16. - 20. May, 2025, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic

“When you watch performances of Farm in the Cave, you don’t know whether you experience dance, theater, or concert. But one thing is clear - this is contemporary performing art” /Assen Assenov, Director of One Dance Week International Festival

Farm in the Cave studio is known for its specific method of working with a performer. That is characteristic for personal engagement, immersion in the subject, musicality and high dynamics. The company has become a platform for intense professional development for exceptional dancers, actors, musicians and performers from many countries. Ensemble developed its unique practises of working with expression of the contemporary performer, which transcends the borders between the art of movement, music, and acting. 

In each of their long-term projects members of Farm in the Cave focused on researching current social issues and searched for different ways of how to embody them on stage. However, working with the physical score still remains the pivotal point of individual creative process.

The workshop will introduce participants to various ways of creating the physical score. We will focus on the relationship between the inner structure and the outer composition of action - between rhythm and meaning, as well as between living presence and precise fixing of elements. It will inspire participants in their daily practice, thus leading them from training to creation. It will also strive to offer an individual approach with respect to the momentary dispositions of each participant. 

The workshop will be led by the artistic director and choreographer Viliam Dočolomanský and the Farm in the Cave ensemble, who have led numerous workshops both in the Czech Republic and abroad.

The workshop is open to students, and professionals of different performing arts, as well as any interested participants without previous professional experience. If overbooked, participants will be selected according to their motivation letters and CV/resume.

About lecturers
Viliam Dočolomanský

Viliam Dočolomanský is a theatre and film director, choreographer, lecturer and founder of the Farm in the Cave ensemble. He studied theatre direction at the Theatre Faculty of JAMU in Brno and finished his Ph.D. studies at the Theatre Faculty of AMU in Prague. He has led many theatre projects, workshops and researches in the Czech republic as well as abroad. He is the laureat of the European Prize for New Theatrical Realities and together with Farm in the Cave has received numerous international and Czech awards, including The Total Theatre Award, The Grand Prix Golden Laurel Wreath Award, A Fringe First Award etc.

REGISTRATION

• *Workshop fee: 6 500 CZK / 260 €
• Workshop capacity: 20 participants
• You will finish your registration by paying the workshop fee in its full cost. CZK:   4964985359/0800, EUR : IBAN: CZ79 0800 0000 0020 1848 8293, BIC (SWIFT) code: GIBACZPX
• *If you cannot pay the full price in one instalment, we ask you to pay a deposit of half the full price by 15 January 2025. The deposit is 3 250 CZK (130 EUR). Only upon receipt of the deposit will your registration be valid.
• Registration for the workshop via GForm: https://forms.gle/92daAKGb1UpjW7XC8
• A 15% DISCOUNT AWAITS YOU IF YOU SIGN UP BEFORE 15 JANUARY 2025, if the deposit is paid by 15 January 2025.
• Please write your full name into the message for the recipient!
• The closing date for the registration is May 5, 2025, or until the workshop capacity is reached.