Letter from Paris Autumn/Winter 2025 - Same but Different: Variations Within the Known

Dance programming in Paris has recently been characterized by a noticeable reluctance to take artistic risks, largely driven by ongoing budget cuts across arts institutions.

               

Advance ticket sales begin for the 38th TANEC PRAHA festival

The 38th edition of the TANEC PRAHA international festival will open on June 1, 2026, at the Ponec Theater with a performance Natural Order of Things by Guy Nader & Maria Campos. The Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos will provide the grand finale of the festival on June 23 at the Karlín Music Theater with his work My Fierce Ignorant Step.

Nola Rae: The gender dynamics of female mime

Since time immemorial, mime has been a discipline that allows fluid and dynamic transitions from one genric or dramatic territory to another, including a completely individual, newly created iteration. Its universal expressive ability to convey stories and feelings is based in physical expression, more specifically, meaning-making movements, gestures, and mimicry.

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Masters from NdB 3 remained on the surface

The new project by the ballet company of National Theatre Brno, entitled NdB 3, represents a bold and welcome step, a platform designed specifically for performers of a more "mature" age who, even after the end of their professional careers, still possess acting, technical, and expressive skills that are worth presenting independently.

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