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Zoja Mikotová

Prof. Zoja Mikotová is an artist, director, choreographer and educator. She has been engaged in directing, choreographing and mime in a number of Czech theatres and in Hungary, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and USA. She has become famous for the success of her Theatre of the Deaf and of her students and graduates at national as well as international festivals.

Prof. Zoja Mikotová is an artist, director, choreographer and educator. She has been engaged in directing, choreographing and mime in a number of Czech theatres (including The Puppet Theatre Radost, The National Theatre in Brno, The Archa Theatre and The V Dlouhé Theatre in Prague), as well as in Hungary, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and USA. She is the founder of the Department of the Educational Drama for the Deaf at Theatre Faculty, JAMU, where she has been the head of the Educational Drama for the Deaf Studio since 1992. She has become famous for the success of her Theatre of the Deaf (Caprichos, Genesis, Odysseia, Coming and Going, Fables and Dreams) and of her students and graduates at national as well as international festivals. She received the Czech Annual Award of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People ASSITEJ. She was also awarded with the Medal for Art and Pedagogy by the Czech Ministry of Education, and with the Gold Medal of JAMU.