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Education

Set designer and creative artist Lucie Loosová studied at the Technical School of Applied Arts in Prague (1992), subject: toy design, and later gained a master's degree from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Prague (1998), specialising in stage design. Her dissertation project was décor and direction of Verdi's opera Rigoletto in the premises of the Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Prague-Bubeneč. In between, she participated in several study stays abroad (1993-1994 at Nottingham Trent University, England; 1996 at the Theatre School in Odense, Denmark) and specialist short-term affiliations (1994 Theatre Festival in Stockholm, 1995-1996 Academy of Film Arts (FAMU) in Prague - subject: photography, 1999 short-term affiliation in the USA). Lucie Loosová has recently participated in a number of theatre projects, including with the director Petr Novotný (Les Misérables, Goja Music Hall 2003; Romeo and Juliet, Pardubice 2003; Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Vinohrady Theatre in Prague 2003; Fiddler On The Roof, Pardubice 2002; Cesta Karla IV. do Francie (Journey Of Charles IV To France), Vinohrady Theatre 2003). As a costume or set designer, she has helped to prepare productions with the directors Oto Ševčík (Twelfth Night, Karlovy Vary 2001), Michal Dočekal (Shopping And Fucking, Ústí nad Labem 2001), Juraj Herz (Byl to pták (It Was A Bird), Divadlo Bez zábradlí, Prague 2000), Jiří Menzl (Same Time, Next Year, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 1999) and many others. Other activities of hers pertaining to theatre include costume design for the musical Balada pro banditu (Ballad For A Bandit, Karlovy Vary, 2000), for Bohumil Hrabal's Hlučná samota (Too Loud A Solitude, Divadlo Bez zábradlí, 1999), set design for May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Dejvice Theatre, Prague 1995), as well as set and costume design for many projects in the HAMU studio and Disk, for instance, J. Hayden - The Pharmacist, (HAMU, 1996), L. Fišer - Lancelot (HAMU, 1997), W. A. Mozart - The Marriage Of Figaro (HAMU, 1995), D. Fischerová - Báj (Legend, Disk, 1997), C. Serrau - Bunny, Hare (Disk, 1996). Lucie Loosová has also participated in creative art projects beyond permanent theatre stages, as well as events abroad. She created the overall artistic conception of the FAMU Festival in 1996, displayed her work at Prague's Old Town Hall within a group exhibition entitled Elements 97 and has twice given lectures at Chicago University. In 1999 the lectures were devoted to European set design with a subsequent staging of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, while in 2001 the lectures linked up with the implementation of the Mandragola (Mandrake) drama project. Lucie Loosová is collaborating with the National Theatre in Prague for the first time.

 

Professional qualifications:

*1992 graduated from the Technical School of Applied Arts in Prague, majoring in toy design
*1993-1994 study stay at Nottingham Trent University, England
*1994 participation in the Theatre Festival in Stockholm, Sweeden
*1995-1996 specialist short-term affiliation at the Academy of Film Arts in Prague, subject: photography
*1996 study stay at the Theatre School in Odense, Denmark
*1999 specialist short-term affiliation in the USA
*1999 graduated with a Master's degree (M.A.) from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Prague, subject: stage and costume design

 

Specialist cooperation (selected):

*with the directors: Petr Novotný, Michal Dočekal, Jiří Nekvasil, Oto Ševčík, Ivan Krejčí, Petr Mančal, Jiří Menzl, Juraj Herz and others
*with the Prague theatres: Dejvice Theatre, Divadlo Bez zábradlí, National Theatre in Prague, Theatre in Celetná; theatres in Karlovy Vary, Ústí na Labem, Cheb, Kladno, Chicago and others
*with festivals and exhibitions grounds in Prague and Valtice