Milča Mayerová

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Milča Mayerová was a Czech dancer and choreographer, most well-known for her contributions to the book Abeceda ('Alphabet'), published by Otto and Company in 1926. The book is a compilation of poems written by Vítězslav Nezval and photomontage layouts by Karl Teige that feature choreographed stills of Mayerová. Nezval, Teige, and Mayerová were all members of the Czech avant-garde group Devětsil, and Abeceda is considered "a landmark achievement in European modernism".^[1] Mayerová performed the accompanying dance to the Abeceda poem several times at the Liberated Theater in Prague in 1926 and 1927.

Mayerová was a student of Rudolf von Laban, creator of Labanotation.

A recreation of Mayerová's choreographed piece was performed as part of the exhibit 'Dreams and Disillusion: Karel Teige and the Czech Avant-Garde' at the Wolfsonian at Florida International University. This exhibit ran from 2000 to 2001 and also traveled to the Grey Museum of Art at New York University and the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago.^[2] Paulina Olowska performed excerpts of the Abeceda in 2019.^[3] Abeceda also inspired a performance at UNC Chapel Hill called "Haunted" in collaboration with their Rare Books Collection.^[4]