The Czech dance scene is characterized by its diversity, openness and personalities from the Czech Republic and beyond who work in various local communities as well as internationally. For PQ +, we are preparing samples of the work of selected artists who represent only a small example of what is happening here. You can then enjoy more at the 30th Czech Dance Platform from 7 – 10 April 2024!
In Pilsen, we will see Viktor Černický, whose PLI has also traveled around the world thanks to the Aerowaves platform. The participatory performance Prima was created thanks to another project with the support of the EU Creative Europe program – Be SpectACTive. Meanwhile, Jaro Viňarský is a constant of the Czech-Slovak scene, who spent a good deal of his career in Belgium and the USA, which will be part of his retrospective exhibition. Tereza Lenerová is another successful Aerowaves artist, whose duet created with Jitka Čechová won an award from the international jury of the Czech Dance Platform. Moderated by Daniela Voráčková.
Jaro Viňarský, dancer, choreographer and performer, founder of o.z. SKOK! studied from 1996-2001 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He continued his studies in Prague at HAMU. In 1998-2000 he was a member of the professional theatre Studio Tance in Banská Bystrica. In 2006 he won the prestigious Sazka Award for "discovery in dance" in the Czech Republic for his solo performance LAST STEP BEFORE together with the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform. Since 2004 he has been working closely with the Belgian choreographer Karine Ponties. Currently he also runs creative dance workshops, especially for non-professional dancers and people from other professions. He is the recipient of the prestigious BESSIES NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARD 2013 in the category "Outstanding Dancer" / "Outstanding Performer" for his performance Bastard choreographed by Slovak choreographer living in New York Pavel Zuštiak.
Jitka Čechová is a graduate of the Duncan Centre Conservatory (2017). As part of her studies, she participated in a dance internship in New York City (José Limón Dance Foundation Professional Certificate Studies Program), several research study programs in contemporary dance (in Belgium and the Netherlands) and a research stay in China (CEEC Summer Dance Camp 2017) focused on classical Chinese technique, kung fu, performance and choreography. In 2022, she graduated with a Master’s degree in Performing Public Space at Fontys School in the Netherlands. She is the co- creator of performance dis pla y, which was awarded the main prize of the Czech Dance Platform (2022). She has participatedasadancerinprojectssuchasWhitePiece (ch.: Sofia Krantz), Pulsar (ch.: Michal Záhora) Provoke- self! (author: Michal Nikodem), Rotas Afora (ch.: Flavia Tapias) and There Is a Sense Of Being (authors: Tereza Lenerová, Jan Horák). Jitka is currently working on performance, choreography and art in public space.
Tereza Lenerová graduated from The Theaterschool Amsterdam. She gained experience as a dancer with various choreographers in the Czech Republic and abroad.WithherduetVariablewithEinatGanz,she qualified for Aerowaves Spring Forward. For other experiments, she co-founded the space Truhlárna, where she created her most successful solo to date – Swish, which was awarded the Main award at the Czech Dance Platform and received a number of invitations to prestigious festivals abroad. Her next work Don’t Stop received special jury recognition at the Czech Dance Platform 2019 and is part of the AerowavesTwenty21 prestigious selection. In 2021, she introduced choreographies dis pla y, which she created together with Jitka Čechová, and There Is a Sense of Being.
Viktor Černický is a dance artist, dramaturg and teacher who creates works that straddle the fine line between dance, physical theatre, circus and visual arts. In 2019, his solo performance PLI was awarded the Main Award and Audience Award of the Czech Dance Platform 2019. His work is widely presented on European and Asian stages and festivals, including in Paris, London, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Stockholm, Barcelona, Vilnius and Kalamata. The prestigious European contemporary dance network Aerowaves included PLI in the AerowavesTwenty20 selection, and in 2021 the performance was supported by Dancenet Sweden. Since 2019, Viktor has been a visiting teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in its international Master in Devised and Object Theatre program.
