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Dear Timothée Chalamet, shut up!

For almost every negative action, there are more or less three basic reactions. Escape, i.e., hiding in a corner and quietly whining about your little wounds. Attack. Possibly with a hammer.

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Nina Hümpel

Awkward political idea: Let's save Tanzmesse!

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.

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Becka McFadden

Art Isn’t the Olympics

For years, I have made no secret of the fact that I dislike the identification of artists by nation of origin on posters and promotional materials. I get that certain funding applications demand international participation.

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Clara Zanga

A boycott like Fico's. Czech National Ballet doesn't understand how the media works

I have been preparing podcasts for Taneční aktuality for a couple of years now. I'm currently finishing up the Young Blood series, in which I try to show what problems dancers face at the beginning of their careers. For this discussion, I wanted to invite a National Theatre dancer.

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Regina Janzen

Artists & Critics aiming for the same North Star?

In October 2023, Taneční Aktuality / Czech Dance News, organized a gathering at which it invited dance writers to examine to what extent dance review can be sustained as a media practice in today’s information landscape.

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Josef Bartoš

A Fairytale About Power – What is happening in TANEC PRAHA?

There is an artistic anarchy in the PONEC Theatre. On the last day of November, the position of artistic director, which had been held for two years and three months by Markéta Perroud, was abolished.

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