News

The CDP Dramaturgical board has selected seven works which will be presented at the Czech Dance Platform from 24 to 27 November 2020.

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.

After thirty years, the Music and Dance Faculty reopens a distance learning programme  - a part-time BA degree in Dance pedagogy will be available starting in the 2020/2021 academic year.

The ninth edition of the contemporary choreography showcase BALET 2019 was dominated by Pilsen’ JK Tyl Theatre and its production of The Taming of the Shrew, choreographed by Alena Pešková.

On the occasion of the première of Don Quixote in the Slovak National Theatre on 22 November 2019, the dance theorist and critic Jana Hošková was presented with the Petipa Heritage Fund Award.

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. 

The Spitfire Company is preparing the première of the last instalment of the Constellations trilogy, subtitled My Son Looking to the Sun.

Martin Divíšek has been nominated in the photo contest Czech Press Photo (the category of Art and Culture) for his series of photos from rehearsals and performances of the Czech National Ballet’s Swan Lake.

On Friday 18 October, the Special Edition 2019 of Czech Dance News (Taneční aktuality) has been published. The book will be launched on 30 October at the Centre for contemporary art DOX in Prague...

This autumn, the Czech National Ballet will offer an exclusive series of dance events celebrating Jiří Kylián’s masterpieces, For the first time, the mixed bill entitled Kylián – Bridges of Time will include Kylián’s choreography...

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...

Jatka78 is entering this season in a festive manner. On 5 November 2019 it will be five years since the first Mše za duše (Mass for Souls) and the since the time the trial operation a new venue in Prague’s Market was launched. 

The book deals with the occurrence of choreographic mechanisms and actual dance in visual art over the past few decades.

On Wednesday, 18 September, PONEC – theatre for dance will be hosting local artists, partners and contemporary dance lovers in a rather unconventional fashion.