SARKA

15 minutes length / 22 dancers

2024

Original creation for The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

"Sarka, guided by Smetana’s symphonic poem, translates the timeless themes of resistance and recognition into a contemporary context.  Sarka, a woman warrior, emerges as a response to a deprivation of freedom and dignity. Her defiance is not just against the tyranny of men, but also a quest to assert her existence and the existence of all women. As a woman choreographer,  I believe in female strength and values shown in Šárka, an aesthetic and pure work that contrasts with a strong rawness. Freedom is among all that lives. When we recognize the other, there will be freedom.”

Choreographer: Lea Bessoudo Greck

Dancers: Rei Masatomi, Yu Mastumoto, Giuseppe Iodice, Solieh Samudio, Viola Izzo, Mark Griffiths, Madalena Judas, Patryk Zamojski, Aurora Donadiós, Hannah Lukey, Nikolas Sotiriou, Maria Carla Ognisanto, Edgar Mateo Navarro, Natalia Ribalta, Diede Schuur, Leonardo Baghin, Hugo Fraresso, Simone Giroletti, Sachiya Takata, Elen Šnoblová, Andrea Díaz.

Music: Bedrich Smetana

Assistant of the choreographer: Nadav Gal

Set designer: Pavel Knolle & Lea Bessoudo Greck

Costume designer: Pavel Knolle

Light designer: Ondřej Šesták