Discussion with Jana Hošková

Discussion with dance theorist Jana Hošková

When: November 21, 2022, from 3:30 p.m.

Where: Dance Art Centre, 4th floor – common room

From the series “Wandering Through Dance History”: In the Footsteps of Modern Czechoslovak Ballet

Jana Hošková (* 1929) has been involved in dance since the 1940s: as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and later as editor-in-chief of the magazine Taneční listy and a critic, publishing in domestic and foreign periodicals. She combines the experience of a professional, the insight of a theorist and historian, and a wealth of experiences and personal memories of a plethora of great dancers and choreographers, not only from the Czechoslovak dance scene.

Our discussion will be devoted to uncovering the roots of post-war ballet art in our country: what shaped the generation represented by artists such as Pavel Šmok, Luboš Ogoun, Jiří Blažek, Jiří Němeček, Miroslav Kůra, and others who have gone down in dance history as legends? And since we are at the Pavel Šmok Institute, we will also focus on his unique contribution. Whether it is his work on the borderline between different genres and styles or why his work is so very Czech.