Dance adaptations of original plays are always a challenge for choreographers. Shakespeare's dramas and comedies have come to life on the stage, and they have been particularly successful in the world of ballet.
Lucie Dercsényi
Mgr. Lucie Dercsényi, Ph.D. is a choreologist, dance reviewer and dance therapist.
Following studies at the Dance Conservatory of Prague she completed master and doctoral studies at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU). She danced in the Czechoslovak Song and Dance Ensemble, headed the dance department at an elementary school of arts (ZUŠ), lectured the history of dance and arts at the Dance Conservatory of Prague and the I. V. Psoty Dance Conservatory. She was a director of the Dance Association at the Dance Conservatory of Prague (1998) and an editor and later editor-in-chief of the dance magazine Taneční listy. Since 2008 a part-time pedagogue at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts.
She took a training in Dance and Movement Therapy led by ADTA and TANTER (2005 – 2007), led self-development Dance and Movement Therapy seminars at the I. V. Psoty Dance Conservatory, and workshops at an international conference of expressive therapies Space for Art Therapies II and worked with groups of seniors in the civic association Život 90 (Life 90), groups of parents and children. Currently she also leads movement courses of pre-school children. She regularly publishes reviews and interviews in daily as well as specialist press (Lidové noviny, Taneční aktuality, Artzona) and has published the following studies: Resources for ballet The Strangler by Bohuslav Martinů (AMU 2007) and Dance in the music of Bohuslav Martinů – his ballet compositions (AMU, 2010), A new production of Who is the most powerfull in the world? (Martinů revue, May–August 2013), “Martinů/The Strangler/H317 – A ballet ahead of its time” (Martinů revue, January–April 2014).
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The un(conspicuous) glamour of Coco Chanel
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.
SYM-PHONIE MMXX - Unusual, unrelenting, unavoidable
Sasha Waltz's pieces are touring the world from Berlin, her current home base. The last visit to the Czech Republic by this petite lady, who recently celebrated a significant anniversary in her life, was in 2015 when her Impromptus opened Tanec Praha festival.
Human creativity under threat?
Only two years ago, there were quiet salon discussions about artificial intelligence, which seemed to be something mysterious and far from reality.
Ever – Traces Deeply Imprinted In Dancers’ Bodies Forever
The 420PEOPLE company has opened the 2022/2023 theatre season with the premiere of the dancer production Ever with the choreography by the artistic director Václav Kuneš.
Insectum in… Prague – Movement Goofing Around from an Insect Perspective
TANEC PRAHA 2022 festival is in full swing and this year's programme includes its co-production with OperaEstate Festival Veneto.
Poe – Fear, Madness and Nightmares
A new piece – Poe – has been added to the repertoire of Laterna magika. It raised expectations because of its author: Lenka Vagnerová...
The Sleeping Beauty Or How To (Not) Stage A Ballet
The ballet company in Ústí nad Labem has decided to take a risky step when it put The Sleeping Beauty in the repertoire.
Julie Petanová: „It helps me when I just dance for joy.“
Julie Petanová (born 2001) graduated from London‘s Royal Ballet School earlier this year. She has just joined the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo and so we both agreed on a virtual meeting.
Daria Klimentová: „I'm still tempted to lead a company in the Czech Republic“
It took a long time before we agreed on a date and time for our online meeting. We were both nervous about missing the meeting when we connected, as London, where Daria Klimentová was connecting from, was an hour less than the Czech Republic.
The Wild Dove, Musica Slovaca – Czech spirit captured in music and dance
Prague Chambre Ballet is keeping in touch with its audiences through online media. On Mall.tv, it presents brand-new productions alongside revived works by the company’s founder, Pavel Šmok (1927-2016).
Ballet Gala: live but safe in the time of Corona
This March saw the closure of all theatres because of the COVID-19 pandemic but muses do not remain silent – world-class ballet companies go virtual and for a limited period of time, they release live recordings of their productions.
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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