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Beyond Vibrations: Czech National Ballet is electrifying

Czech National Ballet in Marco Goecke's Fly Paper Bird
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Danilo Lo Monaco and Romina Contreras in Hans van Manen's Frank Bridge Variations
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Patrik Holeček in Krzysztof Pastor's Moving Rooms
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Matěj Šust and John Powers in Marco Goecke's Fly Paper Bird
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Giovanni Rotolo in Marco Goecke's Fly Paper Bird
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Nikola Márová in Hans van Manen's Frank Bridge Variations
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“quirky, idiosyncratic, very torso focused, occasionally humorous”
Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 5 October 2023
Moving Rooms (Krzysztof Pastor)
Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
Fly Paper Bird (Marco Goecke)
Filip Barankiewicz, Director
Thomas Mika, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Bert Dalhuysen, Lighting Designer
Patrik Holeček, Dancer
Adam Zvonař, Dancer
Alina Nanu, Dancer
Nikola Márová, Dancer
Aya Okumura, Dancer
Danilo Lo Monaco, Dancer
Giovanni Rotolo, Dancer
Kristýna Němečková, Dancer
Paul Irmatov, Dancer
Matěj Šust, Dancer
Romina Contreras, Dancer
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