Pavel Kotlík

Pavel Kotlik (* 1973), lighting technician, lighting designer and technical director of the PONEC theater. He was dedicated to lighting from his youth, he passed smoothly from school to the theater, first as a theater technician: therefore he also refers of himself as a theatre maker rather than a lighting designer. As many others like him, he is an autodidact in his respective field, although he was influenced by many persons. In the professional community, he is known as a tireless creator of visual compositions on the stage – only few can paint surfaces and accentuate details as he does. He is a permanent designer of the VerTe dance company and basically the Ponec Theater as well. In 2012, he won the award for lighting design for performance “Lost and Found” (VerTe dance and choreographer Charlotte Öfverholm).