NEW CIRCUS

Due to coronavirus restrictions, some parts of the Letní Letná festival had to be postponed to next year. However, in reaction to the easing of lockdown measures, the organisers have decided to provide audiences with a lighter version of the festival this year.  

Shortly before the near end of the emergency state, but still in a time highly affected by the global pandemic, the empty Lucerna cinema (and the virtual world) hosted, I dare say, a unique event – the premiere of Erik Knopp’s documentary Na krev...

Dancers and dance artists are not used to publicly voicing their complaints. Maybe that is why they are not heard so often and are among the few who do not lament over the present crisis.

On 9 April 2020, the Czech government approved the first 1.07 billion rescue package in support of the arts and culture. It was presented by the Minister of Culture Lubomír Zaorálek...

Hana Třeštíková, the Prague City Councillor for culture, and the online cultural overview GoOut has launched a nation-wide project to support theatres, concert halls, clubs and artists

The international project Roundabout Europe, which aims at supporting outdoor art, has selected five projects to become part of the initiative this year.

Filip Zahradnický received two awards at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris on 2 February 2020. He was presented with the Special Price of the Académie Fratellini and the Special Price of the Jury.

I will never forget meeting Šárka Maršíková for the very first time. It was in Paris, 2008, where I had settled to write my diploma thesis on new circus.

As is seems, there’s been a growing discourse on the issue of dance criticism recently. What purpose does (or should) dance criticism serve?

Cirk La Putyka is preparing the biggest production in its history which is scheduled to take place in O2 universum on 25 and 27 April 2020. 

Tonight, the National Theatre hosted the 26th Thalia Awards, presented by the Actors’ Association. In the category of Dance and Physical Theatre, the awards went to...

An excellent concept, top-class acrobatics, masterful mime art, attractive ideas. These superlatives concerning the latest project of the leading circus group Losers Cirque Company were unfortunately not matched by its dramaturgy...