Czechoslovakian Dance Artists' Conference of 1950

This bachelor's thesis deals with First Czechoslovakian Dance Artists' Conference, which took place in Brno on 28th and 29th March 1950, based on the stenographic notation of its progress. Due to the large range of stenographic notation, it focuses on the most discussed themes, such as; period dance scene condition and reactions to period dance pieces; the recently established state-owned education system; teaching method issues; private dance studios; pedagogues' expertise; labor turnover of dance artists; folk dancing as an inspirational source and dance literature. Participants' convictions and thoughts illustrate the process of forming new ideological stances on the dance art sphere in Czechoslovakia after 1948; it reveals personal stances of each participant. It shows: ambiguous dance artists' relationship to the newly forming state-owned education system together with the requirement for shutting down private dance studios, clashes of modern and ballet dance representatives and the usage of their teaching methods while training new dancers, social and existential status issues, finding new ballet repertoire and its artistic sources