A select group of choreographers currently stands out in the global creative dance scene. In contemporary dance, the gender ratio of female and male choreographers is relatively balanced (thanks in part to the wave of modernist women in the first half of the 20th century). In the domestic environment, I would even dare to say that women predominate.
He has been described as a dancer with the body of a Greek god and the aura of a movie star. He has reached the highest of the highest in the ballet world, and he has done it all, as it were, with grace, a disarming smile and without breaking a drop of sweat.
Today, at 50, Akram Khan is an internationally known figure in the world of dance – but where did he come from?
Renowned as a choreographer, director, performer and visual artist, Dimitris Papaioannou wears many hats but is hesitant to label himself.
April 10 this year marks the 120th birthday of one of the major figures of Czech avant-garde dance and theatre - the left-oriented dancer, actor, choreographer, teacher, journalist and writer Míra Holzbachová...
Thirty years ago, on 22 February, we said goodbye to Ladislav Fialka and shortly after, to his mime group at Divadlo Na Zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade).
