Marie Gurdain, tYhle
A production combining dance and physical theater
South Specific 2026 – first time at the festival
The festival is held under the auspices of the mayor of the statutory city of České Budějovice.
A dance and physical theatre production that places the scenographic construction at its conceptual heart. A piece for four international performers created by choreographer Marie Gourdain (FR) and dance and theatre maker Felix Baumann (DE).
The action takes place on an unstable and fragmented platform, which may tip, shake or break in response to the movements of the protagonists. It constitutes an extremely uncertain base whereupon the characters display themselves, alone, in pairs, or as a group - thereby risking life and limb. The figures encounter challenges in relation to each other, tirelessly navigating through the instability surrounding them, altering their behaviour, provoking risks, endangering balance and control, threatening to lose the ground under their feet. Situations transform from the ordinary to the absurd, from the banal to the metaphorical.
Through dance, humour and scenographic installation, Seismic tells about a relationship of mutual dependence, in which each body is simultaneously exposed to the mechanics of the space and of the other bodies - a permanent transformation of things in a circular and interdependent sense; a power relationship whose origins are blurred in the mix of events.
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SIX-COURSE FESTIVAL MENU WITH A 26% DISCOUNT
Be the first to enjoy the selected festival menu! Starting September 24, you can purchase tickets for selected performances with a 26 % discount (symbolically linked to the festival year 2026) as part of the Festival Menu package.
The discount applies to the following performances:
Dream of the Realm of Beauty (enter a world where beauty means power and old age means the end, South Bohemian Theatre, May and September)
Climax (immersive production about the search for adulthood, Pomezí, May)
The Cremator (immersive dance horror, South Bohemian Theatre, July and August)
Hotel Fatigue (Theater inspired by real stories of real people, Continuo Theatre, July and August)
Dance of Death (afterlife promo of life’s pleasures, Geisslers Hofcomoedianten, early September)
The Butcher’s Story (comic opera, Vzlet, Vosto5, Moravian Theatre Olomouc, Run Operun, late September)
On sale from September 24 until sold out for any of the listed performances.
THE FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM WILL GO ON SALE ON OCTOBER 1, 2025.
The program for the opening weekend, May 1–3 (Festival Bites), will go on slae on December 1, 2025.
DISCOUNTS
For all performances of Jižní Svéráz (except those at the Revolving Theatre), a 30% discount is available for children and students under 26, as well as seniors over 65.
VOLUME DISCOUNTS – MORE FOR LESS
When purchasing tickets for four or more different titles, you will automatically receive a 20% discount, applied directly in your shopping cart.
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NOTICE TO AUDIENCES:
Detailed information on accessibility and specific features of each performance (including potentially sensory-intense or physically demanding moments) will be published later. Please note that as part of the creative process, changes may occur for which the South Bohemian Theatre does not take responsibility.
