Zuzana Žabková
(1987, Košice)
An artist, dancer and choreographer who explores dance as a philosophical apparatus and intimate practice, studies interpretive methods in magic and therapy and creates somatic fictions and collective game structures, which she perceives as a laboratory for training new forms of social relations. She looks for failed utopias and likes to move like a reptile. She works alone and with friends, with whom she reevaluates the ways of valuing work and care. She is the co-founder of the Björnsonova platform (www.bjornsonova.com), fictional characters, communities and dance multiforms with roots and connections that transcend time, space and art forms. She lives and works in Prague and Frankfurt am Main.
She completed her master's degree at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in the Choreography and Performance program in Giessen, Germany under the guidance of the Slovenian philosopher Bojana Kunst.
In the years 2010-2013, she studied dance choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in dialogue and under the artistic direction of Daniel Matej, Marta Poláková and Anka Sedláčková, during which in 2012 she completed her master's degree at the Academy of Fine Arts, where she attended the Intermedia Studio IN Ilona Nemeth.
In 2021, she became a laureate of the Jindřich Chalupecký Prize together with the Björnsonova platform.
In 2017, she became the laureate of the Oskar Čepan Award.
in 2016 she completed a scholarship stay at the international DanceWEB ImPulsTanz festival in Vienna under the direction of artist Tino Seghal and an artist residency program at the Triangle Arts Association in New York.
In 2015, she completed a scholarship stay at the Salzburg Academy in Austria and an artist residency at the Meetfactory in Prague.