15.2.2016
Since November 2014, a collaboration has taken place between the Elementary Art School B-Art, Czech dance group 420PEOPLE and Norwegian ensemble Jo Strømgren Kompani. The outcome of the project, which was funded by the EEA grant program of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, has been studying and performing the choreography of Jo Strømgren called A Dance Tribute to Ping Pong.
The performance of the 420PEOPLE premiered at the eighth annual festival TANECVALMEZ on Saturday, June 7th 2015 in the courtyard of Žerotín Chateau in Valašské Meziříčí and was attended by the artistic director and choreographer of Jo Strømgren Kompani.
During the three days of the festival, domestic and foreign ensembles were featured - Bohemia Ballet, the ballet ensemble of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, solo dancers of the ND3 dance company of the National Theatre and the main star of the festival - Norwegian ensemble Jo Strømgren Kompani with its world famous choreography called A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football.
"The eighth year of the festival TANECVALMEZ exceeded our expectations. Amazing audience, satisfied performers and a great atmosphere. Cooperation with Jo Strømgren Kompani and 420PEOPLE continued throughout the year in perfect harmony and I'm glad that it all culminated at the festival in Valašské Meziříčí," the festival director Milada Borovičková evaluates the eighth year of the festival.
The project was successfully completed in February 2016. A Dance Tribute to Ping-Pong performed by 420PEOPLE already has a series of reruns behind them - for example in Prague at Jatka78.
The Festival TANECVALMEZ 2015 and the stage production of Jo Strømgren choreography A Dance Tribute to Ping Pong were supported by grants from EEA Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.