added 16. 03. 2010
An interview with Tereza Lenerová about the creation of her newest piece Variable
added 25. 02. 2010
Light Design Institute has prepared in co-operation with the Czech Dance Platform festival a conference and series of discussions
The Institute of Light Design in cooperation with Tanec Praha o.s. has prepared for this year´s Czech Dance Platform an accompanying programme „Light Design in Dance“, which will next to the already second year of the Prize for Light Design bring the conference of native professionals „Light Design in the Czech Republic 010“ together with an open discussion about the pieces of choreography presented on the occasion of Czech Dance Platform.
more added 21. 01. 2010
Czech Dance Platform 2010 - enrollment
Everyone who wants to participate at the Czech Dance Platform 2010 has to present the organizers a piece that was premiered in 2009 / 2010 season. The piece has to be presented early enough for the expert jury to be able to see it at time, that is, from the date of the announcement of the competition until December 2009 at the best, until February 15, 2010 at the latest. The piece will then be either recommended for or disqualified from the programme of Czech Dance Platform 2010 on the basis of expert consideration of Czech members of the jury. If you aspire for being included in the competition, please fill in the attached application form and send it to the address of Tanec Praha civic association, Jirsíkova 4, 186 00 Praha 8, or via fax to 222 319 576 or via e-mail to office@tanecpraha.cz. Deadline for submission of application: 1. 12. 2009 at the latest! Deadline for the life presentation of the piece in front of the jury: 15. 2. 2010 at the latest!
added 21. 01. 2010
3 questions for Kateřina Višinská, the coordinator of the Czech Dance Platform Festival
What is, in your opinion, the mission of the Czech Dance Platform Festival?
The platform gives the general public an opportunity to see within a short period of time the best of last year´s new productions in the realm of contemporary dance. The festival will involve a spectator in the intensive whirl of dance, in which the artists, professionals, but also the spectators will meet in an open atmosphere, this year´s subtitle is: Come and Get Swept Away with us!
more added 20. 01. 2010
added 18. 01. 2010
The SAZKA a.s. stops its financial support in the arts and culture field
more added 09. 10. 2009
NEW GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPETITION
more added 08. 09. 2009
The winners of 15th edition of the Czech Dance Platform 2009
Within the gala closing of the TANEC PRAHA 2009 festival Czech Dance with World-known Choreographers held in O2 arena and moderated by Marek Vašut, also the winner of this year's SAZKA Prize for "discovery in dance" was announced. The award was given to a young student of JAMU Kateřina Stupecká.
more added 01. 09. 2009
The most prestigious award in the field of contemporary dance theatre, SAZKA Prize for "discovery dance" was awarded to Kateřina Stupecká for her piece Da Capo
Within the gala closing of the TANEC PRAHA festival Czech Dance with World-known Choreographers held in O2 arena and moderated by Marek Vašut, also the winner of this year's SAZKA Prize for "discovery in dance" was announced. The award was given to a young student of JAMU Kateřina Stupecká.
The Dancer of the Year went to Nataša Novotná from 420PEOPLE for her interpretation of Golden Crock and B/OLERO choreographies. Spectators will be able to admire her dance on 15th-16th November in Ponec theatre. The Light Design Prize was finally and after a careful reconsideration not awarded, however the special mention was given to Tomáš Morávek. Light design is one of the youngest field in our country and it is necessary to support its further development and acknowledgement. The Prize is awarded by the Light Design Institute.
more added 29. 06. 2009
The Best of Czech Dance during one evening at O2 arena!
Czech dance with world-known choreographers
26. 6., 20.00 / O2 arena, Praha
A preview of the best Czech contemporary dance creations! An impressive show will present Czech ensembles that dared to ask renown foreign choreographers to co-operation: NANOHA CH / Nigel Charnock (UK): Love me, DOT504 / Jozef Fruček (SK), Linda Kapetanea (GR): 100 Wounded Tears, 420PEOPLE / Ohad Naharin (ISR): B/OLERO. Guests: TOW, BA -TO-CU, vocal ensemble Yellow Sisters. The evening will see the announcing of the prestigious SAZ KA Prize for „discovery in dance“ 2009 and the Dancer of the Year Prize. The night is moderated by Marek Vašut.
Complete programme of the evening here
Tickets available in the internet presale here and also at collecting places of SAZKA a.s.
more added 26. 06. 2009
The international jury of the Czech Dance Platform has announced the nominees for the SAZKA Prize for „discovery in dance“
The 15th edition of the Czech Dance Platform, the festival of contemporary dance, saw its final part on the International Day of Dance. “After having counted all the vote tickets, we can now announce the winner of the Czech Dance Platform Spectators´ Prize. As the differences between the numbers of votes were extremely narrow this year, the two second best performances, Adéla Laštovková-Stodolová´s La Petite Mort and Nigel Charnock´s Love Me were also very close to the victory. However, the Spectators´s Prize goes to Karel Vaněk for his piece Orphans,” reveals the president of Tanec Praha civic association, Yvona Kreuzmannová. For the piece which he had dedicated to his recently deceased partner in life and dance he will receive half of the revenues from tickets sold during the Platform at Ponec theatre. The Prize will be awarded, together with the SAZKA Prize for “discovery in dance” and the interpretation “Dancer of the Year” Prize, at the gala closing of the festival TANEC PRAHA 2009. Bearing the title “Czech Dance with World Choreographers”, the gala ceremony will be held on June 26th at O2 Arena.
more added 04. 05. 2009
Czech Dance Platform: ten performances worth seeing!
The Platform will open with Tribute to Černá&Vaněk Dance: Orphans, a performance created by a choreographic duo that had for years been installed in Germany. The premiere of the piece had to be cancelled due to Eva Černá´s serious disease and her consequent death last year. Karel Vaňek remade the original duet into a solo which he dedicated to his dance and life partner. The second evening will offer the spectators the opportunity to consider a new piece created by the 2007 SAZKA Prize for “discovery in dance” awardee, Ioana Mona Popovici: the piece in the creation of which she has invested the awarded sum, 400.000 CZK, bears the title Luna Plina / Full Moon.
Sunday April 26th will open the competition part of the festival. The competing pieces are: 100 Wounded Tears, a new performance of the group DOT 504 and the choreographers Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea, both of them well established on international scene; the Czech creative generation is represented by Kateřina Stupecká and her piece Da Capo, Lenka Bartůňková and Dora Hoštová with their performance To the World Two, Tereza Ondrová with Jaja and Papus and Adéla Laštovková with La Petite Mort. Jiří Bartovanec is coming from Berlin to compete with his performance When my mind is rocking, I know it‘s 7, a piece created in-cooperation with the ensemble Sasha Waltz & Guests within the project “Choreographers of the Future“. Thomas Steyaert will present his piece Hidden Landscape to the creation of which he was invited by the group DOT 504.
To offer the spectators as complete an account as possible of what has happened in the field of contemporary dance during last season, the organizers have complemented the programme with non-competing pieces. A fifty minute fight between a man and a woman on stage - that’s a piece called Sudden Showers of Silence (Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea). The choreography is inspired by the last meeting of Hector and his wife Andromache, a story from Homer’s Iliad. The spectators will also have the chance to get acquainted with the creation of Ohad Naharin, a choreographer who comes from Israel, a promised land of dance, and who is considered one of the best in his domain internationally. The Platform will present his piece B/olero, performed by the group 420PEOPLE.
The last day of the Platform falls, symbolically, on the International Day of Dance. Ponec theatre dedicates this day to all who are interested in learning some more about contemporary dance. From 11 am the Czech and foreign members of the SAZKA Prize jury (dance experts, directors of foreign theatres and festivals) will participate in a discussion on the theme of “Czech dance within European context”. And finally, to please all the hearts burning with love for dance, 1 pm will see a free screening of a film by a legendary DV8 Physical Theatre, The Cost of Living.
ADVANCED TICKET SALE takes place to April 24th at Ponec theatre which is the only location where tickets for all 10 performances can be purchased. A 30 CZK reduction applies to tickets bought in the advanced ticket sale, the 30 crowns are deducted from the standard prizes – 190 / 120 CZK (students and retired), 290 / 150 CZK (tickets to Archa theatre). Tickets for Ponec theatre performances are sold also at Celetná theatre and in Ticketpro and Ticketstream networks.
more added 15. 03. 2009
added 02. 02. 2009
SAZKA Prize 2008 for "discovery in dance" awarded to Lenka Bartůňková and her choreography LIBRARY.
The name of this year´s winner was announced during the gala evening on June 9 at Music Theatre in Karlín. Together with SAZKA Prize the Interpretation Prize was also announced - it was awarded to Helena Arenbergerová for her perfromance in Holdin´ Fast.
added 11. 06. 2008