Thin Skin

Name: Thin Skin
Start: 2026-10-07T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T19:00:00+02:00
Location: dox

Wed, 7 Oct 2026 — Thu, 8 Oct · 19:00

dox, Prague

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Concert by Thin Skin at dox in Prague on June 10, 2026, starting at 19:00.

About the venue: dox

DOX is an independent centre for contemporary art, architecture and design in Prague's Holešovice district, opened in 2008 in a converted 19th-century industrial complex designed by architect Ivan Kroupa. Its 6,000 m² of space hosts exhibitions, lectures, discussions and performances. The venue also includes the DOX+ multifunctional hall (capacity 450–700), a café, bookstore and design shop, and a wooden airship structure on the roof.

Poupětova 793/1, 170 00 Praha 7 Get directions

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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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Photo: DOX

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