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We wish you peaceful and merry Christmas and a good New year 2018! Enjoy many dance and theater experiences!

The documentary portrait of Pavel Šmok, the founder and long-time artistic director of the Prague Chamber Ballet, will be premiered on December 7th at 7pm at Image Theater in Prague. Within an evening will be also Šmok´s choreographies „On the Overgrown Path“ and a „Wild Dove“ performed.
Tickets can be purchased online: www.webticket.com/program/pkb

Don´t miss the opportunity to see the last repeat of the successful choreography “Mystery of Time” in Prague! It takes place on 21 November at 8 p.m. at the Ponec Theatre. Tickets available on-line at www.divadloponec.cz. Book your tickets by email at ponec@tanecpraha.eu or by telephone on: +420 724 123 882.

This week, the duet Metamorphic will be performed at the Incheon International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Seoul. This unique presentation of Czech dance art will take place on 5 th  November at the Dalnuri Theatre in the Bupyeong Art Centre together with the performances of several other international companies. A workshop for students of Korean conservatories led by Linda Svidró will also take place. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

The Czech premiere of Requiem for Infinity by the choreographer Tom Rychetský will take place on Sunday 22 nd October 2017 at 7 pm at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. In addition to the new production above you can also enjoy two other performances in choreography by Tom Rychetský (Unspoken Silent) and Marek Svobodník (A Glimpse of POEtry).

Tickets available at: www.divadlonavinohradech.com

A new contemporary piece choreographed by Martina Hajdyla Lacová Metamorphic” will be presented at the Ponec Theatre on Thursday the 5th October at 8 p.m. The duet was created under artistic supervision of Andrej Petrovič and draws its inspiration freely from the work of the sculptor August Rodin who shaped his sculptures fascinated by the human being, nature and dance.
You can purchase tickets at: www.divadloponec.cz
Ticket reservations: info@balet-praha.cz

Linda Svidró Schneider took the position of the ballet master of PKB. She has extensive professional experience from Czech Republic, but also from foreign ensembles such as Nederlands Dans Theater II. She will lead training and rehearsals, and will also work as a choreographer assistant. We look forward to new cooperation. Keep her thumbs up!

Don´t miss some exceptional performances within the International Music Festival Prague, Classic … The performances takes place on 29.7. and 3.8. at 7:30pm, St.Agnes convent in Prague and 6.8. at 7:30pm in the former Cistercian convent in Kutna Hora-Sedlec.

For more information: prague-classics.cz. Tickets available at info@balet-praha.cz

Audition for the position of artistic director of PCB was actually announced. Candidates can apply until 31.8.2017. The full text of an audition can be found here.

Next week we are leaving for South Korea to participate at prestigious International dance festival in Busan. On program is Mystery of Time as a part of the final gala evening a Busan Cinema Center. As part of the open air program we perform choreography „This is not a kiss!“

For more information go to: http://bidfeng2017.tlog.kr/.

Don´t miss a unique evening of „3 Czech Quartets“ in cooperation with the Zemlinsky Quartet on Sunday, May 21 at 7 pm at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. Come and enjoy the choreography of Mário Radačovský, Hana Polanská and Pavel Šmok. Tickets can be purchased at www.divadlonavinohradech.com or www.pragueticketoffice.com.

Don´t miss the second repeat of Mystery of Time on 13th May at 20pm at Ponec Theatre! Book your places on time at www.divadloponec.cz.

In this year, just as in the previous ones, we will actively participate in and support the International Dance Day. You can join us on Friday 28 April in front of the St. Wenceslas Church in Prague 5 where the choreography of our talented dancers Jitka Tůmová and Patrik Čermák “Chance Encounters” will be performed at 2.45 pm. Come and join us!

We are looking for professional and creative dancers with training and education in contemporary and classical dance with excellent techniques. Audition take place on Monday 3rd April 2017 at 10am at studio Contemporary in Prague.
For more information click here.

The first Prague repeat of the successful premiere Mystery of Time will take place on Sunday 5th March at 7pm at Vinohrady Theatre Prague. The original choreographies were created by Hana Polanská Turečková, Marek Svobodník and Ondřej Vinklát. The second repeat will take place on 21st May at 7pm also at Vinohrady Theatre Prague.

Tickets available: http://www.divadlonavinohradech.com/divadelni-hra/MYSTERIUM-CASU

We prepared a new series of performances – a fairy tale for children and adults “Who is the Most Powerful in the World?”. The first performance starts on the 23 rd February at 10 a.m. in the Theatre Hall of the Municipal Library in Prague. For further information and dates of performances click here.
Ticket reservations: info@balet-praha.cz
Purchase of tickets: ticket office of the Municipal Library, tel.: +420 222 113 555 or at www.mlp.cz

Are you interested in what is happening behind the scene of one of the most important Czech dance companies? Would you like to book the best seats in the auditorium? Or meet the dancers in person? Become a member of the Prague Chamber Ballet Friends Club and get several advantages at once! The membership can also be a good present for your loved ones!

For more information please go to http://prazskykomornibalet.cz/en/support-us/friends- club/

Thank you for your support in 2016. In the new year we wish you health, happiness, extraordinary dance experiences and a lot of positive energy! Stay with us in 2017.

Come and spend with us a unique evening filled with dance. Treat yourself to a pleasant last advent Sunday! On 18 th  December from 7:00 pm at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. You can enjoy the world premiere of the „Mystery of time“ which will present the works of 3 talented Czech choreographers – Hana Polanská Turečková, Marek Svobodník and Ondřej Vinklát. The common motif of all these three artists was the phenomenon of time and they will present their different views on it. All three of them were also inspired by original Czech music such as Miloslav Kabeláč’s symphonies (Mystery of Time), Bedřich Nikodém’s and Jaroslav Ježek’s musical hit songs (A Glimpse of POEtry) and contemporary music by Marek Pavlíček composed for the production titled „Now²“.
Tickets available at: www.divadlonavinohradech.com
On-line theatre telephone line free of charge: 800 900 888 (bookings, information desk, ticket office)

Take part in a competition – you can win 2 tickets for the ballet production Metaphors of Dance which will take place on Sunday 4 th December at the Ponec Theatre in Prague. If you guess right which of our dancers will perform in the role of “Sabrina” you can win not only the tickets but also a small St.Nicholas Day gift set.
Please send your answers to our email address: info@balet-praha.cz. The deadline is 2 nd December,2016.
Book or buy your tickets at: www.divadloponec.cz.

Don´t miss repeats of performance „3 Czech Quartets“ at Municipality Theatre in Turnov (1.1.), Municipality Theatre in Znojmo (8.11.) or Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava (9.11.). We also visit the Institut of Culture Mazovia in Warsaw with the creation „This is not a kiss!“ by Žiga Jereb & Anna Štěrbová (19.11.).
For reservations or buying tickets go to the website of the organizers.

A special evening dedicated to the memory of prof. Pavel Šmok will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 7 pm at Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. Besides Prague Chamber Ballet other leading Czech and Slovak companies will remember on Master of dance art – Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague, Ballet of National Theatre in Brno and Ballet of Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava.

Tickets available: http://www.divadlonavinohradech.com/

Especially for this year's edition of Golden Prague festival is created a new opus for seven dancers choreographed by Jitka Tůmová and Patrick Čermák called "Random encounters“. Young authors choosed the music of the Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi. The premiere takes place on October 1st at piazzetta of National Theatre Prague.

3 Czech Quartets will be performed in the framework of the 10th jubilee of Theatre Festival of Mittle Europa at a historic building of the State Theatre Košice. Tickets available at: www.kosicefest.eu

As part of the jubilee of 10th annual dance festival Siraex with international participation in the Castle of Klasterec nad Ohri Prague Chamber Ballet presents creation „Come see comme ça“ on August 19th at 8pm. Tickets available before the beginning of performance.

We would like to invite you to the author's evening of Hana Polanská Turečková, which will be presented on July 19 at 8PM at Studio ALTA. Prague Chamber Ballet will perform the choreography Black Mirror. The evening will be supplemented with the premiere of the author`s choreography “Choreographic exercises I.“.

Tickets can be purchased an hour before the show or book via email info@balet-praha.cz.

Prague Chamber Ballet symbolically ended successful season 2015/2016 with its last performance of Metaphors of Dance (29/06). During which it prepared the new premiere, travelled abroad for a several times and performed more than 30 successful performances. We would like to thank not only the dancers and everyone who allowed and contributed to this work, but also you – the audience and fans of Prague Chamber Ballet! Do not forget about ballet even during the summer holidays, and please accept our invitation to the author's evening of Hana Polanská Turečková, where the company will present its choreography Black Mirror – 19th July 2016 at 20:00 in Studio ALTA.

Next performance of the company will be held on June 24th at 7pm in Mahenovo Theatre in Brno. Within the festival Dance Brno 2016 Prague Chamber Ballet will present the latest premiere „Metaphors of Dance“, which handles the topic of human behavior with its bright and dark sides.

The performance in Brno will be followed by a last farewell to the season by presentation of the same title – Metaphors of Dance in Theatre Ponec on June 29th.

Prague Chamber Ballet will present the latest title Metaphors of Dance during its tour in the Slovak Republic. First, on 10th June at the festival „Zámecké hry Zvolenské“ it will perform during open air performance at the castle Zvolen at 9pm. The next performance will be two days later (12th June) in Kosice, in non-traditional concert hall Kasárne / Kulturpark at 7pm.

New permanent soloist Leonardo Germani joined the company since 1st May. Leonardo graduated in 2014 at one of the most prestigious ballet academies in Italy – Opus Academy in Florence. Currently, he is intensively studying the repertoire and since the new season the audience will be able to see him on stage alongside other dancers.

You can read his CV here.

Prague Chamber Ballet is preparing a final reprise of performance Metaphors of Dance in Prague. It will take place on 29th June 2016 at 19:00 in PONEC – the dance venue. You will see choreographies: Come See Comme Ça, Silent Cry, and This Is Not a Kiss. You can also follow all information at the event on our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1074032569324945/

Do not hesitate and buy your tickets now at the link here: http://www.divadloponec.cz/eshop?performance=148&time=1467219600

Let`s join us on Friday, April 29 to celebrate International Dance Day with our company. We have prepared OPENCLASS of modern dance with our soloist Jitka Tůmová (9:30 – 10:45 at studio Contemporary), then we will continue with the OPEN REHEARSAL OF THE REPERTOIRE (11:00 – 12:00 at studio Contemporary). The program will finish during the presentation of choreography THIS IS NOT A KISS! (13:30 – in front of sv. Wenceslas church, Prague 5). All activities are for free! Please make a registration for the openclass via mail: info@balet-praha.cz.

The last farewell with the founder and the longtime artistic director of Prague Chamber Ballet prof. Pavel Šmok will be held on Monday, April 11 at 11am at the Ceremonial Hall in Ústí nad Orlicí.

With great sorrow and regret we announce that at the age of 88 died a phenomenal choreographer, teacher, director, founder and artistic director of Prague Chamber Ballet, master Pavel Šmok.

Significant Czech artist who greatly influenced the development of Czech dance, will remain forever in our hearts! R.I.P.

We are looking for creative and professional dancers (male and female) with excellent technique, who are educated in contemporary and classical ballet dance and are interested in creating a new generation of contemporary dance personalities. Audition will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 9:30 am at Studio Contemporary (National House Vinohrady, nám. Míru 9, Prague 2). CV with photos (portrait and professional) and video should be sent by March 28, 2016 at the email address: info@balet-praha.cz.

For more information, please see the .pdf attachment here.

Ballet master, teacher and emeritus director of the ballet company of National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava Igor Vejsada joined the position of ballet master in charge of the artistic leadership of the company Prague Chamber Ballet on Monday, March 21. About what will be his first steps during, not only, the preparation of the new premiere, but also about his feelings from the first rehearsals with the dancers you can read in a forthcoming interview that will soon be available here in the news section. In the context of the difficult work at the independent ballet company we wish him a lot of strength, positive energy and joy of a well done work.

We are honoured to welcome at our open classes former Neatherlands Dans Theatre soloist, assistant of Jiri Kylian and extraordinary teacher Mrs. Jeanne Solan. Classical ballet lessons for advanced dancers and professionals will be held on Tuesday (8/3/2016), on Thursday (11/3/2016) and on Tuesday (15/3/2016) at 9:30 in Contemporary studio, National House Vinohrady. Please make a reservation via email: info@baletpraha.cz.

Prague Chamber Ballet will present the composed program „Metaphors of Dance“ on Saturday, February 20th at 19 o’clock in the Estates Theatre. The evening consists of three choreographies made by four authors – Aleksandra Dziurosz, Hana Litterová, Anna Štěrbová and Žiga Jereb. Tickets are available at the National Theatre box daily from 10am to 6pm or electronically at the link here. For more information about upcoming performances, please see the section Program.

We would like invite you to open classes and workshop with Polish teacher, choreographer and founder of the Warsaw Dance Days Aleksandra Dziurosz. Open classes will be held on 18th and 19th February 2016 from 9:30 to 10:45. On Thursday (18/2/2016) the openclass will be followed by a workshop focused on contemporary dance techniques. All classes are held in studio Contemporary at National House Vinohrady. On 20th February you can see the piece of this choreographer Come see Comme ça in the Estates Theatre within the performance Metaphors of Dance. Bookings for open class and workshop: info@balet-praha.cz, tel .: 602 404 010

Prague Chamber Ballet is currently rehearsing the repertory for the performance 3 CZECH QUARTETS. The first performance will take place at the Municipal Theatre in Nový Bor, 20th January at 19:00 and the next one at the Roškotovo Theatre in Ústí nad Orlicí, 26th January at 19:30. The choreography “Slavonic Quartet” will also introduce new dancers Viktor Svidró and Sabina Bočková. Sabina will also take a role in choreography “From my life”.

For more information about scheduled performances, please visit the section Program.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Wishing you good health, happiness, and joy of dance in the coming year and always. We are looking forward to our further cooperation and meetings.

Prague Chamber Ballet is preparing its 1st reprise of the premiere program Metaphors of Dance, which will take place on December 25th, 2015 at 19:00 at the Estates Theatre in Prague. Tickets are available at the box offices of the National Theatre daily from 10am to 18pm, or electronically at the link here. We wish you Merry Christmas and we are looking forward to meet you in the theater.

Today the audience saw for the first time the newly prepared program for elementary and secondary schools – Dance contrasts. Prague Chamber Ballet with this performance follows successful entertaining and educational program of Pavel Smok`s „How is the ballet done,“ which received more than eight hundred performances. Another opportunity to see program “Dance contrasts” will be in Theatre Ponec on 10th December at 10:00, and a series of spring performances in the Municipal Library in Prague.

Prague Chamber Ballet is leaving to Warsaw to represent Czech dance art on Thursday 19th November. The company will be presented at the International festival Warsaw Dance Days as part of an evening performance and during the master class under the direction of ballet teacher Libuše Ovsová. On 20th November at 7pm in Mazovia Institute of Culture Warsaw Prague Chamber Ballet will present choreography by Hana Polanská Turečková „Guess How Many Stars Are There“ and the new piece by Hana Litterová „Silent Cry“.

After the successful premiere evening Metaphors of dance, which took place on the stage of The Estates Theatre, Prague Chamber Ballet continues in its intensive work. For this autumn it has prepared a series of performances for young audiences named Dance contrasts. It is going to represent at the Warsaw Dance Days festival in Poland. And it is also working on the reprises of the premiere title – for example on Christmas Day at The Estates Theatre. For detailed information, please see the Program. We are looking forward to see you at the theater!

Don`t you have your tickets for the premiere Metaphors of Dance, which will be held this Sunday, 18th October in The Estates Theatre yet? Then you have a great opportunity to win 2 free tickets! Share our event. On your facebook profiles, add your own invitation and get as many „likes”as possible. See the link for the event and rules of the competition HERE. The winner will be announced on Friday 16th October at 12pm.

New premiere of Prague Chamber Ballet, which will take place on 18th October, 2015 at The Estates Theatre, will present three pieces made by contemporary choreographers – Alexandra Dziurosz, Hana Litterová, Žiga Jereb and Anna Štěrbová. These artists are connected not only by their Slavic origin, but also by their effort to create a comprehensible work with the main role of dance. Dance, which may have a diverse vocabulary of movement, however, is the carrier of the ideas of the pieces and is created in accordance with the musical accompaniment.

As part of the 9th annual dance festival Siraex with international participation in the Castle of Klasterec nad Ohri Prague Chamber Ballet presents two pieces. On the programm are „Black Mirror“ (on August 18th) and a duet of a pilot and his conscience from the legendary choreography by Luboš Ogoun „Hiroshima“ (on August 21st). Tickets available here.

Prague Chamber Ballet has had a successful tour in South Korea. During May and June the company presented new repertoire at two prestigious dance festivals in this Asian country and visited the major metropolis of Seoul, but also Busan, the second largest South Korean city. As the only one Czech company here represented the Czech Republic in the field of contemporary dance with two choreographies „Black Mirror“ and „Guess how many stars are there.“

At the end of May, Prague Chamber Ballet participated in the prestigious festival of contemporary dance MODAFE in Soul, Korea. Soloists Jitka Tůmová and Patrik Čermák presented choreography “Guess how many stars are there” in soldout Arko Arts Theatre. The unique performance also visited ambassadors of Czech and Slovak republic.