PETR HASTIK
CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, PERFORMER
Petr Hastik is a choreographer and performer. He studied dance theatre and dance pedagogy at the Duncan Centre Conservatory/Prague and at the Folkwang UdK/Essen. From 2011 to 2017 Petr was a member of the ensemble NEUER TANZ/VA Wölfl. Since 2014 he has been working with Tino Sehgal. He also had a guest engagement at the Münchner Kammerspiele and works with artists and collectives such as Gintersdorfer/Klaßen, Reut Shemesh, Ben J. Riepe, SEE!, Tatraum Projekte Schmidt and Enis Turan. Hastik is active as a choreographer and artist in both the German and Czech scenes. Last year he appeared as a guest choreographer at the Prague Pride Festival 2021.
Montserrat Gardó Castillo & Petr Hastik have been working together since 2013. They have created the pieces »BRUTOLOGY. An online Roadmovie«, »RUIN LUST: an online trilogy on brutalism, hauntology and nostalgia« (2021), »The future concert« (2021), »The future was us« (2018), »The Pumping Piece« (2016) and »The Fantastic 2« (2014) as well as the videos: »Borrowed Nostalgia« (2020), »#BODY« (2016) and »Volvo-rine« (2014) produced. Their works are co-produced by the FFT Düsseldorf. They have also received research grants and funding from the Kunststiftung NRW, the Fonds Darstellende Künste, the Goethe-Institut and the NRW Kultursekretariat.
As a duo, they participate in and develop interdisciplinary projects in various formats. These include stage plays in dance and theatre contexts, art installations, long-term projects, video, online and site-specific performances that incorporate voice, text, movement, image and music. http://montseandpetr.com/