Jiří Horák
Jiří Horák - dancer, teacher, choreographer
Date of birth: 23rd of July 1966
He started his ballet education at Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Ostrava and then continued his studies at Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg in Mr. B. Bregvadze´s and Mr. C. Shatilov´s classes. In 1987 he became Principal Dancer at the National Theatre Prague, where he created all main roles in classical repertoir of this theatre including Princes in Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, James in La Sylphide, Albert in Giselle, Romeo, Basil in Don Quijote, Armand in Dame with Camellias, etc. In 1997 he accepted an engagement at the National Theatre Brno, where he also acted as a ballet master and teacher. He was often invited to other ballet theatres as a guest, including for example World Ballet Festival in Japan, Salzburg Dance Theatre, Laterna Magika Prague...
His choreographic debut was a performance of Dafnis and Chloe at the National Theatre Brno. He also created more than 10 full-length ballets among them Peer Gynt, Manon, Catulli Carmina, The Bell-Ringer of Notre Dame, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker etc.
Currently he is a teacher of classical dance at the State Conservatoire of Prague as well as a ballet master at the National Theatre Prague. As a ballet teacher he has cooperated with Ballet of Theater am Rhein Düsseldorf, Kibutz Dance Theatre. He is often invited to various ballet competitions as a member of the jury.
Education:
1976 - 84 Conservatory in Ostrava
1984 - 86 Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg (Leningrad)
1991 Summer Academy of Dance in Cologne
Worked occasionally in prestigious classes V. Verdi, S. Williams, D. Howard, D. Cartier etc.
Engagement:
1983 - 1987 soloist of State Theatre in Ostrava
1987 - 1997 soloist of National Theatre in Prague
1997 soloist, teacher and ballet master in National Theatre in Brno
2003 - 2009 head of Ballet Committee for Prestigious Thália Awards
2008 teacher of Conservatory of Prague Capital
Roles - NT Prague:
Swan Lake Prince Siegfried
Nutcracker Prince
Sleeping Beauty Prince Desirée
Cinderella Prince
Giselle Albrecht
From Tale to Tale Prince
Romeo and Julietta Romeo
La Sylphide (by P.Lacotte) James
Sylvia Aminta
Dame with Camellias Armand
Don Quijote Basil
Ecstasy of Spirit Mozart
Boy and Death Boy
4. String quartet - Martinů solo
Sonatina Dramatica Man
Little Mr. Friedemen Johannes from dream
Coppelia Franz
Divertimento no.15 solo
River Spring, Lake
Mauglí Baghíra
Carmen Luca
Roles - NT Brno:
Romeo and Julietta Romeo
La fille mal gardée Colas
Battalion Dr. Uher
Swan lake Prince Siegfried
Don Quijotte Basil
Les Sylphides solo
Maria Stuart Robert Leicester
Oedipus Rex Creon
Merry Widow Danilo
Nutcracker Prince
Landes Theater Salzburg:
Peer Gynt Peer Gynt
Rachmaninov - 4 pas de deux solo
Laterna Magika (Prague):
Odysseus Odysseus
Magic Flute Tamino
Cassanova Cassanova
Theater Olomouc:
Manon De Grieux
Competitions:
Lausanne 1983, New York 1987, Moscow 1989,
Varna 1983 and 1990
Tours:
with Laterna Magika: Canada, Italy, Israel, Germany, Spain, Japan
with NT Prague: Belgium, Holland, France, Tchai wan
with NT Brno: Spain, Germany, Japan
as a Guest artist International ballet festival Tokyo and Ósaka
as a Guest teacher National theatre Prague, National theatre Brno,
Laterna magika, Kibutz dance theatre, Theater am Rhein Düsseldorf
Choreographies:
Ballets:
Daphnis and Chloe (NT Brno) 2001,
4 short pieces by music Brahms,
Three Preludes by Gershwin,
"Opuštěná"by Janáček,
(Ballet competition),
Bolero (Sardinia 2001),
Peer Gynt (Liberec 2003,Ústí nad Labem 2005)
Manon (Liberec 2004)
Radúz a Mahulena (Plzeň 2006, Olomouc 2008)
Bell ringer from Notre Dame (České Budějovice 2007)
Catulli Carmina (Ústí nad Labem 2007)
Sleeping beauty (Plzeň 2009)
Charlotta (Liberec 2010)
Nutcracker (Olomouc 2011)
Opera, operettas:
Katja Kabanova, Ballo in mascera(Brno),
Liška Bystrouška, Faust and Marguerite, Carmen (Liberec),
Rigoletto, Carmen, Prodaná nevěsta, Aida
(open air festival in Loket)
Paganini(Silezian theatre Opava)
Co-operate with choreographers:
M. Kůra, R. Balogh, L. Vaculík, I. Kubicová,
Z. Prokeš, P. Breuer, J. P. Aviotte,
B. Bregvadze, N. Serebrienikov