Sarkasms

About

Prague ballet fans had their first opportunity to see a work by Andrey Kaydanovskiy in 2018, when the National Theatre performed his Perfect Example. The artist utilises his experience from his native Moscow, as well as studies in Germany and Austria. In 2007, he was engaged as a dancer at the Wiener Staatsoper. He has also worked as a choreographer. In his new piece, he seeks answers to the questions: Where are we running to? Where or from what? Life is like a race from birth to death. Like being on a hamster wheel with a carrot on a stick. You always wait for things to finally calm down. You have the desire to stop time. Is it even possible?

A towering international dance figure, Hans van Manen has created some 150 ballets, which have been staged by theatres worldwide. His Frank Bridge Variations forms part of the triple bill Beyond Vibrations, premiered at the National Theatre in Prague in 2023. The Czech National Ballet will now present Van Manen’s playful Sarcasmen, to Sergei Prokofiev’s Sarcasms, a set of five eerie pieces for piano.

Eyal Dadon too is no stranger to our audience, who could see his ARTZA within the triple bill bpm, premiered in 2022. In relation to his new choreography, he asks: Why are we afraid of random things?  Why are we afraid of losing control? And why do we seek order and stability? adding that he is interested in the fine line between comedy and tragedy. Eyal Dadon is a major representative of contemporary Israeli dance. Soon after gaining recognition as a performer with the Kamea Dance Company and, particularly, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance, he started to devote to choreographing as well. Dadon founded and is artistic director of Sol Dance Company.