The Nová síť will support 4 selected artists and artist groups in the field of new theatre in 2025. The New Blood on the Stage programme will offer, among other things, one year of mentoring, support for the presentation of a completed project in the Czech Republic or a creative artistic or managerial residency.
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The coordination of the Czech cultural network Nová síť is moving to Brno. The new office will not only offer consultancy services, but will also organise seminars and workshops for cultural professionals.
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The Nová síť, together with the organisers of the European project SPARSE Plus, organised a tour of the improvisation performance of the group We Boys Who Walk Together during the summer and autumn. The tour took place at Rezi.Dance in Komařice, at the Theatrum Kuks festival, in Valdštejnská lodžie, at the summer cinema in Chvalčov and at the Plum Court in Malovice. We bring you an interview about how the tour itself was perceived by the actors, how they enjoyed the whole tour through rural areas and what they think is the beauty of improvisation.
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Fifth edition of the conference on collaboration in culture Culture Get-Together 2024
This year's topic is "Urban Live Arts Culture / How Is It Doing". The conference will take place in Pilsen for the first time, and two days later also in Prague.
This year the conference brings back ideas explored in its first iterations – it focuses on creating a space for dialogue between participants and sharing examples of best cultural practices in the context of urban live arts culture. Two Bohemian and one Moravian cities – PILSEN, HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ, and ZLÍN – will be the conference guides in the Pilsen part of the programme. In Prague, we will focus on the metropolis itself and its Slovak sister, BRATISLAVA.
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Service organization for culture Nová síť z. s. extends its long-standing cooperation with the Czech Centres, a contributory organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this time in the field of residencies. In 2024, they are jointly implementing a pilot residency programme in the field of performing arts abroad.
Five residencies will be supported for Czech professionals working in the field of contemporary theatre, dance and other related performance genres in Bulgaria, France, Poland, Greece and Serbia. For each country there is a separate call with specific conditions reflecting the possibilities of the partner organisation.
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The 22st edition of Malá Inventura, the festival of new theatre, will take place from 20 February to 28 March 2024 in Prague!
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For the fourth year, Nová síť z. s. in cooperation with Czech residency centres has been running the residency programme ART-IN-RES supporting artists’ and managers’ residencies in the Czech Republic with a focus on contemporary theatre, dance and other performing arts genres.
The purpose of the ART-IN-RES programme is to promote cultural mobility and networking, experience-building, knowledge exchange and skills development of all those involved in the arts residencies. By providing artists’ residencies, the programme aims to support creative process and emergence of new projects. With the managers’ residencies, it offers space and time for intensive concentrated work on development, evaluation or long-term planning of cultural projects or organisations.
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On November 6-9, the members meeting of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť. It took place in Ostrava in collaboration with MOVE Ostrava. Organised on the occasion of Nová síť 20th anniversary, the event centred on international collaboration and the meeting with the Slovak network Anténa - sieť pre nezávislú kultúru.
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Call for applications: artists’ and managers’ residencies, part of the ART-IN-RES international residency programme, for the period March – November 2024, provided by selected host organisations in the Czech Republic. Open for Czech and international applicants working in contemporary theatre, dance, and other performing arts genres for the development of projects at all stages of the creative process.
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The International Visegrad Fund opens Call for Visegrad Artists Residencies – Performing Artists residency. The program supports innovation, experiment and creativity in the performing arts – new drama, contemporary dance, new circus, physical theatre, visual theater, alternative theater, performance art. The program is dedicated to individual artists or groups, it is not suitable for stone theaters, already developed performances, or theater festivals.
Deadline: October 15, 2023, 12:00 (noon)
Realization: January 10, 2024 – December 31, 2024
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The 4th annual conference Culture Get-Together 2023 – LEAVING!
Culture Get-Together is a conference for cultural experts, representative of the public administration, educators, artists as well as the public interested in the current situation of live art and cultural practice.
25.9. - 26.9. 2023 / Prague / Spojka Events (Karlín)
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The Cooperation Starts group of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť met on June 5-7, this time in the Zlín Region where our new member organisation, Kulturák – podhostýnská kulturní družina, operates. The meeting focused on our education and development and on sharing news from culture industry. We also got acquainted with the Podhostýn microregion and took the opportunity to visit the pilgrimage site Svatý Hostýn.
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Thanks to the support from the National Recovery Plan, a delegation consisting of representatives of the Nová síť organization and selected members of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť will travel to the plenary meeting of the International Network For Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM) in Aarhus, Denmark, in June (11-14 June). Why is it important to attend such events? And what are the benefits?
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This year Nová síť z. s. will support 6 projects with artists' or managers' residency in the Czech Republic and Norway. Thanks to the support of mobility and networking by the European Union through the National Recovery Plan and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech-Norwegian cooperation and cultural exchange will be strengthened.
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This year's first meeting of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť took place in Moravská Třebová from 17 to 19 April. The meeting of the Network Partners group was hosted by the Kulturní služby města Moravská Třebová (Cultural Services of the City of Moravská Třebová). The programme was comprehensive: we got acquainted with the cultural events and development of Moravská Třebová, shared news from the regions; welcomed two new organisations as Network Partners; addressed the current challenges of NPO; explored support opportunities available through Nová síť; and discussed topics presented by the Network members. We concluded the meeting with a tour of the former compound Miltra where a new cultural centre is planned to open.
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Since 2020, Nová síť and Surnadal Billag, a partner organisation, have been running a programme supporting residencies for artistic and cultural management collectives from the Czech Republic and Norway working in performing arts. This year included, applicants from Norway are invited to submit applications for support of a residency in a selected residency centre in the Czech Republic until 21 March. Selected applicants will receive €100 per person/day and will be provided with facilities for their residency including accommodation for 7-14 days.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 21 March 2023, 23:59
RESIDENCY PERIOD: May – November 2023
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Since 2020, Nová síť and Surnadal Billag, a partner organisation, have been running a programme supporting residencies for artistic and cultural management collectives from the Czech Republic and Norway working in performing arts. This year included, applicants from the Czech Republic are invited to submit applications for support of a residency at the Surnadal Billag residency centre in Norway until 21 March. Selected applicants will receive €100 per person/day and will be provided with facilities for their residency including accommodation for 7-14 days.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 21 March 2023, 23:59
RESIDENCY PERIOD: May – October 2023
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The almost sold-out festival of new theatre is a great signal of the awakening of theatre attendance. It offered almost sixty different events in eight days, thirty-five theatre, dance and multimedia performances on twenty-one stages and an extensive accompanying programme - a number of live networking meetings, new formats and discussion events, and also events for children. This year, the retrospective showcase of the most outstanding projects created during the past year was visited by almost 4,000 spectators. The festival featured over 250 performers with the aim of presenting contemporary new theatre not only abroad, but also in the regions of the Czech Republic.
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A retrospective showcase of the most significant new theatre projects that have been created over the past year, a rich networking programme of new formats, expert discussions, as well as events for children. This is what this year's Malá Inventura festival will be like. Festival starting today and running until 1st March. The twenty-first edition of the festival of new theatre will offer thirty-five theatre, dance or multimedia performances on twenty-one stages in Prague.
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For the third year, Nová síť z. s. in cooperation with Czech residency centres has been running the residency programme ART-IN-RES supporting artists’ and managers’ residencies in the Czech Republic with a focus on contemporary theatre, dance and other performing arts genres. The purpose of the ART-IN-RES programme is to promote cultural mobility and networking, experience-building, knowledge exchange and skills development of all those involved in the arts residencies. By providing artists’ residencies, the programme aims to support creative process and emergence of new projects. With the managers’ residencies, it offers space and time for intensive concentrated work on development, evaluation or long-term planning of cultural projects or organisations.
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The 21st edition of Malá Inventura, the festival of new theatre, will take place from 22 February to 1 March 2023 in Prague!
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We are happy to share the result of the research, which we have been working on together with Teatr A Part, L1 Association and Tabačka Kulturfabrik since last year as part of the project Connecting V4 ART-IN-RES. The project’s aim was to map the current situation of arts residency practice in V4 countries with a focus on performing arts. In the publication, you will learn more about the arts residencies in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, including examples of host organisations.
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Call for applications: artists’ and managers’ residencies, part of the ART-IN-RES residency programme, for the period March – November 2023, provided by selected host organisations in the Czech Republic. Open for Czech and international applicants working in contemporary theatre, dance, and other performing arts genres.
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The International Visegrad Fund opens Call for Visegrad Artists Residencies – Performing Artists residency. The program supports innovation, experiment and creativity in the performing arts – new drama, contemporary dance, new circus, physical theatre, visual theater, alternative theater, performance art. The program is dedicated to individual artists or groups, it is not suitable for stone theaters, already developed performances, or theater festivals.
Deadline: October 15, 2022, 12:00 (noon)
Realization: January 10, 2023 – December 31, 2023
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In April, 5 artist residencies will take place within the framework of Czech-Norwegian cooperation. For the years 2021/2022 Nová síť and Surnadal Billag has launched a programme supporting residencies for artists and cultural management teams in the Czech Republic and Norway. The programme is part of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť funded from the EEA Grants.
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At the end of this month – 18 to 26 February – the festival offered thirty-three theatre performances at seventeen venues in Prague. Malá Inventura featured the most significant projects of new theatre created in the past year, an extensive networking programme with new formats, discussions as well as events for children. It also offered a special online presentation for both foreign and Czech festival guests.
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Malá Inventura will take place from 18 to 26 February 2022 in Prague. This year Malá Inventura celebrates an anniversary. We will not look back for too long, or preserve current practices and established formats. On the contrary, we will use the twenty years of experience as an opportunity to redefine the state of performing arts in the Czech Republic, particularly with respect to our post-pandemic presence.
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Creative Europe motivates the European theatre scene to take innovative approaches in international cooperation. For the Perform Europe project, which falls under it, we were selected from a total of 1327 theatres, individual authors, creative teams, art centres, platforms and festivals in the field of performing arts, which have entered from 41 countries!
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Nová síť and Surnadal Billag has launched a programme supporting residencies for artists and cultural management teams in the Czech Republic and Norway. The programme is part of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť funded from the EEA and Norway Grants 2014–2021.
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The aim of the Culture Get-Together 2021 conference is to re-mediate the meeting of representatives of mainly independent performing arts (umbrella organizations of theatre, dance, new circus) and representatives of cities, regions, state administration and other established institutions. With a two-day meeting, we want to remove barriers, facilitate mutual communication and articulate what is essential.
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A new cultural strategy is emerging in the region Hradec Králové. The current head of the regions cultural department, Kateřina Churtajeva, has done a lot in this respect. She has experience in both organizing and presenting culture. She started her current job after returning from abroad, where she worked as a cultural diplomat; she managed the Czech centre in Sofia: It gives a good insight into what is actually specific in Czech culture, where our values are. We talked about what the strategy-making process entails, what barriers have to be overcome, and what could possibly be the unexpected result of consistent work.
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Nová síť has launched a programme supporting residencies for artists and cultural management teams. The programme is part of the Czech Cultural Network Nová síť funded from the Norway Grants 2014–2021.
The support is intended for artists and cultural management teams for their artists residencies in the Czech Republic, at selected host residency venues offered through the ART-IN-RES platform www.artinres.cz
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THE 19TH EDITION OF MALÁ INVENTURA FESTIVAL OPENS IN A WEEK. THIS YEAR IN A SLIGHTLY ALTERED FORMAT.
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The Kutná Hora Theatre Festival – Divadlo X10
Ewa Zembok is a theatre director active not only in Prague (Meetfactory, A studio Rubín), but also on Moravian and Silesian scenes, among others in Brno's HaDivadlo or Olomouc's Tramtárie Theatre. She is the co-founder of Prague's Divadlo X10, founded in 2013, where she was a tribal director, while she is also engaged in the shifting regular activities of the Theatre in Kutná Hora and the Theatre Festival Kutná Hora as well as in international cooperation. The Divadlo X10 is an open platform not only for contemporary theatre, but also for other kinds of live art. One of the projects of the Divadlo X10 is also the Kutná Hora Theatre Festival, which this year takes place from 10-12 September 2020.
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16 – 17 September 2020 / Municipal House / Prague
The 2020 Culture Get-Together conference aims to create a platform for an open dialogue between professionals in the independent performing arts industry (including organizations of theatre, dance, and new circus) and representatives of cities, regions, and public administration.
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MALÁ INVENTURA is a showcase of the most significant projects in the field of new theatre that were created in the independent theatre scene of Prague over the last year.
19th year of the festival Malá inventura will take place from 19 to 27 February 2021 in Prague.
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Kateřina Klička Špičková: We must persist
A production group Jelení skok (PSJS) - Velvarská kostka - Velvareum - Natvrdlí group / Velvary
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@home! Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to slow the spread of the virus, the Berlin Performing Arts Festival will take place this year in front of everyone’s personal screen at home. In light of having to plan a festival, this was a decision that was necessarily made at short notice and has posed new challenges and questions for all participants, the festival team and the artists as well as the performance venues ever since. But how could things be any different in a time where everything in our familiar everyday lives has been turned upside down? While the challenges arise in respectively individual instances, it is certainly problematic, to put it mildly, for all involved that there is no road map, no available knowledge, no certainty and most of all, that the situation is still open-ended. Open-end – except that this time it is not a dramaturgical device, but instead an overwhelming reality.
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The open call for professionals, artists, critics working in the field of independent performing in the 5th annual Performing Arts Festival in Berlin is postponed due to COVID 19 outbreak. Please stay tuned, we will inform you soon about the upcoming situation.
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Lukáš Jiřička: We want to hunt in various communities
The platform Terén started its activities in Brno at the beginning of October. Together with HaDivadlo and the Husa na provázku theatre it forms the third “scene” of the Center for Experimental Theater. Nevertheless, it is not a scene in the true sense of the word. It is profiled as a dramaturgical, production and distribution platform that is not attached to a specific location. This creative, production team places its projects within the Brno institutions while profusely working with public space. This openness is reflected in the way of self-organization and the theatrical or rather artistically diverse performative projects it seeks to implement. On this initiative, we interviewed the dramaturgist Lukáš Jiřička.
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The association “Naplaveno” was established at the beginning of 2019. Its aim is to support and create culture in and around Jistebnice. “We want to connect artists and locals through cultural events. We plan to develop craft skills by organizing creative workshops. We would like to provide people with further educational opportunities through lectures and seminars,” says Karolína Plachá, the co-founder of the association. Naplaveno is located in the small village of Stružinec, where it takes care of a cottage, a theater hall and a caravan. Its premises are offered for residences and lease.
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The festival will be opened by the Czech Theatre DNA Award Ceremony in Studio Hrdinů / 20. 2. 2020 – 8PM /
This year is the fifth year of this award ceremony that takes place every two years and stands for showing our respect to persons that truly and exceptionally help develop new theatre. The award is presented by non-profit organisation Nová síť. In cooperation with the Czech culture network, Nová síť selects the nominations and the winners and in total awards five prizes.
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As part of the PRALIN exchange project, members of Berlin's independent performing arts community have the opportunity to attend the Malá inventura festival in Prague from February 21 - 24, 2020, enter into exchanges with the producers and participating artists and obtain insight into Prague's independent performing arts community.
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18th year of the festival Malá inventura will take place from 20 to 28 February 2020 in Prague. The main festival programme will present a selection of the best new theatre performances from the previous year.
This call is open to projects that were made between 1/12/2018 - 30/11/2019 and fit into one of the following three categories:
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From 1st to 31st of July 2019 is Nová síť on Holidays.
Since half of August, we provide consultations again (by appointment only). Please contact us via email office@novasit.cz.
We wish you a lovely summer!
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Zdeňka Morávková: The Incoming Generation is Promising
Tančírna is an Art Nouveau building hiding in the forests of Račí valley located in the Rychlebské Mountains. It is a cultural institution that organizes concerts, readings, theater performances and collaborates on the preparation and implementation of the Czech-German site-specific festival V centru / Im Zentrum. The dance hall in an impressive Art Nouveau style was built in 1906-1907 for George Kopp. It must have been truly majestic, judging from the preserved photographs and historical descriptions. At that time, it apparently used to be a very lively cultural and social element. How is the life in the "Heart of the Rychlebské Mountains" today?
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The Visegrad Fund is running Visegrad Artistic Residency Programs supporting Performing Arts and Visual and Sound Arts residencies. Within these programs, we support the artists as well as their host institutions.
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Representatives of Nová Síť together with ten selected professionals, visited the 4th edition of the Performing Arts Festival in Berlin, as part of the city exchange project between Prague and Berlin PRALIN. It has been the second cooperation with the festival. The main idea of the project is to actively support and mediate communication between the two independent performing arts communities of Berlin and Prague and to enable mutual ways of presenting the work by artists from Prague in Berlin and by artists from Berlin in Prague
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At the beginning of May 2019, the members of the Nová síť - Czech Cultural Network - met in the Rezi.dance Komařice residential house. Two days of sharing of new ideas and working together in the beautiful surroundings of South Bohemia. The meeting that brought ideas, inspiration, and plans for the future.
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Pavel Matela: Everybody is kind of local
An independent cultural center Farmstudio is located on the territory of the protected landscape area of Kokořínsko in the unique premises of a former farmhouse from the early 19th century in the village of Vysoká. It provides background for creative residencies, symposia, courses, workshops, festivals, art schools, music, theater and dance camps and other activities from the field of contemporary art and live culture. In addition to organizing its own exhibition programs and events, it also offers its premises to other cultural subjects.
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We are excited to announce that an intercity exchange project between Prague and Berlin PRALIN selected the participants of the Berlin Performing Arts Festival open call. A total of 10 participants are going to visit the 4th annual Performing Arts Festival in Berlin. The aim is to take a closer look at the Berlin art scene, participate in networking formats (Guided tours - explore the scene, Berlin Diagonale - project showcase) and learn about the related cultural environment.
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Honza Tomšů: The interest in regions has increased
Zvěřinec is an association of the Zlín region natives who want to actively participate in the current form and development of local alternative and non-mainstream culture. The association seeks to create a creative environment that will group together active individuals from the cultural and creative sectors, will be a refuge for the new artistic and cultural projects, and all this with the active participation of the Zlín citizens.
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PRALIN, an intercity exchange project between Prague and Berlin, calls for a delegation to visit the Performing Arts Festival mapping Berlin´s independent scene.
A total of 10 participants will be able to visit the 4th annual Performing Arts Festival in Berlin. The challenge is for professionals, artists, critics working in the field of independent performing arts. The aim is to take a closer look at the Berlin art scene, participate in networking formats (Guided tours - explore the scene, Berlin Diagonale - project showcase) and learn about the related cultural environment.
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The New Network representatives attended the IETM Spring Plenary Meeting in Kingston upon Hull, UK, from 28th to 31st March. It was the first meeting of the New Network since it became a member of IETM in January 2019. IETM is the largest networking platform for contemporary performance art in the EU. Our main objective was to present the activities of the New Network as an organization supporting contemporary art and live culture, the Czech Cultural Network, and to find potential partners abroad for the international part of the new theater festival Malá Inventura and the activities of the Czech Cultural Network.
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17th year of Malá inventura has just finished. 9-day new theatre festival has featured 57 performances on 20 Prague scenes. The festival was visited by a record number of 5 000 visitors.
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Marcello Lussana, Olga Kozmanidze: Deepen sensory perception
Seventeen annual of Malá inventura Festival will also present a participatory performance Sentire created by Berlin collective Pragmata. We talked about the interconnection of science and art and also the functioning of independent scene in Berlin with Marcel Lussana and Olga Kozmanidze.
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The seventeenth year of the theatre festival will offer fifty-seven performances on fifteen Prague stages. Malá inventura also has guests from Berlin and there is a new programme section Residents this year.
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The New Network publishes a new edition of the Czech Cultural Network catalog for the year 2019. It provides a clear overview of the basic information about the current members of the Czech Cultural Network, including a range of activities and opportunities for potential prospective collaborators.
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IETM - International network for contemporary performing arts - is a network of over 450 performing arts organisations and individual members working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide: theatre, dance, circus, interdisciplinary live art forms, new media.
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Honza Petružela: To build bridges between the center and the outskirts
Creative dramaturgical and producing unit Fujaré has been working in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and its surroundings since 2016. It organizes the nternational festival of human voice called Hlasy, an unconventional concert cycle where folklore encounters with other genres, a live summer cinema with music, theater and music workshops, lectures, discussions, happenings… What did the last year bring to him and what he would like to realize in the new one - these are the issues discussed with Honza Petružela, who also acts as editor-in-chief of the theatrical magazine Theatrical Revue.
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Adriana Světlíková: It has been a great ride ...
It all started with an invitation for a Christmas party of the organization Nová síť which celebrates fifteen years of its existence this year. The scope of its activities is enormous - it takes care of independent scenes both in Prague and in the regions. Its work includes various activities such as counseling, coaching, organizing of residences and festivals across the country and establishing cross border contacts. We interviewed its director Adriana Světlíková shortly before the Christmas party in Pardubice.
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The International Visegrad Fund already knows the results of the open call to the program VARP - Performing Arts, which aims to promote innovation, experiment and creativity in the field of Performing Arts.
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Roman Černík: We are not afraid of experiments
The reconstructed premises of the Moving Station started the fourth season since its reopening following the successful renovation of the historic railway station. The opening was held at the Pilsen - South Suburban Station in September. Its dramaturgy focuses primarily on the introduction of contemporary theater, dance and interdisciplinary art experiments. Furthermore, fine arts, film shows, music and new circus are presented there. And we can’t forget the classes of dramatic education or improvisation that are on the regular monthly offer. We interviewed Roman Černík, the director of the Moving Station, and asked him about the news of this most significant center for independent culture in Pilsen.
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Barbora Jílková and Hedvika Drenčeni: Unfortunately, there is a lack of space!
The South Bohemian organization Kredance has been operating for eight years as a landmark for the motion and dance theatre in České Budějovice and its surroundings. Recently there has been a number of organizational changes that brought new impulses and new lines of activities. In addition to supporting new projects in the form of residences, Kredance organizes festivals Tanec Praha and Malá inventor as well as various workshops. Its activities dont limit to the Czech Republic. What it is like to run an organization without its own space operating at the intersection of production and producers units - this is the main issue we discussed with the outgoing production manager Barbora Jílková and incoming Hedvika Drenčeni.
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Adam Hruška: Openness is the key
Jihlavas DIOD is the open-door theater that has found a solid place in the regional town during its eight years of existence. It is an open-air center that features untraditional artistic programs and cultural events. In addition to the new circus, independent movement and dance theater, contemporary music, workshops for children and adults, it also gives space to the activities leading to the formation of an open society (e.g. PechaKucha Night, discussion evenings with the town representatives, etc.) Adam Hruška has been the centres member since its establishment. And at the same time, he has been the main “designer” and the main production manager determining the direction that DIOD moves in.
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Zdeněk Závodný: Another miracle in Pardubice
Divadlo 29 celebrated sixteen years of its existence short time ago. Originally, it was established by the Cultural Center of Pardubice, a contributory organization of the town of Pardubice dissolved at the end of the last year. The municipality decided for another model after lengthy problems in the management of the Cultural Center. Therefore, as of January 1, 2018, the Center for Open Culture was set up, consisting of a multi-genre cultural and production center Divadlo 29 and Gallery of Pardubice, a Kunsthalle type exhibition area. Both places are profiled as places for non mainstream production across genres of contemporary art.
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Dramatic Arts Center of Iran (DAC) is pleased to inform that there are some international activities which are going to take place in Iran (2018-2019):
13thInternational Street Theater Festival – Marivan, 1st– 5thSep. 2018, deadline for submission: 1st Aug. 2018;
25th International Children and Adolescents Theater Festival, November 2018, deadline for submission: 30th Sep. 2018;
37thFadjrInternational Theater Festival (for all genres), February 2019, deadline for submission: 1st Dec. 2018. The Fadjr festival is our main event.
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Independent Performing Arts in Prague and Berlin
November 2018 – February 2020
Application deadline: September 15, 2018
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The second meeting of the new generation network Nová síť took place on 18 June 2018 in Studio 26 in Prague Holešovice. The search for common themes unambiguously dominated the issue of financing individual projects and entire organizations. Following this, the New Network decided to hold a seminar where we will address all the details of the current grant challenge for the professional theater of the Ministry of Culture. The seminar will take place on September 5, 2018.
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Jitka Jakubičková: Love for abandoned buildings
The coaling tower (Zauhlovačka) in Vratislavice nad Nisou was declared a monument three years ago. Thereafter, the AvantgArt initiative was launched, directly linking its activities with the existence of this tower. In addition to the monuments restoration, AvantgArt plans to create a cultural center with community activities there. In the longer term, Zauhlovačka should be given the status of observation tower. On the occasion of the third edition of the event Let’s open Zauhlovačka! which will take place on June 9, 2018, we interviewed the initiative initiator Jitka Jakubičková.
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Jiří Vydra: I wish poetics came back to art
The early baroque monument Valdštejnská lodžie in Jičín has become a cultural center of the region during the last six years. The castle manager Jiří Vydra has revived the building with scenic events inspired by traditions and displayed in the whole area. In addition to the regular musical and literary events, the Malá inventura festival takes place here. A large amount of spectators has convinced the Jičín municipality to further invest into the baroque building. The goal is to make its operation even more smooth and to enhance the visitors' comfort. We talked about the changes of the Lodžie and the life in it with the artistic director and the castle manager Jiří Vydra.
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Markéta Málková: We are an island of a positive cultural deviation
REZI.DANCE in the South Bohemian Komářice presents itself as a residential, dance and artistic space. It is open not only to the artists and artistic groups, but also to the cultural managers or entire organizational teams. The connection with the village Komářice is emphasized, the folkloric traditions are maintained there and a responsible approach to the environment is promoted. We interviewed Markéta Malková about the REZI.DANCE which operates at the intersection between the free art and the creative industry.
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The International Visegrad Fund already knows the results of the open call to the program VARP - Performing Arts, which aims to promote innovation, experiment and creativity in the field of Performing Arts.
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FELIX KOCH A NATHALIE FRANK: We can motivate people to think and to work for change
16th year of Malá inventura festival is preparing the first ever meeting with representatives of the Berlin Performing Arts Program, which is part of the Berlin-based association of artists in the field of performing arts (LAFT Berlin). With Felix Koch and Nathalie Frank from Berlin, but also with Petr Dlouhý, we will look for the possibilities of cooperation between the Berlin and Prague performing arts scene.
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Kristýna Břečková: Industra is a unique space
Brno’s independent theater scene has gained more support recently. This may be seen also in the activities of the Industra STAGE theatre platform, which is part of the creative and communication space of Industra in Masná Street. By targeting independent projects and ambitions to function as a production house, Industra STAGE could bring Brno closer to other major towns in the Czech Republic. I interviewed the dramaturgist Kristýna Brečková to find out whether Industra STAGE has an ambition to influence more seriously the theater scene in Brno.
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Juraj Augustin: Fulfill your dreams with us
The BuranTeatr has gone through a generational turnaround and has recently focused on new directions. The foyer and the bar were renovated during the holidays. Currently, works on the workshop hall are being undertaken and the preparations for the reconstruction of the big hall have begun. Do these changes represent a change not only of the BuranTeatr, but also of the whole Brnos independent theater scene?
Juraj Augustin, an art director, has answered our questions.
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VARP_PA program - open call residency within the International Visegrad Fund
The on-line application system is open and ready to accept your applications by February 15th, 2018.
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Good luck and joy next year. And sometimes we make fun of ourselves :)
Merry Christmas!
Adris, Dagmar, Petr, Lucka, Sarka, Marketa and Misa
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Petr Hubáček: Let’s save the Cinema Varšava
The Cinema Varšava in Liberec will shortly become the venue of the largest meeting of the Nová síť cultural network. There are twelve existing and eight acceding partners of this informal network of organizations. It is no coincidence that this event will be held in this particular cinema, which has had to face years of tough struggles regarding its future with the competent officers. The group of enthusiasts representing the initiative “Let’s save the Cinema Varšava” has still not given up its struggle despite the fact that they have not been able to provide sufficient resources to reconstruct the cinema so far. However, the recently opened stylish café in the renovated cinema foyer confirms their determination, so we can hope that Varšava will not meet the fate we know from the movie Bio Paradise.
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Tereza Dvořáková: Officials are sometimes little bit perplexed by us
Is Karlovy Vary able to offer anything after the peak season? This is what is the subject of consideration of the Wake Up Vary Initiative, which was created in collaboration of the independent associations Offcity and ProVary. This originally petty attempt to revive Vary in the low season has gradually developed into a comprehensive effort to develop art in public space, support community projects and slowly change the cultural and social situation in the town.
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21. 9. - 25. 10. 2017 / Jičín / Jihlava / České Budějovice / Opava
The autumn part of the festival of new theater Malá inventura begins on September 21 and will last until 25 October in Jičín, Jihlava, České Budějovice and Opava.
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It is done! The City of Ostrava approved the project of Jatka. Thus, the area of former municipal slaughterhouses on Stodolni Street - seven thousand square meters - will turn into an open zone for culture, creativity and cooperation. Andrej Harmečko is co-author of the project. He was one of two persons who established the Cultural Center Cooltour in 2010, which is by the way a partner of the Nová síť network. Even then, he said that the third largest town in the Czech Republic had the ambition to become an European metropolis.
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Thursdays 10 to 13 hours in the office of Nová síť - Osadní 26, Prague 7
Consultations by appointment only. Please contact us via email office@novasit.cz.
Consultations are free!
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Since June 2017, the Network Nová síť has been enriched with a new section for start-up organizations and premises. The "baptism" of the so-called multi-level partnership took place on June 15, 2017 at the premises of the Nová síť network in Prague, Osadní Street.
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Libor Kasík: Too little do we raise a question why to support culture
Shortly (from May 31 until June 4) a festival Cirk-Uff, festivity of all new circus lovers, will take place. It was set up by Libor Kasík, a significant mover in this field and a director of Trutnov multifunctional theatre UFFO. He is widely known not only for broadminded presentation of top foreign authors, coproduction cooperation and support of domestic scenes, but also for unorthodox opinions on the cultural policy.
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Jan Žůrek: It was necessary to make a quick decision
Recently, Olomouc has been reviving. A campaign concerning the decision on the creation of a new cultural centre directly in the downtown culminates. An initiative "Dolní vám. Ote-vřete centrum kultuře!" (“Dolní to you. Open the downtown to culture!”) that promises to raise even more yet high level of cultural offer in this Moravian metropolis was launched by Jan Žůrek, a long-time protagonist of Olomouc cultural scene.
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Anna Strnadová: Space is not only an instrument for us
The Czech cultural network Nová síť has extended to the multi-level partnership since the beginning of this year. As a consequence, a scope for the start-up organizations which need exceptional support in the initial period has been established (apart from the experienced ones with a history of long-term cooperation). The organization called ArtproProstor operating in Jablonec nad Nisou ranks among these new partners.
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We invite all fans of ´new theater´ to the autumn regional reprise of Malá inventura Festival:
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Asen Terziev: Theatre can't stay in its own “bubble”
A 15th annual Malá inventura festival will start shortly, traditionally organized by a cultural NGO Nová síť. The festival offers an opportunity for independent productions, emerging artists and managers to establish cooperation with abroad or across the Czech regions.
Asen Terziev, a theatre critic, theatrologist and coordinator of one of the biggest international Bulgarian festivals-International Theatre Festival „Varna Summer“ was one of the festival´s guests last year.
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Martina Erbsová: Politics always finds you
"Small Avignon" — that´s how the off part of the International festival – Theatre of European Regions is sometimes called. The dramaturgy of Hradec Králové Open Air Program (this is its proper name) is realized by the dynamically developing cultural NGO kontrapunkt. Recently, it has taken over another important festival Jazz goes to town. The kontrapunt´s director is Martina Erbsová, not only an experienced manager and a public space activist, but also a candidate for regional elections.
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Magdaléna Petráková: Verdict for Luhačovice
It has been seven years since the summer festival Luhovaný Vincent was firstly launched in Luhačovice. It is organized by people who have a personal connection to the place itself. One of the involved person who apply the “dramaturgy without compromises” is its director Magdaléna Petráková, a graduate of the Department of Theater and Film Science in Olomouc and currently a student of Culture Management at Masaryk University. We may come across her activities not only in Luhačovice, but in other places such as Olomouc where she participates, for example, in the project Second Chance, which brings to this town an unconventional post-Christmas revival.
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Jan Kunze: To moralize on Facebook, to use the Havel’s name …
Opava is said to be out of hand, but we can’t say it “does someone's bidding". This is particularly true as far as the variety of cultural offer is concerned. Many larger towns can only dream about such a variety. Actually, Jan Kunze is quite similar to Opava. He manages a unique Art Club, he is a poet and a curator, he manages publishing house, he is involved in several musical projects and he can address a theater audience which can’t be taken for granted. Occasionally, he sets off to other side of the world ... Opava also traditionally hosts the Malá inventura festival, which is an annual theater challenge for the audience. The last year was really a good one.
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Nová síť in cooperation with its regional partners chose to programme section NEW BLOOD ON STAGE 2017 following projects:
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Varnsdorf recently hosted a national meeting network Nová síť. In this "culturally" complicated region was for a few days rather vividly. Beginning of this week belonged to the networking and the ceremonial unveiling of a bust of local sculptor Vincenz Pilz. In the middle of the week followed fifth edition of the festival Vítr z hor, which annually offers dramaturgy in the field of "New Theatre".
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Malá inventura Festival will present in programme section "Migratory Birds" following projects:
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The International Visegrad Fund already knows the results of the autumn open call to the program VARP - Performing Arts, which aims to promote innovation, experiment and creativity in the field of Performing Arts.
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You have a new project and would you like to introduce it to the audience in the regions of Czech Republic or abroad? Nová síť is launching a call for selection of new projects in the field of the New theater for 2016! The call is intended for young artists and new art groups and art school graduates (up to 3 years after graduation).
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Nová siť provides advice and consultations (production issues, grants, financing) and consuelling in the field of non-profit organizations and mediation, for example et negotiation with municipal administration.
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From tomorrow...don´t expect us in the office. We are looking forward to You again from March 14th!
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We invite all fans of ´new theater´ to the autumn regional reprise of Malá Inventura Festival:
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It is been a year since during the Malá Inventura festival were opened two new halls of Studio ALTA / HALL 23 - rehersal room and so called LIVING ROOM /. Lets go back to the scene and celebrate that formerly abandoned spaces of the factory in Holešovice was revived with dance, theater and cultural and community events!
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Yesterday (22. 2. 2016) - shortly before 21 pm were during Gala evening at the Archa Theater Czech theater DNA awards was handed.
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CZECH THEATER DNA AWARDS 2016
The grand gala awards ceremony will be held in the ARCHA Theater on February 22, 2016 at 8 PM. In collaboration with partner organizations of the cultural network Nová síť, three categories of awards will be presented:
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MALÁ INVENTURA / February 22 – 29 / The 14th International Festival of New Theater
Malá inventura festival summarizes the most outstanding New Theater achievements of the past year. This makes it an event that attracts attention beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. This year, more than 70 regional and international theater professionals will come to Prague to attend the festival that aims to promote the circulation of projects, presentation of Czech culture abroad and last but not least cultural networking.
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Transport and Infrastructure in V4 Performing Arts
4th – 15th June, 2016
Budapest (HU), Topoľčany (SK), Žilina (SK), Olomouc (CZ), Ostrava (CZ),
Katowice (PL), Krakow (PL)
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The annual dramaturgical meeting of Nova sit took place on 25th Novembre. 3 applications were selected:
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EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe, initiated by the European Festivals Association, is the Guide for citizens and the Platform for professionals to discover and get involved in Europe’s festivals. It is a new international festival platform connecting festivals that are deeply committed to the arts, their communities and Europe. The platform invites the audiences worldwide to encounter, participate and access up-to-date festival information.
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CONSULTATION not only for beginners (finance, grants, production, etc.). Every Thursday 11 to 13 am in the office of Nová síť - Osadní 26, Prague 7.
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The thirteenth year of Malá Inventura (aka “Small Inventory”) festival will be noted for a particularly outstanding performances of contemporary theatre. During 8 days hundreds of visitors have visited its center called Nest in Veletržní palác.
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On 4. 2. 2015 took place at the Czech Center, Rytířská 31, Praha 1 press conference on the occasion of the 13th edition of the Malá Inventura festival.
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