SYMPOSIUM: INNER SPEECH AS A STAGE GESTURE IN INSTANT COMPOSITION

Announcement about the Symposium: Inner Speech as a Stage Gesture in Instant Composition that will take place June 22–26, 2026

Venues: AMU (Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy, Dance Department), Žižkostel, HAMU Organizer: Organized by Assoc. Prof. Mish Rais, PhD, in cooperation with the Dance Department (HAMU) and CreWcollective, under the auspices of KATAP and KT (HAMU). 

This international, practically oriented symposium explores the phenomenon of "inner speech" within the process of instant composition and dance improvisation and their pedagogy. The event is designed as a research situation for sharing experiences across various fields—ranging from somatic practice and choreography to phenomenology, cultural psychology, and pedagogy.

Public Program:

• Performances: The performative lecture Along the Lines by Bettina Neuhaus and Eva Karczag, and the production Sometime Now (produced by CreWcollective), will take place at Žižkostel and are open to the general public.
• Book Launch: On Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00 PM, there will be a launch for doc. Jiří Lössl’s publication Výchova vědomým pohybem (Education through Conscious Movement, NAMU) at Žižkostel.

Participation and Context: The symposium is open to students, educators, and the professional public, creating a space where academic research and artistic practice intersect. The project loosely follows the publication Secretly Alive: embodied perspectives on dance improvisation (Rais, Eliášová, Le Quesne: NAMU, 2024). 

Download the program:

Programme of the Symposium / PDF

Programme Brochure with Annotations / PDF

Poster / PDF