SUMMER WORKSHOPS

JULY
THE CAPUCHIN MONASTERY IN MNICHOVO HRADISTE

Every summer in the Capuchin Monastery of Mnichovo Hradiste we organise dance, motion and theatre encounters with foreign participation. Kathak dance is also a part of the programme. The summer encounter usually culminates in a final theatrical performance in the monastery and in the streets of Mnichovo Hradiste.

History:
In the past years we made the following encounters:
1997 - The Golden Bough (by o.s. Mamapapa, Theatre les Montreurs D'Images)
Workshops - kathak dance, Aikido martial art, contemporary dance, art and theatre studios
Performance - "Maria Sabina" - Theatre les Montreurs D'Images (Switzerland) - the performance took place on an unusual theatrical stage - in a marquee

1998, 1999 - Diversity - Tolerance - Meetings (by o.s. Citadela, Mnichovo Hradiště castle, PÚ Central Bohemia, Fokus Mladá Boleslav, Theatre les Montreurs D'Images , Droma Kumpania)
Workshops - kathak dance, Aikido martial art, contemporary dance, flamenco, art and theatre studios
Performance - 1998 - A students' performance in the M. Hradiste castle gardens
1999 - Theatre festival in the marquee in front of the Capuchin monastery - Bohnická divadelní společnost (Prague), Theatre Montreurs D'Images (Switzerland), Droma Kumpania (Spain)

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 - New Meetings in New Century (by o. s. Společnost Nová setkání)
Workshops - kathak dance, Aikido martial art, contemporary dance, flamenco, art and theatre studios, creative site specific workshop (2003 guest - o.s. Mamapapa)
Performance - Students' performances in the Capuchin monastery and in the streets of the town of Mnichovo Hradiste
"Indian Inspiration" - DAMARU - kathak dance performance (2001)

2004 - VIII. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, contemporary dance, kathak: Indian dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Performance - Damaru "Indian Inspiration" - a performance of classical kathak dance - Capuchin Monastery Barn,
"Movement, Dance, Rhythm" - student's performance in the Seniors' Home of MH

2005 - IX. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, contemporary dance, kathak: Indian dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums), stilt dancing
Performance - "Movement, Dance, Rhythm" - student's performance in the Seniors' Home of MH
- "Street event" - students' performance in the streets of Mnichovo Hradiste

2006 - X. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, contemporary dance, kathak: Indian dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Festival in the Barn, student's performance in the Seniors' Home of MH
- "Street event" - students' performance in the streets of Mnichovo Hradiste

2007 - XI. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, kathak: Indian dance, flamenco: Spanish dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Festival in the Barn: Didymos' concert
Event in Mnichovo Hradištiě: students' performance in the Seniors' Home

2008 - XII. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, kathak: Indian dance, flamenco: Spanish dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Festival in the Barn: Kathak, flamenco, Bollywood dance performances - Exhibition opening.
Performance in the local Seniors' Home and in the Capuchin Monastery - Student performance - kathak and flamenco.

2009 - XIII. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, kathak: Indian dance, flamenco: Spanish dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Festival in the Barn: performances of kathak and flamenco.
Performance in the local Seniors' Home.

2010 and 2011 - XIV. and XV. Summer School of Movement and Dance
Workshops - aikidó: Japanese martial art, kathak: Indian dance, rhythm: tabla playing (Indian drums)
Festivals in the Barn: performances of kathak and flamenco.
Filmové and dance nights, concerts, dance performances. Performance in the local Seniors' Home.

In the years past many significant guests and foreign artistic groups took part in these encounters. They were for example the Theatre Montreurs D'Images (Switzerland), Droma Kumpania (Spain), Bohnická divadelní společnost (Studio Citadela Prague), Jan Rác (Sdružení dětí a mládeže Romů), writer and poet Jiří Žáček, theatre photographer Jaroslav Krejčí, Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio, Indian priest H. L. Ganguly, Ing. arch. Michal Sborwitz and others.