On Monday 3 June 2019, the gallery of the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) will host a conference and debate named Dance in Czech Cultural Policy.
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A Bouquet by Prague Chamber Ballet came too late…
The Prague Chamber Ballet spent the last few years searching an identity, a route to be accepted as a full-bodied part of the Czech scene.
Jiri Bubenicek on the premiere of The Trial: “Kafka basically laughs at life.”
The Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm is preparing for the fifth and last premiere of this season, which will take place on the 17th of May 2019.
Prague Chamber Ballet announced its closure
Prague Chamber Ballet is closing on 1 June 2019, the reason being a chronic lack of public sources of funding, according to the company director Ladislava Jandová.
THALIA AWARDS OR LET’S NOT SPEAK ABOUT DANCE
The Thalia Awards are changing - they must react to what is going on in the theatre world; newly they will not be presented after a calendar year but after a season, the categories are transforming too…
Czech Dance Platform – Diversity, professionality and productivity
From the 1st to 4th of April 2019, the twenty-fifth edition of the Czech Dance Platform took place. The Programming Council selected eleven performances...
News from National Theatre Brno
“The ballet Petite Mort marked Jiří Kylián’s first choreography in the repertoire. In the revival of the work after the reconstruction of the Janáček Theatre...
Black Box in Pilsen turned into the cramped house of Bernarda Alba
If there is any piece of drama in the dance world that inspires creators by its emotional depth, captivating atmosphere, and tragic dénouement...
Czech Dance Platform knows its winners
The anniversary 25th Czech Dance Platform culminated traditionally in the final presentation of awards. Czech Dance Platform Awards were presented to...
MICHAL ŠTÍPA: “SITTING HELPLESSLY IN THE AUDITORIUM IS A BRAND NEW FEELING FOR ME.“
How is the Czech ballet star, long-time first soloist of the National Theatre in Prague, getting used to his new role?
Choreographer, teacher, and dancer Růžena Mazalová has passed away
On 13 March 2019, Růžena Mazalová, a prominent Czech choreographer, ballet master, pedagogue, and dancer, died at the respectable age of ninety-three.
Score #44 or Score #00??
In the past two weeks, the Ponec Theatre has hosted two premieres.
Dangerous liaisons – intrigues, wile, betrayal and envy in main roles…
The latest ballet premiere at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava is another well-thought-out move of the ballet company’s artistic director Lenka Dřímalová.
Czech artist honoured by the french Académie des Beaux-Arts
On 13 March 2019, Jiří Kylián, a world-renowned choreographer, was inaugurated in the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the Coupole of the Palais de l’Institut de France in Paris...
Swedish Ballet is Dancing Forward in the French Style
The director of the Royal Swedish Ballet Nicolas Le Riche (leading the company since 2017) certainly does not deny his origins.
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