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THE OPENING CEREMONY, SCREENING - JIŘÍ KYLIÁN'S FILMS

PRAGUE NONVERBAL 16

The opening ceremony of PRAGUE NONVERBAL 16, handing over the festival award SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER for lifetime contribution to nonverbal theater, design of the award by Eva Eilser. Screening - Jiří Kylián's films: Car – men, Between entrance and exit and Schwarzfahrer.
Entrance:
150 Kč Speciální festivalové vstupné (Sitting)
Car – men
Car Men is a collaboration between the renowned choreographer Jíri Kylían and filmmaker Boris Paval Conen. Based on the opera 'CARMEN' by Georges Bizet they shot a hilarious and poetic short film in the destroyed landscape of a Czech brown coal mine. The actors in this film are older dancers (around 50 years old) and the main prop is a 'TATRA 87', a famous car from 1937. 
 
Between entrance and exit
Between Entrance and Exit is a bizarre ramble through a labyrinth of memories, regret, guilt and longing. A man and a woman love, fight and cherish each other. In a constantly changing room, they try to give meaning to the time given to them between Entrance and Exit. The result is a surrealist mix of tragic and humoristic, at times clownish scenes. Second dance film by director Conen and choreographer Kylián, who previously surprised the public with Car men (2006).  
 
Schwarzfahrer
We all ride the tram of life, whether we want to or not No one asked us whether we want to come aboard and ride or not. we have no idea who the driver or the conductor is. we know not the route, the stations or the final destination, our fellow passengers are anonymous... Hopefully, one day, someone will come aboard who’s aura appeals to us. One thing is certain; we are all joyriders, on our way to our own funeral.

Eva Eisler enjoys an international reputation as a multi-disciplinary artist and designer and is considered one of the world’s foremost creative personalities in the fields of sculpture, art jewelry, furniture, interior and exhibition design, and with curatorial and pedagogic activities. Since 1987 she has taught at prominent educational intitutions such as New York University, Parsons School of Design and currently is the Head of the K.O.V. Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Her works are included in permanent collections of a number of international museums and galleries such as the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of Art and Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and in Houston, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague and others.