Laugh, Keep Laughing! – BURKICOM & Jana Burkiewiczová

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How much can we carry without throwing up? A crazy dance ride about potatoes and burnout. A guide to a super successful life wrapped in a recipe for making authentic Slovak halušky in a multimedia solo for two dancers. A small big performance for everyone who burns but does not burn out. "I wanted to create a small performance for two, but I can't manage it. And so a performance for two is emerging under my hands, which opened up a big theme for me about how much we can carry before we can no longer bear it. For Christmas, I received a book called On the Back, which is about Slovak porters who can only carry what they can bear on their backs. It sounds logical, but how do we find the edge of what we can bear?" Jana Burkiewiczová After the performance, there will be a live broadcast projection from the new series of StarDance, in which the author and choreographer of the performance Jana Burkiewiczová is newly serving as a jury member. "An hour of a dance duet with enormous physical commitment, but with delicacy and precision of movement. A statement about the absurdity of the pursuit of body perfection, about the necessity to manage everything, and still look good while doing it. Disturbing music, a light show, the courage to let the audience into their world, and humor." – Markéta Horešovská, Novinky.cz "…a witty, touching, and physically concentrated testimony about how not to burn out, having the determination not to be afraid to know deeper and learn to look at things with a greater perspective." – Petronela Brodková, Taneční zóna "…a fascinating epicenter of paradox – an explosion of energy and a dive into burnout. In a spectacularly multilayered performance, they mixed a recipe for great halušky with elements of folklore and self-irony." – Hana Strejčková, Opera+ "Burkicom aptly comments on the obsession with success and perfection. The new work Laugh, Keep Laughing! by Jana Burkiewiczová deals with the burnout syndrome, which is becoming almost a civilizational disease today. The choreographer chooses a fresh perspective on the insidiousness of toxic positivity and obsession with success. Her directorial and choreographic contribution is crowned by precise dance performances." – Clara Zenga, Taneční aktuality "It’s still Jana, who plays with detail in detail and space spaciously, and that is immensely valuable about her." – Jana Návratová, ČT Art, Art Zóna "Jana Burkiewiczová does not provide answers, but explores through dance in a way that demands attention." – Jana Bohutínská, Reflex The performance was created with the financial support of grants from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the capital city of Prague, the State Fund for Culture, and in collaboration with the Jatka 78 theater. Creative residency in the spaces of Zastávka Obořice and REZI. DANCE Komařice. Premiere on 31. 3. 2026, Jatka 78.