📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Studio ALTA is a multicultural space and a creative hub focused on contemporary dance. ALTA recently moved to a new building, Invalidovna a baroque building close to the city center, in Karlin district. The newly moved studio runs an ALTA ROOM (performance venue), rehearsal rooms for artistic research and creative workshops, community space, ateliers, a cafE and shared offices. The artistic program of Studio ALTA emphasizes courageous and innovative pieces that encourage engagement, creativity, sharing, and an open minded and constructive dialogue. The theatre is closed during summer, so can have a look behind the curtain and see what ordinary visitors cannot. The aim of the workcamp is to participate in the operation of the centre. In this workcamp, you are actively working for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of Sustainable Cities and Communities (UN SDG11).
💼 What the programme involves
Work: The work will be manual and it will take place both indoors and outdoors. The tasks can include: working in the garden, helping with the guarding of exhibitions, production work consisting of guiding visitors and informing them, simple maintenance of premises, physical work (moving objects, minor repairs, installation of lights), help in the cafe or its beautification, help with room cleaning, inventing new ideas on how to decorate and make the space more comfortable. Bring some comfortable working clothes which can get dirty or damaged. The work is not physically demanding or complicated, but any DIY skills are welcome. Study part: Look behind the scenes and learn what is necessary to run a theatre, studios and the entire community center. Every morning, you can take part in warm-up exercises with a professional lecturer (physical activities strengthening your body and mind). A guided tour around Prague can be arranged as well.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In Prague-Holesovice, accommodation will be arranged in the rehearsal place of Studio ALTA (in the old premises) ( please, bring your own mat, a sleeping bag and a pillow. 1-2 showers and 2 toilets are available.In the Invalidovna, there will be an improvised kitchen where you can cook. You will prepare meals together as a group. There will be also be one common dinner prepared by the local partner to get to know each other.
📍 About the location
GPS coordinates: 50.0914573,14.4391868. Prague-Karlin is an attractive part of Prague situated on the bank of the river Vltava which flows through the whole city. Karlin is a developing (and, unfortunately, also a gentrified) metropolitan area, where there are many cultural organizations, cafes and bars. Near Alta there are also many places suitable for nice walks. Located close to the main train station, Studio Alta offers a train trip. Meeting point: Studio Alta, Prague-Holesovice (U Vystaviste 21, 170 00 Prague 7). The meeting time is usually in the afternoon. The exact information will be provided in the infosheet.Leisure time: In Stromovka Park, close to the accomodation, you can walk on a slackline, do different sports, go jogging, take a sunbath or play board games. In the Karlin district you can also go to a theatre, cinema or visit a concert in Kasarna Karlin (former barracks close to the Invalidovna). It is also possible to go for a trip (by a train) outside Prague (have a barbecue or bath in a lake). Right next to ALTA (accommodation), there are two climbing walls (rope and boulder).