What role does regeneration play in the lives of dancers, in artistic practice, and in the functioning of cultural institutions? Dance Context Journal explores regeneration in its various forms and invites authors to submit proposals for articles for its 2027 issue. Abstracts can be submitted until 20 November 2026.
Following the resignation in recent weeks of several members of the Ministry of Culture’s expert committee on professional dance, movement and non-verbal arts in response to planned changes to the grant system, the committee members have now published a joint statement addressed to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.
The third edition of Dance Context Journal is out now. This year’s issue explores the political dimension of dance, examining how politics shapes artistic creation, the functioning of cultural institutions, representation, and the conditions in which dance is created and developed.
On its website, the Czech Ministry of Culture promoted folklore and bread-baking, while over the summer it secretly baked up a new state cultural policy.
On Saturday, July 4, the world premiere of the production Perpetuum Havel took place as part of the Off program of the Avignon Theater Festival. The production marked the very first professional Czech adaptation of the only libretto for nonverbal theater written by Václav Havel.
Dance Context Journal is preparing its third issue. Following last year’s focus on identity in dance, this year’s edition explores the role of politics in the performing arts.
