Jan Komárek

Jan Komárek was born in Prague where he also graduated from publicity at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (VŠUP). In 1983 he started his theatre career at a puppet theatre MIMO THEATRE in France. Later he worked in Canada for a few years: it is at this time that he was awarded the Dora Mavor Moore Prize, for direction and light design. Since 2001 he has been working in Prague as a light designer: he has created a number of pieces of his own, these were presented at theatres Alfréd ve dvoře, NoD, Ponec, Theatre 29 in Pardubice and other venues. Komárek's projects are characteristic with precise and well-defined movement, intense work with inner tension of performers and singularity of visual elements – light delimits and changes theatre space. Komárek was teaching for SE.S.TA during their summer encounters. He is also active as a photographer and light designer, mostly at SE.S.TA's professional choreographic trainings.