Czech Theatre Today.cz 2010/N-3

The newsletter for those interested in the world of Czech Theatre and Dance
Published by the Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague

Drama

Looking Back to Czech Theatre Showcase 2010

Guests from Denmark, Finland, France, Croatia, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Austria, Slovenia and the USA visited the Czech Theatre Showcase for foreign guests in 2010; they had the possibility to see 19 Czech stagings during 7 days.

Brand

Štěpán Pácl is a representative of the youngest generation of Czech directors. He works for chamber and big stages in the whole republic and his style of directing is significant for thorough reading of the text and precise directing of actors.

 

Dance & Ballet

Dance in Czech Republic

Summer festivals - Dance for schools - Dance Reviews

 

Opera & Music Theatre

King Arthur as a winner

6th Znojmo Music Festival that took place from 9th to 25th July. Every year is thematic; English Baroque music and its leading representatives Henry Purcell and Georg Fridrich Händel were the topic for this year.

Káťa Kabanová through the eyes of Robert Wilson

The opera ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague prepared an anticipated and discussed premiere for the very end of the season Leading American director Robert Wilson staged Leoš Janáček's opera Káťa Kabanová.

Opera lives even in the summer

Two works by composer Gioacchino Rossini appeared at the end of the season on Czech or – to be more specific – Moravian opera stages.

 

Experimental Theatre / New Forms

Spitfire Company: Behind the Door of Loneliness

Spitfire Company cannot be overlooked on the map of theatre Prague. Its Untouchables draw from Virginia Woolf.

 

Puppet Theatre

Czech pupet theatre

Successful ensemble Farm in the Cave with art director Viliam Dočolomanský is famous for its thorough preparation of their stagings – i.e. long quests to collect material in the field. Theatermakers from Farm recently went to South America to gather authentic material for their new temperament motion-dance staging called simply Divadlo/Theatre (premiere 10th February 2010).

 

Prague Quadrennila News

PQ Czech Theatre Today – October 2010

The 12th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space will take place from June 16th to June 26th, 2011 in Prague.

Other News ot the Arts and Theatre Institute

News from the Arts and Theatre Institute

New publications by the Arts and Theatre Institute

89 Minutes with Czech Theatre

One of the primary missions of the Arts and Theatre Institute is to promote Czech culture abroad. Departments at the ATI, such as the International Cooperation and External Relations Department, or the Publication Department, publish various materials that introduce Czech theatre today and in a historical context to the public abroad.

 

Contributors:
Jana Navrátová, Roman Vašek: Dance
Kamila Černá, Jan Kerbr, Vladimír Hulec: Theatre / Drama Kateřina Řeháková, Barbora Dolejšová: Opera & Musical Theatre 
Nina Malíková, Kateřina Lešková - Dolenská: Puppet Theatre Jana Bohutínská: Experimental & New Forms Theatre Nathalie Frank: Prague Quadrennial
Martina Černá: News of ATI

 

theatre.cz bulletin is published four times annually, ©Arts and Theatre Institute - Prague, 2010.
Back issues of the theatre.cz bulletin can be downloaded from BULLETIN SECTION of theatre.cz.

 

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Events calendar

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PETR ZUSKA Gala X

May 10, 2012 , National Theatre Prague

Politický kabaret /pokus

May 17, 2012 , MeetFactory o.p.s.

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