Trojan Claude: Manual Intelligence in Art, the Body in a Labyrinth of Relationships

Viktor Černický’s simple choreographic games work like prompts: in the labyrinth you’ll wander, pass each other, meet, get lost and find your way again, in situations that simply emerge – training your relational intelligence along the way: how to open up to contact with yourself, with others, and with what we call reality. It’s also a chance to experience the creative process first-hand! Anyone who wants to can become part of the performance from 17:00.

The workshop is led by choreographer Viktor Černický, who premieres his performance Claude that same evening in the same labyrinth, created in dialogue with sculptor Tomáš Roubal as part of the triptych Dance in the Gallery: Labyrinth (SE.S.TA & GHMP). The sculpture holds the trace of gruelling, repetitive sculptural work – dozens of hours of gestures that Roubal imprinted into it like a human 3D printer; Černický’s dance is its echo, a second voice, a „double body“ in the same space. In the workshop you’ll try this for yourself: how to answer a sculpture – and someone else’s labour stored inside it – with your own movement.

In September, the project Dance in the Gallery: Labyrinth reaches its culmination in the gardens of Troja Chateau, connecting movement and visual art in a historic setting, co-produced by the Centre for Choreographic Development SE.S.TA & the Prague City Gallery (Umění pro město programme). After separate showings during the summer Rivieras, the three site-specific works will first join into a diptych on 19 September and then into a triptych on 28 September, as part of the Poznej Vltavu festival.

Who It’s For and How Much

• The workshop is free, with registration – fill out the form below on this page
• Open to absolutely everyone, no dance experience required
• A special invitation to Troja locals, who might come here for a walk and know the labyrinth’s paths almost by heart – this time you’ll really get lost in it

Where and When

• Mon 28 Sep 2026 | workshop 14:00–16:00 | Triptych premiere from 17:00
• Troja Chateau Gardens, U Trojského zámku 1/4, Prague 7 | meeting point at the fountain in front of the chateau
• The programme takes place outdoors; in case of bad weather, follow GHMP’s updates
• Accessibility: the gardens are accessible, the chateau only on the ground floor

Registration

The workshop is free, but registration is required – please fill out the short form below: