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LATERNA MAGIKA

Narodni 4
110 00 Praha 1

WONDERFUL CIRCUS since 1977
(directors Evald Schorm, Jan Svankmajer, Jiri Srnec), stage design by Josef Svoboda. The program is conceived as a show for the whole family with a poetic story of human struggling for happiness and fame and a final recognition that one’s ideas are one thing and reality quite another. The only difference is in the way people put up with this fact. Wonderful Circus is an evergreen in our repertoire. To date, it has been staged 4900 times both in Prague as well as in most European countries, the United States, Canada and Israel. (100 min., one interval)

GRAFFITI
(directors Ondrej Andera, Petr Kout) is a new project, premiered on December 12, 2001. It is based on a combination of the “laterna magica” principle: a combination of modern dance and video projection using new multi-media elements and highly stylised image techniques. It is a composition consisting of four choreographic stories in an unusual interactive connection with a new stage design tool invented by Josef Svoboda (introduced for the first time in the show Trap), allowing the film image to fill the stage space without the use of a film screen. The performance was put together by a young talented team with a novel approach to interpreting the world around us. Ondřej Anděra (director), Jiří Bubeníček, Václav Kuneš and Petr Zuska (all of whom are choreographers, who are also active as dancers with engagements at major stages worldwide), managed to depict interpersonal relations in an original form resembling a theatrical video-clip.

CASANOVA
since February 1995, prepared by Juraj Jakubisko as scenarist and director, Josef Svoboda as stage designer, Jean-Pierre Aviotte as choreographer and Zdenek Merta as composer.
The story of the legend of \"man-power\" is presented as the story of self-love. For the first time is used instead of movie the laser disc as well the video projection system.
(cca 90 min., one interval)

ODYSSEUS
since 1987 (directors Evald Schorm, Jaroslav Kucera), stage design by Josef Svoboda, original music composed by Michael Kocab.Our most spectacular show, designed for extremely large stages (in Prague - Congress Palace, 1 600 seats, but for example in Belgium, Brussels for 4.500 people a day). After more than 500 representations in Prague, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Italy we have prepared the new smaller version of it for our new theatre in Prague. The new space was the reason for making of completely new choreography, prepared by Jean-Pierre Aviotte, dancer and choreographer of Roland Petit Ballett of Marseille, France. The first tour of this new version was to Japan in Oct-Nov 1993, interesting was the participation on Jerusalem Festival 94, Israel (performed in Jerusalem and open-air theatre in Caesarea). 1995 -International Festival Santander (Spain), Recklinghausen (Germany) (cca 95 min., one interval)

LEGEND OF ARGONAUTS
The performance of Laterna magika Theatre was prepared on the occasion of Summer Olympic Games in Greece. The legend of Argonauts belongs to the most ancient Greek myths and anticipates the origin of the Olympic tradition. The story depicts the quest of Jason and his brave companions for the Golden Fleece to the distant Colchis. During their journey, the Argonauts meet the female inhabitants at the island of Lemnos, defeat the king Amykos, liberate the blind Phineus from the curse of harpies and go through many other adventures before Jason finally meets Medea who helps him to get the Golden Fleece. The triumphant arrival to the native Iolkos and the takeover of the throne brings to Jason the contented conclusion of the quest and helps him to meet his fatal love.

Rendez-Vous
The first performance of this kind was created already in 1984 and was called Pragensia, Vox Clamantis, followed by Orbis pictus in 1986 and Hádanky (Puzzles) in 1996. In the context of non-verbal theatre forms dance disposes of a unique capacity to bring together the space and the projection, making Laterna magika an ideal place for development of this esthetic integration which, nevertheless, makes it a challenge for the dancers. As a result, a synthesis of choreographic and visual deepened into an effective, interactive and concentrated concert as it is to be seen, for example, in Graffiti (2002).

Cocktail
It is a constructed programme – a package of the best display of our performances.  Some of them you maybe know from your previous visit of Laterna magika, others may attract you to see the whole version of the shows which are still on repertory. Cocktail 008 is compound of the most-like showcase of our audience. Our guides will lead you through a bit of dynamic rythm, playful movements as well as lyrical passages – all framed with a film collage.

Price

The price for the ticket is 32.— €.

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