Tomáš Janypka

Tomáš Janypka, creator, choreographer, performer and facilitator of Somatic Dialogue, graduated in Physical Theatre from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno. As an independent artist and a member of the ZDRUHESTRANY collective, he has a number of interesting collaborations to his credit, including Jaro Viňarský, Sonja Pregrad, Jan Mocek, Viktoria Vašová, Antoinette Helbing, Juraj Gábor, tYhle collective, mimoOs and Temporary Collective. His strength lies in the subtlety and openness to different genres and approaches, focusing on intimate events, the perception of the body and its boundaries, the burden of things on the physical and spiritual levels and physical and emotional sharing with the viewer. His works include Song Lines: Expedition 97/18 (2019, with Sabina Bočková), Eight Cups and the Devil (2021, with Roberta Štepánková), Finishing the Sphere (2021, a year-long interdisciplinary research as part of an architectural and visual project), PQ 2023 opening performance and Lonesome COWBOY (2023), among others.