Egon Schiele - Self-Portrait, Production

J. Kodet, SKUTR - L. Trpišovský, M. Kukučka

Dance theatre performance

Premiere 5. 8. 2023

26. 7. – 3. 8. 2024

The production team, led by choreographer Jan Kodet, has prepared a dance theatre performance for the Revolving Auditorium, inspired by details from Egon Schiele’s paintings and drawings – long arms, piercing eyes, erotic facial expressions, dynamic gestures – and also by the words of his poems and letters. The audience will witness the return of Egon Schiele’s spirit to the castle gardens in the figure of a man looking at himself in the mirror, as in a photograph taken in his studio in 1915. The X-ray gaze of the genius, who was ahead of his time and who tried to free the human spirit, overcome the limits of morality and merge with nature, penetrates deep under the skin of his models. It is as if he were exploring the boundary between life and death. And we can see a beautiful free man full of love and sexual desire. We can see his muscles, his bones, his silhouette. We can see the pulsating line of life. We can see a young man, a house, a mirror and nature in a impetuous avidity before his untimely death. We can see Egon Schiele and our attempt at his self-portrait.

Let us enter the world behind the mirror in a dance project that combines sound, light, stage and movement.

"May, June, July, August, September, October, I want to see something new and I want to explore it, I want to savour the dark water, to see the trees crackling in the wild wind, to gaze in wonder at the rotten fruit of the gardens, to listen to the young birch groves and the quivering leaves, to see the light, the sun, to enjoy the wet green-blue valleys in the evening, to feel the glitter of the golden fish, to watch the white clouds gathering, to talk to the flowers, the grass, to watch the people and their healthy colour, to listen to the noble speech of old churches with little domes, and to run without ceasing across the broad plains to the mountains, I want to kiss the earth and absorb the warm soft scent of the oxeye daisies; then I shall make beautiful coloured paintings.“

Egon Schiele to Anton Peschka, a letter, 1910

Approximate length of the performance 75 minutes.

Libretto: Jan Kodet
: SKUTR / Martin Kukučka a Lukáš Trpišovský
Choreography: Jan Kodet
Directors: SKUTR / Martin Kukučka a Lukáš Trpišovský
Music: Petr Kaláb
Stage design: Martin Chocholoušek
Costumes: Simona Rybáková
Light design: Karel Šimek
Assistants of choreography: Béla Kéri Nagy
: Zdeněk Mládek
Assistant of choreography: Vendula Poznarová

Performing

: Zdeněk Mládek
: Sebastiano Mazzia
: Sophie Debou
: František Vlček
: Shino Kubešová
: Mai Iwamoto
: Barbora Coufalová
: Petronela Bogdan
: Jana Pelcová
: William Steers
: Daniel Frydrych
: Gianmarco Sebastiani
: Jonathan Riveros Suarez
: Paolo Terranova

Detail of the performance

Trailer

The production is no longer in the repertoire

Feedback from viewers

19.7.2024

Olga K.

A breathtaking experience – the set, music, performances, costumes. We watched it with bated breath. We have visited the Egon Schiele Art Centrum several times, and his personality and works have always fascinated us. The performance in the mystical open-air venue of the revolving auditorium was just the icing on the cake!
19.7.2024

Monika K.

Dreamy, magical, mysterious. This is what it could really have been like in Egon Schiele’s mind. An amazing experience, beautiful music, perfect sound, brilliant performances by the dancers. We couldn’t have made a better choice this season. Thank you.
11.8.2023

Lucy K.

This is not a ballet...it is an ethereal masterpiece of shape, movement and sound, reflecting the genius of Schiele with haunting images and mesmerising patterns. It is the most beautiful performance I have ever seen....electrifying, breathtaking and totally unforgettable.
9.8.2023

Lizia

Best show ever seen!

Egon Schiele - Self-Portrait

Performing

The production is no longer in the repertoire

Feedback from viewers

Olga K.

Monika K.

Lucy K.

Lizia