Director for cinema, television and theatre, writer, painter born as former Yugoslavian in former
Until 1972 studied film on KU in
Since 1972 residence in former
Nenad Djapic lives actually both in
For more info about Nenad Djapic as filmmaker look at INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
Last work
First broadcast 30. and 31 Jan. 2010 on CT
AFRICKÉ KOŘENY – ČESKÉ TANČENÍ
AFRICAN ROOTS - CZECH DANCE
TV documentary for Czech Television about Jiři Bartovanec, young Czech choreographer and dancer, and his German, Czech and African roots. 57 Min.
(English subtitles on demand)
Look at some pictures done by Polina Tikk Smith Familiy at " Völkerschau" in some ZOO in Germany. Around 1927. Mister Smith (great-great-grandfather of Jiri) with his children. The oldest of Smiths daughters is Jiris great- grandmother. Original postcard. Jiří Bartovanec
was born in 1983 in Marienbad, Czech Republic. At the age of seven, he became a member of the Folk-Dance Ensemble Stazka in Tepla. From 1994 to 1997, he studied at the Ballet School of J. Dolecek in Karlsbad and from 1998 at the Duncan Centre Conservatorium in Prague. His own choreographies »A.M.F. – Arbeit macht frei« (2001) and »She created beauty so scary« (2002) had their premieres in Prague. In Berlin, he worked with Farhad Payar and Yasmine Kalifa on the theatre piece »Jack & Harun« and with cie Toula Limnaios on »Irrsinn«. In 2004 he worked with Jochen Roller on his piece »Mindgarden«, furthermore danced in Mirella Weingarten’s duett »Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda« and her dance film »Circulatura«. In november 2007 he took part in the project »Mayim Mayim« at the Stadttheater Nürnberg/Fürth. He has been working with Sasha Waltz since 2003. Jirí dances in the productions »noBody«, »insideout«, »Dido & Aeneas« and »Medea« by Sasha Waltz. His first solo was premiered in april 2008 in the framework of the support programme »Choreographen der Zukunft« by Sasha Waltz & Guests.
Jiri Bartovance at Radyalsystem - Berlin
Photo Sebastian Bolesch