Martin Talaga is a Prague-based artist, working as a dancer, choreographer and performance artist mainly in the field of physical theatre and contemporary dance. Besides contemporary dance he is also interested in experimental and visual work and traditional folklore dances. During his studies and professional career he has had a chance to cooperate with various choreographers, theatre directors and companies, such as LATERNA MAGIKA-National Theatre (CZ), VerTeDance (CZ), Spitfire Company (CZ), Radim Vizváry (CZ) , Csaba Molnár (HU) , Matthew Rogers (US), Alexandra Karabelas (GE), Stefan Drehrer (GE), Mia Lawrence (GE,BE), SAJU HARI (UK), Jaro Viňarský (SK), Peter Šavel (BE/SK), Věra Ondrašíková (CZ) among others.
As a choreographer, he has already produced several successful productions - Thirsts, SYNovial (collaboration with Marek Zelinka), BOI (collaboration with Matej Matejka), FAUNUS, SOMA – this choreography won the “Discovery in Dance” and the “Dance Piece of the Year” awards at Czech Dance Platform Festival 2017. Besides his own work he has also choreographed for another theatres and companies, from small performances to big shows and musicals (LOST WORLD, Revolving Theatre).