Reviews

The 420PEOPLE company has opened the 2022/2023 theatre season with the premiere of the dancer production Ever with the choreography by the artistic director Václav Kuneš. 

The Letní Letná festival has taken root on the plain in Prague for nineteen years of its existence. It is associated with a pleasant and action-like atmosphere that enriches the city while the holidays slowly disappear. 

Mid-June saw the premiere of the recent multi-genre project Commander performed by the Czech dance and theatre company Farm in the Cave.

Azyl78 hosted the premiere of the long-awaited multi-genre The Jungle Book project. It is Matěj Forman’s adaptation of the famous story. 

TANEC PRAHA 2022 festival is in full swing and this year's programme includes its co-production with OperaEstate Festival Veneto. 

The Löw-Beer Villa in Brno hosted the premiere of the “dance documentary” PSOTA – Master by ProART Company. The performance depicts the life of the important ballet figure Ivo Váňa Psota.

The Festival Theatre World in Brno has this year managed to put together a truly impressive introduction to the main programme. For two days in a row, Brno’s Mahen theatre hosted performances of Asylum by renowned Israeli choreographer Rami Be’er and the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company...

After two years of unfavourable conditions, Olomouc became a mecca for theatre artists, performers and dancers for a few days. The anticipated 25th edition of the Flora Theatre Festival took place here...

The second premiere of this season for the ballet company of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre was Carmen by Czech choreographer Jiří Pokorný.

A new piece – Poe – has been added to the repertoire of Laterna magika. It raised expectations because of its author: Lenka Vagnerová...

In early April, the Czech National Ballet presented this season’s last premiere bpm. The abbreviation should stand for beats per minute, which is a term referring to the heart rate or rhythm of a music piece. 

The experimental show Soft Spot by Slovak dancers Martina Hajdyla, Soňa Ferienčíková, and Hungarian choreographer Adrienn Hód is a highly abstract piece

Palác Akropolis has seen the third artistic reflection on Miřenka Čechová’s traumatic experiences while studying at the dance conservatory in Prague.

The ballet company in Ústí nad Labem has decided to take a risky step when it put The Sleeping Beauty in the repertoire.

The Cirkopolis Festival was held in Prague for the ninth time. This year's edition offered three domestic titles and five foreign ones, many of which touched very intimately on issues of the body and corporeality.