Jiří N. Jelínek

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Nationality
  • CZE
Disciplines
  • Acting
  • Puppetry
  • Physical theatre
  • Circus
Acting skills
  • driving licence
  • acrobatics
  • authorial production
  • violin
  • guitar
  • Viola
  • equitation
  • Claunery
  • street dance
  • singing
Languages
  • Czech
  • English
Completed acting education
  • DAMU - alternativní a loutkové divadlo
Biography

In 1993-2002 he was a violinist of the Prague Student Orchestra. He graduated from DAMU in 2009 in acting. He first guested at the National Theatre while still a student in Pitínský's adaptation of Babičky B.Němcová. He also works in the international theatre company NIE Theatre, the Italian CTA, V.O.S.A. Theatre, Mansterville etc. He also participates in various domestic and foreign productions related to street theatre as a performer, stilt walker and musician.

 

In 2009 he founded the dance and acrobatic stilt walker group Long Vehicle Circus. As a violinist, actor and singer he has been performing since 2005 in the Balkan theatre band Fekete Seretlek with whom he recorded 3 CDs and created 3 performances KAR, RAT and EXIT. Both of these projects are touring all over the world (Canada, Japan, China,  all EU, Bahrain, the UK, etc.)

 

He has played in front of the camera under the direction of directors Anna Foerster, Hideki Takeuchi, Karel Smyczek, Christoph Stark, Rainer Kaufmann, Gary K. Griffin, Jean-Marie Poiré, Aurel Klimt etc.

Also he works as a theater photographer.

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