See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
Having spent most of her career as a lead principal dancer at the English National Ballet, Daria will discuss her journey from ballet beginnings in communist Czechoslovakia to her peak as a dancer, then retirement and a change of career direction. She will share what it takes to get to the top (and remain there),... Read more »
Two members of the Pavel Haas Quartet are joined by a leading pianist for two of Dvořák’s piano trios. When the F minor piece received its first Viennese performance in 1884, critic Eduard Hanslick thought it the pinnacle of the composer’s career. The title ‘Dumky’ refers to a Slavic ballad form alternating sad with cheerful... Read more »
Follow an English husband and Czech wife on their route from Cholmondeley Castle to Stoke-on-Trent, then on to Lidice and Prague. Hear about their encounters on the way and retrace some of the steps by Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík in Operation Anthropoid which resulted in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich but also the tragedy... Read more »
Film screening followed by Q&A with director Ruth Zylberman (filmmaker and author) and Ivan Margolius (see below). In 2018 workers in Prague find film reels that had been hidden in an abandoned warehouse since the fall of the Berlin wall. These are images from the Slánský trial which in 1952 was the peak of Stalinist terror... Read more »
This rare documentary, Odyssée des illusions trahies, examines the singular and enigmatic trajectory of one of the most widely read writers in the world. From his time in communist Czechoslovakia to his Parisian exile and writing in French, from his quest for glory to his withdrawal from public life, this moving homage conceived as an... Read more »
Ninth in a series of walks along the Thames organised by Footprints of London, this walk looks at the Bauhaus inspired Bata shoe factory built in the 1930s with a surrounding village for workers including a school and a cinema. The factory was closed down in 2005 but is now a conservation area. The walk... Read more »
Bringing together many works rarely exhibited before in the UK, this survey exhibition highlights the abstract sculptures of Slovak artist Maria Bartuszová. Bartuszová worked in relative isolation over three decades in Košice, the second-largest city in Slovakia. Her artistic life was constrained by the limitations of socialist Czechoslovakia, as well as financial concerns and the... Read more »
The medieval chorale on which the Meditation by Dvořák’s pupil and son-in-law Josef Suk is based is still well known in the Czech Republic. Martinů’s Second Quartet (1925) was the first of his works to garner him international attention. Brno-born Korngold’s Third Quartet dates from 1944-5. Programme Josef Suk (1874-1935) ... Read more »
An informal social event in the same venue as last year, held jointly with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce. Come and join us at Bohemia House and enjoy an afternoon relaxing with Czech, Slovak and British people. Bring your friends and family, all are welcome. The ticket price includes traditional chlebíčky, chicken řízek (schnitzel)... Read more »
One who hears the cries of the world Referencing in its title a Buddhist deity whose name, Guan Yin, translates into English as the ‘one who hears the cries of the world’, Birmingham-based artist Tereza Bušková’s magical and multidisciplinary exhibition encompasses protective patterns, symbolic sand pouring, willow-framed and free-form bread-based installations and a series of... Read more »
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