Prof. Boris HYBNER

Mime, actor, clown, gagman, choreographer, screenwriter, pedagogue

At the HAMU Department of Non-verbal and Comic Theatre, he teaches the following subjects:              

Clowning

               Mute burlesque

               Gag Technology

               Improvisation

               Preparation of graduation projects

Full-time employee of HAMU

Instructor of doctoral candidates

Studies:                  

1959  Graduated from secondary school in Vyškov

1960  Studied at the Gottwaldov Institute of Pedagogy

2000  Habilitation at HAMU, appointed associate professor

2008  Appointed full professor

Professional experience after finishing studies:

1964-1965 Na Zábradlí Theatre

1965-1967 Alhambra Theatre

1967-1968 Laterna Magika

1968-1972 State Theatre Studio

1973-1974 State Song and Dance Ensemble

1974-1976 free lance artist

1977-1979 SDS Ateliér

1990-1996 Studio GAG of B. Hybner

1995-1996 HAMU – pedagogue, part-time employee

1996-1997 self employed

1997-present HAMU – pedagogue, full-time employee

PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE

1970-1990 – Instructor at public schools of the arts – Prague, Vyškov, Brno, Ústí n. Lab., Liberec, Teplice, Hradec Králové

1990 – 1995 – Private pantomime school at Studio GAG

1996 – present – HAMU, head of the Department of Non-verbal and Comic Theatre

Work as a researcher and artist

Creative work in the theatre:

1962  Cirkus Zelené slunce – Kabaret Reflektor, Gottwaldov

Wrote skits, texts and music; performed as singer, guitarist and pantomime; directed

1966  Nezabiješ úplně bližního svého – 1^st Amateur Pantomime Festival, Litvínov

1968  Harakiri – Umělecká beseda, Prague

1970  Idioti – Činoherní klub, Prague

1973  Puding – Rubín Theatre, Prague

1975  Zpěv beze slov – Rokoko Theatre, Prague

         Na konci zahrady jménem Hollywood – Ateliér Theatre, Prague

Trilogy of mute slapstick full feature shows:

1976  Gagman

1978  Hvězdy

1980  Pentimento

1981  Concerto Grosso – Palace of Culture, Prague

1982  Bluff I.-VI. – Na provázku Theatre, Brno

1983  MIZZ – Braník Theatre of Pantomime, Prague

1984  Někdo to rád horror – Braník Theatre of Pantomime, Prague

1995  Žil byl Hollywood – Studio GAG of Boris Hybner, Prague

1998  Boris Pictus, aneb Už nikdy pitomcem - Alfred ve Dvoře Theatre of
Mimes, Prague

2006 Clowntime Blues – Komedie Theatre

Other creative theatre work:

2001 Pokuspes – Potvor – Theatre on Řeznická, participation at the Bulgakov Festival in Kiev

2002  Happyend – Na Zábradlí Theatre, Prague

2000 Snowshow – grand international clownery (directed by Kramer, Slava Polunin) Snowshow world tour:  2000 Barcelona, Spain – 2 weeks

                                      2000 Melbourne, Sydney, Australia – 8 weeks

                                      2002 Munich, Germany– 4 weeks

                                      2003 France– 2 weeks

                                      2003 Geneva, Switzerland – 1 week

                                      2003 Portugal – 3 weeks

                                      2003 Taiwan – 2 weeks

                                      2003 Vienna, Austria– 4 weeks

                                      2004 Heerleen, Netherlands – 4 weeks

                                      2004 Soul, South Korea – 3 weeks

                                      2004 Chicago, USA – 3 weeks

                                      2005 Amsterdam, Netherlands – 3 weeks

                                      2005 Tel Aviv, Israel – 2 weeks

                                      2007 Berlin – 1 week

2006 Director – National Theatre

2008 Comedy of Errors – Summer Shakespeare Celebration

Movement Coaching:

Oblomov – Činoherní Studio, Ústí nad Labem

Tim Tolar – Drak Theatre, Hradec Králové

Jakub Fatalista – Labyrint Theatre, Prague

Teta z Prahy – Labyrint Theatre, Prague

Sviť, sviť má hvězdo – Vinohrady Theatre, Prague

Cyrano z Bergeracu – Vinohrady Theatre, Prague

Kupec benátský – Vinohrady Theatre, Prague

Lásky hra osudná – National Theatre, Prague

Konec světa – National Theatre, Prague

Ten, který dostává políčky – Komedie Theatre, Prague

S Pidlou v zádech – Semafor Theatre

Bluff I - VI – Na Provázku Theatre

Merry Wives of Windsor – 2005, ABC Theatre, directed by Karel Kříž

Hamlet – 2006, Dejvice Theatre, directed by Miroslav Krobot

Collaboration on librettos:

Udělej mu to zprava – with Ctibor Turba

Clownerie – with Ctibor Turba

Arbort Vitae – with Ctibor Turba

Clownstory – with Rudolf Papežík

Grotesky na boso – with HAMU students

Anatomie gagu – with DAMU students

Sny noci svatební – with HAMU students

Taneční hodiny pro pokročilé – with HAMU students

Take five – with HAMU students

Faustroll – Circus Sacra (with Števo Capko)

Mechanica – Circus Sacra (with Števo Capko)

Still unfinished librettos:

Superpolda – (Super Cop) Part 4 at the end of a garden called Hollywood

Cellisti – humorous situation (ca. 70 minutes)

Dva muži dvou tváří – talking and mute bandit at crime scene (with Miloš Kopecký)

Jack Rozptylovač – (Jack the Ripper) confession, know how show

Večer tří hororů – pantomime with singing based on three famous horror stories

Žlutý smích – a slapstick pandemic of entertainment that destroys humanity

Creative work in television:

1972 Three Crows Pub – script, member of comedy trio, Irish TV, Dublin

1981 Am Ende des Gartens namens Hollywood – script, main role, Munich TV

1981 Baden Baden Lachen Lachen – script, main role, Baden Baden TV

1981 Gagman – broadcast of performance, Mexican TV, Guanajuato

1983 Concerto Grosso – broadcast of performance, Czechoslovak TV, Prague

1984 Solo fur ein Spassvogel – script, main role, Cologne TV

1986 Někdo to rád horror – broadcast of performance, Czechoslovak TV, Prague

1987 Gagman – 6-part series, script, main role, Slovak-German co-production, Bratislava, Munich

1992 Schlitzohr – 6-part series, script, member of comedy duo, Cologne TV

Screenwriter:

1999 Miss 10letí – TV Nova

1999 Zlatá hokejka – TV Nova

Cooperation on script writing:

Traja chrobáci – feature-length fairy tale with Ctibor Turba and Jan Kratochvíl

Bergman a Bergman detektivní kancelář – 6-part detective comedy series with Jaroslav Dietl

Still unfinished scripts:

Trablservis – 12-part series of 14-minute slapstick sketches

Velký malý Charlie – 1part series of half-hour slapstick sketches

Velký třesk – script for a reality show for finding new actors on the street (still unfinished project for Czech TV)

Otřesná dobrodružství tří clownů – 13-part series

Short films:

1970 Jak čistit lokomotivu – script, komik z dvojice

1980 Letadlem do lázní  – script, main role

1981 Grotesky pro Sazku – series of 12 slapstick ads – script, main role

1982 Do Re Mi Bum – script, main role

1986 Diskžokej – script

1987 Zaniklý svět rukavic – script

1994 Eleanor Rigby z Malé Strany – script

Feature films:

1992 Hloupá Augustina – script, OKO-Film, Munich

1999 Kanárek – script, Gagstones, Prague

1999 Pelíšky – actor

2002 Pupendo – actor

2002 Čert ví proč – actor

2005 Rafťáci – actor

2007 U mne dobrý – actor

2008 Peklo s princeznou – actor

2008 Freddy a Zlatovláska – actor and choreography

Published works:

Mime journal - 1980 - 1990, about five articles

Scéna – twenty articles since 1966

Lidová demokracie – ten articles since 1980

Mladý svět - 1966 - 1990, about ten articles

Divadelní noviny – full-page fragments from diaries “Ten prach, který se zvedal za mými sny.” (in three issues)

Clownovo pozdní blues (2001) (book) jumping life story, Australian diary, American slapstick

Activity as a dramaturge:

2006 dramaturge for the semi-annual festival MIMRAJ 2006 – half a century of Czech modern pantomime, clownery and slapstick