A dance solo that expresses emotions of a generation that experienced the turn of two eras.
a world first night: October 21st, 2019 at 8 p.m., PONEC-teh dance venue, Prague
Creative team: Tereza Krčálová, Michal Záhora, Helena Arenbergerová, Tomáš Procházka, Honza Malík
Upcoming programme called 30 YEARS OF DANCE TOWARDS FREEDOM. The leitmotif of this event is a question Have we/you ever experienced a feeling of freedom restrictions?
In 1989, contemporary dance picked up the threads of its development interrupted by the former regime. Ten years later, we joined in, too. We are one of the first generations of new era of dance art in the Czech Republic – we are the X Generation. We are in the process of preparing a new docu-dance performance, X Generation, that will be premiered in the autumn 2019 project on which we cooperate with TANEC Praha (DANCE Prague) and Ponec Theatre, Korzo Národní and Festival of Freedom (an association called Thank you for that we can), the National Gallery, ALTA Studio and Taneční aktuality (Dance news platform).
We will keep you informed and will invite you to individual events through which we wish to not only commemorate and reflect on the preceding era but also look ahead and think about new possible development.
2. Winter Encounter in Ústí - applications from September 1st 2019
November 23rd + 24th 2019, in Elementary Arts School, Ústí n. O.
Lectors: Dagmar Chaloupková, Honza Malík, Michal Záhora
4. Summer Encounter in Broumov - applications from April 1st 2020
July 6th - 10th 2020, in Cultural and educational centre, Broumov Monastery (www.klasterbroumov.cz)
Lectors: Dagmar Chaloupková, Michal Záhora
Garant: Mgr.et MgA. Andrea Opavská, PhD.
Dance in general is the most complex matter. It includes human body, mind and spirit all at the same time. For that uniqueness to dance is to touch the life itself." M.Záhora
Pulsar association (founded in 2017) is a platform for realization of Michal Záhora’s creative work in the field of contemporary dance. The curator of the project is Honza Malík. Both artists were members of NANOHACH company (2004-2016). Firstly, the project is about creating new performances in all formats of contemporary dance work context. Another aim is to maintain a continual activity in the Czech Republic as well as show the performances abroad. The third aim of the project is to provide education on the professional, semi-professional and amateur level.
The association is supported in 2019 by:
Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic and City of Prague
6. 3. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
DIPTYCH11. 3. 2017 19:30 městské divadlo, Jablonec n.N. /cz/
PULSARsvětová premiéra / a world premiere 19. 3. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
PULSARmimopražská premiéra 21. 3. 2017 18:00 Moving Station, Plzeň /cz/
21. 3. 2017 21:00 Moving Station, Plzeň /cz/
PULSAR7. 5. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
DEVOID12. 5. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
SUITA -in process- (KONCERT pro NI)Muzejní noc / Night of Museums 19. 5. 2017 19:00-23:00 Galerie GASK, Kutná Hora /cz/
vernisáž výstavy pro Galerii Klatovy/Klenová / exhibition opening 24. 6. 2017 19:00 Hrad Klenová /cz/
Letní setkání v Broumově / Summer Encounter in Broumov17.-21.7. tvůrčí taneční setkání akreditované MŠMT / creative dance session 17. 7. 2017 denně / daily 9:00-16:30 kulturně-vzdělávací centrum, klášter Broumov monastery /cz/
DEVOIDfestival Cool v plotě 9. 9. 2017 19:00 Sladovna, Písek /cz/
sole performancejen pro zvané / for invitations only 14. 9. 2017 19:00 Trojský zámek, Praha
20. 9. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
DEVOIDNoc divadel / Night of theatres 18. 11. 2017 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
31. 1. 2018 18:30-20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
otevřená taneční hodina / open dance class21. 2. 2018 18:30-20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
PULSARMalá Inventura / Small Inventory Festival 2018 24. 2. 2018 18:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
PULSAR17. 3. 2018 19:00 městské divadlo, Jablonec n.N. /cz/
světová premiéra / a world premiere 21. 3. 2018 19:00 Atrium na Žižkově, Praha
DEVOIDpražská DERNIÉRA / last show in Prague 22. 3. 2018 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
PULSAR28. 3. 2018 20:00 DIOD-divadlo otevřených dveří, Jihlava /cz/
KONCERT pro NI / CONCERT for HER18. 4. 2018 19:00 Atrium na Žižkově, Praha
mimopražská premiéra 4. 5. 2018 20:00 Mezi trámy, Žamberk-Zakopanka /cz/
PULSAR28. 5. 2018 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
KONCERT pro NI / CONCERT for HERbarokní slavnosti / Baroque celebrations 15. 6. 2018 21:00 kostel sv.Vavřince, Klatovy /cz/
Letní setkání v Broumově / Summer Encounter in Broumov9.-13.7. tvůrčí taneční setkání akreditované MŠMT / creative dance session 9. 7. 2018 denně / daily 9:00-16:30 kulturně-vzdělávací centrum, klášter Broumov monastery /cz/
9. 7. 2018 20:00 kostel sv.Vojtěcha, Broumov /cz/
SLAVNOST / CELEBRATIONtanec v krajině s procházkou, jediné uvedení / dance in the landscape with a walk, one show only 29. 9. 2018 15:00 exteriéry Klenová, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová /cz/
KONCERT pro NI / CONCERT for HER10. 10. 2018 19:00 Atrium na Žižkově, Praha
VÝROČÍ / ANNIVERSARYsvětová premiéra / a world premiere 28. 10. 2018 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
30. 10. 2018 20:00 divadlo Ponec Theatre, Praha
Europe towards the Omega Point
Dance performance based on voices of people around us and on teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest, palaeontologist and geologist
Are we able to guess Europe’s next development? Even though we have all the competencies: freedom and variety of alternatives, it seems we cannot move more than 1 millimetre further. Nothing happens. Nothing at all. But we have everything under control.
‘My vision of Europe was shadowed by the flight of a bird.’
Realisation team: Tereza Krčálová, Honza Malík, Heda Bayer
Choreography, direction: Michal Záhora
Artistic colaboration: Tereza Krčálová
Consultation: P. ThLic. Ing. Petr Vacík SJ
Music: Miloš Bok, Václav Chalupský
Sound, mix: Václav Chalupský
Lighting design: Lukáš Benda, Michal Záhora
Set design: Lukáš Benda, Honza Malík, Michal Záhora
Costumes: Markéta Sládečková
Creation and dance: Helena Arenbergerová, Katarzyna Kamecka, Radim Klásek, Michal Nagy, Nikola Němcová
Project realizaton and production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
Reviews:
“Záhora‘s and Pulsar‘s intuition to touch reality in their new project proved to be a prophetic gesture. (…) I perceive this incompleteness as an unfinished Europe, disturbing as it always invites you to a circle dance in which there is no hierarchy. (…) …as a repetitive continuity of tradition which cannot stand today without its humble necessity to be updated. (…) The prophetic intuition is expressed with clarity; however, we often can only understand it when we have a certain distance.” K. Boháčová, 5. 11. 2020, Theatre Newspaper
„…Scenes that develop in front of the audience’s gaze like a film fast-forwarded attract the audience with their plasticity, with their purity, and with the cohesiveness of the interpreters presenting them. Distinctive music creates an atmosphere of ever-changing transformation. The performance does not lure you to analyse it, but rather to perceive it and experience it along with the performers.” L.Kocourková, 24. 9. 2020, Opera plus.cz
„…There is more often an effort to touch the neuralgic point of today (…) Dance might impact individuals who are usually resistant to it.” M.Magdová, A2 – 22/2020
„…Záhora is one of the few Czech choreographers who are not afraid to open more difficult philosophical themes with an existential overlap (…). He creates intuitively, because his spirit calls for it, not because he wants to create trends or to satisfy his ego. He does not need to do so, because what he carries with him is a spiritual aspect of a higher and more original function of art.” Z.Smugalová, Taneční aktuality.cz, 30. 9. 2020
Co-production: Tanec Praha z.ú./Ponec-the dance venue; Meeting Brno association; Art Muzeum in Olomouc; …příští vlna/next wave…; Taupunkt e.V. Chemnitz /De/
Supported by: Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic; City of Prague; Buran Teatr, Brno; Studio Dance Perfect; BaladaSITE
Poděkování: Yvona Kreuzmannová and Markéta Perroud (TANEC Praha), producing, technical and PR team of the Ponec Theatre, Lenka Dombrovská (festival …příští vlna/Next Wave…), team of Meeting Festival in Brno, Blanka Návratová, Petr Kalousek, Lucie Fabišíková, Petr Dvořák and Saša Jeništa (Art Muzeum in Olomouc), Miloš Bok, Heda Bayer, Lenka Ottová and Studio Dance Perfect, OSA, Jana Baladová, Barbora Capová and Štěpán Roubalík, Anna Benháková, Vojta V. Sláma, Vojta Brtnický, Cezary Zemis, Juraj Augustín, Klaudia Klembarová, Soňa Skočovská, Mariana Novotná, Jirka Jiráček, Dominik Žižka, Štefan Bugi Tóth, Michaela Raisová, Jitka Baslová, Lukáš Lepold, Ondřej Kačer, Eva Klosová, Zuzana Smugalová, Marta Ljubková, Hanka Košíková.
a world first night outdoor performance version: July 23rd 2020, Moravské Square, Brno, Meeting Brno Festival
a world first night: September 21st 2020, PONEC-the dance venue, Prague, …příští vlna/next wave…Festival
a German first night -ONLINE-: September 26th 2020, Komplex Teatr, Chemnitz, Germany
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A dance solo that expresses emotions of a generation that experienced the turn of two eras.
Nomination for a Thalia Award 2020, Helena Arenbergerová for a dance performance.
A childhood marked by restrictions first accepted by the society and later loosened. Beating hearts, pulse of one’s own blood that can be heard. A man/woman has matured, one that knows what he/she wants and doesn’t want. His/her steps are not guided by his/her will. The Cold War is not over yet. We live in its shadow. We live in escalated positions in which we strive for a basic human politeness. God help us. Only the active one and the one who isn’t afraid to show the direction to others can win.
40 years since birth, 30 years since the revolution – a reflection of one’s own life on the background of a big social change. The performance is based on life experience and worldview of 20 significant individuals born between 1979-1980 who are successful in the Czech society in the fields such as art, science and politics.
Concept, choreography, direction: Michal Záhora
Theme, research and artistic colaboration: Tereza Krčálová
Creation and dance: Helena Arenbergerová
Music: Tomáš Procházka
Assistance with costumes: Terezie Dvořáková
Consultation: Martin Buchtík (STEM - Institute of Empirical Research for Democracy)
Technical support: Lukáš Benda
Project realization and production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
The performance is preceded by Martin Buchtík´s sociological happening (STEM). As a part of programme 30 YEARS DANCING TO FREEDOM.
Reviews:
‘…Záhora created an intimate dance; he somatised big historical events into the body of one modestly melancholic female dancer. Arenbergerová’s dance expression is disciplined (…), distinctive because of the accuracy of movement which lacks the aggressive perfectionism. It is admirable for its precision of depicting shades of mood. This generation isn’t concerned with some Bacchanalia, vertigo and trance. It wants to keep its distance… Perhaps it’s not interested in battles anymore.’ N. Vangeli, Theatre Newspaper, 20/2019
‚… through dance, a personal intimate manifesto of a certain generation is presented. One that doesn’t need any additional means of explanation. (…) The choreographic material mixes fragility with Arenbergerová’s detailed and thorough dance expression and distinctive originality of Záhora’s dance vocabulary (…) One doesn’t need to know the background of individual images, for their energy resonates deep inside each perceptive viewer. (…) Apart from the programme, there is also a book this unique dance performance is based on…’ Z. Smugalová, 26. 10. 2019, www.tanecniaktuality.cz
‘… This is a project that cannot be perceived as a mere dance performance. For it doesn’t transcend genres but whole fields. The choreography, research and interpretation are all valuable parts of the production. (…) Generation X concentrated in one female representative is full of contradictions, both the inner ones and the ones that come from the outside world as she searches for moments of stillness in the middle of chaos; she feels the need to react to impulses without stopping, sometimes sliding on the inner wave of calm. Don’t look for new vocabulary in this choreography. Look for the moment of experiencing, intensity of expression that the viewer receives 100 %...’ L. Kocourková, 28. 10. 2019, www.operaplus.cz
Co-producers: TANEC Praha/PONEC-the dance venue, Monastery in Broumov - Educational and Cultural Centre
Supported by: Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic, City of Prague, Studio Dance Perfect, Studio ALTA, Balada SITE
Participants of the research: Vojtěch Bednář (sociolog, publicista a vysokoškolský učitel), Ondřej Beránek (filmový producent), Kamil Bouška (básník), Vojtěch Dlask (klavírista, skladatel a dramaturg), Daniel Erhardt (klavírista), Lucie Ferliková (malířka), Lucie Kunzová Filimonova (malířka), Jan Farský (politik), Jiří Havelka (režisér a herec), Jiří Honzírek (divadelní režisér), Tomáš Hrůza (multimediální umělec, pedagog a nakladatel), Martin Jemelka (historik a publicista), Adéla Laštovková-Stodolová (choreografka, režisérka), Judita Matyášová (novinářka, spisovatelka a kulturní manažerka), Tomáš Měcháček (herec), Hana Polanská-Turečková (tanečnice a choreografka), Pavel Turek (novinář), Kateřina Tučková (historička umění, spisovatelka, dramatička a publicistka), Petr Vaněk (herec), Ondřej Závodský (právník a státní úředník)
Thanks to: Aleš Freiwald, Monastery in Broumov - Educational and Cultural Centre, Yvona Kreuzmannová and Markéta Perroud – TANEC Praha, producing, PR and technical crew of the Ponec Theatre, Lenka Ottová and Studio Dance Perfect, Dominik Žižka, Romana Maliti Štorková, Karel Král, Dáša Zbořilová, Dragan Dragin, Michaela Raisová, Patrik Hábl, Karolína Šnajdrová, Petra Štěpánová, Štefan Bugi Tóth, Evženie Brabcová, Zuzana Kubíčková, Romana Hozáková.
a world first night: October 21st, 2019, PONEC-the dance venue, Prague
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Dance creation of the Way of the Cross to the music of the same name by Petr Koronthály - in the worship service led by Mons.Michael Slavík
Choreography and direction: Michal Záhora
Artistic cooperation: Klára Mašatová
Creation and dancec: Dagmar Chaloupková, Radim Klásek/Pavel Mašek, Nikola Němcová, Michal Záhora
Music: Petr Koronthály
Music preparation: Krása Quartet – Šárka Petříková, Jan Palouček, Daniel Menhart, Marie Dorazilová
Costumes: Tereza Bušková a Mariana Novotná
Lights: Lukáš Benda
Project realisation and production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association, Prague Archbishopric
Co-producer: Prague Archbishopric
Supported by: TANEC PRAHA /PONEC-the dance venue, Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic, Alta Studio, Studio Dance Perfect, Balada SITE
Thanks: Mons. Michael Slavík, Th.D., Mgr. Vladimír Koronthály, Aleš Hnízdil, Pavel Mašek, Ladislav Knotek, Mgr. Vladimír Kelnar, Karolína Šnajdrová, P. ThLic. Ing. Petr Vacík SJ, Yvona Kreuzmannová and Markéta Perroud (Tanec Praha z.ú.), ZUŠ Šimáčkova Praha 7, Jana Baladová, Vojtěch Brtnický, Jiří Jiráček, Lucia Kašiarová and Studio Alta, Lenka Ottová and Studio Dance Perfect.
a world first night: April 17, 2019, Saint Nicholas Church, Prague
GALERIEHow to dance away a hundred years without going crazy? A dance kaleidoscope from the history of a man which may – but doesn´t have to – recall the present anniversary of the Czech State. Four different dancers, four different bodies, four characters and a number of familiar moments. History in movement, dance as a record of individual and collective memory. Michal Záhora´s production, born from the desire to celebrate the foundation of Czechoslovakia, its 100th anniversary.
Concept, choreography, directed: Michal Záhora
Creation, performed: Josef Bartoš, Anna Línová, Zuzana Richterová, Michaela Suša
Dramaturgy: Marta Ljubková
Assistance with the choreography: Honza Malík, Jana Vaníčková
Music: Carlo Natoli
Costumes: Zuzana Kubíčková
Stage design: Peter Smetáček, Michal Záhora
Light design: Robert Štěpánek, Lukáš Benda, Michal Záhora
Project realisation and production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
PR: Karolína Šnajdrová
reviews:
"…The Anniversary cannot be deprived of the certainty with which he succeeded in capturing and incarnating the absurdity inextricably linked with years past…" Zuzana Rafajová, 1.11.2018, www.operaplus.cz
"…Záhora reached for humour, which is not typical of him. He ironically depicted the absurdity of the era (…) A work was created that is definitely worth talking about…" Jana Návratová, 5.11.2018, www.tanecniaktuality.cz
Co-producers: TANEC PRAHA /PONEC-the dance venue, Prague; K-club in City of Jičín
Created with a financial contribution: City of Prague, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, City of Jičín
Supported by: Studio ALTA, Studio Dance Perfect, Czech Tourism, Balada SITE
Thanks to: Yvona Kreuzmannová and Markéta Perroud, technical a producing team of Ponec Theatre, Lucia Kašiarová and Studio ALTA, Lenka Ottová and Studio Dance Perfect, Lenka Vacková and K-club in City of Jičín, Jan Szucs, Josef Záhora, Jana Baladová, Marie Faruzelová, Jakub Vrbík, Ondřej Kačer, Patrik Balonek, Matěj Sláma, Jirka Jiráček, Vojta Brtnický, Lukáš Bajer (project ČS100), Zdeněk Vejvoda, Renata Johnová, Zuzana Rejchová, Evženie Brabcová, Kateřina Stupecká, Nora Sopková
A world first night: October 28, 2018, PONEC-the dance venue, Prague
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dancing journey through the landscape
One show only: Saturday 29. 9. 2018, Gallery Klatovy / Klenová (in Klenová 1, Janovice n. Úhlavou)
review:
"...an unusual experience!" Hana Jakubčíková Sádlíková, 3.10.2018, www.novinky.cz
„It does not happen very often that an open-air project would successfully unite artists and spectators to partake in an exceptional event. Although Slavnost has put its neck on the line by taking the risk of not being accepted, it has changed into a singular experience, which resonates with participants even days after. (…) The dance festival in the countryside, attended by 30 dancers and 250 spectators, definitely lived up to its name...” Kristýna Boháčová, 15.10.2018, www.chrisnet.eu
The raven circles low above the abyss, guarding the darkness, and above him the falcon soars anticlockwise with the sun on its back ... In the space between their bodies, vertical astral time flows. Darkness below, brightness above.
Idea, choreography, dance: Michal Záhora
Violoncello: Petr Šporcl
Script, music collage, film, light design, direction: Jan Komárek
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Petr Hejný, György Ligeti, Ondřej Štochl
Costumes: Zuzana Kubíčková
Sound: Eliška Bejčková
Project curator, production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
Project assistent: Karolína Ondrejková
This solo concert for violoncello is conceived as a duet between sound and image, between the musician and the dancer. Here, in this meeting between accomplished musician Petr Šporcl and gifted choreographer Michal Záhora, music is the fixed point in space, the source of inspiration and a guide to the senses. The project is directed by Jan Komárek, creator of movement and dance based projects.
The music chosen by the director is emotionally highly charged. We enter the space of the imagination through Bach's Prelude in C major, moving to the lyrical Sonata for Violoncello of Gyorgy Ligeti, which leads us into the enigmatic world of the music of two contemporary composers, Ondrej Štochl (Tetralog) and Petr Hejný (Metalsonata).
reviews:
„...Concert for HER performed by the instrumentalist P.Šporcl and the dancer M.Záhora is quite an experience. The entrée is already very impressive. (…) Záhora absolutely masters his body which allows him to create objects and their silhouettes, symbols; his creative dance repertoire is limitless…” Mária Uhrinová, 21/2018, Tvar Magazine
„…an unusual experience!“ Hana Galiová, 27.3. 2018, www.tanecniaktuality.cz
„90% (…) manifest of decadence!“ Nina Vangeli, 10.4. 2018, www.operaplus.cz
Coproducer: Za Trojku
Supported by: City of Prague, Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic, Limpid Works s.r.o., BaladaSITE
Thanks to: Petr Hejný, Ondřej Štochl, Magda Danel, Markéta Kozinová, Lenka Dohnalová, Berrak Yedek, Zuzana Rejchová, Jan Trojan, Tomáš Pálka, Karin Militká, Lucie Konopiská, Jana Baladová, Evženie Brabcová, Jakub Vrbík, Andrea Miltnerová, Ondřej Kačer, Simon Todorov, Václav Hejduk, Jirka Jiráček, Vojta Brtnický, Alfréd ve dvoře Theatre
A world firts night: March 21, 2018, Atrium in Prague /cz/
CONCERT PROGRAMME
Johann S. Bach: 3 Suita C dur Prelude (3:19)
György Ligeti: Sonata for Cello solo (7:14)
Ondřej Štochl: Tetralog (15:48)
Petr Hejný: Metal sonata (11:48)
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A human being as the most complicated and complex creation in the universe. We are cosmic runners, our bodies are created from stardust. Our source is still alive and vibrant, a cosmic lighthouse, the place from which we originally sprang – Pulsar.
Idea, choreography: Michal Záhora
Creation: Jitka Čechová, Michal Heriban, Sára Koluchová, Tereza Krejčová, Nikola Němcová, Roman Zotov-Mikshin
Dance: Jitka Čechová, Tereza Krejčová, Nikola Němcová, Michal Záhora, Roman Zotov-Mikshin
Artistic cooperation: Kateřina Stupecká
Costumes: Zuzana Kubíčková
Music: Carlo Natoli /It/
Light design: Prokop Vondruška, Robert Štěpánek
Photo: Lucie Konopiská, Vojta Brtnický
Project curator, assistent of the choreographer, production: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
reviews:
„… mostly young dancers were given an exceptional opportunity and they did not waste it. They fulfilled the choreographer’s demands for shape, they were connected when they were on stage, they were artistically well-behaved and understood what the piece wants. They did well both solo and collective work. They danced as if they were half-stupefied. Their looks aimed deep or far into the universe. They actually didn’t dance at all, the dance becomes the power of their lightness, fundamental restlessness of the atoms. The first part of the choreography can be understood as a preparation for an initiation that will be flight to space, into deeper reality than matter. The second part creates an illusion of flying through space. It is convincing and sometimes even intoxicating because dreams of flying, particularly in space, are as old as humanity itself…” Nina Vangeli, 18.4. 2017, Theatre News
"There are works of art which ooze emotion and physicality that is almost palpable. Pulsar by Michal Záhora is different. Metaphysical. It has the character of a meditation, mesmerizes your mind so that you leave the theatre with a strange feeling of lightness of being." Daniela Machová, 22.3. 2017, www.tanecniaktuality.cz
"White on black has a mysterious symbolism in and of itself. The visual aspect of the scene is processed in costume and light design, supplemented and supported by ambient music created just like in Záhora's past works directly for the choreography. The long creative collaboration of Záhora and Natoli is undoubtedly evaluated in the mutual interconnectedness of music, movement and ideas as a great exchange of the final outcome, whose mission certainly goes beyond the borders of a regular dance production born from the conventions of artistic theatrical production." Zuzana Smugalová, 22.3. 2017, www.operaplus.cz
"The five dancers are on the same wavelength, so their concentration, cooperation and energy create an emotionally powerful impression. No doubt this is also thanks to the excellent synchronization of all the components, whether light design, music or sound." Jana Soprová, 3.4. 2017, www.scena.cz
Coproducers: Tanec Praha association/Ponec-the dance venue, Johan association/Moving Station Theatre, Pilsen
Suported by: City of Prague, Ministry of the Culture of the Czech Republic, Studio ALTA, Duncan Centre Conservatory, BaladaSITE
Thanks to: Sára Koluchová, Romana Lisnerová, Roman Černík, Petra Štěpánová, Petr Beránek, Yvona Kreuzmannová, Markéta Perroud, Alena Brožová, Kateřina Kavalírová, technical and producing team of Ponec Theatre, Lucia Kašiarová, Kateřina Stupecká, Jana Baladová, Jakub Vrbík, Jirka Jiráček, Evženie Brabcová, Hana Součková, David Břinčil, Štefan Bugi Tóth, Karin Militká, Vít Štaif, Vojta Brtnický, Lenka Jíšová, Petr Vacík, Dagmar Chaloupková, Andrea Lamešová, Braňo Bašista, Marek Menšík, Michal Vaniš, Jan Komárek
A world first night: March 19, 2017, PONEC-the dance venue
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At the beginning, there were real people – workshop participants – and their letters to their acquaintances. In the letters, they shared what burdened their hearts or expressed important things they didn’t have a chance to tell their dearest. Individual voices of the writers are intertwined, layered, mingled. This polyphony of authentic confessions that are processed by the verbatim method into one text invite the dancer to enter the dialogue. The dancer acknowledges weakness and by expressing it creates a momentum in which he balances between rejection and reconciliation. He tries to understand what gives us direction in our lives, he discovers internal space of a man…
nomination for Opera Plus Award 2016: the Best Choreography and the Best Interpretation
Idea, choreography, dance: Michal Záhora
Artistic colaboration: Tereza Krčálová
Music: Carlo Natoli /It/
Music and sound editing: Philippe Leforestier /Fr-Cz/
Voice: Honza Malík (Czech version) or Howie Lotker /Ca-Cz/ (English version)
Light design: Robert Štěpánek
Production and assistent: Honza Malík & Pulsar association
Project volunteer: Adéla Kaderová
International manager of the realization: Lenka Flory /It-Cz/
reviews:
100% ! Lucie Kocourková, 18.9. 2015, www.operaplus.cz
„...a very intimate solo interpreted and performed with great precision. (…) As far as the rhythm and information distribution in ever changing fiction are concerned, DEVOID is a great dramaturgical experiment. In the performance, not only the narrative structure and acting actions are bridged but also intensity of emotions.“ Martin Macháček, October 2015, Dance Zone Magazine
„…DEVOID will certainly surprise - in a good way. It is human, comprehensible and it touches the viewers.“ Daniela Machová, 13.10. 2015, www.tanecniaktuality.cz
Co-producer: Tanec Praha/PONEC-the dance venue
Supported by: NANOHACH association, Ministry of the Culture of Czech Republic, Duncan Centre Conservatory, Balada SITE
The project was realized in the frame of Be SpectACTive! - CapoTrave/Kilowatt Sansepolcro (It), Bakelit Multi Art Center Budapest (Hu), B-51 Ljubljana (Sl), Domino Zagreb (Hr), LIFT London (Uk), Tanec Praha (Cz), Teatrul National Radu Stanca Sibiu (Ro), York Theatre Royal (Uk).
With the support of Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Zpecial thanks to all workshop participants, in Sibiu: Cristina Gogârlă, Lucian Bădulescu, Emanuel Antonescu, Bogdan Tălmaciu, George Ciucă, Ștefania Denisa Lupu, Sergiu Argeșanu, Daiana Mădăras, Ștefania Marola, Denisa Caian Pintiuță, Geraldina Basarab, Rodica Mărgărit, Renate Nica, Gabriela Neagu, Dana Lăzărescu, Dana Taloș; in Sansepolcro: Gilda Foni, Barbara Carracini, Samuel Webster, Silvia Bastianelli, Andreina Santaterra, Chicco Beni, Nicoletta Chiasserini, Silvia Palmi, Rosalia Karlino, Anna Martinelli, Roberta Bini, Stefania Tacconi, Martina Corsini, Francesca Rosini
Thanks to: Hana Součková, Francesco Montagner, Duta Dan Mircea, Vicentiu Rahau, Costin Chesnoiu, Michele Rossi Flenghi, Nicola Mancini, Luca del Pia, Luca Ricci, Lenka Flory, Prokop Souček, David Mencl, Adéla Kaderová, Yvona Kreuzmannová, Markéta Perroud, Jitka Hradilková, Ponec-the dance venue/Tanec Praha association, Zuzana Sýkorová, Mirek Klimeš and Duncan Centre Conservatoire, Vojtěch Brtnický, Jana Baladová, Petra Kubíčková, Michaela Raisová, Lukáš Houdek, Petr Krpal, Jirka Jiráček.
A world first night: 19.7. 2015, Kilowatt Festival, Sansepolcro /It/
A Czech premiere: 16.9. 2015, PONEC-the dance venue, Prague
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Honza is a freelance artist since 1999 when he graduated from the Duncan Centre Conservatory. He danced for the State Opera in Prague (1999-2003, choreographies of Petr Tyc and Petra Hauerova), he was a member of Austrian Laroque Dance Company (2004-2005 and 2012-2016).
He was one of the original founders of the NANOHACH dance company (2004-2016) where he worked as a dancer, producer and manager. As an art director, Honza supported and supervised all 32 company projects, he has been taking care of their continuous production in the Czech Republic and abroad. As an interpret, Honza was a co-author of authorial projects by Czech authors such as Michal Zahora, Lea Svejdova, Jan Komarek and he cooperated with foreign choreographers such as Karen Foss, Ioana M. Popovici, Nigel Charnock, Petra Fornayova, Fabrice Ramalingom, Lenka Flory). Honza was nominated fot The Best Interpretation Award 2008 and Dancer of the Year 2010 Award . In 2011 he was awarded for The Best Actor Critics Award (Russia). Honza also has recieved The Personality of the Year Award 2014 (Next Wave Festival, Prague) and The Dance Manager of the Year 2017 (Czech Dance Platform, Prague).
At the end of 2016 he has found Pulsar association, which realised and creates conditions for a artistic work of Michal Zahora.
For many years, Honza has also been involved in other projects than performances in the field of contemporary dance. He cooperated with the production of international choreography competition Jarmila Jerabkova Award/Festival New Europe (2003-2010) and vs.Interpretation, a music improvisation festival that overlaps with other genres as well. Between years 2011-2013, he was an initiator and supporter of creative work by Czech choreographer Maia. In 2013, Honza initiated a creation of a program section dedicated to contemporary dance theatre space4dance under the Prague Pride Festival. He also curates and coordinates for this festival creation of original dance performances: international project Dogtown (2015; choreography by Nadar Rosano, Israel), Black&White (2017; choreography by Jana Vrana, Cz).
Since 2014, Honza organises a series of discussions dedicated to contemporary dance LET´S TALK ABOUT DANCE that are organised once or twice in a year at different public culturally and socially creative spaces in Prague.
As a dance lector he was a lector of an international project Dancing Europe in Olomouc (Cz, 2008 and 2010) and since 2007 has been teaching at the Duncan Centre (dance technique and individual consultations of authorial pieces).
Graduated from the Duncan Conservatory in Prague (2003). Later on, he was a member of the Norweigan National Company Carte Blanche. He was a member of Robert Zappala Company in Italy (2004) and Scottish Dance Theatre (2006-2008). As a dancer, he gained exceptional experience by working with more than eighteen foreigner or Czech choreographers (Paco Decina, David Parsons, Liv Lorent, Adam Benjamin, Janet Smith, Jan Kodet or Eva Blažíčková etc.). Michal is continuously involved in choreographic work. In the long run, Michal focuses on his own choreographies that he did for example for the NANOHACH company (2005-2016). In the last years, he created many authorial performances (i.e. Synchonicity, Resonance, Orbis pictus, Diptych, DEVOID). He was awarded several awards in his field: SAZKA Award for new talent in dance, Thalia Award and Award by Opera Plus.
Along with choreography and dance, Michal is involved in a systematic artistic education and pedagogy. He taught at London Contemporary Dance School – The Place, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London, the Space – Schottish School of Contemporary Dance (Dundee). From 2008, he leads educational seminars for professional dancers, teachers and young dancers, participants of Czech nationwide events and showcase of dance amateurs and students of Elementary Arts schools. He served as director at the Duncan Centre Conservatory from 2009 to 2013. He was teaching at the Janacek Conservatory in Ostrava (2016-2017) and at the Duncan Centre in Prague (since 2017).
Assistance with choreography and dramaturgy: Marta Ljubková, Jan Komárek,Tereza Krčálová, Honza Malík, Kateřina Stupecká, Jana Vaníčková
Dancers: Helena Arenbergerová, Josef Bartoš, Radek Bohata, Dagmar Chaloupková, Jitka Čechová, Katarzyna Kamecka, Radim Klásek, Tereza Krejčová, Anna Línová /Sk-Cz/, Michal Nagy, Nikola Němcová, Zuzana Richterová, Michaela Suša Komárková, Roman Zotov-Mikshin
Music and sound: Miloš Bok, Václav Chalupský, Carlo Natoli /It/, Eliška Bejčková, Eva Hamouzová, František Nedvěd, Philippe Leforestier /Fr-Cz/, Tomáš Procházka
Light design: Lukáš Benda, Jiří Hajdyla, Jan Komárek, Robert Štěpánek
Costumes: Markéta Sládečková, Zuzana Kubíčková, Tereza Bušková /En-cz/ Mariana Novotná, Terezie Dvořáková
Stage design: Jan Komárek, Peter Smetáček, Prokop Vondruška
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