MOMENT IN TIME
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. New choreography by Sylva Šafková created especially for La Fabrika Theatre.
Earliest performance: 17. & 18. 2. 2026 | La Fabrika
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS
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.
Earliest performance: 29. & 31. 1. 2026 & 1. 2. 2026 | Studio Maiselovka
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why things go wrong
The performance “Why things go wrong”, choreographed by Sylva Šafková and performed by the duo of dancers Michal Heriban and Viktor Konvalinka/Simona Machovičová, was created exclusively for Studio Maiselovka. It raises, through contemporary dance, the unique theme of the (un)moral, ethically challenging nature of human behaviour, which, although often overlooked, seriously affects the lives of everyone around us.
Earliest performance: 9. & 10. 4. 2026 | Studio Maiselovka
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42+people: where
Don’t miss the new project 42+PEOPLE and the performance “WHERE”. 42+PEOPLE combines all aspects of contemporary dance with an intergenerational dialogue featuring dancers aged 42+. The performance features the “WHERE” choreography by Helena Arenbergerová and Václav Kuneš created at Studio Maiselovka. Helena Arenbergerová was awarded by Thalia Award 2023.
Earliest performance: 12. & 13. 2. 2026 | Studio Maiselovka
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ever
"Wanted to explore who we are when we are NOT on social media. What is the driving force that we use to put ourselves on a pedestal. Are we just objects, like in a gallery, with a spotlight cutting off everything beyond the light?" The contemporary dance company 420PEOPLE will perform the show of Václav Kuneš’s choreography entitled EVER, a musical collage for four dancers and six exhibition stands at La Fabrika Theatre.
Earliest performance: 23. & 24. 4. 2026 | La Fabrika
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y / why
The choreography by Václav Kuneš and 420PEOPLE. Y / why wraps up this choreographic journey by delving into the heart of human experience. It’s a performance that questions, provokes, and ultimately invites the audience to find their own answers. "Why look for the meaning of things by dancing? Why not?”
Earliest performance: 25. & 26. 1. 2026 | La Fabrika
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PULPS
The contemporary dance company 420PEOPLE and choreographer and dancer Simona Machovičová present the choreography Pulps. The dance duet, created especially for the Studio Maiselovka venue, features dancers (Simona Machovičová & Jindřich Panský/Matyáš Ramba) performing to live music by Václav Havelka.
Earliest performance: 5. & 6. 2. 2026 | Studio Maiselovka
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THE WATCHER & PLEASE THE TREES
Dance show of the 420PEOPLE contemporary dance group and the rock concert of the band Please The Trees is here! The proven cooperation between Václav Kuneš and Václav Havelka brings again an unforgettable experience. The production accompanied by Please the Trees on the stage of the La Fabrika Theater make vibrate all those who are looking for answers to questions about how to cope with the accelerated time in which the most modern technologies slowly suppresses the essence of human being?
Earliest performance: 24. & 25. 3. 2026 | La Fabrika
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42+PEOPLE: Saburo Teshigawara
In collaboration with Japanese choreographer and performer Saburo Teshigawara and Japanese dancer Rihoko Sato, contemporary dance company 420PEOPLE and choreographer Václav Kuneš present the unique performance created especially for Studio Maiselovka as part of the 42+PEOPLE project. Václav Kuneš and Saburo Teshigawara's long-term collaboration will, thus, culminate in the premiere of 42+PEOPLE, an "intimate" event in 2025.
INSPIRACE
420PEOPLE and the BERG Orchestra – dance, music, and minimalist inspirations. This unique performance is full of energy, it blends minimalism, beatbox, dubstep, and contemporary dance. The initial impulse and free inspiration for choreographer Sylva Šafková and composer Tomáš Reindl came from the cult composition In C by American minimalist Terry Riley.
Earliest performance: 19. 10. 2025 / DOX+
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heart of noise
420PEOPLE & OMNION
The dance performance by the contemporary dance company 420PEOPLE, choreographed by Sylva Šafková, introduces a modern take on futurism in movement, music and set design. The audience will enjoy the best dancers, a water surface directly on the stage and the live sound of the Futurists’ iconic instrument, the intonarumori.
Earliest performance: 10. & 11. 6. 2026 / La Fabrika
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42+people: softer skills
The second performance of the 42+PEOPLE project presents the choreography "SOFTER SKILLS" by Edan Gorlický at Studio Maiselovka. 42+PEOPLE combines all aspects of contemporary dance with an intergenerational dialogue featuring dancers aged 42+. Cast: Helena Arenbergerová, Andrea Opavská, Veronika Kornová.
May
How well do we know K. H. Mácha's legendary poem May? It seems like all of us Czechs are able to recall its first lines. Is that really all? And if so, is that enough? Are we aware of its content, details, its atmosphere and universal character? The company 420PEOPLE present a new piece that goes far beyond their experience in the field of contemporary dance. The New Stage of the National Theatre.
