CREDITS
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Mirka Eliášová
PERFORMERS:
Jazmína Piktorová / Jana Novorytová, Radim Klásek, Jana Vöröšová, Radek Doležal, Anna Veverková
DRAMATURGY:
Dramaturgical collaboration – Jiří Jakl
LIGHTING DESIGN & VIDEO:
Pavel Havrda
MUSIC:
Jana Vöröšová
COSTUMES:
Renáta Weidlichová
CO-PRODUCER:
Eli & kol., Orchestr BERG, Tanec Praha z. ú. / PONEC – Theatre for Dance
ABOUT SHOW
What is the best thing in the world to be? Ordinary grass or a beautiful herb, a mouse or a bird? What about a person? A performance for all generations about the will to live and survive.
The main creative approach here is recycling – the ever-repeating cycle of life, the new telling of old stories and the afterlife of tools and props, for which the creators plundered their magical warehouses. For example, a collection from earlier performances of bird decoys, mechanical metronomes and seemingly ordinary objects that hide magical sounds await their opportunity to shine.
The audience will be given the chance to participate in creating the soundscape of the story.
Mirka Eliášová, the author and choreographer of the popular children’s shows Paper World, Momo and Boxing Up, has been working with the BERG Orchestra, which specializes in contemporary music, for many years. In the new performance, dance performers Jazmína Piktorová and Radim Klásek will be joined on stage by top musicians and improvisers Jana Kubánková and Radek Doležal as well as composer Jana Vöröšová.
ABOUT AUTHOR
Mirka Eliášová
Mirka graduated from the dance department of HAMU, with a concentration in choreography, in 1997, and immediately started to pursue creative activities. Later, she added doctoral studies at the same Academy, where she also teaches. In addition to performing for children, with whom she has achieved great success, she has produced many other works as well as interesting dance films. She has collaborated with various theatre creators and has long experimented with the Berg Chamber Orchestra, including on site-specific projects. She has long been involved in improvisation and instant composition.