During the three-day “Reflections & Reflections – On the Future of Debate Culture” programme at the Berliner Festspiele, Emanuel Gat unveiled Freedom Sonata (2024), a work that navigates, both literally and conceptually, the fragile boundary between order and the pursuit of freedom.

We met with world-renowned choreographer and versatile artist Jiří Kylián, whom I know personally, to talk about the upcoming unique event Kylián Festival: Wings of Time, which is being prepared in Oslo, Norway (May 29–June 14). We also discussed the perception of the passage of time, life, and death. 

Dance Context Journal, a direct follow-up to the print publication the Special Issue of Taneční aktuality, is currently in the process of editing its second offering.

The rising talents of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) brought Falling into Shadow to the stage of Stadsschouwburg Utrecht—a compelling, genre-blending evening built around three distinctive choreographies. 

Loneliness, fear and moon dust. Prague's Švandovo Theatre hosted the internationally acclaimed mime and choreographer Radim Vizváry for the umpteenth time. 

A guest of the Berliner Festspiele Performing Arts Season, the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company presented Ohad Naharin’s MOMO (2022), a non-narrative, mesmerising piece, strongly characterised by duality.

The National Ballet of Canada has a new resident choreographer, David Dawson, who has served in a similar role with HET Nationale Ballet in the Netherlands.

I have been attending internationale tanzmesse nrw in Düsseldorf for over twenty years. As an exhibitor with a stand at the fair, I have been able to attract international attention and numerous readers and customers for my dance magazine tanznetz.