Contemporary Dance and its Production

The work provides overview on the present situation of contemporary dance in Czech Republic focusing on this topic from point of view of production. The author brings her own practice and experience from working on production and coordination of Czech and foreign dance projects as well as remarks from international seminars of culture and theatre management. The aim of the work is to approximate the specific dance area cases to all who might be interested in production and support of contemporary dance. The readers will get know about the history and development of Czech contemporary dance, they will get orientation in the dance area as well as they will be able to figure out better the specificity of production of dance performances. The work gives some tips how to deal with some particular situation, what is important to focus on and what is better to avoid. The readers will also get view of dance activities, theatres and organizations which support the contemporary dance and try to improve conditions for work of dancers and choreographers. In the very end of the thesis author tries to define the most important characteristics and tasks of a producer and possibilities of further education