Only two years ago, there were quiet salon discussions about artificial intelligence, which seemed to be something mysterious and far from reality.
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Filip Barankiewicz As Director Of The Year?
At the beginning of October, the National Theatre Ballet published the following on its Facebook profile: “Dance Europe magazine has announced the CRITICS' CHOICE poll.”
Turmoil at Czech Academies of Performing Arts
Students of two artistic schools, the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno (JAMU), have voiced their concerns about the current situation at their alma maters.
Let Us Make Greta Happy, Or It Is Time for Green Art
Last summer, following the then gradual loosening of many Covid-19 restrictions, when the turn came for culture, there was a production titled Greta featured on the summer scene of VILA Štvanice.
Cancel Culture: A Threat to Art?
Last week, the dance world was rocked by the sudden death of 35-year-old British choreographer Liam Scarlett. The cause of his untimely demise has not been specified yet...
Beautiful futility of dance
On the web, I come across articles which argue whether the essence of dance is really movement or something else, and I read through debates in which people question the necessity of dance in a dance performance.
Restart
In the past days, the news has been all but positive. However, apart from the downsides that media tend to discuss over and over again, on a daily basis, the current situation has a positive face, too.
Critics and Artists
As is seems, there’s been a growing discourse on the issue of dance criticism recently. What purpose does (or should) dance criticism serve?
THALIA AWARDS OR LET’S NOT SPEAK ABOUT DANCE
The Thalia Awards are changing - they must react to what is going on in the theatre world; newly they will not be presented after a calendar year but after a season, the categories are transforming too…
Vize tance in danger
Last Tuesday, a debate over the professional organisation Vize tance took place in Studio Alta. As it showed, the organisation had been lacking leadership for a couple of months and is now close to its end.
Grant applications deadline postponed? Suspicious gesture of the minister…
Out of the blue, the Ministry of Culture postponed the deadline for 2019 grant applications to 12 November 2018 earlier this month. Good news? Rather a bunch of question marks…
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Josef Bartos
Thank you for your thoughts. One got stuck in my mind – that passion makes us different from AI. Just yesterday I read…I am a dance critic. I am a member of an endangered species