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The ATI is publishing a series of guides to Czech arts

As part of its mission to promote Czech arts abroad, the Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI) is publishing a series of guides to Czech dance, music, literature and theatre. They are being prepared by the Department of International Cooperation and PR and the Music, Dance and Literature departments. All four publications will be published in English and they are intended for people abroad with an interest in Czech arts, organisers of festivals and other cultural events, and can also serve as a practical guide for the wider public.

Feb 14, 2012 2:30 PM More

Call for the International Symposium for the Makers

Devised Dramaturgy: a Shared Space is an international symposium organized by the Prague Quadrennial in cooperation with some of the major Czech theatre organizations, venues and schools in the Czech Republic with the main aim at creating a platform for makers of devised theatre to map the main issues in the field and ways to talk about their practice, in order to strengthen new discourse in performance and performance space.

Jan 30, 2012 8:28 PM More

The Prague Quadrennial Earned the State Twice What It Gave in Subsidies

A study of the economic impact of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, held last year in Prague, reveals that it was one of the most successful cultural projects of 2011, not just for artists, but also in an economic perspective. Research conducted among 18,000 individual paying visitors showed that in connection with their attendance at this event people spent more than 164 million Crowns and there was an increase in revenue of 393 million Crowns. Every Crown in the budget of the Prague Quadrennial thus generated almost 6 Crowns in revenue for the Czech economy and two Crowns of GDP.

Feb 2, 2012 9:31 AM More

An Exhibition in Honour of Václav Havel Now Open at Kampa Museum

An exhibition titled Václav Havel – Citizen and Playwright, prepared by the Arts and Theatre Institute, is being held from 11 January to 25 March 2012 in the exhibition halls of Kampa Museum in Prague.

Jan 13, 2012 3:12 PM More

The database of the Scenography Collection and Documentation of the ATI is now on-line

The Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI) in Prague has posting another portion of digitised materials from its collection of documents. Having already provided access to more than 140,000 images of theatre performances in the theatre photography database (http://db.divadelni-ustav.cz/photographs.aspx) as part of the Theatre Institute’s Virtual Research Room last year, there are now almost 15,000 stage and costume designs by 337 artists that can be accessed at http://db.divadelni-ustav.cz/scenography.aspx.

Jan 11, 2012 11:00 AM More

GAME’S NOT OVER: The Arts and Theatre Institute’s first e-book

The Arts and Theatre Institute is currently publishing its very first e-book. The electronic book GAME’S NOT OVER – New Czech Plays (not only) for Your Tablet / E-Reader brings you recent plays by Czech authors. Though the publication includes a broad spectrum of playwrights – beginning with the youngest generation up to 35 years of age (Radmila Adamová, Magdaléna Frydrych Gregorová, Petr Kolečko, Kateřina Rudčenková), middle-aged authors (David Drábek, Roman Sikora, Petr Zelenka), and also mature doyens of the Czech cultural scene (Arnošt Goldflam, Václav Havel, Milan Uhde) – all authors included are currently active personalities who have participated in contemporary Czech theatre not just in the roles of playwrights and authors but also as literary managers, directors and / or artistic directors.

Dec 27, 2011 5:15 PM More

The Arts and Theatre Institute bids farewell to one of the greatest Czech playwrights

The sad news of the death of Václav Havel has personally touched many in the wide community of theatre artists that Havel belonged to for more than half a century. Havel had ties to the Theatre Institute (now the Arts and Theatre Institute) already back in the 1960s and again during the Velvet Revolution, when the Theatre Institute gave support to the theatres on strike. When the continued existence of the Theatre Institute was at risk, Václav Havel interceded to keep it in Prague.

Dec 20, 2011 9:19 AM More

MARIONNETTES AN ZERO – an exhibition of Czech puppetry at the World Festival of Puppet Theatre in France

On Friday, 16 September, a gala opening was held at the town hall in France’s ‘puppetry metropolis’ Charleville-Mézières for the exhibition Marionnettes An Zero (Puppets since Year Zero), which was organised by the Arts and Theatre Institute as part of the biennial World Festival of Puppet Theatre (16. 9. - 25. 9. 2011). The festival, which this year is celebrating its 50th jubilee, on this occasion welcomed 132 theatre groups from 28 countries in its main programme, 120 groups in the accompanying programme taking place on the streets, and 14 exhibitions drawing attention to the history of puppet theatre in the host region of the Ardennes and in other centres of puppet art, one of which is without a doubt the Czech Republic.

Sep 22, 2011 3:43 PM More

The profile of the Czech Republic 2011 has been published in the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe

The second profile of the Czech Republic in the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe is currently available for download in Czech and English versions. Its author is Pavla Petrová, the director of the Arts and Theatre Institute.

Aug 9, 2011 9:59 AM More

An extensive monograph published on the occasion of Miroslav Melena's exhibition

The Arts and Theatre Institute in cooperation with Teatrum Mundi o.s. has prepared an exhibition IN THE SERVICE OF THEATRE – Miroslav Melena / Scenographer and Architect which is held on June 8-28 on the premises of Prague's Old Town Hall. Miroslav Melena is without doubts one of the most significant contemporary Czech sceongraphers and theatre architects. The exhibition introduces both his scenography and architectural work.

Jun 8, 2011 1:08 PM More