A dance show by 420PEOPLE and a rock concert by the band Please The Trees is coming! The time-proven collaborative tandem of Václav Kuneš and Václav Havelka is a guarantee of an unforgettable experience. Bound to bring tingles to all those struggling to find answers to the poignant questions of our time: How to cope with the fast-forwardness of our era in which cutting edge technology creepily suppresses the essence of human existence? How come we find it hard to be without a mobile signal? How come we lose it over something as simple as a signal issue? The Watcher is here to offer a few answers. The Watcher is here to offer a few answers. THE WATCHER knows that nothing compares to the technology of our body and that our lives are threads making for an endless cosmic carpet of being.
About the company
The contemporary dance group 420PEOPLE, named after the Czech country code, was founded by Václav Kuneš and Nataša Novotná in 2008 after they returned home from one of the Jiří Kylián’s Nederlands Dans Theater. The tandem’s vision to build their own contemporary dance group in Prague bringthe brand 420PEOPLE into being. The company has now been a stable player on the Czech and international dance scene for 11 years. 420PEOPLE is a fusion of outstanding dance quality, professionalism, sophisticated playfulness and true daringness in presenting a sheer vocabulary of contemporary dance.
genres
Dance / No Language Barrier
THEATRE / COMPANY
420PEOPLE
CZECH TITLE
The Watcher
CHOREOGRAPHY
Václav Kuneš and dancers
MUSIC
Please The Trees
STAGE DESIGN
Hynek Dřízhal
COSTUME DESIGN
Olo Křížová
LIGHTING DESIGN
Jan Mlčoch
LENGTH OF THE PERFORMANCE
60 minutes
STAGE AREA
Middle
STAGE DESCRIPTION
middle/large
NUMBER OF TRAVELLING PERSONS
11-12 (5dancers, 3 musicians, 1stage manager, 1light, 1 sound, 1 choreographer)
AUDIENCE
Adult