Theatre is a peculiar organism. To an outsider, it resembles a workshop of an alchemist. All kinds of people combine the most improbable ingredients there in the hope of creating something rare. A production that would allow actors and audiences to experience that exceptional feeling of having been here and now, witnessing – and helping to create – a unique artistic event.

 

The creators of Night Rehearsal decided to take audiences backstage. Indeed, they are not the first ones. Perhaps the most famous literary glimpse into what precedes a theatrical première is How a Play is Produced by Karel Čapek. (“A première is what happens when, in desperation, one finally decides to let the whole thing run by itself, whatever may come.”)

 

At the same time, Night Rehearsal also wishes to pay tribute to those on whom theatre depends – actors, singers and dancers. In the words of Rainer Lewandowski: “After all, actors are the very foundation of theatre. Night after night, they come before you and risk everything. Night after night, a new challenge, a new test. And yet they never have any certainty. That is the cruelty of this profession. And its beauty as well.“ (In: Tonight Neither Hamlet).

 

The professional life of a dancer is immensely demanding. It is built on physical hardship and constrained by age. And like any other performer, a dancer depends on who “invites them to dance” – whether they are given work that enables them to reveal their true potential. Whether the peak of their dancing career comes at a time when a particular theatre is able to make use of them. So Night Rehearsal is perhaps above all a tribute to dancers. With a smile, it highlights the difficulties they sometimes face, while letting their art and beauty speak for themselves.

 

The production contains smoke effects and strong language.
 

 

Direction: Ondrej Šoth

Assistant Director: Matúš Bachynec

Choreography: Šimon Stariňák, Gennaro Sorbino, Ondrej Šoth

Screenplay: Ondrej Šoth, Zuzana Mistríková, Václav Janeček

Dramaturgy: Zuzana Mistríková

Scenography: Barbora Šajgalíková

Costume Design: Andrii Sukhanov

Film: Ondrej Šoth

Assistant Choreographer: Eva Sklyarová, Maksym Sklyar

Choreography rehearsals for schools: Tetiana Lubska, Silvia Borsetti, Marek Šarišský

Stage Managers: Beáta Gogová, Silvia Haulik

 

Direction by: Jakub Kuka

Dramaturgy: Elena Podzámska

Ballet Director: Stanislav Pitoňák

Choreography: Dalibor Fabian

Ballet Master: Sergii Iegorov

Stage Manager: Henrieta Kecerová

Dramaturgy Assistant: Natália Častková

 

Emiliia Berezina, Silvia Borsetti, Yasemin Caynak, Khrystyna Deineha, Mónica Gómez, Sofia Arriaga Heald, Kei Hirozane, Tereza Húsková, Alessandra Improta, Iryna Ivaniv, Anastasiia Kravtcova, Daria Lebid, Tetiana Lubska, Anne-Marie Greve Myhrvold, Yevheniia Nikitina, Nina Ravasová, Klaudia Skopintsev, Vlada Shevchenko, Gabriela Sukhanova, Františka Vargová, Shoko Yamada, Kristína Zemanová

Martin Bányai, Dalibor Fabian, Volodymyr Feshchenko, Oleksandr Chepelenko, Marcell Medvecz, Viktor Mikulišin, Igor Pashko, Peter Rolík, Anatolii Skopintsev, Gennaro Sorbino, Tomasz Siedlecki, Marek Šarišský, Oleksandr Tishchenko, Denys Yevdokymov

 

Students of the Jozef Adamovič Dance Conservatory and the Conservatory of Peter Dvorský

 

NDKE Ballet Preparatory Class