Thursday – Circus: Žižkostel in Motion 2026

Name: Thursday – Circus: Žižkostel in Motion 2026
Start: 2026-07-23T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-23T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Žižkostel

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 · 15:00 — 21:30

Žižkostel, Prague

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The third edition of the Žižkostel in Motion festival runs from July 20–24 in the main hall of Žižkostel. In addition to workshops for adults, it offers daily afternoon classes for parents with children. The programme combines contemporary dance, voice work, contact and theatrical improvisation, new circus, and movement theatre — the festival brings prominent figures from the Czech independent scene to Žižkov, including Ridina Ahmedova, Věra Ondrašíková, and Alžběta Tichá.

Thursday programme (all-day pass includes all workshops):

- Radovan Jelen (Radek Pokorný): Matter in Motion, puppet in play – 15:00–16:00
- Jakub and Helena Urban: Partner and group acrobatics – 16:30–18:00
- Alžběta Tichá: Aerial choreography – 18:15–19:45
- Filip Zahradnický: Object manipulation and juggling – 20:00–21:30

About the venue: Žižkostel

Žižkostel is a community centre housed in a reconstructed Czechoslovak Hussite church in the heart of the Žižkov district of Prague. Co-founded by Husitské centrum o.p.s. and the CČSH religious community in Prague 3, it has been working with local families since 2004. It offers cultural events, courses, social and therapeutic services, a low-threshold club for children and youth, and space rental including a large hall.

Náměstí Barikád 1520/1, 130 00 Praha 3 Get directions

About the festival: Thursday – Circus: Žižkostel in Motion 2026

3. ročník

festival year

5 dní

festival duration

300+

hours of movement courses per year at Žižkostel

Good to know

Lasts 5 days (Mon-Fri, July 20-24, 2026)
Admission to individual workshop: approx. 350-400 CZK (pre-sale/on-site)
Intensive multi-day workshop: approx. 3,200 CZK (pre-sale only)
Evening program: approx. 200 CZK (free for participants of 4+ workshops)
Ticket pre-sale online; tickets also available on-site on the day of the event
Large hall with height over 5 m - allows aerial acrobatics on silks and rope
No age restrictions; part of the program specifically for parents with children

What's new

2026-06
The Žižkostel v pohybu 2026 festival was announced for July 20-24 at the Žižkostel Community Center in Žižkov.
2026-06
The program of the third edition includes contemporary dance, street dance, contact improvisation, acro-yoga, aerial acrobatics, juggling, and voice workshops.
2026-06
Part of the program is dedicated daily to parents with children, and most classes are open to the public without prior experience.
2025-07
At the 2025 edition, a three-day intensive workshop concluded with a public performance was a novelty; afternoon workshops cost 350 Kč in advance sales.

Line-up

Radovan Jelen 15:00
Jakub a Helena Urban 16:30
Alžběta Tichá 18:15
Filip Zahradnický 20:00

About: Alžběta Tichá

Bětka Tichá is a rope acrobat whose work reaches beyond traditional circus into physical theatre and movement research. Solo pieces like STAV and Frekvence have established her as one of the most distinctive voices in Czech contemporary circus.

since 2010

lecturing practice

circusnext 2022-2023

shortlist of the European circus label

What's new

2026-05
The magazine OperaPlus published an interview with Alžběta Tichá about the production Frekvence and her research on the connection between body and technology.
2026-02
The production Frekvence had repeat performances at the DOX Center for Contemporary Art in Prague (February 11 and 12, 2026), and after the first performance a moderated discussion with Veronika Jošková Štefanová took place.
2025-09
Alžběta Tichá participated in Czech Circus Showcase 2025, which took place on August 30 as part of the Letní Letná festival in Prague's Letenske sady.

Tracks

Frekvencesolo performance combining aerial acrobatics with live heart rate monitoring; presented at DOX Praha (2026)

STAVmain solo creation; created at Codarts, presented at Czech Contemporary Circus Showcase and Nultý bod festival

Thin Skincollaborative project with Eliška Brtnická, presented at the Center for Contemporary Art DOX in Prague

Krajina tělaproject by Radim Vizvary, in which Tichá performs as a performer

Kniha džunglíproduction by Štěpán Pechar and Matěj Forman, Jatka 78 Praha

About: Filip Zahradnický

Prague-based juggler and performer Filip Zahradnický was among the first Czechs to graduate from Copenhagen's AMoC, and in 2020 brought home two prizes from the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. He performs with Cirk La Putyka and Sweden's Kompani Giraff, and in 2026 reached the finals of the European circusnext platform with his new project Nothing to see here.

awards from Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Paris, 2020)

first Czech in the competition section of Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain

What's new

2026-06
Zahradnický advanced as a finalist to the European platform circusnext 2027 with his juggling project Nothing to see here.
2026-03
The project Nothing to see here passed the circusnext pre-selection - the selection committee met on March 17, 2026.
2024-08
Zahradnický described in an interview for Taneční aktuality his collaboration with Kompani Giraff and his approach to original creation.

Tracks

Collection of Sceptical Pleasuressolo performance, premiere 2021 at the Cirkopolis festival; object manipulation and movement as the main means of expression

Vermiliongraduation piece from AMoC (2018); ring juggling, for which he won two prizes in Paris

Goldbergovy variaceproduction by Swedish Kompani Giraff, premiere April 2023; performs together with Clémence de Felice

Thin Skinmovement installation by Eliška Brtnická (with Alžběta Tichá and Zahradnický), awarded the Theatre News Prize

Nothing to see herenew solo juggling project; finalist of circusnext 2027 (2026)

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