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(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) In this study, I examine contemporary dance from both a spectatorial and interpretive perspective. I am looking for the main benefits of this artistic genre from both perspectives mentioned above. I ask whether, and if so how, the experience of watching dance can be conveyed alongside…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The artistic research focuses on mapping the process of connecting musical and dance artists into a cohesive functioning organism. The author describes the processes that, during the artistic practice, led to the achievement of the set goal, presents specific exercises that have proven…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) This research article focuses on analysing the impact of short video spots on the promotion of dance art, specifically at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. The project aimed to familiarize the public with dance education and to break down barriers between official dance…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The study documents the beginnings of the artistic career of the Czech dancer, ballet master and choreographer Augustin Berger. From 1878 to 1881 Berger danced at the German Royal Provincial Theatre in Prague and worked his way up from the ballet corps to the position of solo dancer…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The paper attempts to map the forms and transformations of dance pedagogy in Brno from its beginnings, falling in the first half of the 20th century, leading from the activities of private dance schools of the 1st Republic through important personalities of dance pedagogy (e. g…

This article proposes two preliminary practical models when reinstrumenting timbre-based music for a different acoustic instrumental setup for use by composers. I apply these methods to an excerpt of my music which relies on timbral structuring. This shows how reinstrumentations of timbre-based music need to differ from reinstrumentations of…

Before his internment in Terezín, Czech-Jewish composer Gideon Klein experimented with many different types of music and compositional procedures like serialism and quarter-tone writing. Klein’s 1939–40 Duo for Violin and Viola and “Fantasietta”, written in quarter-tones while he was studying in Prague with Alois Hába, is a particularly…