Scholarship Academy of Art Education
O MenARTu Semináře Fotogalerie MenART IMPULS Mentoři 25/26 Cena pro pedagoga 2025
CS

Michaela Homolová

artistically conceived theater

We will focus on creating a theatre production together. The main goal does not have to be a perfect result, but rather to experience the principles of collective creation from different sides. What paths and paths can we take when searching for and collecting materials for a future production. How many twists and turns, dead ends and detours can we try? Where to get inspiration, how to inspire and encourage others to bring ideas, how to develop and transform them. How to use games and drama education procedures in finding a staging form. And all this with an emphasis on how many possibilities working with material, objects or puppets offers us. Also suitable for introverts who do not want to be seen that much, but enjoy participating in theatre creation.

photo: Roman Dobeš

Michaela Homolová is a director, actress, and teacher. She started working in theater many years ago in a children's puppetry troupe and in a drama club. She then studied at DAMU, at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theater, majoring in directing and dramaturgy. Since 1999, she has been a member of the Liberec Naive Theater troupe as a director and actress, and for the last three years as its artistic director. She has performed in more than 20 productions there and directed about the same number of them. She has also received many awards for her work, such as the 2016 Divadelní noviny Award for authorship of the production Bohemia Lies by the Sea (together with R. Maly and V. Peřina), the 2019 Mateřinka Festival Award for authorship and direction of the production Ššššš. Ššššš. Hůůů. Haf!, and for the same performance, the Divadelní noviny Award for creative achievement of the 2018/2019 season in the Puppet and Visual Theater category. The production The Red Balloon won the 2024 Divadelní noviny Award in the Puppet and Art Theatre category and the UNIMA Erik Award for the best puppet production of the 2023/24 season and others.

She also works as a guest director in theatres in the Czech Republic and abroad. In parallel with her artistic activities, she also engages in teaching practice. In 2009-2018, she worked as a teacher of the literary and dramatic field at the Liberec Primary School. Her students regularly participated in the Children's Stage, Young Stage, Wolkrův Prostějov and other shows and have had many successes at the national level.

Since 2018, she has been teaching directing, dramaturgy and staging at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at DAMU.

https://www.naivnidivadlo.cz/cs/lide/michaela-homolova

Applications are accepted until 31. 3. 2025.

Information on applications to Michaela Homolova's group:

  • Recommended age: 10+
  • The seminar is intended for a well-coordinated group of pupils/students and their theatre teacher or in tandem with an art teacher who want to try to realize an artistically conceived theatre performance.
  • Please attach to the application:
  • A letter from the students - why they would like to join the MenART program and what they expect from it.
  • A letter from the teacher - information about the group (how they see it, what their experience is) and about pedagogical leadership or direction, information about the completed project/projects (free form) - description or links to YouTube samples (if you have any).

Meeting dates:

  • 22. – 24. 8. 2025 – Olomouc
  • 8. 11. Prague – DAMU
  • 24. 1. Liberec – Naive Theatre
  • 11. 4. at the group location
  • Meeting dates and locations are based on the mentors' time availability and may change during the year!