Jozef Fruček

Jozef Fruček graduated from the Music and Drama Arts Academy of Bratislava, where he also completed his PhD in 2001. As a dancer teacher and choreographer, he collaborates with the Dance Centrum Jette in Belgium, RITS Art School Brussels, DOT 504 Prague, Archa Theatre Prague, KVS-Royal Flemish Theater Brussels, SEAD- Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, Budapest State Dance School. Since 2006 he is staff teacher in State School of Dance. Jozef has been a member of “ULTIMA VEZ-Wim Vandekeybus” (creations: Blush, Sonic Boom, movies: Blush). Currently, he works on research program entitled “Open Neutral Proposition” and “Fighting monkey”(implementation of martial arts’ methodology on performance training and program for injury prevention). He has participated in major theatre and dance projects, experimental and research groups, has won award for new choreographers and has directed several performances. He is a founding member of RootlessRoot, a company with which he created performances “Sudden Showers of Silence”, “Holdin Fast”, “Burned tree visiting Athens before next summer”