initiate
in3 initiate
17-28 Nov 2025, Monday-Friday 9am-2pm
Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia
Are you a pre-professional or professional artist working in dance, physical theatre, circus, or other movement-based forms — and looking to deepen your practice and develop your creative voice?
We’re beyond excited to launch initiate – two weeks of intensive master teaching led by dancer, choreographer, and master teacher Jiří Pokorný, who will share his movement approach, improvisational techniques, and choreographic tools.
Jiří has performed and created work at the highest level internationally — from dancing with Nederlands Dans Theater and Kidd Pivot, to choreographing for companies like Ballet BC, NDT2, and the National Theatre Prague. He’s also worked with Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, and Paul Lightfoot & Sol León, and collaborates with some of the best educational institutes in the world, including as Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Juilliard School in New York, Arts Umbrella Vancouver, NDT Summer Intensive, SHARE Intensive Berlin, Orsolina28.
in3 initiate1
17-21 November 2025 Boorloo (Perth), WA
More for dancers, focusing more on Jiří’s movement approach, repertoire and improvisation.
in3 initiate2
24-28 November 2025 Boorloo (Perth), WA
Extends to for performance artists from all backgrounds (dance, physical theatre, circus etc.), focuses more on choreographic and improvisational tools.
The two weeks are complementary so participants may elect to do one or both weeks. Across both weeks, Jiří will teach with morning class (9:30-11am) and followed by a deep-dive (11:30am-1:30pm) into his choreographic, improvisational tools and his approach to movement with repertoire sharing. The studio will open from 9am for warm-up and participants may access the studio and video equipment for self-practice daily after 1:30pm.
If you are interested in being a part of initiate and have a physically-based practice at a pre-professional or professional level, registrations are open now. Follow our socials to stay updated for further details.
Jiří Pokorný
Jiří Pokorný (master teacher) is a Czech choreographer based in Prague, Czech Republic. He graduated from the Prague National Dance Conservatory in 2000 and went on dancing with Laterna Magika in Prague. Three years later he joined Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 2 in The Hague and continued his career with NDT1. After seven years in NDT, Jiří joined Vancouver based company Kidd Pivot under the leadership of Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite.
Jiří has worked with many renowned choreographers such as Jiří Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon and Crystal Pite among others. Jiří has performed in prestigious theatres world wide, including Paris Opera, Sadler’s Wells London, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Liceu Barcelona, Joyce Theatre New York and many more. In 2013, Jiří transitioned on to making his own works as a freelance choreographer and since then he has collaborated with companies and production houses across Europe and North America. To name a few, he created pieces for NDT2, Ballet BC, Aterballetto, Basel Ballet, National Theater Mannheim, NorthWest Dance Project, National Theatre Prague and Korzo productions in the Hague.
Jiří’s engagement with dance education has also its importance due to numerous collaborations with dance schools such as Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Juilliard School in New York, Arts Umbrella Vancouver, NDT Summer Intensive, SHARE Intensive Berlin, Orsolina28 and Architanz Tokyo. Jiří directs his own educational program for young choreographers The Pioneer Project at Korzo Theatre in The Hague.
