VERTEDANCE – LEARNED HELPLESSNESS (teaser)
A movie adaptation directed by Vojtěch Kopecký and Michal Caban (April 2015)
SITE SPECIFIC PROJECT
In its latest production, VerTeDance abandons its usual home stage at Prague’s Ponec Theatre in order to delve into the underground spaces of the former municipal spa. The project is loosely inspired by Dagmar Šimková’s book We Were There, Too, about her experiences in a communist prison camp in the 1950s. The contradiction between the site’s original purpose and its current state resonates with the fates of people who were tortured and killed for expressing a noble spirit.
VerTeDance has invited an international team of renowned artists to collaborate on this project: movement is being coordinated by Lali Ayguade Farro, a long-term dancer with the famed Akram Khan Company, the music is by Polish composer Rafał Dętkoś, and the performance is directed by Jiří Havelka.
Performers: Veronika Kotlíková, Tereza Ondrová, Martina Hajdyla Lacová, Karolína Hejnová, Robert Nižník, Jaro Ondruš, Petr Opavský, Katarína Ďuricová, Lucia Kašiarová, Jiří Havelka, Lali Ayguade Farro, Rafal Deťkos, Adriana Černá, Tomáš Žižka a studenti
Production: VerTedance o.s. a festival 4+4 dny v pohybu Supported by: MHMP, MKČR, Nadace život umělce, METROSTAV a.s., ALT@RT o.s.
420 PEOPLE – HAMLETOPHELIA (30 min)
the first Czech dance fashion film, directed by Jakub Jahn
A short film directed by Jakub Jahn, featuring 420PEOPLE - Nataša Novotná and Václav Kuneš. Somewhere between a fashion and dance video, Hamletophelia presents a fashion collection of the designer Marcel Holubec, drawing inspiration from Heiner Müller's postmodern drama Hamletmachine. Created by Dance Film Festival, Artn, Cinéasteand 420PEOPLE.
Directed by: JAKUB JAHN
Written by: JAKUB JAHN
Dramaturgy: JANA NÁVRATOVÁ
Costumes: MARCEL W. HOLUBEC (Oděvní kolekce Les Choses de la Vie ...)
Superviser: OLO KŘÍŽOVÁ
Music: MARNOST
Sound Design: JAN ŠIKL
Director of Photography: ALAN SOURAL
1st Assistant Camera: LEOŠ VIJAČKA
Edited by: JAKUB JAHN
Featuring: MARCEL HOLUBEC, OLO KŘÍŽOVÁ, 420PEOPLE: VÁCLAV KUNEŠ a NATAŠA NOVOTNÁ
Voice: DAVID PRACHAŘ
On the Motives of Die Hamletmaschine by HEINER MÜLLER
Czech Translation: JOSEF BALVÍN
English Translation: DENNIS REDMOND
Pictures: TOMÁŠ VLČEK
With thanks to: TRAFAČKA, KES Vratimov, MICHAL MACHULDA, VÁCLAV HEJDUK
Coproducers: Festival tanečních filmů / Dance Film Festival, Artn, o.s., Cinéaste, 420PEOPLE
