CREDITS
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY:
Yana Reutova (UA/CZ), Clara da Costa (BR)
PERFORMERS:
Yana Reutova (UA/CZ), Clara da Costa (BR)
DRAMATURGICAL SUPPORT:
Yanitsa Atanasova (BG)
MUSIC, COMPOSITION:
Jana Kubánková (CZ)
LIGHT DESIGN:
Pavel Kotlík (CZ)
TEXT:
Clara da Costa (BR)
COSTUMES:
Marjetka Kürner Kalous (SI/CZ)
PRODUCTION:
Soňa Rizmanová (CZ)
PRODUCER:
Tanec Praha / PONEC – dance venue
THANKS TO:
Bazaar festival, Yvona Kreuzmannová and whole team of Tanec Praha
WITH FINNACIAL SUPPORT FROM:
Tanec Praha z.ú. / PONEC – theatre for dance, the City of Prague, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Culture Fund, realized with the financial participation of the EU through NextGeneration EU, the National Regeneration Plan and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
ABOUT SHOW
A dance performance inspired by Womanhood
Choreography by Brazilian and Ukrainian dancers in collaboration with Bulgarian choreographer Yanitsa Atanasova and Czech musician Jana Kubánková
What a woman hold? is a dance performance and embodied exploration where movement becomes a language for expressing a woman’s inner world. Rooted in the platform Womanhood, it reveals what is often hidden — unspoken emotions, societal expectations, pressure, and the quiet strength within vulnerability.
Created by two choreographers — one from Brazil and one from Ukraine — the piece blends their cultural and physical perspectives to explore femininity through bodily poetry.
A key element of the performance is its journey-based form: it moves from one point of Prague to another, turning the walk itself into a narrative. The path through the city mirrors the emotional passage — not just a dance, but a shared crossing.
ABOUT AUTHOR
Clara da Costa
Dancer, choreographer, and educator. She graduated in Major Performance from SEAD in Salzburg and studied at the Tisch School of the Arts – NYU in the USA. She has collaborated with international choreographers and led the CORPO ÚNICO workshop for Cirque du Soleil artists.
In musical theatre, she works as a choreographer, director, movement coach, and resident director. In audiovisual creation, she focuses on movement direction, choreography, and the production of music videos, short films, and documentaries.
Since 2003, she has been leading the Corpo Único workshop in Brazil and Europe. She has collaborated with Grupo Tápias (BR) and Yana Reutova (UA) in the Czech Republic and Brazil. She premiered the performances Womanhood (TANEC PRAHA 2024) and Peel the Onion (2024/25 season, PONEC).
Yana Reutova
Dancer, choreographer, and educator. In 2014, she founded the Dance Theatre Plastilin and created award-winning performances. She organized the Dance Platform Most festival (5 years), worked with children (Creative Kids), and led the Speaking with the Body festival.
In March 2022, she fled to Prague with her daughter and students, where she currently works. She leads the Tanec srdcem (Dance with Heart) workshops for children and Krenovka open classes for professionals. She is now focusing on her own artistic creation. Her triptych Together Alone was selected as one of the 40 supported projects within the EFFEA Open Call.