FRESH DANCE 2024
CARATED EVENING
The curated evening Fresh Dance will, for the second year, offer a unique opportunity for young and talented students of performing arts during MOVE Fest. This event focuses on supporting and showcasing promising artists, giving them the chance to present their work to a broader audience at a prestigious international festival.
During the previous edition, Fresh Dance 2023, students from four different art schools from both the Czech Republic and abroad participated, and the concept was met with great success. This gathering allowed them to share their experiences and insights not only during preparations for their individual performances but also in the subsequent discussions. The students themselves confirmed that this exchange of ideas and the inspiration they gathered throughout the festival program was very enriching for all participants and significantly broadened their horizons.
This year's curated evening will feature three choreographies performed by students from three different art schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia:
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Students from the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava will present a fragment from Jiří Pokorný's ballet "The Giant's Escape" showcasing their latest work in celebration of the 70th anniversary of their alma mater's founding.
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Joining from Prague, students of the Duncan Centre will perform the choreography "At The Beach" created during their third-year course on composition.
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From Bratislava's Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU), students will present Stephanie Schober's choreography "Kaleidoscope", which is based on the use of scores from minimalist musical compositions and explores the movements and physicality of individual dancers within the ever-changing dynamics of the group.
Fresh Dance once again promises an experience filled with innovation, creativity, and mutual inspiration among young artists, as well as for the broader public. Come and discover and support the future of Czech and Slovak performing arts.
"The Giant's Escape" is a ballet choreographed by one of the most successful contemporary Czech choreographers, Jiří Pokorný, originally created for NDT 2—the junior division of the Nederlands Dans Theater. The students of the Janáček Conservatory had the honor of learning a portion of this ballet under the guidance of the author himself and dancer and pedagogue Nataša Novotná. During Fresh Dance, they will replicate this piece for an international festival audience.
The choreography portrays the theme of a courageous, difficult, and dangerous human journey during forced migration, a subject that deeply moved the choreographer in recent years. It perfectly resonates with the festival's theme of leaving...
Choreography: Jiří Pokorný
Choreography Assistant: Nataša Novotná
Music: Hayden Calnin: "Introduction; Nothingness," Joanna Newsom: "Does Not Suffice"
Costumes: Jiří Pokorný
Light Design: Loes Schakenboss
Performed by: Students of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava
Photography: Radim Golka
Leaving the nest.
The choreography "At The Beach" was created during studies at the Duncan Centre Conservatory as part of the composition course in the third year.
*applause*
Lovely Sunny Day At The Beach
Are you ready?
Choreography/interpretation: Lada Jasanská a David Kodys
Music: Tan Dun, Water Cadenza
Pedagogical guidance: Marta Trpišovská Vodenková
The project "Kaleidoscope" was produced by the Music and Dance Faculty of VŠMU in Bratislava and co-produced by the Lab Theater and the Theatre Faculty of VŠMU. It features choreography by the German performer Stephanie Schober, who has created works for students from prestigious institutions such as Northampton University, London Metropolitan University, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and Trinity Laban.
About the project:
“During the creative process, we used scores borrowed from minimalist musical compositions to explore the movements and physicality of individual dancers while shaping an ever-changing group dynamic.”
Choreography: Stephanie Schober (D/UK)
Movement material and performance: Juraj Bilený, Klára Farkašovská, Dominik Dolník, Regina Laurová, Julia Pabst, Šárka Králiková, Julie Marková, Jasmína Miťková, Tereza Pavlíková, Hana Sakáčová (Studentship and alumni of the Department of Dance Creation in the Dance Theatre and Performance study program)
Music: Owen Clayton Condon: Fractalia, David Skidmore a Surface Tension: Remix – Common Patterns in Uncommon Times by by Donnacha Dennehy, in the interpretation of Third Coast Percussion
Light design: Michaela Pavelková
Photo: Klára Farkašovská / Nela Rusková
Rehearsal director: Juraj Korec / Marta Poláková
Coordination: Juraj Korec
The project was supported by public funds of Fond na podporu umenia.
