4+4 Days in Motion ›
16th Performing Arts Festival, Prague
October 15–22, 2011
Archa Theatre, Alfred ve dvoře Theatre, MeetFactory, Studio Alta, ÚLUV, Stadion Bohemians 1905 (Ďolíček), non-traditional spaces
The equation 4+4=8 is more than just a basic part of the primary school curriculum – in mid-October, these numbers will invite all fans of unusual cultural events to explore the 4+4 Days in Motion festival = 8 days during which conventional and unconventional venues in Prague come to life with innovative, progressive, and often provocative artistic projects – theater and dance performances, concerts, exhibits, film screenings, and video art. All these events have one thing in common: they will pull you out of your everyday routine and bring you closer to the latest interesting developments in contemporary art, both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The festival does not limit itself to traditional venues, but uses art to bring to life unused or neglected buildings in Prague. Over its fifteen-year history, the festival – which has earned great esteem both at home and abroad – has presented more than 160 artistic ensembles from 25 countries. The festival has also contributed to many projects in terms of both dramaturgy and production. This year’s guests include Norway’s Jo Strømgren Kompani; a project by Brazilian actor, director, and producer Joelson Gusson entitled Cyborg Manifesto; “Before Your Very Eyes,” a performance with children for adults by the British- German Gob Squad ensemble and Belgium’s Campo Theater; “Haircuts By Children,” a project by Canada’s Mammalian Diving Reflex; Germany’s Invisible Playground ensemble with their site-specific play “Field Office;” and “Ökö” by Slovakian and Swiss’s T-d’U. The festival will also feature the Czech premiere of “Not Made For Flying,” the latest dance performance by the Czech-Italian ensemble DEJA DONNE. Other premieres include works by directors Jiří Havelka and Jiří Adámek, choreographer Veronika Švábová, and the NANOHACH dance ensemble.
PLACES OF ACT:
Former Center for Folk Art Production and Prague's Vršovice district
"Places of Act" is a long-term international project by the Four Days association that aims to revitalize public space through art. Places of Act will attempt to take a new look at places deserving of our attention, care, and protection. The former Center for Folk Art Production (ÚLUV) and Prague's Vršovice district are the Places of Act for the year 2011. read more ›
About festival
The main task of the association is an organisation of international theatre festival Four + Four Days in Motion. Since 1996 the festival's aim is to present contemporary inovative theatre projects, every year the festival presents ca twenty groups from all over the world. The particularity of the festival is to enliven objects of the Prague architecture by theatre and presentation of international projects co-produced by Four Days. Projects of the festival include all genres of contemporary art (theatre, dance, music, visual art, film, video art). Every year of the festival has its specific theme - leitmotif, for example Demolition (abandoned halls of CKD, where the festival took place were prepared to demolishon), Hibernation (freezing of cultural activities in the Czech Republic, extinction of residential spaces, etc) The effect of connecting the individual genres of art in the dramaturgy of the festival is also the connection of visitors of theatre performances with the vistiors of concert, galleries and fans of dance music. Thus festival 4+4 Days in Motion is in the Czech context an unique event. The natural part of the festival create seminars and workshops, which often become the basis for the next cooperation between artists, managers, and theatre professionals from different countries.
International theatre festival has gained during its fifteen years of existence not only its own public but also the world repute thanks to the organization in the non-traditional theatre spaces. After the former sewage plant in Bubenec (1998), former factory halls of CKD Karlin (1999), former brewery in Holesovice (2000), romantic environment of Tyrš´s House and Nosticova Hall in Ujezd (2001), Ponec Theatre (2002), area of former brickyard in Sarecke valley (2003), Prague ZOO and ice hockey stadium HC Hvezda (2005), former dental clinic in Jugmannova 21 (2006), National Museum of Agriculture (2007), industrial halls in Holesovice (2008), and building of the former Federal Assembly (2009), we have decided to continue in revitalization of non-traditional places of Prague architecture. This year the site specific project will take place in former Institute of Folk Art Production (in Czech Ústav lidové umělecké výroby - ÚLUV) at Narodni trida.
The artistic groups and soloist, who visit our festival every year, are different not only by their nation but also by different genre - from contemporary dance, physical and visual theatre, to concert, video art, or verbal theatre. During past fourteen years we managed to present in Prague over 160 professional artistic groups from al over the world and every year we produce or co-produce several extraordinary local projects. The important aspect of the festival is the cooperation with the group Jednotka / Unit, which has been creating the design of the non traditional space and a unique festival bar since year 2000.
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Address - office:
Čtyři dny / Four Days Association
c/o Theatre Institute Prague
Celetná 17, 110 00 Prague 1
phone/fax: +420 224 809 125, phone:
+420 224 809 116
e-mail:fourdays@theatre.cz, http://www.ctyridny.cz
