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About Vojta

Vojta is a Czech circus & flow arts pioneer who is recognized mainly for his innovative ideas in the field of poi dancing, but broadly explores other domains of fire dancing & object manipulation, and juggling. In his style, he combines his knowledge of body movement, acrobatics, object manipulation, juggling, and music. He’s based between the Czech Republic and France, but often travels far for shows, workshops
and retreats.
Most recently he’s been exploring unknown areas of advanced LED programming combined with illusionism and elements of new magic, which led him to designing some completely new props, as well as finding new ways of using existing ones. In combination with his movement, juggling and spinning skills and artistic & scenographic ideas, he embarks on the journey of creating brand-new forms of new circus and performance art.

Countries of Vojta's past shows, retreats, or events

Projects and work

In world’s flow arts & juggling community, Vojta’s mainly known for his contribution to the world of poi dancing. His ten years old poi video „The Future Is Now” is still today the most viewed poi video on the internet. Many poi enthusiasts have learned from his poi tutorials that are featured on Vojta’s own learning platform, poitutorials.com. His YouTube channel with inspirational and performance videos is the world’s third most subscribed flow arts & poi channel.

Roztoč Fest & Retreats

Other reasons why you might have heard about Vojta are the events he organizes. The most significant is the festival Roztoč fest, annually held in the Czech Republic, which is one of the biggest fire dancing & flow  arts festivals in the world.

Then there are numerous flow arts & poi retreats around the world, at places like Stromboli in Italy, Bali, Guatemala, France or Poland. Hundreds of aspiring artists and enthusiasts have joined these events in the past, that are part of the project flowartsretreats.com (formally poiretreat.com), together with his partners.

Performance carreer

Vojta’s performance career has started in early 2010 and since then he performed more than a thousand of shows with many world-renown performance productions. Thanks to his wide range of performance-related skills, such as the knowledge of music production, LED programming, using fire effects, and choreographing experience, Vojta has often been invited as a choreographer & coach to various projects.

Being only 30 years old, Vojta’s ambitions are set high, and his artistic journey is under constant evolution. He’s usually travelling from a country to country, jumps from performing to teaching, playing drums with his band Tygroo, or organising something somewhere. As opportunities open at every corner, the story is likely to continue.

References

Srikanta Barefoot, ex-Cirque du soleil artist and director

"Vojta is a versatile and multi-talented artist. Over 10 years, I’ve  had the privilege of watching him hone his innate talent and improve his technique. He continues to be an innovative force within the world of object manipulation. "

Kevin Arleri, leader of Supercho

"I've been working with Vojta for a long time, on numerous projects. I run the biggest fire show company in France (SuperCho), and it's very comfortable for me to able to rely on a professional of this level for a lot of things.
As an artist, he's in a position to replace any of my performers if need be, or to create a bespoke show on his own, with just a few simple instructions. He has a perfect grasp of all the aspects necessary for a show to run smoothly, both artistically
and technically.
More recently I've even called on him a lot as a choreographer specialising in fire and LED show. He has an extremely precise and enlightened understanding of the issues and possibilities involved in a fire or LED show, which means that he can easily find the best rendition for the level of art at his disposal.
In short, and without exaggerating, I think he is the best fire and LED artist, and the best speciali choreographer in the world today. "

Ivan Tsenkov, leader of Palyachi, Bulgaria

"In 2021, we hired Vojta to visit us and do a few workshops with our crew. Soon after he arrived we came to a conclusion that he can do much better work at creating new choreographies and help make better the existing ones. Few years in, and we are still using those choreos on every show. We teach them to the newcomers and they brought so much value to our shows. We are looking forward to his next visit! 100+ times recommended! "