Eyes of Brno: Behind the mirror with Jana Kosíková

30 December 2024, 2:00
Eyes of Brno: Behind the mirror with Jana Kosíková

This evening from the Eyes of Brno series will be dedicated to Jana Kosíková, a long-time soloist of the NdB Ballet. Visitors can get a glimpse into the world of this successful prima ballerina and her career.

Jana Kosíková is a graduate of the City of Prague Dance Conservatory. She was a soloist with the National Theatre Brno Ballet from 1989 to 2014. Her career has mainly featured leading roles from the classical repertoire - Swanilda in Coppélia, Giselle, Clara in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Gamzatti and Nikiya in La Bayadère, Medora in Le Corsaire, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Phrygia in Spartacus. She's also enjoyed success with more contemporary roles - Esmeralda in Notre-Dame de Paris, Zobeida in Scheherazade, Marie Stuart and Anastasia in Ivan the Terrible. Kosíková won the 1993 Czech Literary Fund Award for the title role of Natalie and the prestigious award for Czech theatre artists - the 1999 Thalia Award for the role of Odette-Odilia in Swan Lake. She was nominated for the same award in 1993 for playing Esmeralda in Notre-Dame de Paris, in 1996 for her portrayal of Juliet, in 2001 for her role as Clara in The Nutcracker, in 2004 for Nikiya in La Bayadère and in 2007 for her role as Phrygia in Spartacus. She also won the Philip Morris Ballet Flower Award for the best ballet artist in the Czech Republic in 1996. Since the 2011/2012 season, she has been a ballet mistress at the National Theatre Brno Ballet. The event, entitled The Eyes of Brno, will take place on 20 January 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the conference hall of the Moravian Library. Admission is free.

Jana Kosíková/ NdB photo archive

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