History
Tanec Praha started organizing the festival on the model of similar, already established, industry platforms in Europe. The first Czech Dance Platform was a modest exhibition of Czech dance work held at the Duncan Centre Conservatory (1995).
For the next four years, the festival took the form of a profile event of the city of Hradec Králové called Entrée to Dance.
On the occasion of the general meeting of the IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts), which took place in Prague in April 2000, the platform definitively returned to the capital with the aim of using the space of the currently reconstructed PONEC Theatre and other Prague stages (Alfred ve dvoře, Duncan Centre, Experimental space NoD, DISK, Švandovo divadlo, La Fabrika, Archa Theatre, Studio ALTA, etc.).
The Czech Republic is the only European country where the platform has maintained its annual continuity.
History of the awards
- Between 2002 and 2009, thanks to its partnership with SAZKA the Tanec Praha civic association granted the SAZKA Award for “discovery in dance”. This award was connected with a financial reward for the creation of a new work.
- Since 2002, Platform audiences have also voted for the Audience Award (in 2018 it was replaced by the selection of the Audience Jury, from 2019 it has been granted again).
- Since 2005, the festival jury have decided on the granting of the Dancer of the Year award. This continued in a new stage in 2011 – 2018. In 2011, thanks to the support of the Theatre Institute – Arts Institute, a festival jury was for the first time invited to Prague, composed of international and Czech experts, which decided on the granting of a new award – Dance Production of the Year. Tanec Praha strove to preserve the continuity of this award, whose main purpose is the expert recognition of local art, which is extremely important for the development of the field as a whole.
- In 2009, Tanec Praha began working with the Institute of Light Design, with which it grants the Light Design award. This award is based on the belief in the need to promote current trends in the field of Czech production design in relation to technology development.
- Since 2016, a Manager of the Year award has been granted. It was initiated by Jiří Opěla, the de facto pioneer of the management of independent dance ensembles. The task of the three-member jury is to chart the greatest achievements in the field of dance management achieved by individual figures. The award concerns both the production of a performance, ensemble or project, as well as a space dedicated to the creation and presentation of dance in the Czech Republic.
- In 2019, the original awards called Dance Production of the Year and Dancer of the Year were replaced by The Czech Dance Platform Awards. The members of the International Jury award exceptional achievements or personalities of the Platform.
- Until 2021, a Light Design Award was also awarded in cooperation with the Institute of Light Design and Manager of the Year / Jiří Opěla Award for a prominent figure in the field of dance management.
- 2002 Petr Tyc: The Little I Know about the Sylphids
- 2003 Kristýna Celbová: Agáta 19…
- 2004 Petra Hauerová: Night Moth
- 2005 VerTeDance: Silent Talk
- 2006 Jaro Viňarský: Last Step Before
- 2007 Ioana Mona Popovici: Portrait
- 2008 Lenka Bartůňková: Library
- 2009 Kateřina Stupecká: Da Capo
- 2011 Jarek Cemerek: Void Amongst Humans
- 2012 VerTeDance: What is the weight of your desire?
- 2013 Lenka Vagnerová & Comp.: Riders
- 2014 VerTeDance / Jiří Havelka / Clarinet Factory: CORRECTION web
- 2015 Jozef Fruček a Linda Kapetanea (RootLessRoot, SK/GR) / DOT504 (CZ): Collective Loss of Memory web
- 2016 Farma v jeskyni: Disconnected web
- 2017 Tereza Hradilková (Lenerová): Swish web
- 2018 Martin Talaga: SOMA#8 web
- 2019 Viktor Černický: PLI web
- 2021 POCKETART / Sabina Bočková, Johana Pocková a Inga Zotova-Mikshina: Treatment of Remembering
- 2022 Jitka Čechová, Tereza Lenerová: dis pla y
- 2022 Tereza Ondrová (CZ), Francesca Forcarini (IT): Call Alice
- 2022 Andrea Miltnerová, Monika Knoblochová, Jan Komárek: Celestial Odyssey
- 2023 Jazmína Piktorová, Sabina Bočková: Microworlds
- 2023 Eliška Brtnická a kol.: Thin Skin
- 2005 Lenka Vágnerová: Homo Sentimentalis
- 2006 Lea Švejdová (Čapková): Synchronicity
- 2007 Anna Caunerová: Portét
- 2008 Helena Arenbergerová: Holdin’ Fast
- 2009 Nataša Novotná: Golden Crock, Bo/lero
- 2010 Tereza Ondrová: Případy doktora Toureta / The Cases of Dr. Touret
- 2011 Jarek Cemerek: Void Amongst Humans
- 2012 Lucia Kašiarová: What is the weight of your desire?
- 2013 Markéta Vacovská: One Step Before the Fall
- 2014 Andrea Opavská: La Loba web
- 2015 Martina Hajdyla Lacová: SuperNaturals web
- 2016 Jaro Ondruš: GUIDE a Absent web
- 2017 Helena Arenbergerová: Flow web
- 2018 Cécile da Costa / Spitfire Company: The Narrator web
- 2019 Tereza Ondrová: Same Same web
- 2021 Markéta Vacovská: Separated
- 2022 Lucia Kašiarová a Ufftenživot: Mnohodinec
- 2023 Martina Hajdyla: Soft Spot
- 2009 Tomáš Morávek: Da Capo
- 2010 Jan Komárek: Crime and Punishment, Tore, Gaia
- 2011 Pavla Beranová: Sacrebleu
- 2012 Pavel Kotlík: Found & Lost
- 2013 Martin Špetlík: One Step Before the Fall
- 2014 Katarína Ďuricová: CORRECTION and collective of authors: Animal Carnival
- 2015 Adam Uzelac: Phrasing the Pain
- 2016 team of project GUIDE
- 2017 Katarína Ďuricová: Flow
- 2018 Jiří Šmirk / Spitfire Company: Vypravěč
- 2019 Jiří Šmirk / Spitfire Company: CONSTELLATIONS II: Time for Sharing
- 2002 Eva Černá & Karel Vaněk: Adáádání – Desert blues
- 2003 Robert Tirpák: Inside of
- 2004 Jan Kodet: Lola and Mr. Talk
- 2005 Kristýna Lhotáková a Ladislav Soukup: Osoby a obsazení
- 2006 Jaro Viňarský: Last step before
- 2007 Jan Kodet:(e)MOTION PURE-KEVEL
- 2008 Vojtěch Švejda: Alberts Fear
- 2009 Karel Vaněk: Orphans
- 2010 ME-SA: Echoes
- 2011 Lenka Vagnerová & Pavel Mašek / DOT504: Mah Hunt
- 2012 Monika Rebcová: Africa – Consideration
- 2013 VerTeDance: Simulante Bande
- 2014 Barbora Látalová a kol.: Animal Carneval web
- 2015 Jozef Fruček a Linda Kapetanea (RootLessRoot, SK/GR) / DOT504 (CZ): Collective Loss of Memory web
- 2016 Věra Ondrašíková: GUIDE
- 2017 Petra Tejnorová, Jaro Viňarský a kol.: YOU ARE HERE – web
- 2019 Viktor Černický: PLI
- 2021 POCKETART / Sabina Bočková, Johana Pocková a Inga Zotova-Mikshina: Treatment of Remembering
- 2022 Věra Ondrašíková & coll.: Witness
- 2023 Jazmína Piktorová, Sabina Bočková: Microworlds
- 2016 Karolína Hejnová
- 2017 Jan Malík
- 2018 Lucia Kašiarová
- 2019 cena neudělena
- 2020 Zuzana Bednarčiková
- 2021 Markéta Málková
- 2013 Zuzana Pitterová: Simulante Bande
- 2017 Jiří Bartovanec a studenti Konzervatoře Duncan Centre: Svěcení jara
- 2019 Markéta Stránská: LeŤ!, Tereza Hradilková: Nepřestávej, Karine Ponties: Same Same, Marie Gourdain: Medúza
- 2020 – 2021: Sára Vondrášková (Never Sol), Lukáš Palán, Jakub Štourač
- 2022 Monika Knoblochová, Celestial Odyssey
- 2023 Tomáš Morávek – light design Soft Spot
- 2023 Diana Khrushch – Together Alone
