Swish

The idea for Tereza Hradilková`s dance solo was born while working on the dance film Beating, which was shot at Prague`s Palaestra boxing club: „I was fascinated by how boxers jump rope. I enjoyed the lightness of their movements, their changing rhythm, the movement of their arms and legs, which was a kind of dance all of its own. I was enchanted by the different kinds of jums and skips; and what really got me was the sound of the jump rope that accompanied their movements,“ explains the project`s author Tereza Hradilková.

The dance performance Swish proves that jumping rope is more than just a children`s game; it symbolizes ambition, performance, and the attempt at reaching perfection. „Do you jump beyond yourself, beyond your limits, or are you in fact a prisoner of a vicious circle from which there is no escape,“ asks choreographer and dancer Tereza Hradilková.
The idea for Tereza Hradilková`s dance solo was born while working on the dance film Beating, which was shot at Prague`s Palaestra boxing club: „I was fascinated by how boxers jump rope. I enjoyed the lightness of their movements, their changing rhythm, the movement of their arms and legs, which was a kind of dance all of its own. I was enchanted by the different kinds of jums and skips; and what really got me was the sound of the jump rope that accompanied their movements,“ explains the project`s author Tereza Hradilková.

The dance performance Swish proves that jumping rope is more than just a children`s game; it symbolizes ambition, performance, and the attempt at reaching perfection. „Do you jump beyond yourself, beyond your limits, or are you in fact a prisoner of a vicious circle from which there is no escape,“ asks choreographer and dancer Tereza Hradilková.

„Almost everyone in the audience was captured by her perfect synchrony with the musician, by her authentic testimony and by her astonishing physical performance. She was nominated for the Spectator´s award, Best Dancer Award and Dance Production of the Year Award, which she had won.“ Dance Zone

Tereza Hradilková is a dancer who has in recent years focused more on her own performance creation, such as “Variable“ with Israeli colleague Einat Ganz, and “Deadline“. She also collaborated on the award-winning dance film “Beating”.
She began dancing at age of four with the Prague-based Valášek ensemble. After attending the Duncan Centre conservatory in Prague, she studied contemporary dance and theater (mime theater) at Amsterdam`s Theaterschool where she graduated in year 2007.   Besides her own creations she danced for several choreographers abroad and in Czech republic: The Forman Brothers Theater, Claude Brumachon, Davide Sportelli, NANOHACH, VerTeDance, Andrea Miltner or David Radok.  
She is currently one of the leading member of Žižkov`s Studio Truhlárna, a performance space for emerging artistic projects.