Jan Minařík / Béatrice Libonati

Jan Minařík was born in 1945 in Prague. His path to dance led through the Army Artistic Ensemble, the National Theatre in Prague and later the Janáčkovo Theatre in Brno. From Brno he left for Innsbruck and later to Pina Bausch's Tanztheater in Wuppertal where he was a soloist and co-director of the company until 2000. Béatrice Libonati often cooperated with Suzanne Linke, with Minařík they made worldwide guest appearances. During his artistic career Minařík has tried diverse dance techniques: from popular dance to classical dance and modern and contemporary dance, always standing out in all of them. He was invited by SE.S.TA to teach at the summer encounters.