- News: Talking to... Petr Zuska -29.04.2012

This time Petr Zuska, a choreographer, dancer and the artistic director of the National Theatre Ballet has been invited to take part in a live interview on his life and work. The show is hosted by Marek Eben and takes place at the New Stage of the National Theatre on May 3, 2012. The beginning is at 4 p.m., admission is free.

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- News: Petr Zuska Gala X - A Large Retrospective of The Artistic Director of The National Theatre Ballet -29.04.2012

Petr Zuska has been the artistic director of the National Theatre Ballet for ten seasons already. This decade in the life of the whole ensemble is going to be celebrated accordingly by a festival retrospective of his choreographies. Under the title "Petr Zuska Gala X" six different evening programmes will be featured (all but one are mixed bills), showing a total of 18 choreographies by Petr Zuska. Audiences will get to see both recent and older opuses, some of which are no longer in...

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- News: International Dance Day To Be Celebrated For the Third Time in the Czech Republic, For the 30th Time All Over the World -25.04.2012

From the early morning hours on April 29, dancing at venues all over the Czech Republic starts. The last Sunday of April, dance will be celebrated all over the world for the thirtieth time, in our country the tradition was established by the initiative Vision of Dance in 2010 and last year Czech dance celebrations were one of the most busy ones. This year about 50 dance schools, studios, theatres and companies in 28 Czech and Moravian towns are involved. The programme is very diverse, for...

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- Abroad: Finnish National Ballet’s 90th Anniversary Culminates in Kenneth Greve's Snow Queen -24.04.2012

The Finnish National Ballet continues the celebration of its 90th anniversary in the year 2012. The autumn season’s first premiere takes place on 21 September 2012 with Ivan Liška’s Le Corsaire. This is the first time the Finnish National Ballet will ever perform this Marius Petipa ballet revival classic from the late 19th century. Ivan Liška based his version on Petipa’s earlier choreography, for the Bavarian State Ballet in 2006. Set and costume design is the work of Roger Kirk and lighting...

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- News: ProART Festival 2012 -23.04.2012

ProART presents in cooperation with the National Theatre Brno, Brno Municipal Theatre, National Theatre Prague, Bolek Polivka Theatre, Stadion, Experimental space NoD the 9th International multi-genre workshop Festival ProART. The festival, based mostly on various workshops takes place in Brno from July 20 to 29, 2012 and in Prague between July 29 and August 5, 2012.The festival consists of two parts - daily artistic workshops where all participants with different professional levels choose...

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- Abroad: Winners of The Dance Open Award Announced -18.04.2012

As the Dance Open festival, held annually in Saint Petersburgh concluded on April 16 with the final Dance Open Gala of ballet stars, winners of The Dance Open Award have been revealed too. The Award is intended to celebrate the highest personal achievements of ballet soloists each year – the connection of virtuoso technique and artistry, regardless of styles, genres and trends of performances. Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg International Ballet Award DANCE OPEN annually suggests...

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- News: The 16th International Flora Theatre Festival Will Take Place in Olomouc -17.04.2012

The 16th international Flora Theatre Festival will take place in Olomouc from 10 to 20 May, 2012. The traditional non-competitive festival of theatre production of Czech and foreign theatres, organized by Divadlo Konvikt association and Moravian Theatre Olomouc, will present almost 50 productions on its eight festival stages. The framework of the festival is formed by three lines of dramaturgy: This year, the festival will host the zeroth edition of a project “Power of the Visegrad Dance”...

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- Abroad: Tamara Rojo Appointed the New Artistic Director of English National Ballet -14.04.2012

Tamara Rojo, currently a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet is to leave the company to take up the role of artistic director at English National Ballet. Following Wayne Eagling’s stepping down as the artistic director of ENB at the end of the current season, she will take over in September 2012 for the start of English National Ballet’s new season. Welcoming Rojo, ENB chairman John Talbot said: “We look forward to the continuing success of the company which has thrived under Wayne...

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- News: TANEC PRAHA 2012 Foresale Starts Today -13.04.2012

The programme of the 24th Festival of Contemporary Dance and Movement Theatre TANEC PRAHA 2012 is settled. The main programme will be held from June 4–29 at Ponec Theatre, Archa Theatre, Karlin Musical Theatre and New Stage of the National Theatre. International companies from the USA, Netherlands, Dennmark, Switzerland, Japan, Belgium and other countries will come to Prague. The events of the year come from the Switzerland and Belgium – the company Alias with the piece Sideways Rain and the...

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- News: Laterna Magika´s Wonderful Circus: 35 Years on Stage -13.04.2012

An important anniversary is coming up for Laterna Magika after Easter. On April 14th one of its shows, The Wonderful Circus will be performed for the 6,167th time and will celebrate exactly 35 years since its premiere in 1977. Telling a story of the pilgrimage of two clowns, The Wonderful Circus is a legendary show created by such big names as Evald Schorm, Jiří Srnec and Jan Švankmajer. It has toured and gained critical acclaim around the world: today it is still on at the New Stage of the...

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