Sabina Bočková (*1995) is a choreographer and dancer based in Brno (Czech Republic). She studied classical and modern dance at Dance Center Prague and after dancing in ballet companies for three years (South Bohemian Ballet, Prague Chamber Ballet) she shifted her viewpoint on dance and decided to work as a freelance artist. Since 2019 she creates her own authorial works in POCKETART collective. In 2019, together with Johana Pocková she created a duet The Lion’s Den, which has been nominated at the 26th edition of the Czech Dance Platform and has been selected in the AerowavesTwenty21. This work was inspired by mass media and political populism. The same year she created another duet in collaboration with Slovak performer Tomáš Janypka songlines: expedition 97/18, a piece which delves into the loss of a close one. In 2020 together with Johana Pocková and Inga Zotova-Mikshina she created another full evening piece Treatment of Remembering, which tackles the topic of environmental pollution. Treatment of Remembering won the International Jury Award and the Audience Award at the 27th edition of the Czech Dance Platform and it was selected for the AerowavesTwenty22. With the duet The Lion’s Den she took part in the European project for young audience Shape It!. In 2022 together with Jazmína Piktorová, she created a duet Microworlds selected for AerowavesTwenty24. In 2024 together with Johana Pocková she premiered a piece for 8 female dancers and 2 musicians Fairy Tales, which is an Upscalling coproduction of Big Pulse Dance Alliance. Alongside her own work she has collaborated as a performer with the Tantehorse company, the company tYhle and choreographer Marie Gourdain and most recently with Cirk La Putyka. Fascinated by simple and obvious body language, she transforms movement through choreographic structures while at the same time addressing topics and themes that echo social and cultural issues.
