Eliška Brtnická and Coll.

Eliška Brtnická is a performer, choreographer, dramaturge and director. She graduated in non-verbal theatre at HAMU in Prague, where last year she completed her doctoral studies focused on contemporary circus. In 2010 she founded the ensemble Cirkus Mlejn, under the name of which she creates her projects. In 2017 she completed a year-long course in circus dramaturgy at the prestigious French circus school CNAC in Châlons-en-Champagne. She has been involved in artistic research in the field of contemporary circus for many years. She is also the dramaturge of the international festival Fun Fatale.






Thin Skin

“Thin Skin” is a meditative work on a “moving” installation. The world as a graphic model, a landscape of lines. Metal rods are intertwined in space with the bodies of the performers, who sensitively receive the physical responses of the material–their partner.

Moving sculptures appear and disappear. Their archetypal skeletons can be wrapped in meaning or just be left to flow. The body imprints itself on the material, the image on the mind, time bends. This “intuitive physics” demonstrates the most basic principles of being in Earth’s gravitational field.

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Tech Rider

Country  
Czech Republic / Japan / Panamá
Concept & Direction
Eliška Brtnická

Creation
Alžběta Tichá, Filip Zahradnický, Eliška Brtnická

Performance
Eliška Brtnická, Aki Yoshida,  Eleonora Dall’Asta,  Ana Maria Suárez

Sound Design 
Stanislav Abrahám, Roman Džačár

Lighting Design
Martin Špetlík

Lighting Technician
Prokop Vondruška

Costumes
Tereza Kopecká
Materials
Prokop Vondruška
Consultation
Ilona Jäntti, Stéphanie N’Duhirahe, Markéta Vacovská,  Hana Turečková
Documentation of Artistic Research
Kateřina Korychová (diploma thesis)

Photo
Anna Benháková, Jan Hromádko
Video
Kryštof Čížek
Producer
Cirkus Mlejn, z.s.
Co-producer
DOX
Financial Support
The City of Prague, Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
Partners
KD Mlejn, Cirqueon, Diod Jihlava, Metropolis.dk

In addition to its performance, the company facilitated a masterclass for festival participants.