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On 20^th October, the Vinohrady Theatre will present the world premiere of Petr Zuska’s new performance FOR MY COUNTRY. The production combines contemporary social themes with a tribute to Czech cultural heritage and promises not only thrilling dance performances but also space for reflection.
In the first part, entitled Update 24, the choreographer combines ethnic music from different parts of the world, Bob Dylan’s 1963 song Masters of War and even his own – Thieves of Beauty from 2022, while the second, Fragment 24, draws inspiration from Smetana’s cycle My Country. The production was created as part of the celebration of the Year of Czech Music and the 200th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth.
With less than three weeks to go until the premiere, it’s time to grab your tickets!
Next performance on November 17^th at the Vinohrady Theatre again!

We have great news for you! Our soloist Ennio Zappalà has been shortlisted for the Thalia Awards for the role of Zampanò in Jiří Bubeníček’s production of La Strada.

Bára Müllerová as the young heroine Gelsomina has also been shortlisted in the wider selection.

„The main character of the story, the role of the itinerant performer and circus performer Zampano, is challenging for Ennio Zappalà both in terms of dance and expression. The dancer has all the prerequisites for the role and handles both positions with convincing energy. His dancing is impressively dynamic and plastic; the dancer is confident in his almost acrobatic partnering. Initially abrasive, violent, emotionally superficial, Zampano undergoes a significant emotional transformation in the latter part of the production, which culminates in the finale itself. In the final solo, Zappalà concludes the dramatic arc of his character with great feeling,“ the Thalia Awards Jury says.

Ennio Zappalà and Bára Müllerová in La Strada (photo S. Gherciu)

The premiere of the new ballet La Strada, inspired by one of the pinnacle works of world cinema, is just a few days away. The full-length production based on Fellini’s Oscar-winning film was created for our ensemble by the world-renowned dancer and choreographer Jiří Bubeníček and the set designer Nadina Cojocaru.

We will present La Strada for the first time on Sunday, March 10th, at 7 p.m. at the Vinohrady Theatre. The premiere performance is currently sold out, but additional performances are already planned for April 14th at the Municipal Theatre in Most and March 5th at the Vinohrady Theatre. So don’t hesitate and grab your tickets now!

Tickets for the premiere of the performance La Strada, choreographed by Jiří Bubeníček, are now on sale! You can purchase them on the website of Vinohrady Theatre. Treat yourself or give an unforgettable experience to your loved ones.

Tomorrow, we are departing on our historically first trip to Japan! On Sunday, December 3, 2023, we will perform at the Nagaoka Sougoukaikan Hall in Izunokuni city, Shizuoka Prefecture. In two shows, we will dance the best of our current repertoire: choreographies including ‚Oh Love,‘ ‚The Rose,‘ ‚Intimate Letters‘ (Petr Zuska), ‚Musica Slovaca‘ (Pavel Šmok), and ‚Black Clouds Don’t Cry‘ (Jiří Pokorný).

Our artistic director Linda Svidró, along with ballet masters Igor Vejsada and Lenka Šustová Hrabovská, will also lead several workshops for students at the local dance conservatory in Izunokuni throughout the week.

Wish us luck!

In early October, we look forward to the premiere choreographed by Attila Egerházi. „For Mirabell, I drew inspiration from the brilliant music of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which is initially optimistic but inherently intimate, filled with hidden meanings and symbols,“ says the Hungarian choreographer. According to Egerházi, the music is „poetry, a work of many facets as diverse as Mozart himself.“ 

Who of you will join us at the Vinohrady Theatre on October 8th?

An unconventional project is coming up – on September 16 we will be dancing at the St. Wenceslas Music Festival. The brilliant music of Bedřich Smetana and Leoš Janáček will blend with stunning choreography by Pavel Šmok and Petr Zuska in the beautiful setting of the St. Wenceslas Church in Ostrava. Accompanied live by the Zemlinsky Quartet.

These days we are working intensively on a new performance titled „S/he“ which will premiere just before the summer holidays on Thursday, June 29th, in the evening at KD Mlejn. We have invited three foreign creators to collaborate with us: Lidia Wos (Poland/Sweden), Ji-Eun Lee (South Korea), and Loránd Zachár (Hungary). Prague Chamber Ballet like you’ve never seen it before.

Tickets are available for purchase through this link!

Jiří Kylián, one of the most important choreographers of his generation, has been the patron of the Prague Chamber Ballet since January this year. A native of Prague, he spent most of his life (from 1975) in the Netherlands, for twenty-four years (1975-1999) he was the artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater. Almost fifty years ago, Pavel Šmok founded the independent dance company Prague Chamber Ballet – and he remained loyal to it until his death. The circle has closed: Jiří Kylián always highlights not only the originality and artistic quality of Šmok’s work, but also his brave fight against totalitarian power. His patronage symbolically connected what the totalitarian regime divided – dance theater that easily crosses borders, knows no language barrier, art for every human being anywhere in the world, art of the future.

„I am happy to become a patron of the Prague Chamber Ballet, this small but very important institution that has taken on the task of finally bringing the art of dance to the level it should have been at for a long time,“ says choreographer Jiří Kylián.

A few days before Christmas, we invite you to Mělník to our successful performance A Bouquet, a dance theatre by choreographer Petr Zuska. He drew his inspiration from Erben’s collection of ballads in rhyme A Bouquet that is regarded as one of the treasures of Czech poetry and literature.  The symphonic music for this production has been composed by a multi-talented artist Ondřej Brousek.

A Bouquet won several awards:

• The soloist Dominik Vodička was awarded the prestigious Thalia Award 2019 for the best male performance in the category Dance and movement theatre
• Petr Zuska was awarded a prize for the best choreography
• Ondřej Brousek was awarded a special mention for original music
• Jan Dušek was awarded a special mention for artistic design on a nationwide Dance Show Ballet 2019

Tickets for the evening performance on December 20 are available online.

Performance Life the Killer – two stories, two choreographers, two Czech composers. Successful choreography by Marek Svobodník and Petr Zuska to the music of composers Josef Suk and Antonín Dvořák. See you on Friday, September 30 at the Šumperk Theater!

You can buy tickets for the performance here: bit.ly/Prazsky_komorni_balet_v_Sumperku

Dear spectators, unfortunately, for technical reasons, we have to postpone the date of the performance Life the Killer, which we were originally supposed to dance this Sunday, June 5, at the Vinohrady Theatre. Of course, all purchased tickets remain valid, the sales department of the Vinohrady Theatre will contact you. Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.

For the Prague Chamber Ballet’s May premiere, resident choreographer Petr Zuska has prepared a new creation to Leoš Janáček’s second string quartet “Intimate Letters”, set to music by the Zemlinsky Quartet. The choreography is dedicated to Dr. Ivan Dunovský, a long-time patron and supporter of Prague Chamber Ballet, on the occasion of what would have been his 70th birthday. Another piece on the programme of the premiere evening will be Jiří Pokorný’s choreography “Black Clouds Don’t Cry”, adapted for the PKB ensemble.

The premiere will take place under the auspices of Senator MUDr. Alena Dernerová and Councilor for Culture of the City of Prague MgA. Hana Třeštíková.

We are looking for professional dancers with outstanding technique (classical and modern) – women and men with a minimum of 3 years of stage experience. We offer good salary conditions for in-house dancers and a contract for a minimum of 1 year.

The first round will be based on the submitted videos. In case of interest from the management of PKB (artistic director Linda Svidró, resident choreographer Petr Zuska and ballet masters Kateřina Dedková-Franková, Igor Vejsada), the selected candidates will be invited to an individual audition to the PKB studio at the Dance Art Center.

Please send your application documents no later than Monday 23 May 2022:

→ a structured CV (do not forget to mention your age and height)

→ portrait photo

→ 2 videos – possibly from the studio or part of the performance on stage (via either one of the file transfer services or a link to an online video)

PKB repertoire:

Intimate Letters (choreography by Petr Zuska) – premiere 2022

Black Clouds Don’t Cry (choreography by Jiří Pokorný) – premiere 2022

Don’t know your ways? Buy two graves! (choreography Marek Svobodník)

EPITAF (choreography Petr Zuska)

Cross by the Brook (choreography by Alena Pešková)

A Bouquet (directed and choreographed by Petr Zuska)

Carmina Vetera (Oh, Love, Lyrical, Fo(u)r One, Rose – choreography by Petr Zuska)

The Wild Dove, On an Overgrown Path, Musica Slovaca (choreography by Pavel Šmok)

A Glimpse of POEtry (choreographed by Marek Svobodník)

Please send all the requested documents to the following email addresses:

linda.svidro@balet-praha.cz and jan.klat@balet-praha.cz

Currently we rehearse for the new composed evening – the Intimate Clouds – by choreographers Petr Zuska and Jiří Pokorný. The premiere on May 22 at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague is dedicated to a long-time patron and supporter of Prague Chamber Ballet, dr. Ivan Dunovský, on the occasion of his late 70th birthday. Don’t miss it!

Cross by the Brook, a dance drama inspired by Karolina Světlá’s novel of the same name, which the choreographer Alena Pešková has set perhaps in the recent past and is “framed” by Dvořák’s beautiful D minor string quartet. A repeat performance on Wednesday 30th March, in The Municipal Library of Prague. So come and enjoy this beautiful dramatic story!

Two choreographies, dark slapstick comedy with a detective plot and a romantic story inspired by a phenomenal British cellist Jacqueline du Pré. That’s a new performance Life the Killer by Marek Svobodník and Petr Zuska. Don’t miss it – 27th February 2022 at Vinohrady Theatre in Prague.

“Cross by the Brook” is a dance drama choreographed by Alena Pešková, inspired by Karolina Světlá’s novel of the same name, which we have set perhaps in the recent past and is “framed” by Dvořák’s beautiful D minor string quartet performed by the Zemlinsky Quartet. It tackles several timeless themes such as: sacrifice, the meaning of life, misunderstanding, guilt and the most important of all… Love.

PREMIERE December 1, 2021 at 19:30, Municipal Library Prague.

We apologize to all spectators who have purchased tickets for A Bouquet at Brno Mahen Theatre (November 2, 2021), unfortunately we cannot perform due to serious health reasons of one of the main protagonists.

You can return your purchased tickets, follow the National Theatre Brno website or please call the ticket office at +420 542 158 120. Of course we’ll try to do our best to find a new date. Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Prague Chamber Ballet fans, due to serious injuries and illnesses in the ensemble, we are forced to make several changes to our October program:

◉ The performance of Carmina Vetera in Tábor, which was to take place on October 20, will be canceled, will be postponed to December 14, 2021
◉ The first premiere of the performance Life the Killer, which was to take place on October 24 at the Vinohrady Theater, will be postponed to November 14, 2021
◉ The second premiere of the performance Life the Killer, which was to take place on October 31 in Most, will be postponed to January 23, 2022

If you have purchased tickets for a performance, you will receive an email with further instructions. Thank you for your understanding!

Our new performance Life the Killer by choreographers Marek Svobodník and Petr Zuska will premiere LIVE on October 24, 2021 at Vinohrady Theatre Prague. Last year, we couldn’t dance this performance for you due to the covid restrictions and theatres closure. We very much look forward to the upcoming live premiere!

Two stories – two choreographers – two Czech composers.

Petr Zuska and Marek Svobodník and their new choreographies on music by Josef Suk and Antonín Dvořák – humour and mortal chills in a premiere by the Prague Chamber Ballet.

Premiere: 22^nd November 2020 | 19:00 | Vinohrady Theatre Prague

For more information and tickets go to: https://www.divadlonavinohradech.com/divadelni-hra/ZABIJAK-ZIVOT

With a state of emergency declared by the Government in the whole territory of Czech Republic we cancel all the performances planned for the future until further notice. Please keep the purchased tickets to the events, we negotiate alternative dates with the organizers. The performances will be held at later dates. Soon we will publish all the information on our website.

Thank you for your support and patience! Your Prague Chamber Ballet

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Prague Chamber Ballet will commmemorate the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution with a repeat performance of successful full-length ballet production A Bouquet of Czech Folktales in choreography and directed by Petr Zuska. The event takes place on Sunday 17 September at 7 pm at the Vinohrady Theatre (Divadlo na Vinohradech) in Prague.

Tickets available at: https://www.divadlonavinohradech.com/divadelni-hra/Kytice

Carmina Vetera, our new dance and music compilation evening inspired by old folk songs in choreography by Petr Zuska, will premiere on 27th October in Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. The choreographies ‚Oh, Love‘, ‚Lyrical‘ and ‚The Rose‘ were created between the years 2008 and 2010 for various ensembles and occasions. The brand new female solo ‚Fo(u)r One‘ will be the world première.
Tickets available at www.divadlonavinohradech.com.

We are proud to announce that the Thalia Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalia_Awards in category of Dance and Movement Theatre has been awarded to our soloist Dominik Vodička. He showed exceptional artistic excellence as a „Man“ in a successful full-length ballet production A Bouquet of Czech Folktales by Petr Zuska. Congratulations!

New evening titled Carmina Vetera  inspired by old folk songs in choreography by Petr Zuska will premiere on 27th October in Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. The choreographies Ej Lásko (Oh, Love), Lyrická (Lyrical) and Růže (The Rose) were created between the years 2008 and 2010 for various ensembles and occasions. The brand new female solo Fo(u)r One will, on the contrary, be the world première.

Tickets available at www.divadlonavinohradech.com

In October, Prague Chamber Ballet will present two more repeat performances of successful full-length ballet production A Bouquet of Czech Folktales in choreography and directed by Petr Zuska. The first performance is on Tuesday 15th October at 7 pm at the Horácké Theatre in Jihlava, the second performance of the Bouquet is on Thursday 17th September at 7 pm at the Theatre Hall in Kyjov. Buy your tickets on-line at www.hdj.cz and at www.dum-kultury-kyjov.cz.

Prague Chamber Ballet will perform on the Golden Day of Golden Prague Festival on 28 September at 16:30 at Václav Havel Square (National Theatre Piazzetta). In frames of this cultural entertainment programme with various dance and musical performances, shows and workshops, we will present a fragment of our succesful ballet piece „Entwine“ by Lukáš Timulák.

In September you can enjoy the successful full-length ballet production A Bouquet of Czech Folktales in choreography and directed by Petr Zuska. This production is offered on two evenings at two places. The first performance is on Wednesday 11th September at 7 pm at the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra concert hall. The accompanying symphonic music by Ondřej Brousek will be performed live by the Hradec Králové Orchestra conducted by Jan Kučera. The second performance of the Bouquet is on Sunday 22nd September at 7 pm at the Vinohrady Theatre (Divadlo na Vinohradech) in Prague. Advanced ticket booking has already started and the tickets are being sold quickly! Buy your tickets on-line at www.fhk.cz and at www.divadlonavinohradech.com.

The Prague Chamber Ballet will perform at the Festival of Contemporary Dance with international participation in Klášterec nad Ohří. For this year’s participation the jury selected the work of Belgian choreographer Samuel Delvaux “Intimate Spaces”. You can look forward to a performance on Friday, 16th August from 8 pm in the courtyard of the Chateau Klášterec nad Ohří. Tickets can be purchased before the beginning of the performance.

The Prague Chamber Ballet takes part at the International Music Festival Prague, Classic. In terms of 27.7. (St. Agnes Convent in Prague) and 28.7. (Municipal Library Prague) will be performed pieces “On an Overgrown Path” and “Slavonic Quartet” in collaboration with instrumental soloists of the chamber music festival Ameropa. Tickets available at: www.prahaklasika.cz, www.mlp.cz

On Tuesday June 4th, will be present the first concert in cooperation with the Mladá Boleslav Chamber Orchestra at the Church of Czech Brethren. In the program dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the Chamber Orchestra will be performed the choreography „On an Overgrown Path“ by Pavel Šmok and Kateřina Dedková. Tickets available at: www.kulturamb.cz

The second premiere of A BOUQUET will take place on 5th May at 6 pm at the Municipal Theater in Most. Tickets can be purchased online at www.divadlo-most.cz.

Don´t miss a premiere of „A Bouquet“ choreographed and directed by Petr Zuska on music Ondřej Brousek on May 1st at 7 pm at the Estates Theatre in Prague! You can buy the tickets on the box offices of National Theatre in Prague or online at www.narodni-divadlo.cz

You can look forward to a new premiere "KYTICE" in stage direction and choreography by Petr Zuska which will be presented on 1st May at the Estates Theater in Prague. Talented artist Ondřej Brousek composed the symphonic music for the new dance piece. Tickets will be on sale soon!

Don´t miss a special performance „Phenomenal Šmok“ at Municipal Theatre in Klatovy on March 5th at 7:30 pm. You can look forward on legendary pieces by Pavel Šmok „Wild Dove“, „On an Overgrown Path“ and one contemporary piece „A Glimpse of POEtry“ by Marek Svobodník. Tickets available at www.divadloklatovy.cz

Don´t miss a special program at the Municipal Theatre in Kladno. There will be performed pieces by Czech contemporary choreographers Tom Rychetský (Unspoken Silence, Requiem for infinity) and Marek Svobodník (A Glimpse of POEtry) on February 7th at 7 pm. Tickets available: www.divadlokladno.cz

Don´t miss a unique performance in collaboration with Balet Prague Junior on January 9th at 8 pm on the New Stage of the National Theater in Prague. You can look forward to the successful choreography „The World of Daisies“ by Jiří Pokorný and the horror masterpiece „A Glimpse of POEtry“ by Marek Svobodník.
Tickets available at: www.narodni-divadlo.cz

Happy New Year 2019 full of health, love, and piece. Thank you for your support!

Don´t miss the performance „Requiem for infinity“ on Thursday, December 20th from 7 pm at the large hall of Municipal Library in Prague.
Tickets can be purchased at the box office of Municipal Library in Prague or online: www.mlp.cz.

A special musical arrangement of a choreography „On an Overgrown Path“ with a chamber orchestra let by the Indian conductor Debashish Chaudhuri will be performed within Prague Classic and Ameropa festivals. The first performance will take place on Friday 20th July from at 8:30pm in the Courtyard of
Castle Brandýs nad Labem, second on Saturday 28th July from 7pm in the Convent of St. Agnes Monastery in Prague and the last repeat on Sunday 4th August at 8pm in the former Cistercian Monastery in Kutná Hora-Sedlec.
Tickets available: www.ameropa.org

Join Prague Summer Dance Course!
Join the course of classical and contemporary dance with teachers of the Prague Chamber Ballet for non-professional dancers, students, pedagogues. Registration is possible till 15th June on the email: ruttenbacherova@balet-praha.cz Payment information, schedule and detailed information about the pedagogues you can find here.

The latest review of the premiere „Symbiosis“ by doc. Marcela Benoniová you can find here. Don´t miss the repeat of the choreography of Lukáš Timulák „Entwine“ on May 20th at 19h in the
Vinohrady Theatre Prague.
Tickets at www.divadlonavinohradech.com

Don´t miss a dark slapstick comedy „A Glimpse of POEtry“ by Marek Svobodník on 6th May at 6pm at Municipal Theatre Zlín (CZ) within TanecValmez.
Tickets available at: http://www.tanecvalmez.cz/vstupenky.php

“In the new choreography I am dealing with elements that are in constant independence and exchange and are constantly blending. The nature, human beings and their living space.“ Lukáš Timulák is a Slovac dancer and choreographer. A talented artist came out of Kylian’hatchery few years ago. He worked several years for the Netherlands Dance Theater. At the moment, he is working on the choreography „Entwine“, a performance which will be shown for the first time at Vinohrady Theatre Prague on 29 th April.
Click here to read the complete interview with Lukáš Timulák.
Tickets available at: www.divadlonavinohradech.com

“My inspiration comes through hard work, creative activities and constant exploration”. Jiří Pokorný is one of the most successful Czech dancers and, more recently, also choreographers. He succeeded not only home but also abroad. He has been a member of the Netherlands Dance Theatre for many years. At the moment, he is working on the choreography for Svět Sedmikrásek (The World of Daisies), a performance which will be shown for the first time at Divadlo na Vinohradech (Vinohrady Theatre) on 29th April.
Click here to read the complete interview with Jiří Pokorný.
Tickets available at: www.divadlonavinohradech.com

New original choreographies made for the Prague Chamber Ballet are being prepared by Lukáš Timulák and Jiří Pokorný, successful dancers and choreographers of the Netherlands Dans Theatre. The premiere will take place under the kind patronage of Mr Jiří Kilián, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr Kees J. R. Klompenhouwer and Minister of Culture of Czech Republic Ilja Šmíd, on Sunday 29th April at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague as a part of the International Dance Day.
Purchase tickets at: www.divadlonavinohradech.com

We are looking for professional dancers with training and education in contemporary and classical dance. Audition take place on Sunday 25th March 2018 at 10am at studio Contemporary in Prague. For more information go here.