Archa Theatre Programme June 2002
June 3-6, 8 p.m.
Questioning Heaven in Despair
A sino-baroque performance
Directed by: J. A. Pitínský
A theatrical and musical piece in which contemporary culture meets with the mysterious and fascinating worlds of Chinese Opera and Baroque Theatre. The story of an early 18th century Czech Jesuit mission to the court of the Chinese Emperor. The performance weaves together elements of the Peking Opera - such as Chinese singing, acrobatics, martial arts - with baroque music and the principles of baroque theatre. The main role is played by Peking Opera singer Feng-Jün Song.
English friendly
June 7, 9 and 10, 8 p.m.
Tender buttons
A raw musical gala spectacle about things both seen and unseen
The main character of the performance is the sightless singer and pianist Kateryna Kolcová, whose personal statements are confronted with the poetry of the Gertrude Stein, the mother of the American artistic avant-garde. The performance arises out of the texts of both authors, like circus acts. B-grade, kitsch and tawdry erotica are mixed in with a tragic desire for love. With: Kateryna Kolcová, Petra Cikánová, Jakub Žáček, Jaroslav Kořán and Agnes Kutas. Stage design: David Cajthaml. Dramaturgy: Nina Rutová. Conception and directed by: Jana Svobodová.
June 12 and 13, 8 p.m.
Dans Kias - Saskia Hölbling (Austria)
Other Feature
How to orientate the attention of the onlooker to the body as it is? How to define it as accurately and completely as possible? While looking for answers to these questions, the young Austrian choreographer became inspired by the body portraits of Lautret Goldring. With the dancers from her group, she defines the body, its nakedness and different physical contexts. The observer becomes a witness to transformations revealing the common and unique sense of the human body. "Other Feature", the most recent project of Saskia Hölbling, premiered in April 2002 in Vienna. A part of Tanec Praha 2002 Festival.
English friendly
June 15 and 16, 8 p.m.
Susanne Linke (Germany)
Über Kreuz
Susanne Linke - a legend of German dance theatre, one of Mary Wigman's last students, influenced by Kurt Joos, generationaly close to Pina Bausch - reconstructs her dance biography together with the dancer Reinhilda Hoffmann in the duet "Über Kreuz", which is a picture of their lives and artistic concepts. Each of them "talks" in her own characteristic style, but its exclusiveness is relativized by a simultaneous projection of movement as entered in Laban's notation, which seems to have incorporated their movements already long ago. A part of Tanec Praha 2002 Festival.
English friendly
Monday, June 17, 8 p.m.
Theatre Vizita
About the Pork Virgin
Jaroslav Dušek and Martin Zbrožek discuss and confront their most distinguished culinary experiences. Viktor Zborník at the grill.
Thursday, June 20, 8 p.m.
Tata Bojs - Biorhythms
The sold-out, opening concert of their Czech tour in April in Theatre Archa was so well received that we are adding one more to mark the end of their tour. The group's multimedia show takes place directly in front of the face of Big Brother, accompanied by giant dancing flowers. In co-production with the agency Key Production.
Live Broadcast: http://archa.inway.cz
English friendly
June 23 and 24, 8 p.m.
Stadttheater Bern Ballet (Switzerland) - J. Kylián, P. Saire, F. Duméril
Felix Duméril has been leading the ballet ensemble since 1999. His conception offers a wide palette of dance styles and scenographic approaches. This openness and dramaturgic pluralism attracts choreographer stars to the Bern Ballet each season, while also providing opportunities for young talents, including the members of the ensemble. The result is a heterogeneous and - for the audience - attractive repertoire, while at the same time developing the interpretive potential of a dance group that belongs to the top of European dance scene. In Prague they will perform the choreographic works: "Stoolgame" - by Jiří Kylián, "Les Météorites" - by Philippe Saire and "Well Kept Water Gardens" - by Felix Duméril. A part of Tanec Praha 2002 Festival.
English friendly
Tuesday, June 25, 8 p.m.
Theatre Vizita
Camel in a Stack of Needles
A sophisticated polemic - Jaroslav Dušek - will decussate a domestic fistulation - Martin Zbrožek. Shadows created by Viktor Zborník.
Thursday, June 27, 8 p.m.
Agon Orchestra
Vera, Chuck & Dave
A composition of the same name by Michael Gordon and the premiere of new compositions by David Lang, Petr Kofroň and Miroslav Šimáček will be heard together in a concert by the "electrified" Prague orchestra under the baton of Petr Kofroň. An up-to-date musical parallel between New York and Prague. Music full of extremes. Following shows in Barcelona, Frankfurt and Budapest, this end of the season concert will take place back on its home stage in Prague. In cooperation with the Society for New Music.
English friendly
Friday, June 28, 8 p.m.
Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamland
Ten Years
A concert to mark the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the Orchestra of Improvised Music. The Orchestra will present its most numerous line-up to date. The Orchestra's music changes like the weather, depending on the make-up, environment, and feelings of the musicians and listeners. Including a number of local and guest performers.
English friendly
Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m.
Out Rage and friends
A diplomatic farewell concert.
Bernard Pierre is Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Prague, as well as a rock guitar player and singer. Just prior to the end of his Prague mission, he and his friends will meet again on the stage. The best of Czech jazzmen - Emil Viklický, Laco Tropp and Petr Dvorský - will perform together with other rocking Belgium diplomats, Jean Deschacht and Zenon Kowal (at this time in Hanoi).
English friendly
Sunday, June 30, 8 p.m.
Stepanida Borisova (Jakutsk) & Pavel Fajt (ČR)
A concert that connects Shaman singing from Siberia with the avant-garde percussions of Pavel Fajt. Stepanida Borisova is a member of the Sacha tribe that, up even until today, still practices Shaman medicine. Stepanida Borisova has been learning Shaman singing since her childhood. Today she is a soloist in the Jakutsk National Theatre. Pavel Fajt was already known in the Eighties through his collaborations with Iva Bittova, he then continued in his solo career and was one of the founding members of the groups Dunaj and Pluto. This concert is followed by a performance at the prestigious world music Festival in Rudolfstadt, Germany.
Live Broadcast: http://archa.inway.cz
English friendly
A Theatre Archa guest performance:
Theatre European Regions Festival, Hradec Králové
Friday, June 21st at 7:00 p.m., Klicpera's Theatre
Questioning Heaven in Despair - a sino-baroque performance.
Opening performance at the Festival.
Preparing:
October 20th and 21st, at the Prague State Opera
La La La Human Steps
A European premiere of the newest performance by the world famous Canadian dance ensemble!!! For the first time in the Czech Republic!!! Choreography: Édouard Lock, Music: David Lang. A part of the Canadian Season in Prague programme.
English friendly
Foyer Exhibition:
Dance Theatre Today
The photographs picture the intersection of thirty years of history of German dance, including celebrities such as Pina Bausch, Urs Dietrich, Rui Horta, Johann Kresnik, Susanne Linke and numerous others. Organized in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, "ballet international/tanz aktuell" and the Tanec Praha 2002 Festival.