Burkicom
“Each new work by choreographer Jana Burkiewiczová raises expectations. She is an artist who has established herself on the dance scene through her engagement with socially relevant themes, a refined movement language, and the ability to involve top dancers from both the Czech Republic and abroad in her projects. She attracts attention with her interdisciplinary thinking, bringing into her works inspirations drawn from design, opera, and other artistic disciplines.”
Jana Bohutínská, Reflex
“BURKICOM holds a unique position within the context of the contemporary Czech dance scene, thanks to its sophisticated work with visual trends and multimedia. The themes of its projects are clearly defined, yet nothing is imposed strictly on the audience. On the contrary, they provide space for critical response, as movement, music, and visual imagery are allowed to resonate—while the audience is free to simply be and feel.”
Petronela Brodková, Taneční zóna
Burkicom is a leading Czech contemporary physical theatre company founded in 2015 by choreographer Jana Burkiewiczová. Her unique style, enhanced by collaborations with leading Czech designers, brings distinctive contemporary theatre dealing with current sociological issues, dominated by specific movement techniques and artistic concepts. “We dance to say more than just words. We speak to overcome the shadow of a gesture. The image is as important to us as the message. Dance is a flight of the bird of paradise, a cry and an exchange of ideas. By means of theatre, we try to understand the society we live in.” Dancers, actors, musicians, visual artists, performers.
Burkicom’s home stage is the industrial space La Fabrika in Prague’s Holešovice, but the company’s productions have also been appreciated by audiences at a number of theatre and dance festivals, from Brno’s Svět divadla and South Korea’s PAMS Seoul, to Indonesian SIPA, German Fringe Recklinghausen and the Dutch ARFF Amsterdam.
Burkicom’s production The Island! was among those nominated for the Theatre of the Year at the 2021 Theatre Critics Awards (formerly the Alfred Radok Awards).
Tým:
Jana Burkiewiczová (art director, choreographer)
Ivona Szantová (managing director, international booking)
ivona@burkicom.com
Alžbeta Gabrielová (project manager, booking)
betka@burkicom.com
Petr Taclík (technical production)
petr@burkicom.com
Collaborators:
Jiří Macek
Tomáš Luňák
Jiří Konvalinka
Pavla Beranová
Jaroslav Wertig
Maxim Velčovský
Petra Ptáčková
Tereza Rosalie Kladošová
Barbora Procházková
Michaela Karásková
Václav Jirásek
Vojtěch Veškrna
Never Sol
and others.
Dancers, performers:
Helena Ahrenbergerová
Michal Heriban
Jiří Konvalinka
Viktor Konvalinka
Hanna Nusbaumer
Adam Eduard Orszulík
Ariadne Toumbeki
Ifigenia Toumbeki
Veronika Tokoly
Jindřich Panský
Michal Toman
Libor Kasík
Dominik Zezula
Boodya
a další.
Partners:
Burkicom productions are made possible thanks to grants from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Prague City Hall, Prague 7 and the State Fund for Culture.
We would also like to thank our partners for their continued support: La Fabrika Praha and Designblok Praha.
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