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VIDEO DOCUMENTARY 2020: Dreamtime Production s.r.o.
Edited and Directed by: Tomáš Polák
Direction of Photography: Jan Kadeřábek

AMAZONES:
Concept, choreography, direction: Lenka Vagnerová
Music: Andrej Jurkovič
​Performed by: Fanny Barrouquére, Markéta Frösslová, Monika Částková, Barbora Rokoszová, Tomáš Formánek, Zdeněk Imramovský
​Coordinator of fighting scenes: Radek Mačák
Scenography and costumes: Michal Heriban
Light design: Michal Kříž
Subtitles: Michaela Zelková
Producer: Lenka Vagnerová & Company
Project supported by: Capital City of Prague, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic


★★★★★ AWARDS and NOMINATIONS:
THEATRE NEWSPAPER AWARD 2017 / concept, direction and choreography
​THALIA AWARD NOMINATION 2017
​OPERA PLUS AUDIENCE AWARD NOMINATION 2017 / the best dancer + choreography
​THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR NOMINATION / I-THEATRE 2017


REVIEWS:
★★★★★ “The stunning physical theatre is thus reflected by the live theme, and four fantastic performers cast out for the entire Amazonian bloodbath regiment. A sophisticated structure instead of a cathartic dash will make the viewer more amazed. " (I-DIVADLO.CZ / MICHAL NOVÁK)

"I lost my head completely from this performance, and after a thank you I could not even find my voice. The famed, unstoppable, incredibly physically and emotionally gifted performance of four sophisticated dancers left me for a moment more than just staring in mute astonishment and admiration. Long after I returned home, I could not sleep. The events on the stage can not be described by words, you have to see them or experience them." (I-DIVADLO.CZ / OSGOOD

“The Amazons are a dramaturgically very well-constructed work that, despite the high energy demand, manages to escalate. They are again a brilliant mischief of a renowned creator. You will swallow every movement, you will have goose bumps and you might be a little afraid. It's really a jolt ..." (DIVADELNÍ ZÓNA / MARKÉTA FAUSTOVÁ)

“You will not cease to be fascinated by the first to the last of the picture, which is almost alternating with film cuts, they are graduating, they do not stop to surprise. The Amazones are reigning with physical action and visually powerful images."

“A raw, captivating, absorbing, honest theatrical work. I recently said that dance theatre necessarily needs dramaturgists and directors. Lenka Vagnerová is one of the exceptions who does not need this and she can translate exactly what she wants to say on the stage with the means that are the most impressive, while avoiding pathos and kitsch.“

“Their arms are strong, their instincts guarded like a cheetah´s body, sowing death and loving the smell of blood. It distributes terror and horror, creating a picture of a twisted society of women where for nothing else but hunting and fighting instincts there is no room for any emotion.” (OPERA PLUS / LUCIE KOCOURKOVÁ)

“The exceptionally talented choreographer Vagnerová is currently valued and admired not only on the domestic dance scene, but also abroad. Every work of hers has enormous energy and dynamics.”
“Only four performers - dancers dissolve the scene as if they were the entire regiment.” (NOVINKY.CZ / MARCELA BENONIOVÁ)

“Lenka Vagnerová has been among the principal choreographers of our contemporary stage for many years. She differs from most of them in the seriousness with which she approaches the themes and the honesty and knowledge of the choreographic craft. Her subjects are never shallow. Her choreographies are never accidental. “

“We usually do not see a strong connection between violence, which is a general topic here, and women, and tend to wrap myths up in a romantic robe. In this performance we will see the violence of women. Violence here is not roughly naturalistic; it is stylized and ironic. It is filtered through the dance style.”

"The production is a mixture of self-irony, expert and physically demanding movement, spikes of healing sadism and introspective masochism and lots of choreographic humor."
"We certainly have an event of the season" (DIVADELNÍ NOVINY / NINA VANGELI)

“The productions of her ensemble belong to the best of what the rich Czech alternative stage offers. Vagnerová is incomparable in the distinctive artistic manuscript with which she creates her productions.”


“We see the flamboyant women's eyes and their hands clenched in a fist breaking the space, accompanied by a rhythmically pulsing electronic mix. Amazons fight not only with their enemies, but above all with themselves and with each other. Motion escalations gain in strength and aggression. The warriors beat the ground with their ropes, swirl them overhead and give the impression of horse riding. They are like wild, unruly mares. “ (TANEČNÍ AKTUALITY / LUCIE DERSCÉNYIOVÁ)

"Intensive glimmer of rawness, explosiveness, militancy, power and violence. Hit, kill! Me or you! It's undoubtedly stunning and some scenes will literally swallow you. " (I-DIVADLO.CZ)