From the 2016/2017 season, the ballet company will have a new director Lukáš Slavický, currently the first soloist of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. He will take over the ensemble after the present director Attila Egerházi.„As was announced this summer, we are preparing some staff changes inside the management of the ballet company of the South Bohemian Theatre. They correspond with the new conception of MgA. Lukáš Průdek, director of the theatre, which he submitted to the selection committee within the last year’s competition for his current position,” say the South Bohemian Theatre representatives.
In July 2016, the position of Artistic Director will be assumed by Lukáš Slavický, the first soloist of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. „He has already got to know the atmosphere of the theatre and all the sections of the ballet company and the next season’s repertoire is entirely in his competence. One of the main tasks of the new management is to enlarge the company’s repertoire so that it could embrace various dance genres, including classical ballet. Such a repertoire should offer more space for important Czech choreographers as well as young Czech choreographic talents. The collaboration with Atelier 3D will allow us to accompany the ballet programme with side events such as workshops, exhibitions and lectures or open dance classes,” add the theatre representatives.
„The position of Artistic Director is new to me but I would like to build an ensemble of strong personalities. I’ll give a chance to young dancers and involve them into the preparations of a programme for young audiences,” explains Lukáš Slavický. “The perspective of working in the South-Bohemian Theatre opens a new chapter of my career which I’m really looking forward to.
„Our conversations with Mr Slavický proved that as a professional dancer he knows how to work sensitively and carefully with a ballet company. I believe that he will be able to retain the adequate level of the ensemble which is necessary for realizing the planned repertoire,” revealed Lukáš Průdek, director of the theatre. He also admitted that besides other qualities, he admires Slavický’s work experience: „Lukáš Slavický was based in Germany for a long time and that’s why he knows its ballet world and its artists very well, and as a Czech he also has contacts within the local dance scene. I consider this a wonderful base for catapulting the South Bohemian Ballet among the best Czech and foreign ballet companies.”
„The new repertoire will also include classical ballet pieces to satisfy those who miss such productions in our current programme. We believe that this new collaboration will be beneficial for all three sides – the South Bohemian Theatre, Lukáš Slavický and our audiences,” conclude the theatre representatives. Lukáš Slavický was born on 17 September 1980 in Prague. He received his education at the Prague Conservatory of Dance (1991-1999). During his studies he danced in many productions organised by the school. In 1998, he portrayed Basil in Don Quijote as a guest artist at the National Theatre Brno. He has participated in many ballet competitions – 1994, 3rd Prize at the contest ‘Soutěžní přehlídce tanečních umělců české a slovenské republiky’; 1995 Prix Fondation de la Danse Geneva; 1997 finalist of Prix de Lausanne and Grand prix Contest Wien; 1st Prize – absolute winner of ‘Soutěžní přehlídka tanečních umělců Brno’ 1997; 1998 3rd Prize at Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition in Budapest; 1999 3rd Prize at International Ballet Competition Nagoya (Japan).
n 1997-1999 he performed at many gala performances abroad. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory with the roles of Prince and the Blue Bird in the ballet Sleeping Beauty at Prague’s National Theatre. He obtained a ‘red diploma’ and the Cena Společnosti tance při Taneční konzervatoři Praha prize for the best graduate. The Czech television made a short documentary about him called Navštívenka (A Visit-Card), capturing his solo performances: Little Drumer (Graduation Ball), variation from the ballet Le Corsaire, variation from the Rite of Spring (Balogh-Stravinsky), Polovetsian dances, Grand pas classique – pas de deux (with Zuzana Zahradníková).
Since the 1999/2000 season he has been dancing with the Bayerische Staatsballett (Bavarian State Ballet) in Munich. His first solo part was in pas de six in Giselle and Vogel-Geist (Bird-Spirit) in A Cinderella Story (choreographed by John Neumeier). In the 2000/2001 season he made his debut as Romeo and Benvolio in Cranco’s Romeo and Juliet and as Prince in A Cinderella Story. Other solo roles include those in Händel-Corrali (Lucinda Child) and Sort of (by Mats Ek). In the 2001/2002 season he was promoted to demi-soloist and created the role of Jean de Brienne and Troubadour in Raymonda (chor. Ray Barra), and the role of Benno in The Swan Lake by the same choreographer. In 2002/2003 he was named soloist of the Bayerische Staatsballett. He rehearsed the key roles of Basil in Minkus‘ Don Quijote (chor. Ray Barra), Lensky in Cranco’s Eugene Onegin, Lysander in The Midsummer Night’s Dream by John Neumeier and others. At the National Theatre Brno he danced the role of Solor in La Bayadère (with Zuzana Zahradníková as Nikiya). In 2003, he received the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse for the best dancer of 2002 at the ballet gala in the Great Theatre in Moscow. He was nominated for his role of Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, staged by Ray Barra in Munich.
Source: South-Bohemian Theatre
Josef Bartos
Thank you for your thoughts. One got stuck in my mind – that passion makes us different from AI. Just yesterday I read…I am a dance critic. I am a member of an endangered species