Generation X (2019)

Concept, choreography, direction: Michal Záhora

Theme, research and artistic collaboration: Tereza Krčálová

Consultation: Martin Buchtík (STEM Institute of Empirical Research)

Performance, Creation: Helena Arenbergerová

Music: Tomáš Procházka

Costume collaboration: Terezie Dvořáková

Project Curator, Production: Honza Malík & Pulsar z.s.

A dance solo that expresses emotions of a generation that experienced the turn of two eras.

A childhood marked by restrictions first accepted by the society and later loosened. Beating hearts, pulse of one’s own blood that can be heard. A man/woman has matured, one that knows what he/she wants and doesn’t want. His/her steps are not guided by his/her will. The Cold War is not over yet. We live in its shadow. We live in escalated positions in which we strive for a basic human politeness. God help us. Only the active one and the one who isn’t afraid to show the direction to others can win.

40 years since birth, 30 years since the revolution – a reflection of one’s own life on the background of a big social change. The performance is based on life experience and worldview of 20 significant individuals born between 1979-1980 who are successful in the Czech society in the fields such as art, science and politics.

Before the performance there will be a sociological happening by Martin Buchtík, performed by Tomáš Pospíšil about the way the cultural generation is shaped. 

Participants involved in the preparation phase 

Vojtěch Bednář (sociologist, publicist and university teacher), Ondřej Beránek (film producer), Kamil Bouška (poet), Vojtěch Dlask (pianist, composer and dramaturge), Daniel Erhardt (pianist), Lucie Ferliková (painter), Lucie Kunzová Filimonova (painter), Jan Farský (politician), Jiří Havelka (director and actor), Jiří Honzírek (theatre director), Tomáš Hrůza (photographer, multimedia artist), Martin Jemelka (historian a publicist), Adéla Laštovková-Stodolová (choreographer, director), Judita Matyášová (journalist, writer and cultural manager), Tomáš Měcháček (actor), Hana Polanská-Turečková (dancer and choreographer), Jiří Turek (journalist), Kateřina Tučková (art historian, writer, dramaturge and publicist), Petr Vaněk (actor), Ondřej Závodský (lawyer and civil servant)