I wish I would Dance Well Under the Stars

Background information

CESNET association and the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague welcome you at a unique distributed performance in association with the Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW) 2019.

Date:              April 3 2019
Time:             19.30–20.30 CEST
Location:      Lichtenstein palace – Martinu Hall,
                      Malostranské nám. 13, Prague 1

A joint music and dance improvisation is based on themes from the book of Marek Orko Vácha, “I wish I would dance well under the stars”. The lyrics lead us to deeper reflection on man and his place on our planet Earth.

The performance will inter-connnect three organists, in the Martinu Hall and in two churches in Prague, cimbalom and a flute and two dancers, in the Martinu Hall and in Konic Thtr in Barcelona, which will be present through a holographic projection.

Artists

Music

• Jaroslav Tůma – organ in St. Laurence church
• Martin Poruba – organ in Sts. Simon and Juda church
• Daniel Knut Pernet – organ in Martinu Hall HAMU
• Jan Rokyta – cimbalom and flute in Martinu Hall HAMU

Dance

• Markéta Jandová – dance in Martinu Hall HAMU
• Konic thtr Barcelona – remotely from Barcelona

Collaborators CSUC (Barcelona, Spain)

• Carlos Saura
• Álex Giménez
• Maria Isabel Gandía

Technical production

Technical production has been done by CESNET association using specialized low-latency audio and video transmission equipment developed by CESNET.