Reviews

Heroes. We all love them, need them, and worship them. In these difficult times even more than ever. They tend to reflect our desires, dreams, and wishes, they accompany us on our journey...

Shortly before the start of the new season, the National Ballet Brno premiered the ballet Radio and Juliet by the renowned Romanian choreographer Edward Clug.

In today’s society, death is a taboo. It is marginalized. We pretend death does not exist, we cannot talk about it, and we do not want to admit it is a natural part of life.

In the awkward post-lockdown situation, nobody would expect Tanec Praha to programme choreographies by Pina Bausch and Sasha Waltz. 

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...

This March saw the closure of all theatres because of the COVID-19 pandemic but muses do not remain silent – world-class ballet companies go virtual and for a limited period of time, they release live recordings of their productions.

Within the span of twenty years (that is one generation), the Prague’s National Theatre ballet-goers have had the unique opportunity to experience four stagings of a ballet based on Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin’s famous verse-novel Eugene Onegin. 

The latest première of the North Bohemian Theatre ballet company (Ústí nad Labem) is the original full-length ballet Frida, created by the experienced dance maker Marika Hanousková Mikanová. 

The first première of 2020 has been presented by the Pilsen ballet. The J K Tyl Theatre ballet company has recently received the Balet 2019 Main Award...

Panoptikum (Freak Shows), a new addition to Lenka Vagnerová & company repertoire, is a picturesque noir piece staged as a lavish cabaret fresco. 

The Ostrava ballet company’s dramaturgs are always seeking and inviting interesting foreign dancemakers. 

The French-born artist Cécile da Costa has presented her solo performance Roselyne in Prague’s Studio Alta. 

Resurrection. That is what we can call the current events around the Prague Chamber Ballet. The company, which was founded in the mid-1960’s, enjoys certain sentiment from Czech audiences who keep the company going.

Brno National Ballet opened the new season with a lavish production of La Bayadère, a ballet which has become part of the company’s repertoire for the third time in its history. 

Years ending in the number 9 have witnessed major and life-changing events in our country’s history.