SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER

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17. dubna 2024

Weather Forecast: 5 Days in the Theatre Shelter

The reappearance of spring has brought with it the thirty-fourth edition of the international theatre festival SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER, which this year will feature theatre companies from universities in Poland, Ukraine, Switzerland, Austria, Serbia, Latvia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The forecast for this week is clear: over the course of five days, we can expect educational and cultural overflows in the form of workshops, discussions, but especially theatre productions.

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17. dubna 2024

Two Women, Different Worlds, and Playful Emotions

For this year's SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER, DAMU brought an autobiographical collage by two women, Kristina and Jovita, entitled “Anytime, Anywhere.” Through audio-visual, textual, and movement elements, the heroines, whom fate introduced to each other in Prague, convey their feelings, losses, and understanding, interwoven with playful humour.

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17. dubna 2024

When Life Doesn't Go as Expected

How do you imagine the curve that would represent your life? This ideal biography allows for minor missteps and existential difficulties, but have you thought about the loss of a loved one? To what extent would this major event affect your idea of a more or less easy-going life? The autobiographical production "Anytime, Anywhere" by students from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague might help you in your search for answers.

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17. dubna 2024

The Axis Around Which Two Human Destinies Circle

The production Hello, Out There! by the Latvian ensemble from the Latvian Academy of Culture is faithful, authentic, and fair to its name. A veiled, sometimes dreamlike atmosphere in an empty space. Disorientation between freedom and confinement –– physical and psychological. A call into the void, with the hope that a response will return in the form of another's voice rather than one's own. And to top it off, two evocative performances by the actors, excelling in well-handled, pithy, and at times absurd dialogue and gymnastic stunts on the tightrope.

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17. dubna 2024

Hope, Hello from the Other Side

Love can be found even in the most remote parts of the world, where the mere presence of the other lights up the hope of a better end in the individual, sometimes even through manipulation. And hand on heart, in moments of the cruellest pain, one is willing to do anything for even the slightest relief, especially for someone else with whom to share one's pain in the fog of injustice.

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17. dubna 2024

25 Euros for a Canister

“Benzin” is a fusion of five short stories based on folk tales of the Brothers Grimm. The entire narrative unfolds in a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, where a new civilization of people shares stories. Undoubtedly, a major theme is gasoline and its price. As the main tool, eight students from Kyiv University used theatrical masks and their bodies.

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17. dubna 2024

A Petrol-Soaked World

Gasoline, used as a fuel for most spark ignition engines, is most commonly produced by fractional distillation from petroleum.

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17. dubna 2024

Comments about SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER

MgA. Petr Michálek is the current rector of the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts and also a dramaturge, actor, and translator. For over ten years he held the position of director of the Zlín Municipal Theatre.

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16. dubna 2024

Where to Go in Brno?

The programme of the International Festival of Theatre Schools AETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER is rich and varied. Apart from the main programme, consisting of productions by foreign schools, we can also expect off-programme performances by students of the JAMU Theatre Faculty, as well as parties. What exactly the programme offers is available on social media and on the website. A printed programme will also be available at the festival Infocentre during the festival. But where to go when you get a moment to spare? Brno is a students’ city with lots of businesses, but also galleries, museums, and monuments. Here are some more tips on where to spend your time outside the theatres and our festival:

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