Do you know your alter ego? / A dance horror.

Inspired by the literary work by Robert L. Stevenson.

Premiere: 13 May 2016 – the Small Theatre

The classic horror story, which opens the fundamental question of a dual personality, came to existence in 1866. A thin masterpiece by Robert Louis Stevenson introduces a renowned Dr. Jekyll, who invented a means of transforming himself into his hidden, evil self. His alter ego - Mr. Hyde - commits crimes, even a murder, "tastes" of all the vices and forbidden pleasures, simply materializes everything which was an absolute taboo for the former puritanical society. But where is the line between good and evil? Among the Puritans of the 19th century and the present time? Between the conscious control of our deeds and the loss of control over oneself? When is the man still a renowned physician and when does he become a debauched profligate and a murderer?

Dark sides in ourselves will be investigated by a choreographer Marika Hanousková with the use of the ballet and movement means. She invited a proven team which stands behind a successful staging of The House of Bernarda Alba – a composer Petr Čermák and a scene and costume designer Aleš Valášek to cooperate with her.