“Together we create space for the development of opportunities for companies and dancers to perform internationally. We connect the efforts of companies in the field of international cooperation, facilitate access to new talents on the international scene, educate them and increase the readiness of dancers to work internationally. We share experiences and look for ways of being sustainable while further developing contemporary dance and physical theatre.”
International market of dancers
A series of workshops with leading Czech choreographers Jana Burkiewiczová (BURKICOM), Václav Kuneš (420PEOPLE), Štěpán Pechar (DEKKADANCERS) and dancer Fanny Barrouque (Lenka Vagnerová & Company). Introduction to their way of working, working on parts of the repertoire. Development of the dancers’ competences and expanding the possibilities of their application. During the subsequent breakfast with the choreographers (Apres ski) the opportunity to get feedback on their performances and information about the possibilities of employment in individual companies.
Venue: Studio DANCE PERFECT, Národní 961, Prague 1
For professional dancers only, graduates or dance school students aged 16 and over, selected on the basis of a submitted CV and a video of a movement demonstration.
Entrance fee: 160 EUR for all workshops including breakfast with choreographers. You will be asked to pay the fee after confirming your participation.
Max. number of participants: 50
To register as an international performing arts professional, please contact HERE.
Networking basecamp
“Why do we do what we do? Who cares?”“
A networking programme aimed at the development of creative activity, collaboration and international opportunities; with the participation of ensemble leaders and promoters from several European countries. Lectures, discussions, case studies, open workshops.
Venue ARCHA+, Na Poříčí 1047/26, Prague 1
To register as an international performing arts professional, please contact ivona@burkicom.com
Networking Breakfest, November 5 / 10.00–12.00 AM
Joint breakfast with international performing arts experts, cultural managers, representatives of theatres, festivals, cultural institutions, agencies, promoters, innovators and artists. Exchange of business cards, introduction to the programme. Who we are, what we are about. And who are you? Would you like some bread?
(open to professional public / accreditation)
Panel discussion: How to make it in the world, November 5 / 1.00–3.00 PM
Moderated discussion with producers and promoters. Topic: How to make it abroad? Why? Is local success important for making it abroad? What is important for the ensemble, what is important for the festival or the house?
Discussants:
Gie Baguet (BE), founder of the legendary international agency Frans Brood Productions representing artists such as Peeping Tom, Miet Warlop, or Alexander Vantournhout, or Serge Aimé Coulibaly and his Faso Danse Theátre.
Valentina Marini (IT), director of Orbital / Spellbound National production center for Dance and artistic director of Fuori Programma Festival.
Magnus Nordberg(SE), cultural strategist and producer, founder of the Nordberg Movement, an agency representing fifteen mainly Scandinavian companies.
Markéta Perroud (CZ), cultural manager, former artistic director of the Ponec Theatre and co-director of the Tanec Praha festival, which she co-created for 13 years.
Moderated by Saša Michailidis
(open to professional public / accreditation)
Artist presentation: Who we are and where are going,
November 6 / 10.00–12.00 AM
Intensive presentation of troupes / choreographers in front of thirty selected international producers and promoters. Words and pictures. No interruptions. Say what you want to say. 10 choreographers á 20 slides á 20 seconds. Not much more. And then a table date – speed dates. Choreographer and guest producer face to face.
Presenting companies: 420PEOPLE, BURKICOM, DEKKADANCERS, Dočasná Company, FARM IN THE CAVE, Laterna Magika, LENKA VAGNEROVÁ & COMPANY, POCKETART, SPOLK, Viktor Černický
Moderated by David Krátký
World Café: Success Factory, November 6 / 1.15–3.30 PM
Two topics, two rounds of moderated presentations and follow-up discussions. 2x 60 minutes.
Topic: Audience Development
How to get an audience into the theatre? Where is it? Who are we doing it for? To listen to the viewer or not to listen? How far to go and not get lost? Are we influenced by critics? To compromise or not to compromise? What can we do to be more attractive? How can we keep our own authenticity? And is that even important?
Moderated by Katherina Vasiliadis
Topic: Where to play to get noticed?
What a good dance platform should look like to be functional. What parameters should it have to be attractive for the audience and functional for the promoters? Is there such a thing?
Moderated by Markéta Málková
Showcase
“The best pieces from our bakery.“
9 performances / 8 choreographers / 5 ensembles
English friendly showcase of contemporary dance and physical theatre. Current performances by 420PEOPLE, BURKICOM, DEKKADANCERS, FARM IN THE CAVE and LENKA VAGNEROVÁ & COMPANY. Short author’s introductions. Open to the general public.
Program
Saturday 2. 11.
09.00 – 10.00
International market of dancers / registration / Studio DANCE PERFECT
10.00 – 11.00
International market of dancers: Warm Up
11.15 – 14.15
International market of dancers: Workshop led by Jana Burkiewiczová (BURKICOM)
15.30 – 18.30
International market of dancers: Workshop led by Štěpán Pechar (DEKKADANCERS)
Sunday 3. 11.
10.00 – 11.00
International market of dancers: Warm Up
11.15 – 14.15
International market of dancers: Workshop led by Fanny Barrouquère (LENKA VAGNEROVÁ & COMPANY)
15.30 – 18.30
International market of dancers: Workshop led by Václav Kuneš (420PEOPLE)
Monday 4. 11.
09.00 – 11.00
International market of dancers: Apres ski / ARCHA+
16.00
Welcome Bread / Opening of Networking basecamp part of Bread&Dance Prague / Divadlo Komedie
17.00
Lenka Vagnerová & company: Mystical Self, choreography Edivaldo Ernesto / Divadlo Komedie / tickets
19.00
Farm in the Cave: Czech Hero, choreography Viliam Dočolomanský / Dox / tickets
20.30
Opening Dance Party / ARCHA+
Tuesday 5. 11.
10.00 – 12.00
Networking Breakfest / ARCHA+ / accreditation
13.00 – 15.00
Panel discussion: How to make it in the world / ARCHA+ / accreditation
16.30
Lenka Vagnerová & company: Panoptikum, choreography Lenka Vagnerová / Divadlo Komedie / tickets
19.00
BURKICOM: The Sun, choreography Jana Burkiewwiczová / ARCHA+ / tickets
21.00
42+PEOPLE: Where, choreography: Helena Arenbergerová, Václav Kuneš / Studio Maiselovka / tickets
Wednesday 6. 11.
10.00 – 12.00
Artist Presentations: Who we are and where are going / ARCHA+ / closed working group
13.00 – 15.30
World Café: Success Factory / ARCHA+ / closed working group
17.00
BURKICOM: Nutcracker, choreography Jana Burkiewiczová, ARCHA+ / tickets
19.00
420PEOPLE: Y / why, choreography Václav Kuneš / La Fabrika / tickets
21.00
Dekkadancers: and, choreography Jiří Pokorný / Jatka 78 / tickets
22.00
Abend Brot: Dance&Dance&Dance / Jatka 78
About
A joint project of leading Czech contemporary dance and physical theatre companies 420PEOPLE, BURKICOM, DEKKADANCERS, FARM IN THE CAVE and LENKA VAGNEROVÁ & COMPANY.
Five contemporary dance and physical theatre companies came together to present and start talking about the topic of the long-term status, sustainability, collaboration and development of contemporary dance and physical theatre in the international context. Bread&Dance Prague will offer an open approach, presentations of the latest projects, workshops with choreographers and discussions on international networking.
Producer: BURKICOM
Managing director: Ivona Szantová
Art director: Jana Burkiewiczová
Preparatory committee: Jana Burkiewiczová, Sylva Šafková, Pavel Knolle, Eliška Seveldová
Collaborating choreographers: Jana Burkiewiczová, Viliam Dočolomanský, Viktor Konvalinka, Václav Kuneš, Štěpán Pechar, Sylva Šafková, Lenka Vagnerová, Ondřej Vinklát
Project Managers: Betka Gabrielová
Production: Eliška Zamouřilová, Lenka Plottová
PR & Marketing: Janka Kellerová
Social media: Kristýna Jurášková, David Krátký
Graphic design: Martina Černá, Imagery
Collaborating organisations: IDU
Supporting institutions: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, Czech Centre Brussels, Embassy of the State of Israel in the Czech Republic, Embassy of Sweden Prague, Liszta Institute, Hungarian cultural center
Spaces: ARCHA+, DOX, La Fabrika, Divadlo Komedie, Jatka78, Studio Maiselovka
The project is supported financially by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic as part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility.
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