BĚTKA TICHÁ: Stav
Each of us is constantly changing…
The solo contemporary circus performance “STAV” is a parallel to a woman on her life path. Time is running and she is changing in every moment. Who was she at the beginning and who is she now? What comes after?
The constant yet unconscious metamorphosis of physical and mental state is visualised and communicated through the movement of the acrobat. Based on aerial acrobatics on rope it also focuses on principals and patterns of animal movement.
The performance is designed to enrich also those looking for pushing their boundaries in imagination as much as those who enjoy imagery itself. The story is an inspiration for consciousness of ones own life transformation.
Bio
Alžběta Tichá
Performer, acrobat, dancer, instructor. After graduating from the Duncan Center dance conservatory in Prague, she decided to devote herself to contemporary circus. Through object manipulation, physical theater, and dance, she discovered aerial acrobatics on a vertical rope, which she studied at Codarts University in the Netherlands in 2021. She combines aerial acrobatics with movement, theater, and ground acrobatics. She has participated in many international projects (e.g., Breco – Torino, Hansel and Gretel – National Theater Prague, The Jungle Book – Jatka 78 Prague, Kid – Rotterdam, Circus Meets Street Dance – Palác Akropolis, and many others).
She has created several solo performances (No name, Ruminant, H2O). Her main solo works are the productions STAN and Fraquency.
She has been teaching as a movement coach since 2010. She teaches at CIRQUEON, the Roztoč association, Airgym Art Company, KD Mlejn, but also organizes her own workshops in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Credits
Performer: Alžběta Tichá
Aerial rope coach: Evgeniya Kalugina
Collaboration with: Cécile da Costa, Ondřej Holba, Thomas Falk, Birgit Haberkamp, Marlène Rubinelli Music: Jakub Štourač
Lights: Vojta Brtnický
Costume: Simona Drábová
Camera: Jan Jirák, Jiří Janecký Special
Photo: Simon Roubal, Vojta Brtnický
Duration: 18min
Premiere: 18.5.2021
Thanks to all people who I met on my way during the creation. The creation has been started within the last year of education at Codarts –University of Circus Arts in Netherlands. The creation process was supported (co-produced) by Zero point festival, KD Mlejn, Cirqueon, DivadloX10, Codarts, Fun Fatal festival.