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A tribute to sport and
the art of movement.

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About St.Art

A performance built on movement, emotion, imagery, euphoria, anger, and triumph. Sport as a doorway to themes that touch us all — whether we love it or despise it.

What does the path to a dream look like? What runs through the mind a second before the starting shot? What does it feel like to return after an injury — when everything hurts and nothing works? When does an athlete want to be alone? And when do they feel truly abandoned?

We do sport to find something. Balance. Meaning. Creativity. Silence in the mind. We do it to push past our limits. To reach the peak. To feel like gods — even just for a moment. We do it to fall. And to rise. Again and again. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts.

St.art is a new performance
by Cirk La Putyka, premiering in September
2025 after years of research at the intersection of sport and art.

Production

Directed and conceptually developed by the company's creative team, it was created in collaboration with the Athens-based studio RootlessRoot, along with Czech and international experts in movement, training, and performing arts — including top athletes past and present such as Vavřinec Hradilek, Eva Adamczyková, Jakub Voráček, Lukáš Krpálek, Karel Poborský, and more.

Beyond Performance

At the center of the focus is sport — not just as performance, but as a physical, emotional, and metaphysical state. St.Art unpacks the athlete's journey as a deeply human, often existential process. Through body, image, movement, voice, and music, it explores what happens in the minds of those who give everything in pursuit of greatness.

Raw acrobatics, unique contemporary circus, dance and theatre

  • 8 performers
  • 90 minutes full of emotions
  • English-friendly

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Text Person Decoration When I watched
my son’s trampoline career, I saw not only
victories but also falls.

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And I began to ask...

What is it all for?

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Why does someone sacrifice their body, time, life? 

This performance is about the athlete’s mind. About that
moment before the start, when everything is decided. And maybe it’s also about why artists long for an anthem no one plays for them. What athletes feel at their peak is close to what we feel on stage — only sport has winners and losers. We just have a space filled with emotion in between.

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Cast & Disciplines

Cast
& Disciplines

  • Martin Kadrnožka Dance, acrobatics, Cyr wheel
  • Žaneta Musilová Dance, acrobatics
  • Helena Nováčková Dance, acrobatics, aerial hoops
  • Matyáš Novák Athlete, trampoline
  • Šárka Říhová Dance, acrobatics
  • Xenia Stathouli Dance, acrobatics
  • Metoděj Vykydal Dance, acrobatics
  • Charlie Wheeller Dance, acrobatics, Cyr wheel

Not just directors,
but architects of movement, meaning and impact.

Creative
Team

Rostislav Novák
Director, co-author
Rostislav Novák

Rostislav Novák Jr. is a respected actor, director, performer, puppeteer, and artistic director of Cirk La Putyka and Jatka78. Named Personality of the Year 2021 by one of the Czech Republic’s leading theatre magazines, he is known for his creative leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping audiences connected to live performance through bold new formats. As a director, he has led major productions including Rest In Euphorie (2023), Runners (2021/22), Memories of Fools (2019), ADHD (2018), Roots (2016), and the original La Putyka (2009). He remains a central creative force behind all of the company’s landmark projects.

Rostislav Novák

Rostislav Novák Jr. is a respected actor, director, performer, puppeteer, and artistic director of Cirk La Putyka and Jatka78. Named Personality of the Year 2021 by one of the Czech Republic’s leading theatre magazines, he is known for his creative leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping audiences connected to live performance through bold new formats. As a director, he has led major productions including Rest In Euphorie (2023), Runners (2021/22), Memories of Fools (2019), ADHD (2018), Roots (2016), and the original La Putyka (2009). He remains a central creative force behind all of the company’s landmark projects.

Rostislav Novák

Rostislav Novák Jr. is a respected actor, director, performer, puppeteer, and artistic director of Cirk La Putyka and Jatka78. Named Personality of the Year 2021 by one of the Czech Republic’s leading theatre magazines, he is known for his creative leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping audiences connected to live performance through bold new formats. As a director, he has led major productions including Rest In Euphorie (2023), Runners (2021/22), Memories of Fools (2019), ADHD (2018), Roots (2016), and the original La Putyka (2009). He remains a central creative force behind all of the company’s landmark projects.

Rostislav Novák

Rostislav Novák Jr. is a respected actor, director, performer, puppeteer, and artistic director of Cirk La Putyka and Jatka78. Named Personality of the Year 2021 by one of the Czech Republic’s leading theatre magazines, he is known for his creative leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping audiences connected to live performance through bold new formats. As a director, he has led major productions including Rest In Euphorie (2023), Runners (2021/22), Memories of Fools (2019), ADHD (2018), Roots (2016), and the original La Putyka (2009). He remains a central creative force behind all of the company’s landmark projects.

Credits
Warmly Thanks

    Executive ProducerJiří Fusek DramaturgeVít Neznal Costume DesignerKristina Nováková Záveská ScenographyPavla Kamanová Light DesignerKarel Šimek Sound DesignMartin Hůla Sound EngineerJan Středa ComposerKryštof Záveský ComposerJan Balcar Acrobatic CoachAndré St-Jean Acrobatic CoachNico Lagarda Technical DirectorOlin Procházka Head RiggerDaniel Hajtl RiggerPetr Sila ProductionTereza Chlupáčová ProductionGabriela Henclová Production AssistantNina Kučerová VideographerFilip Kaleta VideographerJan Pivoňka Brand ManagerPaulána Klaučová Visual IdentityMichal Kukačka Visual Identity Key PhotoTomáš Třeštík
Photographers
  • Jan Strnad
  • Lukáš Bíba
  • Jan Mihalíček
  • Petr Josek
  • Jana Mensatorová
Special Thanks

Gareth Fry, Karolína Velebová, Jan Veleba, Adolf Zika, Jiří Beran, Vavřinec Hradilek, Karel Poborský, Tereza Martincová, Petr Vabroušek, Gabriela Satková, Lukáš Musil, Barbora Špotáková, Radek Jaroš, Jakub Voráček, Marian Jelínek, Lukáš Saue, Eva Adamczyková, Lukáš Krpálek

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Technical & Production Requirements

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Dimensions

12 × 14 m

Rigging Points

TBD 10

Touring Party

Minimum 13 people
  • 8 performers
  • 1 production manager
  • 2 riggers
  • 1 sound engineer
  • 1 lights operator
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Cirk La Putyka is one of Europe’s leading professional theatre–contemporary circus companies known for its bold blend of new circus and theatre.

Who we are

Our work is rooted in the principles of circus art, which serves not only as a foundation but also as a gateway to blending genres and pushing artistic boundaries.

Over the years, Cirk La Putyka has developed a unique style at the intersection of contemporary circus and theatre. Its work is genre-fluid and culturally open – each project is entirely different. The aim is to create distinctive, personal works into which company members pour their own identities, perspectives, and experiences, while challenging artistic conventions and breaking down barriers between genres and worlds.

In its 15-year history, the company has created more than 30 productions, collaborated with over 300 people from 25 countries, performed over 2,200 shows, and toured in 23 countries.

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