Heart
Richard Ševčík / Jan Rejent / Pavel Lochman
Heart
Professor CHRISTIAAN NEETHLING BARNARD, who performed a successful heart transplant in 1967. Despite the fact it’s been more than 50 years since this astounding surgical intervention, many ethical and religious dilemmas still persists.
Brave dance project HEART brings an intense human story about two medical students, Erika and Sebastian. The story starts with their carefree studies at university, but then is full of dramatic moments. Their life journeys separates for a while, and the last time Sebastian sees his beloved Erika, he’s s a member of a transplant team.
Erika’s fate significantly crossed paths with the author of the story, doctor MILENA POKORNÁ. It took her many years to find the right way how to share this intense experience, and this way was without words. With the realization of her original project she approached RICHARD ŠEVČÍK, a choreographer with the ability to sensitively portray individual characters and the gift of telling the story with movement. She left huge space for realization for the creators of the music, the rock players and composers JAN REJENT and PAVEL LOCHMAN. Their musical composition connects the feelings of the main characters with the audience. This creative team collectively created DANCE DRAMA HEART, which won’t let you rest for a second…
Creators
- Libretto:
- Milana Pokorná
- Choreography and Direction:
- Richard Ševčík
- Music:
- Jan Rejent, Pavel Lochman
- Stage Design and Costumes:
- Marek Cpin
- Supervision:
- Jiří Pokorný
- Professional Cooperation:
- Jan Pirk, Eva Pokorná
- Projection:
- Jakub Mareš
- Light Design:
- Igor Staškovič
- Assistant Choreographer:
- Zuzana Hradilová
Prersons and actors
- Erika:
- Sara Antikainen / Kristýna Miškolciová
- Sebastián:
- Justin Rimke / Richard Ševčík
- Daniel:
- Karel Audy / Gaëtan Pires
- Srdce:
- Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
- Yan:
- Miroslav Hradil
- Yanova žena:
- Zuzana Hradilová
- Dívky:
- Luisa Isenring / Novella Petrucci, Cynthia Brandan / Margarida Gonçalves, Victoria Roemer / Kristina Pires, Michela Quartiero / Aneta Pašková
- Chlapci:
- Michal Lenner / Simone Carosso, Karel Roubíček, Miroslav Suda / Marius Mathieu, Giacomo Mori
- Děti:
- Rostislav Ševčík, Kristýna Balatá
Photos from the production
Photo author: Mário Bakuš, Irena Štěrbová
The production is co-produced with Agencja Srdce s. r. o.
- World premiere on 4 January 2022 at the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague.
- The length of the production is given including 1 intermission.