Rhapsodia Bohemica | Balet

Thursday 11 April, 2024, 6.30 pm
Jiří Myron Theatre, Moravian-Silesian National Theatre, Ostrava

The composed evening titled Rhapsodia Bohemica is a powerful fusion of musical styles of five important Czech composers, whose work inspired three significant choreographers of one generation. The first choreography of the production is Heatscape by Justin Peck, Tony Award Winner and leading choreographer, director, and dancer associated with the legendary New York City Ballet company. Heatscape is inspired by the pulsating and diverse Wynwood, the art district of Florida, and its beautiful colourful street murals. Peck created this choreography to music by Bohuslav Martinů, who fled to the US with his wife to escape from the threat of Nazi persecution.

The second part of the production is composed of two works created by two prominent personalities of the contemporary Czech dance. Viktor Konvalinka is a dancer, choreographer, co-founder of the DEKKADANCERS group and former first soloist of the Czech National Ballet in Prague. His work The Point of View shows a place where nothing is what it seems. It shows a place where everything might lead to anything in intoxicating and free desire.

Why is improvisation not the main subject of our education? Why are we not taught this skill from childhood? Jana Burkiewiczová draws inspiration for her work Ikárie from the Czechoslovak science fiction film Ikarie XB 1. Thanks to this, a visually, musically, and emotionally strong poem of stage came to life. Accompanied by Zdeněk Liška’s and Jiří Kovalinka’s music, the mythological context of Ikárie is accentuated – as a place full of joy, happiness, and harmony.

HEATSCAPE
Music: Bohuslav Martinů

Choreography: Justin Peck
Assistant choreography: Eric Trope
Choreographic production: Ellen Grocki, Eric Trope
Scene: Shepard Fairey
Costumes: Reid Barthelme & Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker
Realization of lighting design: Daniel Tesař
Ballet and dance tutor: Gianvito Attimonelli, Rodion Zelenkov

THE POINT OF VIEW
Music: Bohuslav Martinů, Jaroslav Ježek, Ervín Schulhoff

Choreography: Viktor Konvalinka and dancers
Scene: Viktor Konvalinka
Costumes: Viktor Konvalinka
Assistant choreographer: Nataša Novotná
Lighting design: Daniel Tesař

IKARIE
Music: Zdeněk Liška, Jiří Konvalinka

Performance dates:

11/04/2024 6:30 pm Premiere
13/04/2024 6:30 pm Second premiere
16/04/2024 6:30 pm
18/04/2024 6:30 pm
15/05/2024 6:30 pm
23/05/2024 6:30 pm
24/05/2024 6:30 pm

More information: https://www.ndm.cz/en/ballet/instance/6317-rhapsodia-bohemica/2024-04-11/77281/