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Jiří Kylián, one of the most important choreographers of his generation, has become patron of the Prague Chamber Ballet this year. 

The long-serving artistic director of Ballet Zürich, Christian Spuck, is moving to the Berlin State Ballet next season. This winter, Zürich theatregoers join Spuck’s dancers and the Philharmonia Zürich for a grand farewell. 

The 2022 Thalia Award winner, Sergio Méndez Romero, is currently one of the brightest stars of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc ballet company.

Natalia Adamska and Francesco Fasano, soloists of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre ballet company, are enjoying a successful time in their careers. 

It is undoubtedly a good thing that the work of the distinguished choreographer John Neumeier is finally entering the repertoire of the Czech National Ballet. 

Riders, Lenka Vagnerová’s new show, is the “remake” of Jezdci that came to life ten years ago. The choreographer feels the work was a cornerstone for the establishment of her dance company and her major achievement as an author.

Teatros del Canal in Madrid hosted the company of the well-known French choreographer Olivier Dubois. He brought a new version of his decade-old performance Tragédie, subtitled New Edit, to the Spanish capital.

The two-year project "Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe", aimed at the development of dance criticism, successfully launched the European scope of Czech journalism.

How do dancers in the world of classical ballet obtain a promotion? The question is rarely asked because most often it is assumed that a dancer’s rank is determined by a company’s Artistic Director. Not so at the Paris Opera Ballet...

At the end of November, Berliner dance collective laborgras together with ensemble Continuum presented Das Fest to a sold-out Theater im Delphi, a dance piece bringing contemporary dance and Baroque music together. 

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. 

The Studio Maiselovka in Prague's Old Town is home to 420PEOPLE under the direction of dancer, choreographer and artistic director Václav Kuneš.

The fact that SPOLK is worth following was clear from its previous projects. It is a group of multitalented performers, the graduates of the Duncan Centre Conservatory – Kateřina Jabůrková, Adam Kmenta, David Králík, Žaneta Musilová, and Ester Trčková.

J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION) performed in Bergen during the Oktoberdans festival, is Canadian choreographer Daina Ashbee’s first ensemble dance piece.

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