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Somewhere in a city, in a yard hidden in between houses, there is a wall. A wall that challenges us, puts our courage to test and lets our imagination go riot.
Also, there is a piece of luggage, one to contain our childhood, long lost wishes we have once packed up. A little boy and five adult men return to the yard, each of them with a bag, to revive their boyhood fantasies. You know, a whole wide world may be hiding behind the wall. Just try and jump over. Or simply climb up and look at the city from a bird’s-eye view. Or, why don’t we open up the bag and recall a song:
Long, long time ago, a boy was just a boy
never realizing that he was just a boy,
walking around with his head down,
grudging over spinach, milk rice
and peas for dinner.
Not to talk of steamed cauliflower.
Today, he can eat all of those.
About the Author
Jana Burkiewiczová
Since completing her studies at the Dance Centre Prague (2002) and graduating from the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (2009), Jana has focused on innovating the contemporary dance and theatre scene. She has participated in many workshops abroad with a focus on progressive trends in contemporary dance (ImPulsTanz Workshop in Vienna, Gaga Intensive Workshop Antwerp, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway in New York and Calabria arte danza in the Italian town of Reggio Calabria. She has choreographed many musicals and operas, including Don Giovanni (National Theatre in Prague, directed by Skutr), Mauglí (Mowgli, Kalich Theatre in Prague, directed by Skutr), Quasimodo (Hybernia Theatre in Prague, directed by Martin Kukučka),Marná lásky snaha (Love’s Labour’s Lost in Klicpera’s Theatre in Hradec Králové, directed by Braňo Mazuch) and Urinetown (František Xaver Šalda Theatre in Liberec, directed by Lucie Málková). For the international project Lidoskop (United Arts), she combined contemporary dance with contemporary circus elements and world-class acrobatics. Last year, she choreographed the Ženy show (Women, Komedie Theatre in Prague) in collaboration with Adéla Stodolová which brought dance and acting together, creating a unified interpretation of constantly changing symbolic images.
