4 + 4 Days in Motion

The main task of the association is an organisation of international theatre festival 4 + 4 Days in Motion. Since 1996 the festival’s aim is to present contemporary inovative theatre and dance projects, every year the festival presents ca twenty groups from all over the world. The particularity of the festival is to enliven objects of the Prague architecture by artistic projects and presentation of international projects co-produced by Four Days.

Projects of the festival include all genres of contemporary art (theatre, dance, music, visual art, film, video art). Every year of the festival has its specific theme – leitmotif, for example Demolition (abandoned halls of CKD, where the festival took place were prepared to demolishon), Hibernation (freezing of cultural activities in the Czech Republic, extinction of residential spaces, etc) The effect of connecting the individual genres of art in the dramaturgy of the festival is also the connection of visitors of theatre and dance performances with the vistiors of concerts, galleries and multimedia projects.

Thus festival 4+4 Days in Motion is in the Czech context an unique event. The natural part of the festival create seminars and workshops, which often become the basis for the next cooperation between artists, managers, and theatre professionals from different countries.