Reviews

The Czech National Ballet has presented a triptych of works by world renowned contemporary choreographers William Forsythe, Edward Clug and Wayne McGregor. 

The Czech audience knew the Korzár (Le Corsaire) ballet only as a duet (or trio) staged at ballet gala concerts or dance competitions. 

For the second time now, the traditional student choreography of 3 year students at the Konzervatoř Duncan centre was entrusted to one of their alumni, Jiří Bartovanec. 

“Mummy, write that it was amazing!” urge both my children (4 and 6 years old), who I took with me as a litmus test for Paper Story – the first production by Laterna magika under new creative direction.

Those who keep a diary will have most certainly made an entry upon their first post-pandemic visit to a theatre. What an event! The creatively minded of you may well have stuck in their ticket as a souvenir...

You may have felt like having had enough of Baletky (Ballerinas). The book of choreographer and performer Miřenka Čechová had provoked heated debate even prior to its publication, following the mere release of its annotation and a few interviews.

Prague Chambre Ballet is keeping in touch with its audiences through online media. On Mall.tv, it presents brand-new productions alongside revived works by the company’s founder, Pavel Šmok (1927-2016). 

When the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe in March 2020, the South Bohemian Theatre ballet company was busy rehearsing Petr Zuska and Štěpán Benyovsky’s new ballet Radio Free Cunning Little Vixen. 

The human world and the world of birds are closely linked. Though we are politically free, looking at birds makes us hungry for freedom.

The Farm in the Cave collective has premiered a short dance film entitled Efeméry (Ephemeras). Originally, it was meant as a live performance respecting the strictest sanitary measures.

Cancer is currently one of the most frequent lifestyle diseases, each of us knows someone who is battling it. So when you go to see a performance whose title includes the word ‘tumor’, you expect a serious, depressive content.

Only a week before the Czech culture sector was forced to close under the country’s second lockdown, Johana Pocková and Sabina Bočková (aka PocketArt) premiered their long-awaited new creation

When the promising company announced its closure early this year (probably due to a near-burnout experience), many fans shed a tear.

May 2020 marked 150 years since the world première of the ballet Coppélia. Over the one and a half centuries, the piece has become a staple in the repertoires of almost all world ballet companies, including Czech ones.

The collaboration between Laterna magika and the Czech National Ballet can be regarded as a special event in the history of both ensembles.