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Last year WArd/waRD invited Sanjoy Roy, dance writer for The Guardian, to freely write about the works Joy Enjoy Joy and its research performance Creating Joy by renowned Flemish choreographer Ann Van den Broek. 

We are looking for authors and draft articles addressing current issues and exploring the subject of the mutual impact of Dance and Words.

The current digital era has brought with it a new conception of art, and thus requires novel approaches to its presentation. While honouring the national heritage, the National Theatre, a true gem of the Czech arts scene, has often also been a trailblazer of new trends.

Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe, an international project strengthening dance criticism, will culminate in a playful critical writing seminar and panel discussion on slow work in art criticism at the Norwegian dance festival Oktoberdans. 

Films premiered during the 59th edition of the Golden Prague International Television Festival, organized by the Czech Television, will raise the curtain on the lives of prominent Czech artists...

The Duncan Centre Conservatory is entering its fourth decade of existence. The 30th anniversary celebrations will begin with a three-day programme from 20 to 22 September 2022 at the conservatory’s building in Braník. 

Apply to be one of the four writers who will participate in the seminar Playing Dance Writing happening in Bergen, Norway during Oktoberdans festival 20–24 October 2022.

Taneční aktuality is preparing a new, fifth Special edition, a printed publication focusing on one particular topic each year. In previous years, these have included Dance and the Audience or Dance and Education.

The Institute for Choreology of the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague announces a call for papers for an international conference Dance Research and its Institutional Background in the Contemporary Cultural and Social Context.

The project Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe, a collaboration of Czech Dance News and Performing Arts Hub Norway, organizes a three-day seminar for emerging European dance critics and writers during KoresponDance Festival in the Czech Republic.

Open panel discussion will take place 24th April in Prague and online. What is the status of a dance critic in Europe, what are the conditions, obstacles and pleasures of dance writing? What does dance writing mean to the development of dance?

Having received funding from the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021 in 2020, Dance News was able to launch its first international project called Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe...

The POCKETART company in co-operation with Jaro Viňarský and Lucia Kašiarová with the support of Tanec Praha z.u. / PONEC – the dance venue are calling for professional artists for their new project with working title CORPORATE.

We are looking for authors and draft articles addressing current issues and exploring the subject of the human body and its reflection in the field of dance and movement. 

Michal Štípa is going to quit his job as a ballet artistic director after three years. He announced his decision at the beginning of the current season...