Time is a scarce commodity, a rarity, a luxury... Tragic as the advent of covid undoubtedly was, it cannot be denied that it allowed us, albeit involuntarily for many, to stop and slow down.
Daniela Machová

Daniela Machová is a director of Taneční aktuality. She has an MA (2012) and a PhD (2019) in Dance Studies from Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and a MA in Sociology from the Charles University, Prague (2008). She is currently working as a project manager at the Academy of Performing Arts.
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Reflection on Dance Writing gave an insight into the profession of dance critics
Why and for whom do we write? What does theoretical reflection bring to the development of the art of dance? What are the conditions, obstacles and joys of writing about dance?
Tumor: Carcinogenic romance – Surprising take on a serious issue
Cancer is currently one of the most frequent lifestyle diseases, each of us knows someone who is battling it. So when you go to see a performance whose title includes the word ‘tumor’, you expect a serious, depressive content.
Odloučení: Accepting death on stage
In today’s society, death is a taboo. It is marginalized. We pretend death does not exist, we cannot talk about it, and we do not want to admit it is a natural part of life.
Emergency dances I. – Controlled by media, power and helplessness
Art mirrors its time. Artists reflect - be it consciously or not - what surrounds them, concerns them and disturbs their sleep.
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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Call for papers for the new Dance Context Journal 2024: Dance in Public Space
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Cold Hawaii and DEMONstratio at STUK – The Politics of Abstract Spaces
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Sustainability of dance media - Inspirational meeting with foreign editors
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“I would hate to be a young writer now,” says former editor of Dancing Times Jonathan Gray
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New Ballet mécanique/ Half Life: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen between intellectualism and showmanship
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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