Nataša Novotná Explained

Nataša Novotná
Birth Date:1977 10, df=y
Birth Place:Opava, Czechoslovakia
Nationality:Czech
Occupation:dancer, choreographer
Known For:certified lecturer of Gaga movement language[1]

Nataša Novotná (born 29 October 1977 Opava) is a Czech dancer, choreographer, lecturer, co-founder of 420PEOPLE and founder of Kylián fund in Prague.

Education

She graduated from Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava.[2]

Professional career

Dancer and choreographer

In 1997 she was engaged in the Dutch ensemble Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2) led by Jiří Kylián. Between 2000 and 2002 she danced in the Swedish Göteborgs Operan Ballet and since 2002 she has been a member of the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1).[3] She has collaborated with choreographers, e.g. J. Kylián, O. Naharin, W. Forsyth, M. Ek, Crystal Pite, Meryl Tancard and others.Since 2007, she has been working independently, performing contemporary dance, collaborating as a dancer with leading world scenes and choreographers such as the Tero Saarinen Company in Finland, Copenhagen International Ballet, Korzo Theater, Station Zuid and C-scope in the Netherlands, as well with Roberto Bolle, the soloist of the Teatro alla Scala or with the London's Sadler's Wells and Sylvie Guillem.[4]

420PEOPLE

Together with her former NDT colleague Václav Kuneš and manager Ondřej Kotrč, in 2007 she founded a contemporary dance ensemble 420PEOPLE, and acted as executive director of the ensemble until 2016. The name of the ensemble evokes Czech origin – 420 is the international telephone prefix for the Czech Republic.[5]

The ensemble performs regularly both abroad (e.g. France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Holland, Finland, Norway, Japan, Great Britain, etc.) and on the Czech stages (among others National Theater, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre).

The ensemble organizes the participation of prominent foreign artists at events in the Czech Republic – such as Ohad Naharin, Abou Lagraa, Jo Strǿmgren, Ann Van den Broek, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and others.[6]

Kylián Fund in Prague

After a decade of working for 420PEOPLE, she founded the Kylián Fund in Prague in 2017.[7] Its purpose is to support the art of dance and dance-related disciplines in an international context.

Further activities

She is involved in initiatives to support Czech contemporary dance[8] and is a board member of the Vision of Dance professional organization.

She teaches at dance conservatories, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and in ensembles in the Czech Republic and abroad. She is a lecturer in the Dance Studio of the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague, which offers both contemporary and classical dance lessons. Since 2017 she has been certified teacher of the Gaga movement language, developed by world-renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin.[9] [10] [11]

Selected awards

Selected choreography

Filmography

References

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Czech Republic Archives .
  2. 420PEOPLE: http://www.420people.org/uk/lide/detail/2-natasa-novotna
  3. http://archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz/default.aspx?jz=cs&dk=Umelec.aspx&ju=13133 Nataša Novotná in Czech National Theater Archive
  4. 420PEOPLE: http://www.420people.org/uk/lide/detail/2-natasa-novotna
  5. Czech Radio: https://regiony.rozhlas.cz/vaclav-kunes-umelecky-sef-420people-choreograf-a-tanecnik-7423004
  6. Ballet masterclasses.com: https://web.archive.org/web/20171018160440/http://balletmasterclass.com/faculty-2017/natasa-novotna/
  7. Web site: Témata Týdne s tancem: Kyliánův nadační fond a rok Igora Vejsady v PKB | OperaPlus .
  8. http://docplayer.cz/6470468-Rok-ceske-hudby-2014-lenka-dohnalova-koordinatorka-roku-ceske-hudby-institut-umeni-divadelni-ustav-vice-na-www-rokceskehudby-en.html
  9. Gaga, movement language: http://gagapeople.com/english/
  10. Katerina Hanackova: Ohad Naharin: decadance, in: National Theater Newsletter, No. 8, April 2017, 134th season 2016–2017, National Theater, Prague, 2017, p. 25
  11. Dance Career Fund: Jana Bohutínská: Nataša Novotná: We must give space to nothingness to get out of it has created something new (30 May 2019)
  12. Web site: Laureáti 2008 . Ceny Thálie . Ceny Thálie . 30 August 2019.
  13. Czech Television: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/lide/natasa-novotna/
  14. National Theater Newsletter, No. 10, June 2017, 134th season 2016–2017, National Theater, Prague, 2017, pp. 24–5, 32
  15. IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4714782/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

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