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INTERNATIONALE KÜNSTLER TANZ & THEATER The Black Light Theatre of Prague, Czech Republic, 2012 | The Black Light Theatre of Prague, Czech Republic, 2012 |
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Tour Dates: 15 Aug - 7 Sep, 2012 Since the very beginning this Czech theatre ensemble has belonged to the best-known representatives of the Czech Theatre School world-wide.
Biography Since the very beginning this Czech theatre ensemble has belonged to the best-known representatives of the Czech Theatre School world-wide. It participated in more than 65 international theatre festivals and performed more than 250 guest performances in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. When performing at the international theatre festival in Edinburgh (Scotland) in 1962, the review published in the Times mentioned that this ensemble "brought back magic to the world stages". A principle, set by Jiří Srnec, the founder and art director of theatre, is based on creative use of a simple trick, so called "black cabinet". A primitive form of this principle was known even in ancient China, and later on, it has been used by magicians. Partially it was used also in cinema (Mélies) and theatre (Stanislavský). In the Black theatre it means that the black-dressed actors holding the requisites are not seen by the viewers against black background. By this way the requisites, things and objects seem to move themselves. However, this trick is not the main purpose of the plays performed by Jiří Srnec and his actors, but a way which could evoke scenic and mimic metaphoric, realised by movements of graphic artefacts and actors accompanied by music. After years of guest performances without having its stable stage in Prague, now it is possible for both foreign and Czech visitors to meet this original Black Theatre in Prague in Divadlo v Celetné, which is going to perform the latest play "Bílý Pierot v černém" (White Pierot in Black) starting from April 2000. For more information, please visit: www.blacktheatresrnec.cz "Black Light Theatre Prague reminds me of the saying of Victor Hugo, who said 'a fair is hidden behind each thing that you can see'. They return the spectator into the world of the poetry of a dream, into the fantastic wonders of childhood." "Black Light Theatre is a collection of strange fascinating magic. I mean the real magic, the continuous, unbelievably smooth amusing and absolutely fascinating stream of surrealism, which is so simple that it must be incredidbly complicated - in the background. Really excellent..." "The surrealistic world created by Jiri Srnec and his talented actors and illusionists seems to be only a step from the world created by Hieronymus Bosch years ago, and by Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Picabia not that long ago. It is a world of dreams... Black Light Theatre "Black Light Theatre is agile and fascinating, in particular in short sketches when eleven actors and their invisible colleagues move iwth silent joy through the strange world of Srnec's dreams. It worthy seeing it because their performance is a unique playground of absurdity without a compromise..." "Enchantment of the magic on the stage, playfulness and relaxing imagination. Black Light Theatre "The ensemble is utmost excellent and inventive and ful of imagination as always; at the same time it maintained its almost childish innocence, which belongs among its most magic qualities…" "The fire of tricks shoots from the dark, brilliant combination of movements and music, mimics, puppeteering and pure magic on the stage. It is a dazzling extraordinary performance..." For booking inquiry please contact: Mr. Ma Ran
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