FOUR DAYS & PROGRAM FOCUS

Since 1996, the non-profit, non-governmental association Four Days has organized the international theatre festival 4+4 Days in Motion (4+4 dny v pohybu) and has also arranged number of unique international projects and cultural exchanges. Four Days has organized ten international theatre festivals, workshops with lectors from European countries, international site specific projects, co-production projects with other European organisations, seminars, membership in international associations and organisations, and consultation activities in the field of cultural management. The dramaturgy of which explores both the artist of dance and movement theatre and the artist of visual and kinetic art. Since its inception, Four Days has numbered four people: producers Denisa Vaclavova, Marketa Cerna, PR manager Nikola Böhmova and dramaturg Pavel Storek.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Intersection: Intimacy and Spectacle

Four Days Association is an associate partner of Intersection: Intimacy and Spectacle. The project explores performance as a phenomenon appearing in a multitude of contemporary artistic and cultural disciplines – installation art, theatre, video art, architecture, and fashion, among others. Intersection consists of a theoretical component - a series of symposia and publications throughout 2009–2011, an artistic component - an interactive installation/ performance at the Prague Quadrennial, June 16–26, 2011, as well as a number of accompanying events, including installations, performances, lectures, discussions and meetings in eleven European countries.

This project is organized by the Prague Quadrennial in cooperation with the New Theatre Institute of Latvia, the Irish Theatre Institute, the Victoria and Albert Museum (GB), the BELEF Festival (RS), the Kretakör Theatre Company (HU), the National Theatre in Prague, Ente Teatrale Italiano, the Kiasma Theatre, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (FI), the Farnham Maltings Caravan (GB), the Institute of Design & Technology, Design Department, Zurich University of the Arts (CH), Tallinn, the 2011 European Capital of Culture (EE), the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT), the Escrita na Paisagem’s Festival de Performance e Artes da Terra (PT), the Centro de História da Arte e Investigação Artística (CHAIA), University of Evora (PT), and the Four Days in Motion Festival (CZ).

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The Four Days Association is a member of IETM, Informal European Theatre Meeting, F.I.T., Festivals in Transition, Junge Hunde.

FESTIVAL
& NON-TRADITIONAL SPACES

In 1998, Four Days worked closely with the mamapapa organization to effectively transplant the festival from traditional theatrical institutions and halls to the unconventional space of a century-old sewage treatment plant In Bubeneč. The following year, this same festival was held in the abandoned factory space of CKD Karlín. In 2000 the festival took place in the former brewery in Holešovice and the sixth year of the festival in 2001 was held in Tyršův House and the Nosticova Hall. The 7th festival was held in Ponec Theatre, the eights took place in the area of former brickwork in Sarecke Valley and for 9th annual we chose a romantic area of public park Stromovka - surrounding area of Šlechtova Restaurant. The 10th annual theatre festival took place in the spaces of Prague ZOO and at the hockey stadium HC Hvezda in Vokovice. In 2006 became the heart of the festival the house in the centre of Prague (former dental clinic) in Jungmannova 21 and international companies were presented in theatres Alfred ve dvore (Alfred in the Couryard) and Ponec Theatre. Next year we cooperated with famous Dutch group Theatre SILO. Together with Czech artists they tailored the space of the Agricultural Museum in Prague to ask the audience and passers by the crucial questions of cultivation – the site-specific project named KULTIVAR. Jednotka/Unit built up amazing bar at the Letná park and theatre performances took place in theatres Archa and Ponec. The 13th edition of the festival took place at the industrial halls in Holesovice and last year the festival took place in the building of the former Federal Assembly.

This use of un-traditional festival spaces met with highly positive acclaim from the participants, professional critics and a wide audience alike.

In the past the festival was realized at the following locations:

1998 – old sewage treatment plant, Prague 6 – Bubenec

1999 – abandoned factory halls in CKD, Prague 8 – Karlin

2000 – former brewery, Prague 7 – Holesovice

2001 – gyms and spaces of the Tyrš´s House, Prague 1 – Small Town

2003 – former brickwork in Sarecke Valley, Prague 6

2004 – surroundings of Slechtova Restaurant, Prague 7 – Stromovka

2005 – ZOO in Troja, Prague 7 + ice hockey stadium, Prague 6

2006 – former dental clinic in Jungmannova str., Prague 1

2007 – National Museum of Agriculture, Prague 7

2008 – industrial halls in Holesovice, Prague 7

2009 – building of the former Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia, Prague 1

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FOUR DAYS & 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.

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