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Czech Grand Design 2024 ceremony directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
3. 3. 2025 / For the ninth time, Jana Burkiewiczová was the director of the award ceremony for the best Czech designers, illustrators and photographers and once again it was a great theatrical spectacle. The live broadcast of CT art and set design by Mark Cpin was moderated by the great Miloslav König in perfect interplay with musician Albert Romanutti (Bert & Friends), and the excellent guests delved into the world of design and philosophy. The top award Grannd Designer went to fashion designer Jan Černý and you can enjoy the evening anytime and again on iVysílání Czech Television.
We opened a new depository of the Moravian Gallery in Brno
21. 11. 2024 / With the stage play and musical mosaic Revived Deposit / Singing to Things, directed by Jana Burkiewiczová and set design by Marek Cpin, we breathed life into the new building of the Moravian Gallery’s depository in Brno. A glass virtuoso played classical compositions, rare furniture and never-before-seen collections of objects shone within reach, lamps walked among the guests, paintings by important artists came and went. Sara Milfajtova sang on request. Joy till dawn and beyond. The museum depository of the Moravian Gallery was the first in the Czech Republic to open to the public. You must see.
International Dancers Exchange for the second time
7. 11. 2024 / Bread & Dance Prague traditionally opened with the International Dancers Exchange, where forty selected dancers from all over Europe, under the guidance of choreographers Jana Burkiewiczová (BURKICOM), Václav Kuneš (420PEOPLE) and Štěpán Pechar (DEKKADANCERS), and dancer Fanny Barrouque (Lenka Vagnerová & Company), were able to learn about the principles of working in top Czech companies and get feedback on their own skills from the choreographers. We’ll see how this year goes, but last year many of them also worked in one of the companies.
We organized the 2nd edition of Bread & Dance Prague
7. 11. 2024 / Workshops, presentations, networking, star guests and showcase of new performances. The essential international gathering of dance companies, bookers and promoters took on an extra dimension when guests included such luminaries as world booking legend Gie Baguet, whose stable includes Peepington TOM and Miet Warlop, and Magnus Nordberg, representing over thirty companies across Scandinavia. A great discussion led by Sasha Michailidis on the stage of the multimedia space Archa+ was the jewel of the event, which brought together promoters, choreographers and dancers from all over Europe. There were of course the latest performances by 420PEOPLE, BURKICOM, DEKKADANCERS, Farma v jeskyni, Lenka Vagnerová & company and presentations by dozens of other companies such as Viktor Černický, POCKETART and Laterna Magika. More at www.bdprague.cz
Shining Sun in Archa+
11. 10. 2024 / The premiere and first set of our dystopian sci-fi The Sun is over and it was absolutely great. Thanks so much to the audience for the great feedback, add some photos and come check it out. Only the end will show us who we really are. Info on dates in the programme section.
Island won the Cloud award at the PUF festival in Pula
„The CLOUD award for comprehensive stage conception goes to the performance ISLAND by the Czech group Burkicom and choreographer Jana Burkiewiczová. It is a critique of the escapist aspect of daydreaming about escaping to a utopian island, particularly focusing on the critique of colonial conquest of constantly new exotic locations for the exploitation of their economic resources and human capital. With a virtuously elaborated stage space and masterfully designed choreography, the performance raises the question of whether we are capable of breaking our millennial greed for ever-new acquisition of “paradises” and instead building new models of social care for the hells we leave behind. Both in terms of dance, direction, scenography, and costume design, this is a carefully thought-out and elaborated theatrical work that never moralizes or lecture, yet strikes at every point of our society’s hypocrisy and chronic lack of environmental responsibility. It is not just an ecological reveille, but also a complex theatrical study of a man as a predatory animal, cruel both to his own kind and to all other species. At the same time, it is a Brechtian performance that calls for awakening from various kinds of political hypnosis, where capital always takes precedence over man.“
We would like to thank PUF and the jury composed of Tanja Vrvilo, Natasa Govedic and Luka Mihovilovic. It was great to play in Pula!
The Sun coming soon!
We’re up to our ears in it. We’re rehearsing, we’re recording the music, we’re preparing the sets, we’re shooting the projections. In August we will have a creative residency in Holstebro, Denmark, and after that we will move to the Archa+ theatre. And what are we rehearsing? A dance sci-fi in which five humanoids in a world without humans embark on a journey through their own agendas. Stay tuned and follow our Instagram and Facebook for more as we go along. Premiering 10/10/24 Archa+.
Audition for new project!
Burkicom is currently seeking professional dancers to join the cast of our upcoming production, set to project-based contract, requiring full participation throughout the rehearsal period and all scheduled per Rehearsal period: 20. – 30. 6. Prague, 31. 7. – 4. 8. Prague, 4. – 16. 8. Holstebro, Denmark (residency), 17. 8. – 7. 9. Prague. Booked performances & bookings to be confirmed: 7. – 9. 10. general rehearsals, 10. + 11. 10. 2024 Prague, premiere.
How to Apply: To apply, please send us the following materials to lenka@burkicom.com by 14.3.2024: CV, video material of you dancing/ performing (-max. 2 videos, each no longer than one minute) and a statement, whether you would be available during the above mentioned rehearsal period and performe.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to audition in person in Prague 17. March 2024.
Save the Date! Bread & Dance Prague 2024
Make a note in your diary of the date of the 2nd edition of Bread & Dance Prague. The international networking platform created on the initiative of the companies BURKICOM, 420PEOPLE, DEKKADANCERS, Farm in the cave and Lenka Vagnerová & Company will take place from November 2 to 7, 2024. We are working on the news and the program of all its parts – the International Market of Dancers, the networking program and of course the showcase with hot new products. Details to follow on the website www.bdprague.cz
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The Island! is nominated for the Divadelní noviny Award!
Diploma Selecton Fashion Shows by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a long time, our favourite discipline again: fashion show choreography. International Diploma Competition, the final set of 15 best, Prague Designblok. Choreography by Jana Burkiewiczová and heaps of great energy. We love it! Fashion designers Denzel Veerkamp, Bryan Borghans, Liselotte Oostra, Matylda Kwiatkowska, Tatjana Haupt etc.
Michal Herban was nominated for the Thalia Award 2022 for The Island!
Although it is a collective choreography, his stage presence is so rich and his acting so strong that his performance etches in your memory.” – they say in the reasoning, and it makes us very happy!
Designblok Awards Gala Dinner designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
For the first time this year, Designblok Awards were presented at a brand new Gala Dinner format by an international jury headed by curator Anne-France Barthelon. The evening for the nominees and distinguished guests, held at the Sacre Coeur Church at Smíchov, was designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová and hosted by the hosts – Jana Zielinski and Jiří Macek, director and creative director of this largest design and fashion festival in Central Europe – themselves. Over a three-course meal and in the constantly changing space of the illusive forest, eight awards were presented with the assistance of the forest animals, and for us, it was another great collaboration with Designblok. You will find more information about the awards at www.designblok.cz
The Island! in FullMoon magazine
The 10/22 issue of the FullMoon music magazine is full of dance. Performers and choreographers and contemporary, performance and street dance are presented here, side by side, in a brilliantly comprehensive overview of dance’s contemporary meaning and form. In the online opening article, you can read Maria Pyatkina’s interview with Jana Burkiewiczová, and in the printed version, you can also read interviews with Miřenka Čechová, Václav Kuneš from 420people, and Louise Lecavalier. But most importantly, you will find here a sharp insight into the world of contemporary dance, in which you can also find our The Island!
The premiere of Pink Samurai with a new cast!
We perform this fantasy story inspired by childhood ideas of heroism for the first time with the legend of the Czech and Slovak dance scene Jaro Ondruš and the great French dancer Juliette Jean on 19 & 20 September 2022 at La Fabrica in Prague. You can look forward to a spectacular story with dance, live music, screenings, and circus elements. Make sure to bring your children to experience the magic! The show is suitable for children aged 10+. Photo: Emil Brtnický
A special performance for Designblok
Photographs by Salim Issa, camera by Marek Myšička. Baroque performance for the visual of Designblok 2022 brought a forest to life. Abstract stage elements by duo My dvě, which are used in the performance, serve as the basis for the architecture of the central exhibition of this year’s festival’s edition. Fluid movement, bodies as trees, lizards and bugs, Jana Burkiewiczová as choreographer. We really enjoyed it. Designblok takes place on 5—9 October 2022. Photo: Salim Issa
We were choosing new dancers!
You say audition, but for us it was first of all a great meeting with many interesting people from all over the world. We received over 400 applications and the final audition, which took place at the House of Dance Arts in Braník, Prague, was just great. Together with Dekkadancers, 420 People, and Prague Chamber Ballet we enjoyed the energy with which the dancers went through the audition. We would love to work with each one of them. You will meet some of them in the autumn when we stage new performances of The Pink Samurai and The Island.
The Island at the Theatre World Brno festival!
This is how we ended this year’s season: with the performance of the Island at the Janáček Theatre at the Theatre World festival in Brno. It was wonderful and we can’t wait for the sequel. We start the season with The Island on 16 September in České Budějovice, followed by The Pink Samurai in Prague on 19 September. Photo: Marek Olbrzymek
Jana Burkiewiczová's performance opened Art Design Fashion Days at the Moravian Gallery
First, women’s educational association Vesna found a second home in the courtyard of the Moravian Gallery in Brno for its Wardrobe for Refugees, an incredible place to meet and help, then a small group of women began to work with Liběna Rochová, resurrecting second-hand clothes, which resulted in an amazing series of garments. At the end, their authors stand in front of the visitors and tell them stories. About joy, fashion, longing and sadness. About home. UA clothing happening directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. A touch of ordinary humanity. Performance. All in all, a great story. Photo: Kiva
Jana Burkiewiczová in Dolce Vita magazine
An interview with Vladan Šír and a dive into the private zone of the choreographer and founder of Burkicom, as pictured by photographer Karin Zadrick.
The Island! is among the five best productions of 2021 at the Theatre Critics Awards!
Czech Grand Design Awards directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a two-year gap, the Czech Grand Design Awards took again place in the large hall of the Music Theatre in Karlín in the presence of the cameras of ČT art, guests and all the nominees of the most prestigious Czech design awards. The ceremony took place on the flamingo stage by set designer Lucie Škandíková and was hosted by Jiří Konvalinka and Jan Vejražka aka Mutanti hledaj východisko, dressed in costumes by Marek Cpín. Everything kept changing, intertwining and dancing as directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. The presentation of eight awards in eight categories culminated by fashion designer Liběna Rochová’s introduction in the Hall of Fame.
Audition for new project!
Burkicom is currently seeking professional dancers to join the cast of our upcoming production, set to project-based contract, requiring full participation throughout the rehearsal period and all scheduled per Rehearsal period: 20. – 30. 6. Prague, 31. 7. – 4. 8. Prague, 4. – 16. 8. Holstebro, Denmark (residency), 17. 8. – 7. 9. Prague. Booked performances & bookings to be confirmed: 7. – 9. 10. general rehearsals, 10. + 11. 10. 2024 Prague, premiere.
How to Apply: To apply, please send us the following materials to lenka@burkicom.com by 14.3.2024: CV, video material of you dancing/ performing (-max. 2 videos, each no longer than one minute) and a statement, whether you would be available during the above mentioned rehearsal period and performe.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to audition in person in Prague 17. March 2024.
Save the Date! Bread & Dance Prague 2024
Make a note in your diary of the date of the 2nd edition of Bread & Dance Prague. The international networking platform created on the initiative of the companies BURKICOM, 420PEOPLE, DEKKADANCERS, Farm in the cave and Lenka Vagnerová & Company will take place from November 2 to 7, 2024. We are working on the news and the program of all its parts – the International Market of Dancers, the networking program and of course the showcase with hot new products. Details to follow on the website www.bdprague.cz
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The Island! is nominated for the Divadelní noviny Award!
Diploma Selecton Fashion Shows by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a long time, our favourite discipline again: fashion show choreography. International Diploma Competition, the final set of 15 best, Prague Designblok. Choreography by Jana Burkiewiczová and heaps of great energy. We love it! Fashion designers Denzel Veerkamp, Bryan Borghans, Liselotte Oostra, Matylda Kwiatkowska, Tatjana Haupt etc.
Michal Herban was nominated for the Thalia Award 2022 for The Island!
Although it is a collective choreography, his stage presence is so rich and his acting so strong that his performance etches in your memory.” – they say in the reasoning, and it makes us very happy!
Designblok Awards Gala Dinner designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
For the first time this year, Designblok Awards were presented at a brand new Gala Dinner format by an international jury headed by curator Anne-France Barthelon. The evening for the nominees and distinguished guests, held at the Sacre Coeur Church at Smíchov, was designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová and hosted by the hosts – Jana Zielinski and Jiří Macek, director and creative director of this largest design and fashion festival in Central Europe – themselves. Over a three-course meal and in the constantly changing space of the illusive forest, eight awards were presented with the assistance of the forest animals, and for us, it was another great collaboration with Designblok. You will find more information about the awards at www.designblok.cz
The Island! in FullMoon magazine
The 10/22 issue of the FullMoon music magazine is full of dance. Performers and choreographers and contemporary, performance and street dance are presented here, side by side, in a brilliantly comprehensive overview of dance’s contemporary meaning and form. In the online opening article, you can read Maria Pyatkina’s interview with Jana Burkiewiczová, and in the printed version, you can also read interviews with Miřenka Čechová, Václav Kuneš from 420people, and Louise Lecavalier. But most importantly, you will find here a sharp insight into the world of contemporary dance, in which you can also find our The Island!
The premiere of Pink Samurai with a new cast!
We perform this fantasy story inspired by childhood ideas of heroism for the first time with the legend of the Czech and Slovak dance scene Jaro Ondruš and the great French dancer Juliette Jean on 19 & 20 September 2022 at La Fabrica in Prague. You can look forward to a spectacular story with dance, live music, screenings, and circus elements. Make sure to bring your children to experience the magic! The show is suitable for children aged 10+. Photo: Emil Brtnický
A special performance for Designblok
Photographs by Salim Issa, camera by Marek Myšička. Baroque performance for the visual of Designblok 2022 brought a forest to life. Abstract stage elements by duo My dvě, which are used in the performance, serve as the basis for the architecture of the central exhibition of this year’s festival’s edition. Fluid movement, bodies as trees, lizards and bugs, Jana Burkiewiczová as choreographer. We really enjoyed it. Designblok takes place on 5—9 October 2022. Photo: Salim Issa
We were choosing new dancers!
You say audition, but for us it was first of all a great meeting with many interesting people from all over the world. We received over 400 applications and the final audition, which took place at the House of Dance Arts in Braník, Prague, was just great. Together with Dekkadancers, 420 People, and Prague Chamber Ballet we enjoyed the energy with which the dancers went through the audition. We would love to work with each one of them. You will meet some of them in the autumn when we stage new performances of The Pink Samurai and The Island.
The Island at the Theatre World Brno festival!
This is how we ended this year’s season: with the performance of the Island at the Janáček Theatre at the Theatre World festival in Brno. It was wonderful and we can’t wait for the sequel. We start the season with The Island on 16 September in České Budějovice, followed by The Pink Samurai in Prague on 19 September. Photo: Marek Olbrzymek
Jana Burkiewiczová's performance opened Art Design Fashion Days at the Moravian Gallery
First, women’s educational association Vesna found a second home in the courtyard of the Moravian Gallery in Brno for its Wardrobe for Refugees, an incredible place to meet and help, then a small group of women began to work with Liběna Rochová, resurrecting second-hand clothes, which resulted in an amazing series of garments. At the end, their authors stand in front of the visitors and tell them stories. About joy, fashion, longing and sadness. About home. UA clothing happening directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. A touch of ordinary humanity. Performance. All in all, a great story. Photo: Kiva
Jana Burkiewiczová in Dolce Vita magazine
An interview with Vladan Šír and a dive into the private zone of the choreographer and founder of Burkicom, as pictured by photographer Karin Zadrick.
The Island! is among the five best productions of 2021 at the Theatre Critics Awards!
Czech Grand Design Awards directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a two-year gap, the Czech Grand Design Awards took again place in the large hall of the Music Theatre in Karlín in the presence of the cameras of ČT art, guests and all the nominees of the most prestigious Czech design awards. The ceremony took place on the flamingo stage by set designer Lucie Škandíková and was hosted by Jiří Konvalinka and Jan Vejražka aka Mutanti hledaj východisko, dressed in costumes by Marek Cpín. Everything kept changing, intertwining and dancing as directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. The presentation of eight awards in eight categories culminated by fashion designer Liběna Rochová’s introduction in the Hall of Fame.
Audition for new project!
Burkicom is currently seeking professional dancers to join the cast of our upcoming production, set to project-based contract, requiring full participation throughout the rehearsal period and all scheduled per Rehearsal period: 20. – 30. 6. Prague, 31. 7. – 4. 8. Prague, 4. – 16. 8. Holstebro, Denmark (residency), 17. 8. – 7. 9. Prague. Booked performances & bookings to be confirmed: 7. – 9. 10. general rehearsals, 10. + 11. 10. 2024 Prague, premiere.
How to Apply: To apply, please send us the following materials to lenka@burkicom.com by 14.3.2024: CV, video material of you dancing/ performing (-max. 2 videos, each no longer than one minute) and a statement, whether you would be available during the above mentioned rehearsal period and performe.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to audition in person in Prague 17. March 2024.
Save the Date! Bread & Dance Prague 2024
Make a note in your diary of the date of the 2nd edition of Bread & Dance Prague. The international networking platform created on the initiative of the companies BURKICOM, 420PEOPLE, DEKKADANCERS, Farm in the cave and Lenka Vagnerová & Company will take place from November 2 to 7, 2024. We are working on the news and the program of all its parts – the International Market of Dancers, the networking program and of course the showcase with hot new products. Details to follow on the website www.bdprague.cz
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The Island! is nominated for the Divadelní noviny Award!
Diploma Selecton Fashion Shows by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a long time, our favourite discipline again: fashion show choreography. International Diploma Competition, the final set of 15 best, Prague Designblok. Choreography by Jana Burkiewiczová and heaps of great energy. We love it! Fashion designers Denzel Veerkamp, Bryan Borghans, Liselotte Oostra, Matylda Kwiatkowska, Tatjana Haupt etc.
Michal Herban was nominated for the Thalia Award 2022 for The Island!
Although it is a collective choreography, his stage presence is so rich and his acting so strong that his performance etches in your memory.” – they say in the reasoning, and it makes us very happy!
Designblok Awards Gala Dinner designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
For the first time this year, Designblok Awards were presented at a brand new Gala Dinner format by an international jury headed by curator Anne-France Barthelon. The evening for the nominees and distinguished guests, held at the Sacre Coeur Church at Smíchov, was designed and directed by Jana Burkiewiczová and hosted by the hosts – Jana Zielinski and Jiří Macek, director and creative director of this largest design and fashion festival in Central Europe – themselves. Over a three-course meal and in the constantly changing space of the illusive forest, eight awards were presented with the assistance of the forest animals, and for us, it was another great collaboration with Designblok. You will find more information about the awards at www.designblok.cz
The Island! in FullMoon magazine
The 10/22 issue of the FullMoon music magazine is full of dance. Performers and choreographers and contemporary, performance and street dance are presented here, side by side, in a brilliantly comprehensive overview of dance’s contemporary meaning and form. In the online opening article, you can read Maria Pyatkina’s interview with Jana Burkiewiczová, and in the printed version, you can also read interviews with Miřenka Čechová, Václav Kuneš from 420people, and Louise Lecavalier. But most importantly, you will find here a sharp insight into the world of contemporary dance, in which you can also find our The Island!
The premiere of Pink Samurai with a new cast!
We perform this fantasy story inspired by childhood ideas of heroism for the first time with the legend of the Czech and Slovak dance scene Jaro Ondruš and the great French dancer Juliette Jean on 19 & 20 September 2022 at La Fabrica in Prague. You can look forward to a spectacular story with dance, live music, screenings, and circus elements. Make sure to bring your children to experience the magic! The show is suitable for children aged 10+. Photo: Emil Brtnický
A special performance for Designblok
Photographs by Salim Issa, camera by Marek Myšička. Baroque performance for the visual of Designblok 2022 brought a forest to life. Abstract stage elements by duo My dvě, which are used in the performance, serve as the basis for the architecture of the central exhibition of this year’s festival’s edition. Fluid movement, bodies as trees, lizards and bugs, Jana Burkiewiczová as choreographer. We really enjoyed it. Designblok takes place on 5—9 October 2022. Photo: Salim Issa
We were choosing new dancers!
You say audition, but for us it was first of all a great meeting with many interesting people from all over the world. We received over 400 applications and the final audition, which took place at the House of Dance Arts in Braník, Prague, was just great. Together with Dekkadancers, 420 People, and Prague Chamber Ballet we enjoyed the energy with which the dancers went through the audition. We would love to work with each one of them. You will meet some of them in the autumn when we stage new performances of The Pink Samurai and The Island.
The Island at the Theatre World Brno festival!
This is how we ended this year’s season: with the performance of the Island at the Janáček Theatre at the Theatre World festival in Brno. It was wonderful and we can’t wait for the sequel. We start the season with The Island on 16 September in České Budějovice, followed by The Pink Samurai in Prague on 19 September. Photo: Marek Olbrzymek
Jana Burkiewiczová's performance opened Art Design Fashion Days at the Moravian Gallery
First, women’s educational association Vesna found a second home in the courtyard of the Moravian Gallery in Brno for its Wardrobe for Refugees, an incredible place to meet and help, then a small group of women began to work with Liběna Rochová, resurrecting second-hand clothes, which resulted in an amazing series of garments. At the end, their authors stand in front of the visitors and tell them stories. About joy, fashion, longing and sadness. About home. UA clothing happening directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. A touch of ordinary humanity. Performance. All in all, a great story. Photo: Kiva
Jana Burkiewiczová in Dolce Vita magazine
An interview with Vladan Šír and a dive into the private zone of the choreographer and founder of Burkicom, as pictured by photographer Karin Zadrick.
The Island! is among the five best productions of 2021 at the Theatre Critics Awards!
Czech Grand Design Awards directed by Jana Burkiewiczová
After a two-year gap, the Czech Grand Design Awards took again place in the large hall of the Music Theatre in Karlín in the presence of the cameras of ČT art, guests and all the nominees of the most prestigious Czech design awards. The ceremony took place on the flamingo stage by set designer Lucie Škandíková and was hosted by Jiří Konvalinka and Jan Vejražka aka Mutanti hledaj východisko, dressed in costumes by Marek Cpín. Everything kept changing, intertwining and dancing as directed by Jana Burkiewiczová. The presentation of eight awards in eight categories culminated by fashion designer Liběna Rochová’s introduction in the Hall of Fame.
Let’s talk
about hunger
and wealth.
Let’s shout,
be bold
and not be
afraid.
The Island!