The International Dance Weeks festival will open a gala performance of young talents in the Vinohrady Theater

Dramaturgy of the festive evening, organized Conservatory Dance Center Prague, is primarily focused on top young Czech artists and artistic projects of domestic and foreign conservatories and academies. Young dancers from Dresden will thus meet on one stage Palucca Hochschule für Tanzwill be part of the program Bohemia Balleti.e. young professionals from the Dance Conservatory of the capital city of Prague and the best of House of Dance Arts Prague: files Prague Junior Ballet and Prague Chamber Ballet.

“We want to show the audience the development of dance theater through young talents who are just starting their journey through the art world. At the gala evening, mostly junior ensembles composed of recent graduates and even conservatory students, full of youthful energy and enthusiasm, will perform. states Antonín Schneider, manager of the Dance Center Pragueto the program of the gala evening. “After a long time, our guests from Palucca Hochschule für Tanz will come to Prague. This school is a top European dance institution that, under the leadership of the outstanding Canadian dancer and artistic manager Jason Beechey, has in recent years acquired a completely new – modern face of eclectic arts education. Their group of students in their twenties is really great, I appreciate our long-term reciprocal cooperation and I look forward to what they will dance at the gala.

• Bohemia Ballet, Fragile relationships (©archive TCP)

As part of the rich program of the International Dance Weeks festival, various seminars and workshops will also take place until the end of April, happenings of dance pedagogues in the Prague House of Dance Arts, which will be led by guests from, for example, Japan or California, and a big dance gala evening is also planned in Litvínov (April 25). or the Open Day at the Prague House of Dance Arts, which will take place symbolically on International Dance Day (April 29).

Tickets for the opening gala performance are on sale in advance on the website of the Theater in Vinohrady: https://www.divadlonavinohradech.com/divadelni-hra/Gala-MTT-2024

• Prague Junior Ballet (©Serghei Gherciu)

International Dance Weeks are the oldest Czech, and probably also Central European, festival of contemporary dance, which arose from the tradition of regular seminars and performances of the Charles University Dance Center with foreign artists and teachers in the first half of the 1980s. Since 1972, the center has been the first pedagogical and artistic workplace in our country, where modern dance techniques and jazz were systematically taught, which were subsequently applied in artistic practice. It acquired many important contacts in all major European countries and the USA for this purpose. International dance weeks have always been a kind of exchange of these contacts and an exceptional showcase of contemporary dance creations. The goal of the festival is the presentation and confrontation of the results of work in recent seasons. Participants inspire each other, refine their opinions and establish business contacts. Viewers can also compare, rate and get an overview of what’s happening in the dance industry.

Source: TZ
Opening photo: Prague Chamber Ballet, Confidential Letters (©Serghei Gherciu)