Archa Theatre – February 7 & 8 / 8:00 p.m.

What does it mean to be in exile? How does exile change a person? What is exile? When does it end? What is the difference between a refugee, an expat, a deportee and an emigrant? Don’t all of us live within some borders?

These and other questions are raised in the solo dance performance Bastard, the first part of a trilogy of projects by Slovak-born New York choreographer Pavel Zuštiak, which explores themes of uprootedness, transformation and otherness, and is inspired by Jerzy Kosiński’s controversial novel The Painted Bird.

“Vinasky is piercing … Frederickson’s score bracing… ‘Bastard’ is searing.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A violent tale, tenderly told: ‘Bastard’ earns its emotional extremity – with tenderness and quiet.”
FINANCIAL TIMES

“A vivid, often anguished imagination shines through in [Zustiak's] work.”
THE NEW YORKER

Concept and choreography: Pavel Zuštiak
Dancer and co-author: Jaro Viňarský
Music composed and performed by: Christian Frederickson
Produced by: Palissimo Inc. (USA)
Co-produced by: Stanica Žilina-Záriečie (SK), Institut Jerzyho Grotowského (PL), La Mama Etc. (USA)

Tickets: CZK 290 / students and seniors CZK 190

http://www.archatheatre.cz/en/

Tickets: 180/140 Kč
Reservations: +420 777 673 240, or E-mail: jakomar@volny.cz, andreamiltner@volny.cz

THE BAROQUE BODY REVEALED/Barokní tělo odhaleno (baroque dance without the frills…)

The mystery of the body in movement, veiled by layers of rich costume has inspired dancer and choreographer Andrea Miltner to create an unconventional, precise and vigourous dance duet. The dancers energise the space, the beautiful baroque architecture of the Czech Museum of Music, and seize possession of it. Their movements have an urgency: they are uncompromising and without respite. They speak eloquently of the pure joy of dance, the lightness of finely chiseled gesture and the ornate beauty of the refined expressiveness of baroque.

Concept and choreography: Andrea Miltner
Lighting design and soundscape: Jan Komárek
Costume design inspired by Diego Velázquez’s ‘Infanta Margarita’
Costumes: Kamila Čubová
Shoes: Josef Formánek
Dancers: Romana Konrádová and Andrea Miltner

The project has been realised through the financial support of the Czech Ministry of Culture and the kind support of the Czech Museum of Music.