About 420people
420PEOPLE is a company of contemporary dance, in the name of which the creators have written a Czech telephone code. The ensemble was founded by dance choreographers Václav Kuneš and Nataša Novotná at the turn of 2007/2008 after their return from a stint with one of the world's most prestigious dance theatre companies - Jiří Kylián's Nederlands Dans Theater. Their shared vision to build their own contemporary dance company in Prague gave birth to the 420PEOPLE brand, which has been active on the Czech and international scene for 17 years.
The company is a combination of modern level of interpretation, professionalism, originality, thoughtful playfulness and courage. Since 2018, artistic director and choreographer Václav Kuneš has taken over the leadership of the company. 420PEOPLE collaborates with dozens of Czech and international dancers and artists on stage, in dance films and online live broadcasts. A few years ago, the ensemble opened its first intimate theater space in Prague called Studio Masielovka, which presents its own dramaturgical program and connects the world of dance professionals with the public. With such a breadth of scope, the company maintains a stable place among the finest independent arts entities. The company stages and performs more than 110 performances annually in the Czech Republic and abroad.
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11. & 12. 11. 2025
EVER
La Fabrika | 18:30
"If it could, what would the exhibition stand have told us?" 420PEOPLE will perform the performance of Václav Kuneš’s latest choreography entitled EVER!, a musical collage by Exhausted Modern for four dancers and six exhibition stands at La Fabrika Theatre.
14. 11. 2025
IMPRO JAM SESSION XII. with live music
Studio Maiselovka | 20:00
420PEOPLE & Veronika Tököly present a dance improv performance with live music OPEN IMPRO JAM SESSIONS XII. 14. 11. 2025 from 20:00 at Studio MAISELOVKA! Dancers: Filip Staněk, Dorka Sulženko Hoštová, Natalia Metodijeva / Musicians: Luan Gonsalves, Milan Kárník Jakeš
20. & 21. & 22. 11. 2025
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Studio Maiselovka | 19:30
The solo performance by dancer Francesca ‘Amy’ Amante and the solo concert by flamenco guitarist Filip Zubák. They dance and sing, disappearing and reappearing among levitating glass objects. The set design was inspired by the work of artist Vladimíra Klumparová, thanks to whom glass became an integral part of the creative process. It remained solid and fragile at the same time, impressive, beautiful, seemingly abstract, until a combination of circumstances gave it meaning, a story. Just like the illusion created by the combination of smoke and mirrors, this story may also be just an impression. New choreography by Václav Kuneš created especially for Studio Maiselovka.
29. & 30. 11. 2025
MOMENT IN TIME
La Fabrika | 19:30
Although we consider time to be an objective, unchanging and continuous reality, it does not affect everyone in the same way. This is partly a matter of subjective perception and meaning. Only certain moments in an individual’s life define and transform it, while the rest becomes practically meaningless by comparison. However, time also has physical properties. Under extreme conditions, different observers may experience the passage of time in fundamentally different ways. Near black holes, for example, time appears to slow down to such an extent that, for an outside observer, it seems to stop completely. From this perspective, black holes can be perceived as both a place and a moment in time.
PREMIERE SMOKE AND MIRRORS
PREMIERE 24 & 25. & 26. 10. 2025 | Studio Maiselovka
RERUNS 20. & 21. & 22. 11. 2025 | Studio Maiselovka
The solo performance by dancer Francesca ‘Amy’ Amante and the solo concert by flamenco guitarist Filip Zubák. They dance and sing, disappearing and reappearing among levitating glass objects. The set design was inspired by the work of artist Vladimíra Klumparová, thanks to whom glass became an integral part of the creative process. It remained solid and fragile at the same time, impressive, beautiful, seemingly abstract, until a combination of circumstances gave it meaning, a story. Just like the illusion created by the combination of smoke and mirrors, this story may also be just an impression. New choreography by Václav Kuneš created especially for Studio Maiselovka.
