Its artistic director framed this year’s Tanz im August as a weather map of turbulence. Across the thirteen shows spanning three weeks – from Gaza and Belarus to a swimming pool in Prenzlauer Berg – the metaphor held.
Following a period of cultural drought, at least for dance, when July arrived in Rome, it felt like two months squeezed into one: a lot of performances in a short time.
During the last hot week of June, Prague hosted a major dance event. A five-day symposium on improvisation entitled Inner Speech as a Stage Gesture in Instant Composition took place from 22 to 26 June 2026 at HAMU and at the Žižkostel Community Centre.
As surely as spring turns into summer, the dance season in London continued its course from late April right through to July.
On 13 September 1777, the world premiere of Maximilien Gardel’s pantomime ballet La Chercheuse d’Esprit took place before the French court at Choisy.
The performance Mountain took place at Jatka78 as part of TANEC PRAHA festival. In it, Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea explore the themes of death and the loss of a loved one.
Adriana Štefaňáková made a notable debut to dance audiences last fall as a performer in Miřenka Čechová’s Hostage. Now she has presented her own full-length work Triptych: Genesis/Metamorphosis/6’7...
The 32nd edition of the Czech Dance Platform went ahead despite cuts in state subsidies. A revamped marketing identity, a more interesting selection of submitted works, and perhaps even the selection criteria themselves have benefited the platform compared to last year.
After a seasonal glut of Nutcrackers, dance companies in London settled into more diverse repertoire from the beginning of 2026. This latest Letter from London takes us from late January until early April.
The ballet company of the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre in Ostrava premiered a programmed evening titled More Than Mozart!, subtitled The spell of music – the grace of dance – the joy of laughter.
