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| Artistic Director/Choreographer |
| Dušan Týnek was born in Czechoslovakia. In 1992, he came to the United States to pursue an education and career in the natural sciences. Through the influence of his great mentor and friend, Aileen Passloff, he was lured into the world of dance at Bard College. While a student, he began to develop his own nonverbal, narrative, theatrical dance utilizing an original movement vocabulary which owes its heart to ballet, ballroom, folk and flamenco and its physical sensibility to Merce Cunningham and the Judson Church choreographers. In 1997, Týnek abandoned many, but not all, of his left-brained notions, accepted his B.A. in Dance with a concentration in Composition from Bard, and moved to New York City to pursue a career in dance.
Týnek began working and touring with a number of New York City-based modern dance companies and choreographers, including Douglas Dunn and Dancers, Ben Munisteri, Michael Mao Dance, Randy James Dance Works, Richard Daniels, Pat Catterson, Nai-Ni Chen, Jonathan Appels, Lise Brenner, Joel Sherry, Sari Nordman, and Catey Ott among others.
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Photo: Brian Ach
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Týnek spent several years on both a Merit Scholarship and the prestigious Chris Komar Scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and in 1999 was asked to become an understudy for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. As a member of the Merce Cunningham Repertory Group, he performed company repertory throughout the Northeastern U.S., including a performance at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.
In 2000, Týnek joined the Lucinda Childs Dance Company for its 25th Anniversary Season. Lucinda Childs Dance Company presented its work throughout Europe including performances in Lisbon, Palermo, the Montpellier Dance Festival, the Vienna Tanz Festival, and seasons at both the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Týnek moved to the Netherlands in 2001 to join Dance Works Rotterdam. The company toured extensively throughout the Netherlands and Switzerland and collaborated with the Leine en Roebana Company in Amsterdam.
As a choreographer, Týnek first presented his work in
New York City
in December 1999 at the Merce Cunningham Studio. While at Dance Works Rotterdam, Týnek choreographed “Wardrobe Spectre” for performance by the company in May 2002. This served as inspiration to focus more intensely on his own choreography and Týnek returned to
New York City
in 2002 to found Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre - (DT)2. In September 2003, (DT)2 made its first public appearance as part of the Dancenow/NYC Fall Festival at the Joyce SoHo. Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre made its world premiere with “Debut” at the Kitchen in December 2003 and followed up with “Camera Illuminata” at the Joyce SoHo in December 2004, both of which met with critical acclaim and sold-out performances. Týnek was also commissioned to create a work for Richard Daniels' "Telling Tales" in which he also performed at Danspace - St. Mark's Church in September 2005.
In addition to choreographing and dancing, Týnek has also taught dance in both New York and Prague, and is an avid painter and potter.
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