Archa Adrift! - February 2003
Program of Performances and Concerts in Post-Flood Exile
Saturday, February 8, 7 p.m. / Archa Café
Café Music - Kateryna Kolcová - Old and New Songs
A friendly gathering with the singer and musician Kateryna Kolcová, who will present her traditional repertoire along with some completely new songs, in the informal setting of the Theatre Café.
CandoCo - Guest Performance by the British Integrated Dance Ensemble
This guest performance has been organized in cooperation with the British Council and with the support of Ponec Theatre.
Sunday, February 9, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
CandoCo is a British integrated dance company, whose dancers are both physically handicapped and non-handicapped. Since it was established in 1991, it has succeeded in building up a reputation as a top dance ensemble, presenting contemporary dance theatre of the highest quality with particular emphasis on excellence as well as its rapport with the audience. Following a very successful guest appearance in 2001, CandoCo returns to the Czech Republic with three new works: Phasing, Sour Milk and Shadow. Organized in cooperation with the British Council.
Monday, February 10, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
Tuesday, February 11, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
February 12 - 17 / Ponec Theatre
Workshop with members of the CandoCo Ensemble
In addition to their dance performances, CandoCo has also been active in teaching integrated dance. Throughout the year, they organize workshops, an international summer school and choreographic residencies, in the U.K. as well as abroad. The workshop that will take place in Ponec Theatre is open to 20 participants from the Czech Republic - the physically handicapped as well as healthy dancers. The workshop, led by members of the dance ensemble, will focus on integration as the basic element of the working group. The workshop offers an exceptional opportunity to learn about new practices from abroad and educational methods in the area of dance and the integration of the physically handicapped. Only for enrolled participants.
Monday, February 17, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
CandoCo Workshop - Performance and Discussion
A public performance by the participants of the dance workshop, followed by an open discussion on the theme of art without barriers, with the members of the CandoCo dance ensemble.
Thursday, February 20, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
Vizita Theatre
The Triumphant Submersion
The submarine pod (Jaroslav Duek) and periscope (Martin Zbroek) descend for a good look around, as long as Nemo (Viktor Zborník) illuminates the darkness.
Friday, February 21, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
Vizita Theatre
Lenka Again?
Jaroslav Duek and Martin Zbroek ask each other basic questions about partnerships. Viktor Zborník spares no light.
Wednesday, February 26, 8 p.m. / Ponec Theatre
House of the Deaf - Quinta del Sordo
Inspired by the life and work of Francisco Goya
A theatre project by the director Zoja Mikotová, Archa Theatre and hearing-impaired actors - graduates from the Brno Dramatic School for the Deaf.
This performance distinctively combines movement, dance, puppets, expressive music, song and light design in such a way as to allow the deaf actors to achieve an impressive testimony about the inner as well as outer world.
"The group ... an original theatre with a poetry all its own, is comparable to the best of movement and alternative theatre that can be seen in the Czech Republic, even perhaps raising the bar to a height that no one has as yet even overreached." (Vlasta Gallerová, Lidové noviny, March 4, 2002)
February 1 and 2 / Wroclav (Poland) - Orodek J. Grotowskiego / Teatr Wspólczesny
Questioning Heaven in Despair - baroque-chinese opera
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