Reviews

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. 

After a relatively long hiatus, one of the most popular titles, Romeo and Juliet, returns to the repertoire of our leading ballet company this year. 

Over the past quarter century, Don Quixote has become a regular addition to the repertoires of Czech ballet companies. The ballet is cherished for its uncomplicated music, Spanish flavour and a variety of attractive dance roles that shine the limelight on the soloists. 

Ostrov! (Island!), the new creation by Jana Burkiewiczová, provoked an unexpected reaction in me: I had to return to La Fabrika the very next day since I felt like having missed something very important.