Teachers
Horák Jiří
Professional ballet classes
teacher, choreographer
Education
1976-1984
HTŠ and conservatory Ostrava
1984-1986
Ballet Academy A. J. Vaganova Petersburg, Russia
1991
Cologne - Summer Dance Academy
1994
New York - master classes with David Howard, Diana Cartier, Stanley Williams
Professional experiences
1983-1987
soloist in State Theatre Ostrava
1987-1997
ballet soloist in National Theatre Prague
1997-2002
ballet soloist in National Theatre Brno
od 1997
ballet teacher in National Theatre Brno
2000-2008
teacher on 1st Private Dance Conservatory in Prague
2003-2010
chairman of the ballet jury of Thalia Award
2009
ballet teacher on Prague's Dance Conservatory
Role in National Theatre Prague:
Swan Lake - Prince Siegfried
The Nutcracker - Prince
Sleeping Beauty - Prince Desirée
Cinderella - Prince
Giselle - Albert
From Fairy Tale to Fairy Tale - Princ
Romeo and Juliet - Romeo
La Sylphide (chor. P. Lacotte) - James
Sylvia - Aminta
The Lady of the Camellias - Armand
Don Quijote - Basil
Spirit's Extasy - Mozart
The Boy and Death - The boy
4th string quartet B. Martinů - Soloist
Sonatina Dramatica - The man
Little Mr Friedemann - Dreamy Johanes
Coppélia - Franz
Divertimento No. 15 - Soloist
River - Spring, Lake
Mowgli - Bagheera
Carmen - Luca
Role in National Theatre Brno:
Spor - Soloist
Randez Vous (chor. Karolin Mercade) - Soloist
Swan Lake - Prince Ziegfrid
Romeo and Juliet - Romeo
The Nutcracker - Prince
La Fille mal gardée - Colas
Batallion - Dr Uher
Don Quijotte - Basil
Les Sylphides - Soloist
Gaité Parisienne - The Earle
Mary Stuart - Robert Leicester
Oidipus Rex - Creon
The Merry Widow - Danilo
Role in Landes Theater Salzburg:
Peer Gynt - Soloist
Rachmaninov - 4 Pas de Deux
Role in Laterna Magika Theatre:
Ulysses - Star part
The Magic Flute - Tamino
Cassanova - Star part
Role in Moravian Theatre Olomouc:
Manon - De Grieux
Choreographical work:
Daphnis and Chloe (ND Brno 2001)
4 short pieces - J. Brahms
Three Preludes - G. Gershwin
Abandoned - L. Janáček (ballet competition)
Bolero (Sardegna 2001)
Peer Gynt (Liberec 2003, Ústí nad Labem 2005, České Budějovice 2009)
Manon (Liberec 2004)
Radúz & Mahulena (Plzeň 2006, Olomouc 2008)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (České Budějovice 2007)
Catulli Carmina (Ústí nad Labem 2007)
Sleeping Beauty (Plzeň 2009)
Charlotta (Liberec 2010)
The Nutcracker (Olomouc 2010)
in the operas:
Katya Kabanova, Fancy-dress Ball (ND Brno)
The Cunning Little Vixen, Faust and Marguerite, Carmen (Liberec)
Rigoletto, Carmen, The Bartered Bride, Aida (Open-air Festival Loket)
The Devil and Kate (Olomouc)
Paganini (Opava)
Co-operation with other choreographers:
M. Kůra, R. Balogh, L. Vaculík, I. Kubicová, Z. Prokeš, P. Breuer, J. P. Aviotte, B. Bregvadze, N. Serebrienik