Let Us Dance
Competition for non-professional contemporary dancers aged 6-26 years
Smetana was not only the founder of Czech national music, but also a renowned dancer, and many dance elements can be found in his music, too. That is why, in addition to a series of musical performances, the Smetana200 project will also host an extraordinary nationwide dance competition for participants aged from 6 to 26 years.
The competition is open to both ensembles and individuals who will create and stage their own choreographies (4-6 minutes long) to Bedřich Smetana's polkas in their original form (using their own recordings, recordings prepared by the music department of an “elementary art school” (ZUŠ), or recordings taken from the Smetana200 website, where they will be available for download from November 2022) or any other – classical or non-classical – original arrangement. Participation in the competition is free of charge.