Political and musical timings: Montpellier Danse 2024
The 44th edition of Montpellier Danse (22 June – 6 July 2024) took place as the Euro 24 football championships were getting under way, and a few weeks before the Paris Olympics started.
The 44th edition of Montpellier Danse (22 June – 6 July 2024) took place as the Euro 24 football championships were getting under way, and a few weeks before the Paris Olympics started.
During my residency visit in Munich I had the opportunity to see several performances of the international festival of dance production for children and youth called THINK BIG!.
Ten dancers, moving separately and together, perform a 90-minute piece of street dance, club, pagan and contemporary, in Carcass that was featured at the International Dance Festival Tanec Praha 2024.
While Italy's football team lost resoundingly, but not unexpectedly, against Switzerland, renowned Berlin-based choreographer Constanza Macras brought an engaging and emotional show back to the stage of the Volksbühne.
Choreographer May Zarhy’s double bill directly tackles the theme of the 36th edition of Festival Danza Estate in Bergamo, Italy, which interrogates the roles presence and absence play in building spaces and relations in our time.
On 22 June 2024, the Belgian newspaper De Standaard published an extensive article on its website charting the events of the Rosas company of choreographic star Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.
Renowned as a choreographer, director, performer and visual artist, Dimitris Papaioannou wears many hats but is hesitant to label himself.
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.
The National Theatre Ballet Brno is one of those daredevils who are not afraid to take risks and regularly includes original projects in its repertoire.
The Institute for Choreology of the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague announces a call for papers for an international conference Choreology – Past and Present.
Every year, the month of May in Madrid is marked by the city’s largest festival, Madrid en Danza. Under the direction of Blanca Li, this year saw the 39th edition, featuring over twenty productions across various locations in the Madrid region.
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.
Josef Bartos
Thank you for your thoughts. One got stuck in my mind – that passion makes us different from AI. Just yesterday I read…I am a dance critic. I am a member of an endangered species