POCKETART: The Lion Pit Unlimited
Media, manipulation, social networks. The challenges of today - for young people, an absolutely inseparable part of life. How do young people work with media content? How does it translate into how they move? What gestures influence them and who leads and who follows in our world? A captivating duet of dancers who tell a story not only about how fun can easily turn dark and back again. The performance is accompanied live by a DJ. A moderated discussion follows, ending with a collaborative dance party.
With respect for children as active partners in the creation, Sabina Bočková and Johana Pocková adapted the original production Pit of Lions as part of the European project Shape It for young audiences. Encountering the resulting shape is a unique chance to approach the topic of ubiquitous media content in a different way than through the screen of a phone. And perhaps an opportunity to get closer to the world view of your own children.
Concept, choreography, interpretation: Johana Pocková, Sabina Bočková
Music: Lukáš Palán
Dramaturgy: Viktor Černický
Light design: Eliška Kociánová
Coproduction: TANEC PRAHA - festival / PONEC - divadlo pro tanec
With financial support of Ministerstvo kultury ČR, Státní fond kultury ČR, Kreativní Evropa
Premiere of the show:
30.5.2022, Praha, PONEC - divadlo pro tanec
Johana Pocková graduated from the Duncan Centre Conservatory in Prague and studied for two years at the SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance). In 2017 she won the Jarmila Jeřábková Prize for her choreography KILLER! A Little Comic History. In 2019 she founded the dance company POCKETART.
Sabina Bočková graduated from Dance Centre Prague, was a member of the South Bohemia Theatre Ballet and a soloist of the Prague Chamber Ballet. Since 2017 she has been working on the independent dance scene. She is a co-founder of the dance company POCKETART.
The adaptation of the performance for young audiences was realized within the international project Shape It, which was co-financed by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. The co-producer of the adaptation is Tanec Praha z.ú. / TANEC PRAHA - festival.