Sat 03 05, 10:00
dissplay workshop
We grow up online - but can we be offline? How much of ourselves are we when we are constantly being watched? Every post, every story, every photo... The world has turned into a parade of our best versions - but what's going on underneath it all? Dissplay is a dance ride inspired by Jitka and Tereza's own experience with the pressure to be seen, to be interesting, to be "somebody" - and yet not lose yourself. The workshop will give you a glimpse into the process of creating this production, while becoming a space where you can create alongside them.
You will dance, speak, improvise, work with everyday reality (and your mobile phone), but most of all, ask yourself an honest question: who are we when we stop wanting to fit in for a moment?
Let's take a break from evaluation, expectations and the pressure to be perfect. We might find that when we allow ourselves to be awkward, it starts to feel really liberating. And that even the world around us can be beautifully absurd - if we allow ourselves to see it.
This workshop is for young people aged 14+ with an interest in contemporary dance and theatre. Previous dance and theatre experience is an advantage, not a requirement.
The workshop is held twice on two weekend dates at the Small Hall in the ARCHA+ cultural space.
1) 3. 5., 10.00-18.00 a 4. 5., 10.00-17.00.
2) 10. 5., 10.00-18.00 a 11. 5., 10.00-17.00.
It is possible to sign up for both weekends, but also for one
Recommended age: 14+
Tereza Lenerová graduated from The Theaterschool in Amsterdam in 2007. With her debut play Variable she immediately qualified for Aerowaves Spring Forward. For further experiments, she co-founded the space Studio Truhlárna, where she also created several of her major original projects. Lenerová made two premieres in 2021, Dis pla y, a performance co-created with Jitka Čechová, and There is an impression of being. In 2022, Lenerová and Čechová won the main award of the Czech Dance Platform for their performance dis pla y. Her more recent performance Rukavičkářské závodody (Glove Races) was selected for the Czech Dance Platform 2024 and Malá inventura 2024 festivals. In collaboration with Kari Šulc, she also created the dance film Beating, which won 1st prize at the Dances With Camera festival in Poland and 3rd prize at the NuVideoDance festival in Bratislava 2014.
Jitka Sara Páníková ( born Čechová) is a dancer, performer and choreographer. She began her dance career at the Duncan Centre Dance Conservatory in Prague, where she specialized in contemporary dance and physical theatre. Outside of the Czech dance scene, she has had the opportunity to draw on various artistic approaches that have greatly influenced her movement qualities and transformed her artistic vocabulary. Her international experiences include studying in the Certificate Program at the Peridance Capezio Center in New York, earning a Master's degree in Performing Public Space at Fontys University of Performing Arts in the Netherlands, and gaining work experience in the Chinese cities of Chengdu and Shenzhen and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jitka has worked closely with choreographers such as Michal Zahora, PocketArt, Tereza Lenerová & Co, Peter Šavel, Sofia Krantz, Flavia Tápias, Anna Källblad and Helena Byström. Among her significant choreographic achievements is the performance Dis Pla y, which won the main prize of the Czech Dance Platform in 2022. She is currently part of a three-year international research project iCoDaCo (http://www.icodaco.com/) under the umbrella of Studio ALTA, where she explores contemporary dance in its current context.