BODYVOICEBAND: Love, Defiance and Death

"The heart burned, burned with flame. And when it burned out, it turned to stone." The production Love, Defiance and Death is a montage of folk poetry, originally prepared by E. F. Burian in collaboration with František Halas at its premiere. Beneath the apparent fragility of folk texts lies a powerful story reminiscent of the medieval play Everyman.

BodyVoiceBand under the direction of Jaroslava Šiktancová continues with this production its previous work — the adaptation of the medieval text Everyman and the musical-dramatic composition War by Emil František Burian — and reopens a dialogue with the author to whom it has referred throughout its existence. The production was created with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the City of Prague.

Direction: Jaroslava Šiktancová. Musical arrangement and rehearsal: Zdeněk Dočekal, Dušan Navařík. Accompaniment: Zdeněk Dočekal, Dušan Navařík. Light design: Ondřej Růžička. Production: Helena Bartošová. Dramaturgy: Tereza Verecká.

Cast: Marek Mikulášek, Magdaléna Borová, Ondřej Vacke, Jose, Tereza Rychlá Krippnerová, Marie Štípková, Bára Poláchová. Chorus: Lenka Mánková, Iva Vejražková, Helena Kubovčiaková, Barbora Ciklerová, Eliška Frešerová, Heda Ghlimová, Anna Hořejší, Janek Makarius, Vít Němeček, Simona Suchanová, Annamarija Vinklárková. Band: Dušan Navařík, Zdeněk Dočekal / Zdena Košnarová, František Tomášek / Jiří Lukeš, František Otakar Kukula, Michal Kostiuk, Martin Houserek.