Atelier Ostružina

Do you want to dance,  run, jump, roll and play? Ostrožina allows children free and joyful self-exploration, exploration of the world around them and to discover the endless possibilities of dance, music and creative movement. The classes will be led by Barbora Látalová – dance, Jana Látalová – dance, Anna Romanovská – violin, Jan Bárta – drums and Václav Kalivoda – trombone. We are an experienced group of tutors and musicians; a well-coordinated team of artists who have led the Children’s Studio of PONEC theatre for many years.

Body – movement – cooperation – self-expression – communication – dance – music – creativity – perception – improvisation – joy.

Dance, like other arts, helps self-knowledge and allows you to express emotions, thoughts and opinions.

Lessons are held every Wednesday / October 2024 – May 2025 /

1st term: 9.10. 2024 – 29.1. 2025

2nd term: 5.2. 2025 – 28.5. 2025

14:50 – 15:45 / ages 6 (school Year 1) – 9 years CZK          2,400 per term

15:50 – 16:35 / ages 4 – 6 years CZK                                   2,200 per term

16:40 – 18:10 / ages 10 – 14 years, CZK                              3,000 per term

WHERE: Žižkostel – Barikad Square 1, Prague 3

APPLICATIONS: application form

CONTACT: atelier@ostruzina.eu

Barbora Látalová

is a dancer, choreographer and tutor, initiator and co-founder of the art association Ostružina. A graduate of the Duncan Center Conservatory, she was an intern at Hunter College of the City University of New York. As a performer and creator, she has participated in many Czech and international projects. She performed the highest number of performances with NIE theater – End of Everything Ever and with Ostružina – The Carnival of the Animals. For the association Ostružina, she has created or co-authored dance productions for young and adult audiences. She worked as a dance and movement instructor at HINT acting faculty in Norway. For a long time, she led the Children’s Studio at PONEC Theatre and devoted herself to the Dance Prague – Dance for Schools project. For the last two years, she has been part of the teaching team of the Dance Well project for people affected by Parkinson’s disease. She is also actively involved with the accessibility of dance culture for the Deaf.

Jana Látalová 

is a dancer, performer, choreographer and tutor. She studied classical dance at the Dance Conservatory in Prague. She graduated from the Duncan Center Conservatory and received a bachelor’s degree at HAMU – dance pedagogy. She cooperates with the association Ostružina z. s. on the performance of The Carnival of the Animals and on the implementation of artistic, educational and creative dance workshops for deaf children and youths. As a performer, she participates in the performances of Celestial Odyssey (A.Miltnerová, M.Knoblochová, J.Komárek), Kitchen Revue and World of Paper (M.Eliášová). Jana leads the dance department at the Arts Primary School in Vrané nad Vltavou and dance-movement workshops at the Center for Social Services in Hvozdy. In cooperation with the organizations SE.S.TA and Tanec Praha/Dance Prague, she realizes the artistic and educational projects School of Dance (SE.S.TA) and Dance for Schools (TP).

Jan Bárta

is a tutor, drama therapist, actor and director. He devotes himself to his own authorial and interpretative work including production, acting/dance and directing. He completed a four-year course at the theatre academy Mime department of Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam. He is a graduate of a complete five-year drama/art therapy training (Israel 2019), with a focus on the DvT- Developmental transformation method guaranteed by the Association of Drama Therapists of the Czech Republic and the New Haven Institute USA. He works with children and adolescents from institutional care, leads drama therapy mixed groups with an art therapy overlap and provides individual therapy. He works with children with a focus on movement and drama education, including in the context of drama therapy. He took part in the projects Tanec Praha/Dance Prague – Dance for Schools and the Children’s and Senior Studio. He has cooperated for many years with the organization SE.S.TA.

Anna Romanovská Fliegerová

studied violin at the Prague Conservatory and the PedF UK in Prague, majoring in violin and music education. Anna has continuously dedicated herself to the interpretation of contemporary music. She is a permanent member of the Berg Chamber Orchestra and collaborates with Petr Kotík on the Ostrava New Orchestra and New Opera Days Ostrava projects. In addition to the violin, Anna also plays the Japanese koto instrument. Her first teacher was Mrs. Haruko Watanabe. Later she also studied with Naoko Kikuchi. In 2010, a composition called Lacrimosa for baroque violin, koto, tam-tam and strings by the young Czech composer Slavomír Hořínka was written for Anna, and in 2017 a composition called Tredecimchordon 4 koto by Doc. Vlastislav Matoušek. Currently, Anna uses the koto mainly in free improvisations with Trio Romanovská Tichý Hrubý. Anna teaches violin and music theory at the Jaroslav Ježek  Conservatory in Prague. With the art association Ostružina, she participated in the creation of a sensory performance for toddlers, parents, grandparents and non-parents under the name Néenyi. Her most recent projects include collaborations with the PMP Orchestra and the group MAOMAH.

Václav Kalivoda

is a trombonist, musical improviser and imaginative creator. He studied at the Jan Neruda Gymnasium in a music-oriented program and at the Prague Conservatory. In 2015, he graduated from the Bard College Conservatory of Music in the US and then spent a year interning at Darmasiswa in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, studying traditional Indonesian gamelan music. In addition to classical music for trombone, solo chamber music and orchestral music, he also plays other genres (jazz, swing, klezmer, samba, etc.) as well as music for theatre and dance performances. He improvises with various dancers and musical groups (Voříšci, Moving Orchestra, Prague Improvisation Orchestra, B4, etc.). He also focuses on children’s improvisation with the aim of developing their natural musical perception. He is not only a passive musician, but also participates in the preparation and creation of theatre performances and movement lessons for children. He is a musician in the project Tanec Praha/Dance Prague – Dance for Schools.