The multimedia show iMucha brings to life the ingenious work of painter Alphonse Mucha and places you in the middle of his mysterious world.
iMucha is a unique international multimedia show about the battle between creativity and destruction, which takes place against the background of the life and work of the world-famous painter, graphic artist, designer and visionary of the Art Nouveau style Alphonse Mucha.
A young comic book artist from New York is experiencing an extraordinary story. He falls in love with a French girl who looks just like a girl from one of Mucha's posters. At the same time, he gains the superpower to enter paintings and move in their world. Here begins his mysterious and somewhat frightening journey to the beautiful girl and a man from the past who is looking for help in the fight against a black cloud of vanity. The man is Alphonse Mucha.
The beauties from his posters, jewels and the imposing giant canvases of the Slav Epic are presented to the world for the first time in sophisticated animations. Comics, the technologically most advanced projections, original music, dance, acrobatics and breathtaking stage design will all tell the story of an ancient battle of forces of creation and destruction.
The iMucha project comprises the largest collection of Mucha's posters in the world, a digitized form of a large part of his work, including paintings, books, large canvases, jewellery and utility objects. It breathes life into these Art Nouveau works with the help of the revolutionary EbSynth program by Secret Weapons and FaceStyle by Adobe.
You will be guided through the story by the captivating voice of the narrator, Pierce Brosnan, and musical accompaniment will be provided by the concert master of the Czech Philharmonic, Jiri Vodicka and other top musicians. Fascinating dance and acrobatic numbers will be performed by renowned artists who have performed all around the world, such as the ballet soloists of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, at the MTV Awards in Los Angeles, with La Putyka Circus or the Losers Cirque Company and Cirkus Cirkor, who can boast of awards such as World Champion in Hip Hop, European Champion in Capoeira, Thalia Awards, Grand Prix from the international choreographic competition in Bytom, Poland, and who have collaborated with worldwide stars, such as Kanye West, Joe Alegado, Justin Jesso, Nico Santos or Bobby McFerin.
Alphonse Mucha was the most important personality of Art Nouveau.
People around the world loved his distinctive style. His ornaments decorate not only his paintings, but also furniture, posters, jewellery, post stamps, bank-notes, cigarette packages, calendars and menus. His most famous work, The Slav Epic, is made up of 20 giant canvases depicting the most important milestones in the history of the Slavic nations. But not many people know that he was also very influential in other areas of life at the turn of the 19th and 20th century and that his life does not lack elements of mystery.