Hana Strejčková

Cirque du Soleil, Canada's world-famous, most commercially successful circus, has returned to its original work after a long pandemic hiatus. In Montreal, they are currently presenting their newest show called Echo.

It has become almost a tradition that the Losers Cirque Company, in the late spring days, with a bridge to the holidays, settled next to the BRAVO! Theatre in the area of the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia in Prague's František district.

The Letní Letná festival has taken root on the plain in Prague for nineteen years of its existence. It is associated with a pleasant and action-like atmosphere that enriches the city while the holidays slowly disappear. 

The Cirkopolis Festival was held in Prague for the ninth time. This year's edition offered three domestic titles and five foreign ones, many of which touched very intimately on issues of the body and corporeality. 

In the edition celebrating its maturity, the Letní Letná festival was generously dedicated to Czech contemporary circus productions. 

The second week of February saw the 8th edition of Prague’s Cirkopolis festival, an international showcase of circus art organised by Cirqueon - centre for contemporary circus and Akropolis Palace.

Shortly before the near end of the emergency state, but still in a time highly affected by the global pandemic, the empty Lucerna cinema (and the virtual world) hosted, I dare say, a unique event – the premiere of Erik Knopp’s documentary Na krev...

The French-born artist Cécile da Costa has presented her solo performance Roselyne in Prague’s Studio Alta. 

An excellent concept, top-class acrobatics, masterful mime art, attractive ideas. These superlatives concerning the latest project of the leading circus group Losers Cirque Company were unfortunately not matched by its dramaturgy...

In late May, early June, Trutnov hosted the 9th international festival of new circus Cirk-UFF, subtitled Australian Edition this year