ME-SA: Don’t Stop the Dance – about pregnancy, dance and motherhood
Sat, Nov 22
|Galaxie Cultural Station
Body, dance, and motherhood – three movements of one story. An evening dedicated to dancers who did not stop dancing even during pregnancy, inspired by Martina Hajdyla Lacová's solo Bodies in Progress.
Time & Location
Nov 22, 2025, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Galaxie Cultural Station, Arkalycká 833, 149 00 Praha 4-Háje, Česko
About the event
An evening dedicated to dancers who did not stop dancing even during pregnancy, exploring the themes of the transformation of the female body and the influence of motherhood on an artistic career. It is inspired by Martina Hajdyla Lacová's solo for two bodies, Bodies in Progress, which was created during her third pregnancy – as a work that developed together with the child in her body and later with the child as an independent being. The production highlighted the miracle and difficulty of the moment when one body becomes two, and allowed Martina and other artists to reflect on the fragility of a dance career and the difficult decisions that come with balancing professional and personal life.
The evening includes an original reinterpretation of the solo Bodies in Progress, a discussion with prominent artists about the experience of pregnancy and motherhood, sharing approaches to postpartum body care, and the premiere of a film essay by Jana Bučka Kovalčíková and Michal Fulier. The film captures the creation of an expanded version of Martina Hajdyla Lacová's solo with ten pregnant dancers and performers in the spring of 2025 – 11 performers, 11 feelings, 11 thoughts.
The evening will be hosted by Maja Hriešik.