Věra Kvarčáková

A native of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Věra Kvarčáková graduated at the Janacek National Conservatory. She then danced with the National Ballet in Brno, Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, before joining National Theatre Mannheim in September 2019 as a soloist. She has danced classical and contemporary repertoire including Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Johan Inger, Jean Christophe Maillot, Uwe Scholz, Cayetano Soto, Stephan Thoss, Shen Wei, Edward Clug, Étienne Béchard, Christian Spuck, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Martson, Douglas Lee, Felix Landerer, among many others. She is also a Yoga teacher, and she is certified in dance therapy by Cirque du Soleil, The National Centre for Dance Therapy, and Parkinson en mouvement.

Jérémy Galdeano and Vera Kvarcakova started to choreograph together after years of being dance partners in the company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and choreographing individually. They feel that working together is a great advantage – by collaborating, they develop a common perspective on aesthetics, ideas and musicality while having complementary ideas. Their creation DOMA, which was originally created for the Choreographic Workshops of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, was included in the company’s repertoire through the mixed bill Parlami d'Amore in May 2019. It was then presented at Carte Blanche DAC 2019 in Montreal and was also selected for Noverre: Young Choreographers evening in Stuttgart Ballet (that was supposed to happen in April 2020).

Věra has danced many soloist roles in the classical and contemporary repertoire, including: Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream, Ingrid in Peer Gynt, Cupidon in Don Quichotte, Tarantella and Little Swans in Swan Lake, Workwithinwork by William Forsythe, As if by Johan Inger, Variations pour une porte et un soupir by Maurice Béjart, The Creation / Die Schöpfung by Uwe Scholz, Bolero by Stephan Thoss, Sweet Sweet Sweet by Marco Goecke, Le Sang des étoiles by Thierry Malandain, Le Sacre du printemps by Gary Stewart, Swan Lake by Bertrand d'At, Le Mandarin merveilleux by Lucinda Childs. She was also featured in Raymonda and Le Corsaire by Jaroslav Slavický, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet and The Nutcracker by Vassili Medvedev, Swan Lake by Robert Strajner, Coppélia by Youri Vámos, Le Conservatoire by Auguste Bournonville, Barocco by Jacek Prybilowicz, Erdbeermund by Mario Schröder, Features of characters by Nataša Novotná, Carmen by Cayetano Soto, D.M.J. 1953-77 by Petr Zuska.

Since joining Les Grands Ballets, she performed in Leonce and Lena by Christian Spuck, The Little Prince by Didy Veldman, The Nutcracker by Fernand Nault, Kaguyahime by Jiri Kylian, Re-(II) by Shen Wei, Dim Light of Dawn by Ken Ossola, Minus One and Passomezzo by Ohad Naharin, the role of the Maiden (earth) in Death and the Maiden and the role of the Dreamer in Dream Away by Stephan Thoss.

As a dancer
2004 Finalist at the Compétition Internationale Wien
2005 Semi-finalist at Prix de Lausanne

As a choreographer
Jérémy Galdeano and Vera Kvarcakova were finalists of the International choreographic competition in Hannover 2020 and awarded with invitation to the HANGARTFEST in Italy. In 2021 they were selected to finals for Future Dance Festival 92Y in NYC and they performed DOMA at Joyce Theater in New York as part of Martha Graham Company season. DOMA-short film version has been awarded as Winner Best dance video at Rio WebFest 2019 and Gold Winner as Best Short dance at Queen Palm International Film Festival 2020. They also co-created Solo pour Trois for Les Grands Ballets’ Annual Gala.

FOMO premiered in the National Theater Mannheim in Germany and was awarded as the best performance of Festival Quartier Danses in Montreal in 2021. ZABA-short dance film, created during the lockdown of 2020, was in the final selection of Interfaccia Digitale Festival.