Body, building, land. Each with a history. Each with its own rhythm. Each with an effect on the others.

The PONEC theatre in Prague stands on a bedrock shaped 20,000 years ago by the Vltava River, a river that is now one kilometre away. Tereza has been dancing on that bedrock in PONEC for twenty-five years. The first solo she danced there was to a symphonic poem about the Vltava River. The choreography researched for GEO is a topography of all of these players and layers. Through this dance and with the help of a geophone, the ground below and the body above will guide us into an awareness of the landscape we all inhabit.

Devised by: Petra Tejnorová, Tereza Ondrová, Monica Gillette, Jan Čtvrtník, Michal Cáb, Michal Kindernay, Daniel Kozlík, 

Production: Júlia Pecková, Daniela Řeháková

In collaboration with: Lenka Špičáková, Aleš Špičák, Michal Králík, Renan Martins, David Králík, Matěj Strnad, Peter Šavel, Sodja Zupanc Lotker

Photo: Vojtěch Brtnický

Running time: 50min

Language: English

Supported by: Národní plán obnovy, Ministerstvo kultury ČR, Hlavní město Praha, Státní fond kultury

Partners: Tanec Praha, 4+4 Days in Motion Festival, HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts, Rezi.dance, O Espaço do Tempo

Premiere: PONEC – dance venue, 7. 10. 2023

Temporary Collective’s performance was co-produced with PONEC – dance venue and the 4+4 Days in Motion Festival

Temporary Collective produces original work by Tereza Ondrová, director Petra Tejnorová and their friends. A variable, living creative platform, the collective’s practice and creative process focus on dialogue and poetic encounters with other people, artists, dance companies, communities and species.