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Learning by Circus in Movere School

The next part of the Learning by Circus educational project took place this time with a group of teachers at the MOVERE school. During ten sessions, our tutors Robert Janč and Cécile Da Costa introduced the participants to circus skills that they can use to enrich their learning, develop creativity and foster collaboration among their classmates.

For the Love of Dance – work in progress in Prague and Nuremberg (gallery)

On Friday 1 November, work in progress, a joint project by dancer and choreographer Andrea Miltnerová, the Musica Florea company and students from the Duncan Centre and the Nuremberg school Mind and Dance, took place at Venus in Švehlovka.

The German work in progress of this project, which combines baroque dance with contemporary elements, then took place on Sunday 10 November at the Museum of Communication in Nuremberg.

Dance and Mental Health in Schools and Beyond – gallery

At the turn of August and September we successfully implemented an educational project Dance and Mental Health in Schools and Beyond. Together with the British dance company Company Chameleon, other lecturers and in cooperation with Švanda Theatre, we explored innovative approaches to well-being and mental well-being of children through dance and movement.

Dance and Mental Health in Schools and Beyond

The production platform ProFitArt, in addition to producing theatre productions, also deals with creative education. Activities have a significant social impact, focusing on children’s psychomotor development, mental health support and emotional intelligence. Part of this stream are, for example, workshops for children and for teachers Learning by Circus led by lecturers Cécile Da Costa and Robert Janč, as well as the latest project entitled Dance and Mental Health in Schools and Beyond, which ProFitArt is implementing in cooperation with the British ensemble Company Chameleon and which is co-organised by Švandovo Theatre in Smíchov.

Baroque Dance from a Contemporary Perspective

At the end of August we started rehearsals of a new project Baroque Dance from a Contemporary Perspective. Dancer, choreographer and teacher Andrea Miltner, together with students from the Duncan Centre and the M.A.D. Nuremberg School, delve into the rich history of Baroque dance, which they combine with modern dance elements and techniques. This phase of the project will conclude in early November with a public presentation of the work-in-progress accompanied by the Musica Florea music ensemble.
The project is supported by the European Union (National Recovery Plan).

ProFitArt in USA and Mexico (gallery)

We spent the end of June and the beginning of July on tour in New Mexico and Mexico City, where we performed two performances of Roselyne, four performances of Nothing Else, Mothers, and Cécile Da Costa led four workshops for mothers and daughters. Each performance was followed by a discussion.

Thank you to all the audience members for their wonderful reactions, to all the partners who helped us make this adventure happen, and to the National Recovery Plan for their support.

Here and now. The physical stand-up of the artistic duo B&B will premiere at the Plum Yard

The artistic duo B&B consisting of performers Barbora Ješutová and Barbora Nechanická is preparing a physical stand-up called Here and Now, which will premiere on 8 June 2024 at Plum Yard under the auspices of the production platform ProFitArt. The authors turn the well-known format of stand-up inside out and play out comic situations with movement. However, with humorous detachment they make visible the oppressive feeling we all know well – the fear of missing something, of being irretrievably behind.

Cécile Da Costa’s workshop at the Night of Theatres 2024

The Dance In-Between Us team spent the first half of the second week of January in Prague.

Roselyne said goodbye to Ponec and performed her last show there during this year’s Night of Theatres. Part of the program of the Roselyne Transformation was a workshop with author and performer Cécile Da Costa, beautifully photographed by Michael Romanovský. Check out the gallery.

Dance In-Betwen Us: team in Prague

The Dance In-Between Us team spent the first half of the second week of January in Prague.

We visited the intergenerational workshops of the organization Mezi námi in a home for the elderly and also Cécile Da Costa’s workshops for the elderly and people with Parkinson’s disease. We spent the remaining time developing a project to connect generations through dance and improve their health, emotional intelligence, competence, motor and coordination skills and spatial orientation.

FOMO / On Air at Tep39

We ended the year 2023 with the work-in-progress of the upcoming project of performers Bára Nechanická and Bára Ješutová with the working title FOMO / On Air. Look at the photos.

Learning by Circus for students

On Monday we finished this half term of Learning by Circus workshops for students. Groups of students at Letohradská Primary School showed what they had learned in six months with the lecturers Robert Janč and Cécile Da Costa, and evaluated how much they enjoyed the lessons and what they had gained from them. The workshops were also held at the Integrál Primary School and the Kralupy Children’s Home.

FOMO – On Air

The new project of performers Bára Ješutová and Bára Nechanická had a work-in-progress at the Night of Theatres in Plum Yard. Thank you for the invitation and the Ministry of Culture and the City of Prague for their support.
The premiere is planned for June.

Connecting generations, dance, health, development

Together with our German and Polish partners, Dirk Förster and Karolina Wycisk from Performat Production, we are starting to work on the project Dance In-between Us. We are delighted to be partnered with Mezi námi, a non-profit organization that has been connecting generations for ten years.

Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home – the book

The book about four years of Moetivi Caravan is full of photos from residencies and trips. The texts in Czech and English summarise the entire development of the international project from the first idea, through the residencies to the three finished performances in the Czech, Icelandic and Norwegian caravans. The book can be purchased at Moetivi Caravan performances or by contacting pr@profitart.cz.

Whimsical Paranoid: work-in-progress (gallery)

On Friday, September 22nd, performers Martina Martín, Sade Mamedova and Lorenzo Ponteprimo concluded their creative residency. Thank you to everyone who came to see the work-in-progress of their project Whimsical Paranoid and the National Recovery Plan for support.

The international creative residency at KD Mlejn will be ended by work-in-progress dance sci-fi performance

More Than Just Theatre is the title of the residency project announced by the production platform ProFitArt together with the German partner The Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei. The first of the two selected residencies, the dance sci-fi project Oxy-Gen | Embers, will be finalized this Friday, July 14, with a public work-in-progress at KD Mlejn in Prague.

Norwegian Moetivi Caravan on PIT Festival

At the beginning of June we went to Porsgrunn, Norway, to the PIT festival, which featured a performance of our partners of the Moetivi Caravan project. The Norwegian production, which was created parallely with the Czech and Icelandic productions, is called Jomfrulandet, also explores what home means to us, and takes place in a small caravan. We thank the Norwegian team for taking us on their own journey to find home, and the EEA and Norway Grants for their support. Look at the photos in the gallery.

Oxy-Gen | Embers

Oxy-Gen| Embers is the first project we selected based on open call. The first of two residencies we are doing in collaboration with Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei Mannheim and KD Mlejn within the project More Than Just a Theatre. A project by German dancer and choreographer Lisa Bless and her collaborator, dancer Anand Dhanakoti from India. The dance sci-fi performance transports us to the not too distant future of our planet. To two different climate scenarios in two different sci-fi worlds. A fusion of contemporary dance, physical theatre, kathak and martial arts. The residency starts on June 26th and we can’t wait to welcome Lisa and Anand to Prague.

#kulturunezastavis

Cécile Da Costa took part in the happening of #kulturunezastavis initiative. As Roselyne, she performed with her plant in a subway car on the route from Motola to Hostivař Depot.

Teaching by Circus

Since the beginning of this season, a circus workshop for teachers with Robert Janč and Cécile Da Costa Teaching by Circus has been taking place.

ProFitArt in the new year

Hello to our theater friends in the new year and would like to invite you to the theater experiences that the beginning of 2023 brings us.

Theatre premiere of Ewa Żurakowska’s multi-genre project Home Beyond the Borders? in Venuše ve Švehlovce

Polish performer Ewa Żurakowska created her project based on the book House of Day, House of Night by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. The production Home Beyond the Borders?, which invites the audience into the world of dreams, surreal and visionary reality, had its Czech site-specific premiere in Prague’s Invalidovna (Studio ALTA) and will now be added to the repertoire of the Venuše ve Švehlovce Theatre. Theatre premiere takes place on Monday, November 21. The performer received a broader nomination for the Thalia Awards 2022 for her performance in the production.

Ewa Zurakowska nominated on Thalia Awards

Ewa Żurakowska appeared in a wider nomination for the Thalia Awards 2022 for her role in the production Home Beyond the Borders?!

“…the performer tells a suggestive story about the world of the Czech-Polish border, which she literally “materializes” with her intense physical acting, both in the form of dialogues with the audience and in her own dream monologues. She is characterized by sensitivity, complex acting and a charismatic ability to establish direct contact with the audience.”

A year ago, the production had its Czech site-specific premiere in Prague’s Invalidovna, and soon you will have the opportunity to see it again!

Roselyne in Amsterdam

Roselyne the movie, directed by Tereza Vejvodová, based on the production of the same name, was selected for this year’s Cinedans festival in Amsterdam. It was screened in the iconic Eye filmmuseum on Saturday, June 25, at 6:45 p.m.

A special family production in a caravan will take you on your way home

The author’s production by Dominika Špalková and Bára Ungerová is looking for an answer to the question of what makes home a home. The original project takes place in a specially adapted caravan, which is also an art installation and can accommodate only eight spectators. Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home premieres in Lubná near Polička, where the project originated, on June 21, the day of the summer solstice. After the premiere, the caravan will tour Czech festivals.

Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home – preview

We cordially invite you to the preview of the Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home project.

We are looking for Ukrainian musicians

To the author’s production of Polish performer Ewa Zurakowska Home Beyond the Borders? according to Olga Tokarczuk’s book House of Day, House of Night, we are looking for Ukrainian musicians.

Premiere of the author’s production by Cécile Da Costa, Zero etc.

What if while looking in the eyes of disasters we could still tell each other beautiful stories? Performance-dialogue of Cécile Da Costa, her eight-year-old daughter Thelma and performer Lukáš Karásek will have its premiere on February 26th, 8 p.m., in Ponec – dance venue.

Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home – work in progress

We cordially invite you to the work in progress presentation of the Moetivi Caravan / Expedition Home project.

The preparation of a new author’s project led the artists to Norway and Iceland

Moetivi Caravan / Expedition to Home is the name of a new project, which is being prepared by the authors and protagonists Dominika Špalková and Bára Ungerová under the banner of the ProFitArt production platform. As part of an expedition to the essence of what makes a home a home, they set out on a journey to Iceland. In Norway and Iceland, two more versions of the production are being created in parallel, by Norwegian and Icelandic artists these days they arrived for a residential stay with us, in the Czech Republic..

Nothing else, Mothers will have its premiere at Palac Akropolis

The author’s production by Dominika Špalková and Anna Klimešová will finally have its premiere after several delays. The composition of the relationship between mother and daughter called Nothing else, Mothers will take place for the first time on September 13th at the Palac Akropolis in Prague. Dancer Cécile Da Costa and actress Antonie Formanová will appear in the production for two performers.

Home Beyond the Borders? will premiere in Czech at Underground club Eden Broumov

Polish performer Ewa Zurakowska based her upcoming project on Nobel Laureaute Olga Tokarczuk´s novel House of Day, House of Night. Production Home Beyond the Borders? will take the audience into the world of dreams, surreal and visionary reality in premiere on 20^th August at Underground club Eden in Broumov.

Home Beyond the Borders? will premiere at Gorzanow Castle

Polish performer Ewa Żurakowska based her upcoming project on Nobel Laureaute Olga Tokarczuk´s novel House of Day, House of Night. Production Home Beyond the Borders? will take the audience into the world of dreams, surreal and visionary reality in premiere on 31^st July at beautiful Gorzanow Castle. 

Roselyne on Tour and New Projects

We are very happy that everything is slowly returning to normal and that we can look forward to a lot of interesting events and projects that await us in the coming months. Find out about what’s ahead of us here:

Dance on camera movie Roselyne premiere

Dance on camera movie Roselyne directed by Tereza Vejvodová will have its premiere at the Dance Film Festival as part of the opening night “At home or the evening of Czech premieres”. You can see him in the company of Dark Horse, A Few Words of Uncertainty and Ephemera on June 3rd at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are already on sale.

New projects

With the beginning of Spring we started to work on several new projects. Find out more about the exciting news.

Roselyne in a movie and reviews

Dance Film Festival Prague presented Roselyne in dance on camera form. Online premiere of Cécile Da Costa´s solo was premiered online on February 11th, 2021 succesfully in eyes of audience and also reviewers.

Roselyne as a dance film

Dance Film Festival Prague has chosen our Roselyne and you can see it together with a choreography Dark Horse by Lenka Vagnerova in a dance for camera form at February 11.

PF 2021

ProFitArt wishes you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!