Amazons. A nation of mythical women, warriors whose furious powers and mercilessness have created bizarre stories.
Speed, strength, resilience, strike, endurance, target, fire, good night !
Who says that violence is not the answer … ?
… and who is stopping me ?
“The Amazons are a dramaturgically very well-constructed work that, despite the high energy demand, manages to escalate. They are again a brilliant mischief of a renowned creator. You will swallow every movement, you will have goose bumps and you might be a little afraid. It’s really a jolt!”
(DANCE ZONE / MARKÉTA FAUSTOVÁ)
The Lenka Vagnerova & Company Dance Theatre was founded in 2012 in Prague by internationally acclaimed choreographer and director Lenka Vagnerová. Performances of Lenka Vagnerová combine dance, physical theatre, puppetry and dramatic theatre. Existential questions, urgency of topics of man’s relationship to other beings, to environment, play with reality and fantasy, storytelling through symbols are characteristic for the creations of LV&C. Lenka puts emphasis on the specific qualities of movement, theatrical situations, she uses the power of group dynamics; she is looking for physical capabilities and physical boundaries of man’s own body. Passion, physicality, risk, conflict, harmony or intuition has always been part of Lenka`s original dance language. The company regularly collaborates with artists from different disciplines: dancers, actors, musicians, visual artists; regularly runs workshops and develops educational system for professionals and students. Lenka`s performances have received many prestigious awards and nominations during its existence on domestic and international scenes among the others: Herald Angel Award / Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014, Total Theatre Award Nomination / Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014, The Best Dance Performance / Singapore Fringe Festival 2016, Etc.
genres
Dance
THEATRE / COMPANY
Lenka Vagnerova & Company Dance Theatre
CZECH TITLE
Amazonky
CONCEPT
Lenka Vagnerová
MUSIC
Tomáš Vychytil
INTERPRETATION
Fanny Barrouquére, Markéta Frösslová, Simona Machovičová, Barbora Rokoszová, Tomáš Vychytil, Hynek ObsT
DRAMATURGY
Helena Koblischková
STAGE DESIGN
Michal Heriban
COSTUME DESIGN
Michal Heriban
SOUND DESIGN
Andrej Jurkovič
LENGTH OF THE PERFORMANCE
70 minutes
STAGE AREA
Middle
NUMBER OF TRAVELLING PERSONS
10
AWARDS
THALIA AWARD NOMINATION 2017 / Fanny Barrouquére; OPERA PLUS AUDIENCE AWARD NOMINATION 2017 / THE BEST DANCER + THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
PREMIERE
1st November 2017 / La Fabrika Theatre (Prague, CZ)