Yana Reutova (UA/CZ) & Clara da Costa (BR) and Flávia Tápias & coll. (BR)
Yana Reutova worked as a dancer, choreographer and teacher in the Odessa region. In 2014 she founded Dance Theatre Plastilin and created several performances receiving some awards. She organized the Dance Platform Most festival (5 years) and worked a lot with children (Creative Kids project) and her students. After that she started the Speaking with the Body festival, which took place only once. In March 2022, she took her daughter and several students and fled from the war to Prague, where she now works. She is involved in projects by other choreographers and herself leads workshops for children and develops her own work with various artists.
The triptych concept "Together Alone" succeeded in the European competition within the first EFFEA Open Call and was one of the 40 supported projects.
www.divadloponec.cz/cs/yana-reutova-coll
Clara da Costa is a dancer, choreographer and educator. Graduated in MajorPerformance at SEAD, in Salzburg, Austria, she also studied at Tisch School ofthe Arts – NYU, USA. Workshops with David Zambrano, Les Slovaks, Frey Faust, among others. Taught Workshop for Cirque du Soleil. She works in Musical Theater as choreographer, director, cast, body trainer and also resident director. Since 2003, she has facilitated the Corpo Único (contemporary dance andimprovisation) workshop in Brazil and Europe. Recently she performed with Grupo Tápias as a creative interpreter in the pieces "Imprevisto, onde o amor acontece" and "Café não é só umaxícara"; and with Yana Reutova,ukrainian Choreographer.
Flávia Tápias is a choreographer, performer, movement director and contemporary dance teacher, graduated from Faculdade Angel Vianna in Brazil. She is artistic director of the “Tápias Festival” and director and curator of the international contemporary dance festivals "Dança em Trânsito" and "Correios em Movimento", held in Brazil and France. She teaches contemporary dance technique and choreographic composition at various international festivals and performances. In the last years she has performed in Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, USA and South Korea, among others.