PRAGUE SUMMER DANCE COURSE
Registration deadline extended till 21st June on email ruttenbacherova@balet-praha.cz
Join the course of classical and contemporary dance with teachers of the Prague Chamber Ballet
for non-professional dancers!
WHEN: 25. – 29. 6. 2018 (10:00 – 15:00)
WHERE: The Dance Hall of Theatre Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague,
Karlova 26, Prague 1
WEEKLY FEE: 2.999 CZK (Monday-Friday 10:00 – 15:00)
DAILY FEE: 599 CZK (10:00 – 15:00)
REGISTRATION FOR WEEKLY AND DAILY COURSE INCL. PAYMENT till: 15.6.2018 on the
following email: ruttenbacherova@balet-praha.cz (Aneta Ruttenbacherova)
SCHEDULE here.
Payment information:
Payment of the course fee (weekly or daily) is possible by 15.6.2018 at Raiffeisenbank, a.s.,
IBAN CZ6255000000002872372409
SWIFT RZBCCZPP
When making a payment it´s important to specify the variable symbol: name_surname (for recognizing the credited payment!)
In case of cancellation of the course by the organizer (in case of registration of less than 5 participants), a fee will be refunded by transfer to the bank account of participants at least 3 days after the date of beginning of the course.
Pedagogues:
LINDA SVIDRÓ – JITKA TŮMOVÁ – AURORA FRADELLA – IGOR VEJSADA –
PATRIK ČERMÁK – DOMINIK VODIČKA
LINDA SVIDRÓ
A graduate from the Prague Dance Center conservatory, She danced in the Ballet Prague Junior
ensemble and as a guest dancer also in the Prague Chamber Ballet. In 1999, she left abroad and
performed in Nederlands Dans Theater II., Ballet Gulbenkian Lisbon, Lanonima Imperial
Barcelona, Ballet Pécs and other ensembles. In 2008, as a prominent soloist of Hungarian Ballet
Theatre, she was awarded the Euro-Pas award for the best female dancer of the year (as a
Czech dancer in Hungary). In 2009, she returned to the Czech Republic and, together with
Hungarian choreographer Attila Egerházi, joined the ballet of the South Bohemian Theatre in the
position of soloist, ballet master, assistant choreographer and deputy of the ballet’s artistic leader.
She graduated from university where she studied the Theory and History of Theatre, her master-
studies’ specialisation was Media Communication and Marketing. She continues teaching at the
Prague Dance Center conservatory and, together with her husband Viktor, she is the artistic
leader of the Ballet Prague Junior ensemble.
In August 2017, she joined the Prague Chamber Ballet in the position of ballet master and
assistant choreographer. Since January 2018 she was put in charge of the company´s artistic
leadership.
JITKA TŮMOVÁ
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 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 The World of Daisies (Jiří Pokorný), Entwine (Lukáš Timulák),
Requiem for infinity (Tom Rychetský), Now2 (Ondřej Vinklát), Mystery of Time, Black Mirror
(Hana Polanská Turečková), Wild Dove, 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).
AURORA FRADELLA
Aurora Fradella was educated in dance art by completing a number of educational courses and
scholarship programs at prestigious European universities and professional dance companies,
including The Royal Ballet in London, Teatro Massimo Academy, Balletto di Toscana and Kibbutz
Contemporary Dance Company.
She also gained the experiences during regular workshops and summer internships, eg. at the
London Contemporary Dance School, the English National Ballet, Vertigo Dance Company and
through the collaboration with teachers and choreographers Oxana Kichenko, Carolyn Carlson, Lorand Zachar, Aurelie Cayla and others.
Aurora started performing in her 16 years in the junior company Teatro Massimo Youth Dancers
and later in the Balletto di Toscana and Zappalà Dance Company.
She became the regular member of Prague Chamber Ballet in July 2016, where she is dancing in
choreographies The World of Daisies (Jiří Pokorný), Entwine (Lukáš Timulák), Requiem for infinity (Tom Rychetský), A Glimpse of POEtry (Marek Svobodník), Mystery of Time, Black Mirror
(Hana Polanská Turečková), Wild Dove, From My Life (Pavel Šmok), Slavonic Quartett (Mário
Radačovský), etc
IGOR VEJSADA
Igor Vejsada is a Czech dancer and choreographer. After graduating from the Department of
Dance at the Conservatory in his home city of Brno, he studied for one year at the Ballet
Academy of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (1975-1976). He started his 20-year career as a dancer (during which he successfully participated in international competitions in Bulgaria, Russia or the United States) at the National Theatre in Brno where he performed in many soloist roles. Later, he got a two- year contract at the Hungarian Györi Ballet under the leadership of Ivan Markó, a disciple of
Maurice Béjart. Upon his return home, he founded the New Ballet Brno dance company where he focused on contemporary dance among other things. In 1992 he became a member of Israeli dance ensemble Kibbutz Dance Contemporary Company which he still cooperates within the role of a guest tutor. In 1994 he was offered a contract by the artistic leader of the ballet company at the National Theatre in Mannheim, Mr Philippe Talard. He gave many guest performances in Europe and overseas and participated at festivals in the United States, Australia, China, Taiwan and Japan. From 1996 to 2014 he led the ballet company of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava where he created dozens of productions not only with the ballet company but also with the opera and dramatic companies.
In March 2016, he started his work in the position of the Ballet Master of the Prague Chamber Ballet.
PATRIK ČERMÁK
Vystudoval Taneční centrum Praha, které úspěšně zakončil v roce 2012. Během studií působil ve
školních souborech TCP Baby Balet Praha a Balet Praha junior a představil se v choreografiích
Attily Egerháziho či Samuela Delvauxe.
V letech 2012 – 2014 působil v Jihočeském baletu, kde měl možnost tančit v choreografiích Jiřího
Kyliána, Attily Egerháziho, Petra Zusky či Ruie Horty.
V sezoně 2014/2015 se stal stálým členem Pražského komorního baletu, kde postupně tančí v
choreografiích Svět Sedmikrásek (Jiří Pokorný), Prolínání (Lukáš Timulák), Rekviem za
nekonečno (Tom Rychetský), Chvilka POEzie (Marek Svobodník), Teď2 (Ondřej Vinklát), Černé
zrcadlo (Hana Polanská Turečková), Z mého života, Holoubek (Pavel Šmok), Slovanský kvartet
(Mário Radačovský) aj.
Účastnil se workshopů s choreografy např. Bella Kéri Nagy, Agurtzane Pérez Olóriz, Katie
Garwood, Sören du Hoffman, Jeanne Solan, Amy Watson, aj.
DOMINIK VODIČKA
Dominik Vodička vystudoval Taneční centrum Praha, které úspěšně zakončil v roce 2017. Během
studií působil ve školních souborech TCP Baby Balet Praha a Balet Praha Junior a představil se
v choreografiích Attily Egerháziho, Samuela Delvauxe, Kevina Durwaela a dalších. Pravidelně se
účastnil Mezinárodních týdnů tance v Praze.
Spolupracoval s významnými pedagogy: Jeanne Solan, Sirpa Moksi, Béla Kéri Nagy, Nikola
Márová, Václav Janeček, a dalšími.
Je čtyřnásobným vicemistrem v latinskoamerických a standartních tancích. V letech 2011 a 2016
se účastnil Mistrovství světa v latinskoamerických tancích.
Od roku 2003 je členem Českého svazu tanečního sportu a od roku 2013 je členem Národního
týmu a centra mládeže sportovního tance.