Television viewers saw Jana Burkiewiczová step onto the judging panel of StarDance, bringing an unexpected background in contemporary physical theater to the prime-time dance competition.
Česká televize added the choreographer to the four-person panel for the show’s return, placing her alongside Tatiana Drexler, Richard Genzer, and Zdeněk Chlopčík, as Vlasta.cz reported. The dancer admitted that scoring performances brings a difficult mathematical weight to her work.
“Scoring is getting harder and harder and in the last episode I realized that it was only now that it was going to be difficult,” she told Czech Radio Two, adding that she feels a strong need to keep her scoring fair while knowing she might influence viewers.
Burkiewiczová reached her profession entirely by chance at the age of twelve when a stranger stopped her and her mother on an Opava street crossing.
Each Saturday broadcast featured distinct evening wear supplied exclusively by local creators, establishing the judge as a notable style presence, according to iGlanc. For the opening broadcast, she wore lace maxi gown designs from Martin Kohout before moving to a shimmering silver lamé dress with a train created by Leeda brand designer Lucie Kutálková.
During the fourth competitive evening, she selected a red-and-black trouser set designed by Klára Nademlýnská, echoing the aesthetic of the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. Kutálková praised the visual execution of the garments, telling iGlanc that the overall look maintained clean lines and careful attention to hair and makeup details.
A stranger stopped her and her mother at a pedestrian crossing in Opava when she was twelve years old, praising her posture and inviting her to a ballet class, as Vlasta.cz reported.
“Říkala, že mám hezkou chůzi, hezké nohy a měla bych být tanečnice,” Jana Burkiewiczová recalled in the Show Jana Krause program.
She wears evening garments created by domestic fashion houses, including lace pieces by Martin Kohout, silver lamé creations by Lucie Kutálková’s Leeda brand, and trouser sets by Klára Nademlýnská.