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When the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe in March 2020, the South Bohemian Theatre ballet company was busy rehearsing Petr Zuska and Štěpán Benyovsky’s new ballet Radio Free Cunning Little Vixen. 

Dance Film Festival Prague is going to happen in May, but organisers of this event already have now prepared a little teaser for its audience. 

Lenka Vagnerová & Company are starting a new dance studio at Na Košince 8 Praha 8.

A half a year ago, Radim Vizváry was invited for collaboration by Laterna Magika, initially to represent the Czech Republic at Expo and create a brand-new piece, and eventually to become Laterna’s artistic director.

“Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe” is a new international project that aims to network, and to strengthen the status and expertise of European dance critics.

Radim Vizváry, the Thalia Award winning and internationally acclaimed mime artist, director, and teacher, became the Artistic Director of the National Theatre’s fourth stage, Laterna magika, earlier this year.

The Farm in the Cave collective has premiered a short dance film entitled Efeméry (Ephemeras). Originally, it was meant as a live performance respecting the strictest sanitary measures.

The Focus Agency, specializing in marketing and PR, ranked the Brno National Theatre Ballet’s Baletiště among 2020 top ten ads. 

In response to the government measures implemented this spring and largely restricting the existence of live culture, the companies Cirk La Putyka and HEAVEN’S GATE decided to remain active. 

Today, on November 8, the Prague native, Czech-German dancer, choreographer, teacher and  ballet company director Ivan Liška is celebrating his 70th birthday.

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.

On September 24, 2020, the Ponec Theater hosted a debate between artists and representatives of the Tanec Praha organization, which has long influenced the dance scene in the Czech Republic.