| Jana Andrsová | |
| Birth Date: | 1939 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic) |
| Death Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Education: | Dance Conservatory in Prague |
| Occupation: | Actress, ballerina |
| Spouse: | Saša Večtomov (m. 1964–1989, his death) |
| Children: | 3 |
Jana Andrsová (Večtomová; 8 August 1939 – 16 February 2023) was a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble.[1]
From 1959 to 1978, Andrsová worked with Josef Svoboda's avant-garde multimedia company Laterna Magika, initially as a chorus girl and later (beginning in 1973) as a prima ballerina. In Allen Hughes' review of the company's August 1964 Carnegie Hall debut of a presentation that gave 23 performances at that venue under the direction of Miloš Forman,[2] they are described as "a Czech theatrical spectacle that first came to international attention at the Brussels World's Fair."[3] In 1966 Andrsová starred in Alfréd Radok's choreographed multimedia production Laterna Magika: Variation 66, The Opening of the Wells, cowritten by Forman in collaboration with Jan Švankmajer.[4]
In retirement, Andrsová continued to make stage appearances. In 2014 (also a 2016 reprise) she performed as elderly virtuous heroine Madame de Rosemonde in the National Theatre Ballet world premiere production of Valmont, choreographer Libor Vaculík's adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses.[5]
Andrsová died on 16 February 2023, at the age of 83.[6]