V RYTMU TANCE: M. V. KOPECKÁ A Z. CZENDLIK

Talk show IN THE RHYTHM OF DANCE by Martina Viktoria Kopecká, parish priest of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, and Zbigniew Czendlik, a Roman Catholic priest.

She describes herself as more of an introvert, while he describes himself as a delightful rebel. He was raised in the faith, she found her way to it as an adult. They both followed their hearts and became clergy. She has already met the Pope twice in person, he still longs for it. She relaxes most in the gallery at the exhibition, while he watches sports broadcasts.

Even though she became a finalist on the show Stardance and he claims to have no talent for dancing, they are united by a common worldview: the belief that life should be a dance, that it takes place in different rhythms, and that dancing through life is better than just flying through it...

Wednesday 17. 12. ** UFFO ** 19:00 ** admission 390, 360, 330 CZK ** advance ticket sale from 16. 6.

The show is 90 minutes long.

Martina Viktorie Kopecká , parish priest of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, goodwill ambassador since 2021, psychotherapist and crisis interventionist. She studied theology at Charles University and then psychology and special pedagogy. It was only thanks to her job in a regular large company that she discovered what she did not want to do in life and began to search for her own path. Studying theology became her great love, so she decided to follow the voice of her heart and become a clergyman. It was not an easy path, but today she knows that it could not have been otherwise. As a parish priest, she serves God and people, baptizing, marrying, accompanying on the last journey and serving services. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Central Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. Pope Francis awarded her a medal for her ecumenical work and invited her to participate in the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican as the only ordained woman – a clergyman. She continues to educate herself, tries to broaden her horizons and learns to ride a bike. She is an avid reader of all genres, writes a blog about the life of a parish priest today, Deník farářky, which was published in book form. In the fall of 2023, another of her book titles, Zpověď farářky, was published. Another of her book titles is Píseň písní. She is also a co-author of the books Vánoční Tradinář and Jarní Tradinář. In 2021, she became a finalist of the ČT Stardance program, but as she herself says: “fortunately I didn’t win”. Since 2025, she has been hosting the Czech Radio program Dvojky Nedělní Jak to vidí. She spends most of her time relaxing in the gallery at the exhibition.

Zbigniew Jan Czendlik (1964), known as Zibi, is a Roman Catholic priest of Polish nationality working in the Czech Republic and the Dean of Lanškroun since 1992. He is known in the media mainly due to his friendly relations with a number of personalities from the fields of culture, show business and sports.
He also worked as a presenter, for example in the Czech Radio 2 program Jak to vidí (2015-2024) and also hosted the series Uchem jehly on Czech Television (2011-2022). In March 2025, he was elected to the Czech Radio Council.
He likes sports, used to play football and tennis, now he plays golf, in winter he likes to ski. He actively participates in various charity and social projects, in order to support seniors or children with disabilities. He is the patron of a dog shelter.
In October 2016, a book by Zbigniew Czendlik and Markéta Zahradníková entitled Postel hospoda kostel was published, for which they received the readers' prize in the Magnesia litera 2017 competition. In 2018, a Polish translation of this book, "Bóg nie jest automatem do kawy", was published. At the end of 2018, a book with transcripts of interviews with several Czech personalities from the Czech Television program Uchem jehly, which Zbigniew hosted, appeared on the market. It is called Uchem jehly: Zbigniew Czendlik and his guests. In 2020, its second part. And thirdly, in the fall of 2019, the book Parská kuchařka, which he co-authored, was published. In 2021, he played the role of a priest in the film Gump-pes alongside Bolek Polívka and subsequently in the next part Gump-Jsme Dvojka (2024). He filmed the documentary travel series In a Caravan Through Poland (2024) for Czech Television as a presenter.