Bitterová Jana

Jana studied for her Masters degree in Pedagogy of Contemporary Dance at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in Slovakia in conducting under Anka Sedlačková (also Body-Mind Centering Practitioner) and Marta Poláková (also Laban Movement Analyst). She also spent time at Falmouth University (UK) studying choreography.
Her professional interest in movement expression led her firstly to study Dance Research at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, making her BA based on theoretical analyses and dance history. She continued her education focusing more on exploration of the moving body and somatic techniques, being a student of Milan Kozánek and Zuna Kozánková (Artyci Dance Company and www.shiatsu-terapie.sk)
Subsequently, she had an opportunity to meet in studios of such personalities of postmodern dance and improvisation such as Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson, Daniel Lepkoff, Ruth Zaporah, Julyen Hamilton, Stephanie Skura, K. J. Holmes, Malcolm Manning, Frey Faust and others. Their propositions are important sources of inspiration for her work.

Jana Bitterova is a dance artist, improviser and creative movement facilitator.

She is a chairwomen of MovementTouch organisation.

Originally from Prague, she became a traveling artist working worldwide. She has been based in Cornwall, UK (assisting and teaching at Falmouth University), in Quimper, France (assistant in choreographic structure T.E.E.M.), in Oostende, Belgium (in educational department for Mu.ZEE), in Bratislava, Slovakia (student of Academy of Performing Arts) and in her homeland, she runs various projects and deliver workshops.

As a choreographer and performer she creates solo performances and also collaborates with musicians, visual artists and digital media artists. She delivered number of multimedia projects and networked performances. She is a member of Free Three improvisational company.

One of her main interest lies in Contact improvisation, facilitating various workshops and jams and participating in festivals. She enjoys connecting artistic work and introducing dance to people of all levels of experience; she led creative movement workshops for a range of participants from children (e.g. projects in primary schools) to people of an older generation.

Performances

2019 - A Short Journey into Folded Space, choreography & co-production, networked performance, MACBA Barcelona & ICC Birmingham, Digifest 19

2018 – Opravdoví, choreography & production, networked performance, theatres Uffo & Moving Station, ČR

2018 – Spaces Within, choreography, networked performance, New World Symphony, Miami

2017 – Similarities, choreography, director, „real time made film“, Copenhagen, Prague, Barcelona, Miami

2017 - Longing for the Impossible for the Moment it is Real, choreography, Copenhagen, London, Barcelona

2016 - Bridge to Everywhere: 234 – choreography, networked performance, Havana & Miami, New World Symphony www.bridgetoeverywhere.com

2016 - Practice No X – performer, improvisation dance-music performance Free Three company with Kuldip Singh-Barmi and Oak Matthias, Exeter Northcott Theatre, UK

2015 Biscoe Bitterova Project – performer, research&development project, interaction of dance, visual art a digital technologies. www.studiobiscoe.com/bbp

2012 – 2013 Quêteurs de gestes / Passeurs de corps – performer, choreographer, series of solo performances in Communauté de communes du Pays Glazik, ve spolupráci s T.E.E.M., FR