CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST

Ethan Law is a diverse multidisciplinary circus and stage artist. Graduating from the prestigious National Circus School of Montreal he performed all over the world. Now he is in the Czech Republic performing and creating performances with Cirk La Putyka. How was his journey from the USA to Prague. How he perceives the Czech contemporary circus and what does his life in the Czech Republic bring him artistically and personally? You are listening to CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST, today with Veronika Štefanová.

A Center for Contemporary Circus in cooperation with the Letní Letná Festival of Contemporary Circus presents The Czech Contemporary Circus Showcase which is a curated selection of Czech contemporary-circus projects. Listen to 60 minutes / 3 themed blocks / hosted by Veronika Štefanová and meet Czech artists who have been active in Czech contemporary circus for over a decade as well as those who are just entering the professional scene. You will discover the diversity and richness of the creative approaches behind the scenes of Czech contemporary circus whether it is performed on theater stages, in circus tents or in the streets, for a broad audience or as an experiment pushing the limits of the genre.

Blaha, Stárková, Menoušek – LAVABO – Lukas Blaha

Viktor Černický – PLI – Viktor Cernický

Cie Pieds Perchés – OK(N)o – Morgane Widmer

Eliška Brtnická – HANG OUT + Fish EYE – Eliška Brtnická

Holektiv – Crows – Karolína Křížková

A Center for Contemporary Circus in cooperation with the Letní Letná Festival of Contemporary Circus presents The Czech Contemporary Circus Showcase which is a curated selection of Czech contemporary-circus projects. Listen to 60 minutes / 3 themed blocks / hosted by Veronika Štefanová and meet Czech artists who have been active in Czech contemporary circus for over a decade as well as those who are just entering the professional scene. You will discover the diversity and richness of the creative approaches behind the scenes of Czech contemporary circus whether it is performed on theater stages, in circus tents or in the streets, for a broad audience or as an experiment pushing the limits of the genre.

Cirk La Putyka – Runners – Vít Neznal and Ethan Law

Losers Cirque Company – Audition – Petr Horníček

Filip Zahradnický – Collection of Sceptical Pleasures – Filip Zahradnický

Alžběta Tichá – Stav – Bětka Tichá

Cirkus TeTy – Peeping Janes – Martina Hajdyla Lacová

Squadra Sua – Across – Roman Horák

Ondřej Holba – And Who Is Useless Now? – Ondřej Holba

A Center for Contemporary Circus CIRQUEON in cooperation with the Letní Letná Festival presents The Czech Contemporary Circus Showcase which is a curated selection of Czech contemporary-circus projects. Listen to 60 minutes / 3 themed blocks / hosted by Veronika Štefanová and meet Czech artists who have been active in Czech contemporary circus for over a decade as well as those who are just entering the professional scene. You will discover the diversity and richness of the creative approaches behind the scenes of Czech contemporary circus whether it is performed on theater stages, in circus tents or in the streets, for a broad audience or as an experiment pushing the limits of the genre.

Jonatán Vnouček a Michaela Stará – JOHNNY & JENNY

– Jonatán Vnouček

Balancealots – Link the Click – Aleš Hrdlička

Cirk La Putyka – Kaleidoscope – Daniel Komarov

MansterVille – Propane Punk Circus – Vojtěch Štulc

Blackout paradox – Shamaniac – Michaela Hrdecká

Bratři v tricku – Skiing Odyssey – Adam Jarchovský

Losers Cirque Company – COLLAPSE – Petr Horníček

Filip Zahradnický, žonglér a performer, patří do generace prvních českých absolventů profesionálních cirkusových škol. Jeho cesta k cirkusu začala už ve třinácti letech v KC Zahrada s lektorem Adamem Jarchovským. V roce 2014 byl přijat na Academy of Modern Circus. Co obnáší studium na cirkusové škole? Proč si vybral jako disciplínu žonglování? A co je podle něj největší cirkusové klišé? Posloucháte CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST, dnes s Kateřinou Korychovou.

Autor: Kateřina Korychová

Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Zvukový design: Petr Váně

Foto: David Konečný

Filip Zahradnický: Professional circus school was a turning point in my juggling career

Juggler and performer Filip Zahradnický belongs to the generation of the first Czech professional circus schools graduates. His journey to the circus began at the age of thirteen at cultural center Zahrada and CIRQUEON with lecturer Adam Jarchovský. In 2014 he started to study at the Academy of Modern Circus in Copenhagen. How challenging i tis to study at circus school? Why did Filip Zahradnický choose juggling? And does he find the most challenging in his professional career? You will find out in CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST by Kateřina Korychová.

Author: Kateřina Korychová

Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Sound design: Petr Váně

Foto: David Konečný

Je úplně jedno, kdo běhá nebo šplhá nejrychleji, kdo je pružnější, kdo umí lepší kotoul, kdo dává góly nebo kdo všechno vychytá. V cirkuse se nedá vyhrát, ale zúčastnit se může každý! Přesně tak zní motto projektu Cirqueonu nazvaného TěloCIRK, který mají na starost lektorky Katka Klusáková a Markéta Lázňovská. TěloCIRK nabízí školám 90ti minutovou alternativní hodinu tělocviku právě skrze techniky nového cirkusu. Jak taková hodina vypadá a co se během ní děti a učitelé naučí a dozvědí? Co vlastně může nový cirkus přinést dětskému kolektivu a jak učí děti vnímat nejen svoje tělo, ale i sebe navzájem? Poslechněte si CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST Aleny Rokosové.

Autor: Alena Rokosová

Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Zvukový design: Petr Váně

Foto: Jan Hromádko

TěloCIRK: You can't win in circus, but anyone can participate!

It doesn't matter who runs or climbs the fastest, who is more flexible, who scores goals or who catches everything. You can't win in circus, but anyone can participate! This is exactly the motto of the Cirqueon project called TěloCIRK, which is in charge of lecturers Katka Klusáková and Markéta Lázňovská. TěloCIRK offers 90-minute alternative gym school class through the techniques of the contemporary circus. What does such a lesson look like and what will children and teachers learn and learn during it? What can the contemporary circus actually bring to the children's group and how does it teach children to perceive not only their bodies but also each other? Listen to CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAS by Alena Rokosová.

Author: Alena Rokosová

Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Sound design: Petr Váně

Photo: Jan Hromádko

Michaela Stará, performerka, tanečnice, mimka, a také žena, která ve své tvorbě kombinuje tanec Vogue a žonglování s pingpongovými míčky ústy. Má za sebou sovu první zahraniční pracovní zkušenost, jako jedna z účinkujících show Girl Power! v lipském Krystallpalast Varieté. Co obnáší získat takové angažmá a co se od umělců a umělkyň ve varieté očekává? Z jakých nároků musela Michaela Stará slevit a co nového ji to přineslo do jejího profesního života?

Autor/editor: Veronika Štefanová

Zvukový design: David Štefan

Foto: Filip Jagrik

Michaela Stará, performer, dancer, mime and a woman who combines Vogue dance and ping pong juggling. She talks about her first work experience abroad. She was one of the performers of the Girl Power! show in Leipzig's Krystallpalast Varieté! What does it mean to get such an engagement? What is expected of artists in a variety show? From what demands did Michaela Stará have to compromise and what did it bring to her professional life?

Author/Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Sound design: David Štefan

Photo: Filip Jagrig

V druhé epizodě CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST vás zavedeme do branického Divadla Bravo!, které má nové rezidenty, soubor Losers Cirque Company a mima a performera Radima Vizváryho. Na legendární místo, které v 80. a 90. letech patřilo uměleckým experimentům, se tak opět vrací fyzické divadlo, pantomima a nový cirkus. Co noví rezidenti s divadlem zamýšlí? Jak se již nyní proměnil a v budoucnu bude proměňovat jeho prostor? Na prohlídku divadlem se s principálem Losers Cirque Company Petrem Horníčkem vydala Kateřina Korychová.

Petr Horníček: "Running our own theater is challenging, but at the same time our dream come true"

In the second episode of CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST, we will take you to the Theater Bravo! in Braník. The theater has new residents, the Losers Cirque Company ensemble and mime and performer Radim Vizváry. Physical theater, pantomime and contemporary circus has return to the legendary place, which belonged to artistic experiments in the 1980s and 1990s. Kateřina Korychová visited the Theater Bravo! with the artistic director of the Losers Cirque Company Petr Horníček.

Autor / Author: Kateřina Korychová

Editor: Veronika Štefanová

Zvukový design / Sound design: David Štefan

Foto / Photo: František Ortman

V první epizodě CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST cirkusový artista a spoluzakladatel francouzského Galapiat Cirque, Lucho Smit, mluví o možnostech i limitech cirkusu a také o tom, zda je cirkus bezpečným prostorem, ve kterém lze tvořit svobodně a bez předsudků. Proměňuje se cirkus v čase, anebo zda se spíš mění náš pohled na něj? Může cirkus změnit svět? S Luchem Smitem se u příležitosti uvedení inscenace L’âne & la carotte na festivalu Letní Letná Light v Praze setkala Ania Obolewicz a Veronika Štefanová.

In the first episode of CIRQUEON CIRCUS PODCAST, Lucho Smit, circus artist and co-founder of the French Galapiat Cirque, talks about the possibilities and limitations of circus. It is a safe space without prejudices? Does circus change over time, or is it our view of it that changes? Can circus change the world? Ania Obolewicz and Veronika Štefanová met Lucho Smit at the production of L’âne & la carotte during the Letní Letná Light Festival in Prague.