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Fairy Tales by POCKETART | Dance Umbrella (London)
£16 / £20
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ABOUT THE SHOW
Contemporary dance and physical theatre collective POCKETART’s latest work Fairy Tales, featuring eight female dancers and two musicians, comes to the UK for the first time.
Exploring the intersection of femininity, identity and self-discovery, Fairy Tales aims to connect us to our past by revisiting childhood experiences. By taking on different roles from fairy tales or every day real-life figures, the dancers envision new fantasies that reimagine how we see our happy endings.
POCKETART’s work is characterised by tackling topics that go beyond the personal experience of the individual, touching on global societal issues. With striking visuals, melodic sound and virtuosic dance performance, Fairy Tales invites us to playfully reconsider our own identities.
ABOUT THE CREATORS
POCKETART collective is an internationally acclaimed team of creators working in the field of contemporary dance and physical theater under the direction of the choreographers Sabina Bočková and Johana Pocková. As part of its projects, the team brings together artists from the fields of dance, music, scenography, fine arts, and light design. Their work has toured internationally in Europe, Africa and South America, their pieces have been part of Aerowaves Twenty21 and Twenty22 and presented at various festivals including Tanzmesse 2022. With their works they are part of European projects such as Shape it! and Big Pulse Dance Alliance.
The work of the team is characterized by tackling topics that go beyond the personal experience of the individual and touch upon societal issues such as manipulation through media, global environmental threats, stress in a competitive environment, or the position of an individual in the corporate work system. The creators try to approach these topics comprehensively through detailed work with all theatrical components. For each of their works, they always look for a new stylization of physical expression unique to the topic at hand, creating dance images from specific body references. Through their distinctive poetics, visual purity and strong original music, the performances aim to give birth to a spiritual experience, compelling the audience to reflect on our society.
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VIDEO TRAILER
CREDITS
Choreography & Direction: Sabina Bočková & Johana Pocková
Creation & Performance: Aneta Bočková, Jitka Čechová, Michaela Dzurovčínová, Karolina Graca, Tereza Holubová, Tereza Krejčová, Eva Mora González, Monika Szpunar
Live Music: Lukáš Palán, Sára Vondrášková (Never Sol)
Dramaturgy: Viktor Černický
Choreographic Coaching: Peter Šavel
Set Design and costumes: Vendula Tomšů
Light Design: Eliška Kociánová
Technical Support: Jan Tomšů
Production Manager 2023: David Ostružár
Tour / Production Manager: Nela Frauenbergová
Production Assistant: Anna Gazdíková
Graphic Design: Pavel Holomek
Photography: Vojtěch Brtnický, Jakub Urban
Trailer: Dominik Žižka
Producer: POCKETART, z.s.
Presented by Dance Umbrella and The Place
Co-producers: Sísmógraf Festival (Spain) / Big Pulse Dance Alliance, TANEC PRAHA International Dance Festival (Czech Republic)
Co-production partners: Julidans (Netherlands) / CODA Oslo International Dance Festival (Norway).
With support of The Ministry of Culture of Czech Republic, The National Recovery Plan, Next Generation EU, Capital city Prague, State Fund of Culture, Tanec Praha z.ú. / PONEC – dance venue, SE.S.TA. – center for choreographic development – associated artist Johana Pocková, REZI.DANCE Komařice.
Special thanks to Yvona Kreuzmannová and Markéta Perroud.
The project was implemented with the financial participation of the EU through the National Recovery Plan and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.