numb? Through dance (and through projection and speech) in her own, different, sensual way, which is hers and mine.
The team
Sara Brčvak
Co-choreographer and dancer
Katja Vidmar
Author, choreographer and dancer
Peter Capuder
Co-choreographer and dancer
Albert Podrekar
Production, video projection, organization and technical producer
Supporters
There are people who stand by us and support us on our creative journey.
They are special, just as our cooperation is special.
That is why we are especially grateful to them!
Vlasta Nussdorfer
Honorary Patron
Tadeja Polanšček
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Lucija Berce
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Sandra Banfi
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Marko Polanšček
Host
Gaja Bitenc
Host
Alen Salihovič
Host
Maja Sever
Host
Mija Bokal
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Dr. Barbara Toplak Perovič
Honorary Patron
Renata Žohar
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Barbara Žitnik
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Aljoša Bagola
Host
Tadeja Anžlovar
Host
Nina Kovačič
Host
Špela Pokeržnik in Tim Ribič
Host
Maja Sever
Host
Maja Sever
Host
Barbra Drnač
Online media sponsor
Renata Žohar
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Mija Bokal
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Mojca Krajnc
Host
Jerca Zajc
Host
Katarina Braniselj
Host
Iva Šantek
Host
Mija Bokal
Our story, voice and source of creative and vital energy
Photo gallery from the shows
Join us in the world of pictures to get a glimps of our performances
Karlovac
Zorin dom
18/04/26, 18:00
Dora Jurinčić
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Škocjan
Kulturni center Škocjan
28/03/26, 20:00
Klemen Bec, BILLBOARD 2.0.
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Zagreb
Koncertna dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski
19/09/25, 20:00
Suzana Arslani
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Ptuj
Mestno gledališče
05/04/25, 20:00
Črtomir Goznik
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Postojna
Kulturni dom
08/03/25, 12:00
Tine Šubic
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Humanitarian cause
Katja Dance Company has in its three fundamental articles of operation that it allocates funds from ticket sales for humanitarian purposes. Thus, the proceeds from ticket sales for this performance are being allocated to the association Spoznajmo multiple sklerozo.
The association is represented by Ms. Renata Žohar, who is also an integral part of the organizational team.
On December 12, 2024, in cooperation with the Ljubljana Secondary School of Health, we dedicated the performance to the children's department of the eye clinic of the University Hospital Ljubljana.
On September 19, 2025, we donated the performance and funds to the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia (SDMSH) in Zagreb.
Vision
The association was founded with the aim of cooperating with experts in the field of multiple sclerosis, raising awareness among the general public about multiple sclerosis and their relatives, and cooperating with other associations and humanitarian organizations.
Why?
There are currently 2,500 people with multiple sclerosis in Slovenia, and almost 9,000 in Croatia. Multiple sclerosis mainly affects people between the ages of 20 and 40, the period of greatest human creativity. The disease affects all areas of human activity and limits motor, cognitive and processing skills.
Purpose
The Let's Know Multiple Sclerosis Society stands for values such as health, compassion, humanity, courage, frankness, democracy, honesty, responsibility, justice and human rights, and within them especially for the rights of patients.
Galery of the photographer
Zoran Norčič
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