Our production is not a historical reconstruction, but rather a fictional story with fantastical or fairy-tale motifs that merely stems from certain real events. Besides the birth of (not only) sports legend Věra Čáslavská, who won the hearts of both the Czech and Japanese public in her time, the production also tells another story. Half of the performing puppeteers are Czech and the other half are Japanese. Beyond the story itself, they explore our common and different characteristics and the inspiration we can draw from each other. Along with them, audiences of all ages, from children to adults, can also embark on this journey of discovery. Two sports commentators – one Japanese and one Czech – take us through the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, and thus the whole story, just like in a live broadcast. They comment, narrate, and translate everything. This makes the story comprehensible and, at the same time, partly mysterious for both Japanese and Czech audiences. The production combines various forms of puppet, object and shadow theatre and projections.

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