GUIDE
An award-winning production that tells a story of self-discovery. GUIDE balances on the fine line between darkness and light, traveling through time between two dancers separated by two generations. Where does reality end and dreams begin?
REVIEWS
„Do you know the feeling when you look out of an airplane and you see the massive clouds so impassable that you cannot imagine faling through them? That feeling is so strong in the choreography of Vera Ondrasikova that the wals made up of light and smoke don't let the performers meet”
- Anna Dohy, Aerowaves Review
"I thought it was very interesting, I have not seen anything like that before, they were playing with my eyes, which I always enjoy, and it was very inventive. I personaly like to see an old body on the stage and I think this body has a lot of embodied knowledge that is accessible to us almost immediately just by standing there."
- Bush Hartshorn, Danish curator, mentor, and dramaturg
The production received three awards at the Czech Dance Platform 2016: the Audience Award, the Lighting Design Award and the Dancer of the Year Award for Jar Ondrus.
It was selected as part of the prestigious AerowavesTwenty17, has achieved over 75 performances worldwide and has been presented at Aerowaves Festival in Aarhus, One Dance Week in Plovdiv, Unidram in Potsdam, SIDance in Seoul, V4 Dance in New York and New Orleans, Festspielhaus Helerau, Jerusalem, Birmingham, Lights Night in Leeds and Culture Night in Vilnius, among others.
The production was created in collaboration with visual artist Dan Gregor.
TRAILER
CREDITS
Concept and Choreography: Věra Ondrašíková
Cast: Jaro Ondruš, Josef Kotěšovský
Lighting Design: Dan Gregor
Software Architect & Live Programming: Michal Rydlo
Music: Filip Míšek
Dramaturgy: Marta Ljubková
Running time: 45 minutes
PARTNERS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, ARCHA+, PONEC – Dance Venue, Tanec Praha, Czech Centers, AV MEDIA – technology partner for the performance.