Teachers
Cemerek Jarek
Jazz Dance
TTeacher, Choreographer and Dancer
Education
Four-year study of classical ballet at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava, Czech Republic
Short-term study of dance at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki
BA of choreography and MA of dance pedagogy at The Music and Dance Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Two-year postgraduate study of Applied Ethics at the Charles University in Prague
Professorship in Contemporary Dance at A. Bruckner University in Linz (Austria)
Awards
The winner of both prizes on the Czech Dance Platform “The Dance Piece of the Year 2011” and “The Dancer of the Year 2011”
The award holder of The City Prize (2021) for representing his hometown Třinec and for extraordinary merit in the field of culture, contemporary dance, choreography and dance pedagogy.
The award holder of The Special Acknowledgement (2021), by which The A. Bruckner University in Linz (Austria) honours his work as University Professor for Contemporary Dance and his extraordinary commitment to dance education oriented towards international standards.
Teaching and performing practice
2025
Teaching for Grand Théâtre de Geneve (Switzerland), Carte Blanche (Norway); choreographing for Spin Off Oslo (Norway), F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec (Czech Republic); masterclasses for Conservatory in Prague, Conservatory in Ostrava (Czech Republic); choreographing for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO); choreographing for Korean National Contemporary Dance Company (Seoul)
2024
Teaching for Ballet Junior de Geneve (Switzerland); choreography for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO); teaching for Cullberg Ballet (Stockholm); choreography for Accademia Nazionale di Danza (Rome); teaching for Carte Blanche (Norway); teaching for Marameo (Berlin); choreographing for F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec (Czech Republic); artist in residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
2023
Teaching and choregraphing for The Royal Swedish Ballet School (Stockholm); teaching for Regionteater Väst (Sweden; choreography for Kristiania University College Oslo; workshop for F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec (Czech Republic); teaching for Duncan Conservatory Prague and Dance Conservatory Brno (Czech Republic); the member of jury for Seoul International Dance Competition (South Korea); choreography for Boston Conservatory at Berklee; master classes and choreography for The Juilliard School in New York; restaging of the dance-acrobatic project Loser(s) in Prague; teaching for Prague Dance Conservatory.
2022
Teaching for Balettakademien Stockholm and The Royal Swedish Ballet School (Stockholm); teaching for Danscentrum and Dansalliansen Sweden; choreography for Balettakademien Göteborg; teaching for Kristiania University College Oslo; choreography for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO); choreography for the South Bohemian Theatre (Czech Republic); the member of jury for Seoul International Dance Competition (South Korea).
2021
Artist in residence at the Czech Centre in Paris – restaging my choreography Void Amongst Humans for the festival Chaos Dance 2021 in Lyon (France); teaching for Marameo and Tanzhalle Berlin; teaching for Balettakademien Göteborg and Dansalliansen Sweden; master classes of classical ballet for The Music and Dance Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
2020
Master class and choreographing via Zoom for Boston Conservatory at Berklee (USA); choreographing via Zoom (full-evening performance) for Balettakademien Göteborg, teaching for Yuval
Pick Dance Company (Lyon, France); teaching for Tanzhalle Berlin; Professorship in Contemporary Dance (50% part-time) at A. Bruckner University in Linz (Austria)
2019
Professorship in Contemporary Dance (50% part-time) at A. Bruckner University in Linz (Austria); teaching for Carte Blanche, Skanes Dance Theater (Sweden), Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK); choreography and teaching for Norwegian University College of Dance in Oslo (Norway); creative workshop Marameo in Berlin; Winner of the audition for the position of tour director for DV8 & Rambert Ballett “Enter Achiles”(UK); the member of jury for Busan International Dance Competition (South Korea)
and many more since 1992
Choreographic works
2025
Unseen (Korean National Contemporary Dance Company, Seoul)
Triangl – Proměna (F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec, Czech Republic)
2024
Forvandling (National Academy of the Arts Oslo), Transformation (Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Rome)
2023
Fana (The Royal Swedish Ballet School, Stockholm), Concerto (Kristiania University College Oslo), Metamorphosis (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
2022
Unfinished Lady (Balettakademien Göteborg, Sweden)
Latter Change (National Academy of the Arts Oslo)
Preludium (South Bohemian Theatre, České Budějovice, Czech Republic)
2020
Terminus Vivendi (Balettakademien Göteborg, Sweden)
Boundaries of Being (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
2019
EnHet (Norwegian University College of Dance in Oslo, Norway)
Boogieman (A. Bruckner University in Linz, Austria)
Body as an Instrument (A. Bruckner University in Linz, Austria),
2018
The Moment (University of Stavanger, Norway)
The Present (A. Bruckner University in Linz, Austria)
2017
Castaways (Norrdans, Sweden)
Ensign (Codarts Rotterdam)
Unity (Oslo National Academy of the Arts)
Etwaszwischenuns (A. Bruckner University in Linz, Austria)
United (Härnösands Folkhögskola, Sweden)
and many more since 2008
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