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Wonderful Circus

Original stage prop: larger-than-life mask for a male dancer. Production: Wonderful Circus. Premiere 15. 4. 1977. Company: Laterna magika. Directed by: Evald Schorm, Jan Švankmajer, Jiří Srnec; scenography: Josef Svoboda; masks designed by: Jan Švankmajer. Narrator: current member of the Laterna magika company, dancer Štěpán Pechar.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Laterna magika Praha - (Laterna magika Prague   -)


Additional information: The first multimedia theatre in the world and currently part of the Prague National Theatre, Laterna magika first appeared at EXPO 58 in Brussels. The theatre's fundamental principles are based on the interaction between projection and live dramatic action.