Eliška Soukupová
- CZE
- Dance
- Presenting
- Dabing
- Stand up
- Radio and audio work
- Acting
- recitation
- acrobatics
- audiobook reading
- rap
- Czech
- Slovak
- English
- French
- Pražská konzervatoř
As an actress, dancer and director, I have a lot of experience with Czech theatres (Na Zábradlí, Hybernia, Moravskoslezské div. Olomouc, NoD, Archa, Venuše ve Švehlovce…), I’m still open to cooperating with classical theatres, but at this point, I put most of my authorial creative energy into the theatre company Maso Krůtí, where I’m co-founder.
Girl punk theatre ensemble Maso Krůtí is now based at NoD – an experimental theatre in Prague, but plays and creates in many other theatrical and non-theatrical spaces around the Czech Republic.
First, I started to dance. From gymnastics and tap dancing, I took the journey to street dance and contemporary dance theatre. After I finished at the Prague acting conservatoire, I became a freelancer in performing arts. I express myself through words, body and creativity itself. I combine acting with dance, while creating as an author or as an interpreter. My primary focus is on live performances – theatre, site-specific projects, crossover genre pieces, hosting, shows, but these days I find myself once again in the film industry and audio work.
I host live events (opening ceremonies, lectures, drag queen shows, cabarets, NGO events…) I work as a presenter and journalist at Czech National radio, radio Wave, I’m co-presenter of the podcast CHCI TO and creative producer of the Anna Entertainment company, which celebrates the stories of funny, powerful and unique women.
As a choreographer and dancer, I have been part of many projects (film, theatre, fashion show, dance competitions, music shows).
I just love to learn and discover new dance techniques and genres. I also teach or join dance events and workshops all over the world (NYC, San Francisco, L.A., Mumbai, Paris, Milan, London…). I share my dance experience on a regular basis at workshops or events which I create and organise to cultivate the Czech and World dance scene and community. I’m a member of I.H.O.W. Czech – worldwide dance crew, founded by Tyrone Proctor, who was the original pioneer of the 70s disco era dance style Waacking. I’m also one of the founding members of House Of Nora – the first ever Czech-Slovak waacking house.
In the world of contemporary dance and physical theatre, I’ve been blessed to work with such an amazing artists as: Carli Jefferson, Jan Kodet, Barbora Látalová, Zdenka Brungot Svíteková, Philippe Greaudeau, Eva Urbanová, Nicoletta Cabassi and ,together with Václav Kuneš (420PEOPLE), I was supervising choreographer for Kamila Mottlová’s dance/stand-up piece “Hikikomori”.
I was the choreographer for Šimon Holý’s dance film, Mirrors in the dark, where I also act and dance as supporting female character, Erika. This movie premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2021 and then went to cinemas all around the Czech Republic.
