Dance continues to perpetuate unrealistic and potentially harmful beauty standards, which can contribute to mental health challenges, including eating disorders, among dancers. This pressure can be amplified by social media’s pervasive influence.
Czech National Ballet has added another work by John Neumeier to its repertoire after A Streetcar Named Desire. This time it is the ballet Liliom, which had its world premiere in 2011 in a production by the Hamburg Ballett.
Biennale Danza 2025, Myth Makers, staged a landscape of tension and contradiction, where aesthetics collided with both implicit and overt politics.
The premiere of Your Ghosts, My Shadows took place at the Komedie Theater, home to the dance company of Czech choreographer, teacher, and director Lenka Vagnerová.
The Thalia Awards 2025, prestigious awards presented for the 32nd time by the Actors' Association to the most prominent figures in Czech theatre, were ceremoniously presented this evening in the historic building of the National Theatre in Prague.
In an evening highlighting the transmission of legacy within the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, this year’s Romaeuropa festival – Rome’s largest international performing arts festival – presented Undertainment by William Forsythe and Lisa by Ioannis Mandafounis.
On Sunday, September 21, MOVE Fest Ostrava 2025 kicked off at the cultural center Provoz in Ostrava with the Czech premiere of the dance film Zenit!
During the summer months, Vienna was brought to life by Impulstanz, one of the most important European festivals, offering an extensive, month-long programme. It featured a range of world-renowned names, among which Canadian choreographer, contemporary dance icon, and regular festival guest Marie Chouinard shone brightly.
As you might expect from one of the world’s busiest dance capitals, there is always lots to see in London. In this Letter from London, I bring you just a flavour of what has been happening here in the spring and early summer of 2025.
In their hometown of Estoril, Portuguese Companhia Paulo Ribeiro presented an adaptation of Maurice Accompagné—the first part of a period-inspired trilogy of contemporary dance designed to guide audiences through the early 20th century (with following parts focusing on the 1960s and the present day).
