Kytice
Antonín Dvořák / Richard Ševčík
Kytice
Erben’s most famous work will be produced for the first time in Plzeň, as a ballet.
Based on the text of Karel Jaromír Erben
Directed by Irena Žantovská, a long-term collaborator with DJKT, with choreography by the soloist of the Plzeň ballet and choreographer Richard Ševčík to become an hour-long show for the entire family.
Jaroslav Matějka acting as Karel Jaromír Erben will guide the audience through the four ballads – the Wedding Shirt, the Water Spirit, Lady Midday, and the Golden Spinning Wheel, all with Antonín Dvořák’s music.
By this original work we want to present the Czech literary classic and demonstrate that it is a living work, not a fossil from school textbooks.
Creators
- Directed by:
- Irena Žantovská
- Choreography:
- Richard Ševčík
- Music:
- Antonín Dvořák
- Stage Design and Costumes:
- Aleš Valášek
- Projection:
- Jakub Mareš
- Light design:
- Richard Ševčík
- Musical Arrangement:
- Matouš Pilný
- Assistant choreographer:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Assistant director:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Stage manager:
- Petr Šmaus
Prersons and actors
- Erben:
- Jaroslav Matějka / Jiří Srnec
- Svatební košile - Panna:
- Abigail Jayne Baker / Anna Srncová
- Svatební košile - Milý:
- Gaëtan Pires / Joshua Lee
- Svatební košile - Umrlec:
- Michal Lenner
- Svatební košile - Mrtvoly:
- Gaia Ponzio, Lýdie Švojgerová, Sara Aurora Antikainen, Justin Rimke, Mischa Alexander Hall
- Svatební košile - Erben postava:
- Jaroslav Matějka / Jiří Srnec
- Vodník - Vodník:
- Justin Rimke / Mischa Alexander Hall
- Vodník - Dcera:
- Abigail Jayne Baker / Anna Srncová
- Vodník - Matka:
- Gaia Ponzio / Lýdie Švojgerová
- Polednice - Matka:
- Gaia Ponzio / Lýdie Švojgerová
- Polednice - Polednice:
- Gaëtan Pires / Joshua Lee / Sara Aurora Antikainen
- Zlatý kolovrat - Král:
- Justin Rimke / Gaëtan Pires
- Zlatý kolovrat - Hodná dcera:
- Anna Srncová
- Zlatý kolovrat - Macecha:
- Gaia Ponzio / Lýdie Švojgerová
- Zlatý kolovrat - Zlá dcera:
- Sara Aurora Antikainen
- Zlatý kolovrat - Pachole:
- Michal Lenner
- Zlatý kolovrat - Stařeček (Erben):
- Jaroslav Matějka / Jiří Srnec
- Zlatý kolovrat - Chlapec na plese:
- Justin Rimke / Joshua Lee / Mischa Alexander Hall
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root
Premiere on 7 September 2019 at DJKT Small Scene
