Jitka Tůmová (born in 1984)
Jitka Tůmová graduated at the Dance Centre Prague, which she has successfully completed in 2005. She continued in her studies at the Contemporary Dance School in London.
Mainly abroad she has gained her experience (GB), where she cooperated with ensembles Phil Sander Dance Company, Balbir Singh Dance Company and Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds.
In the Great Britain she has cooperated with choreographers Phil Sander, Charlotte Vincente, Uri Ivgi and Johan Greben, Didy Veldman, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Richard Alston, Sharon Watson, Henri Oguike, Ana Lujan Sanchez, etc.
While studying on Great Britain, she has created several of her own choreographies The African Stomp for Garford festival in Leeds, Hula hoops for students of the Phoenix Academy or Definitely Yes for the students of University in Doncaster.
She became the regular member of the Prague Chamber Ballet in season 2014/2015, where she is dancing in choreographies Mono No Aware, Who is the most powerful in the world? (Hana Polanská Turečková), The Condition of Disapperance (Ji-Eun Lee), From My Life (Pavel Šmok), Slavonic Quartett (Mário Radačovský), etc.
She has gained plentiful experience from the teaching lessons on seminars and workshops in Leeds (Phoenix Youth Academy, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance).
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