This year’s Prague edition of the Malá inventura (Small Inventory) festival once again presented notable projects from the independent and experimental scene. In addition to established companies, it also introduced up-and-coming and lesser-known artists active in the Czech Republic.

At the start of this year, all four of my “quick jaunts” to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Florence to see dance were significantly disrupted.

Starting Friday, March 13, the public space around the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic on Maltézské náměstí will become the venue for the event Art Endures (Umění trvá), which draws attention to the long-standing underfunding of culture in the Czech Republic and to growing concerns about political interference in artistic freedom.

Over the past five years, Orbita|Spellbound National Centre for Dance Production has, under the direction of Valentina Marini, curated Rome’s dance season, spanning from the cold winter days of January to May’s summer-like evenings.

From 9 July to 9 August 2026, ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival will once again bring together the international dance and performance scene in Vienna. In addition to Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Katerina Andreou and Boris Charmatz, Leïla Ka, Phia Ménard, Eun-Me Ahn and Christos Papadopoulos will also be appearing for the first time, as will TAO Dance Theatre with a world premiere.

Euro Art Publishing House and the Academy of Performing Arts Publishing House in Prague have released a new dance publication entitled The Duncan Method – Thinking Through Dance by choreographer and dance teacher Eva Blažíčková.

Crossing Berlin in winter is risky, the icy sidewalks are a constant hazard. Yet, the city simultaneously organizes itself into a constellation of diffuse performative spaces.

The 54th edition of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from February 1 to 7, 2026. It culminated in the final evening on Saturday, February 7, during which fourteen of the twenty-one selected finalists were awarded prizes. At the same time, French prima ballerina Sylvie Guillem received an award for her lifetime contribution to the world of dance.