It is a story about a personal confession. Coming out as queer, as the author of the play, as a physical image that has always seen itself in the image it currently is. Transformation. This is the acceptance of a little boy from the village who only wanted love. It's a manifesto for all his ancestors and people who had no chance of acceptance and were lost in the chaos of love. His story looked at him and was watched by you. Küšni me for the past, for now and forever. Küšni me is his journey, transformation and observation of himself and us.

Leon Marič, born in 1991 in Slovenia, is a dancer, performer and dance pedagogue active in the independent scene. In 2014, he completed his studies in contemporary dance, movement and performance at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. Since 2019, he has taught at the Preschool Education, Grammar and Performing Arts School in Ljubljana and joined the collective The Feminalz – Technoburlesque Image Snatchers in 2020. In May 2024, he created his solo work Küšni me, a love letter to our space's existing and emerging traditions and his own identity.

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To je zgodba o osebni izpovedi. Razkriti se kot kvir, kot avtor predstave, kot fizična podoba, ki se je vedno videla v podobi, kot trenutno je. Transformacija. To je sprejetje malega dečka iz vasi, ki si je želel le ljubezni. To je manifest za vse njegove prednike in ljudi, ki niso imeli možnosti sprejetja in so bili izgubljeni v kaosu ljubezni. Njegova zgodba ga je pogledala, a je opazovana od vas. Küšni me je za nazaj, za sedaj in za vedno. Je njegovo potovanje, transformacija in opazovanje sebe ter nas.

Leon Marič, rojen leta 1991 v Sloveniji, je plesalec, performer in plesni pedagog, aktiven na neodvisni sceni. Leta 2014 je zaključil študij sodobnega plesa, giba in performansa na Zasebni univerzi Antona Brucknerja v Linzu. Od leta 2019 poučuje na Srednji vzgojiteljski šoli, gimnaziji in umetniški gimnaziji Ljubljana, od leta 2020 pa je del kolektiva The Feminalz, ki ustvarja tehnoburlesko Tatovi podob. Maja 2024 je ustvaril samostojno delo Küšni me, ljubezensko pismo obstoječim in nastajajočim tradicijam našega prostora ter lastni identiteti.