Mgr. Martina Pecková Černá, PhD.

Theatre researcher, translator, cultural manager. Her sphere of interest covers contemporary drama, primarily written in German and Spanish, contemporary Czech theatre, and cultural policy of Central Europe. She is the secretary of the Czech Centre of the ITI (International Theatre Institute) as well as the member of the ATI commission for short-term mobility. She occasionally publishes in Czech and international journals specializing in theatre and culture.

Education

Graduated from Theatre Studies at the Department of Theatre Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Master’s Degree) and Art of Music at the Department of Music Production, Music and Dance Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (Doctoral Program). Since 2010 the head of the Department of International Cooperation and PR at the Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI).

Research activities

• 2018 - present Guarantor of the research area “Czech Independent Theatre after 1989, DKRVO
• 2018 – present member of the team of editors of the informational portal about Czech performing arts Performczech.cz
• 2010 – present Head of the International Cooperation Department, Arts and Theatre Institute
• 2019 lectures at the Department of Arts Management, Theatre Faculty, AMU
• 2007–2010 lectures at the Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
• 2005–2009 teacher and journalist at the Theatre Department, DILIA, o. s.
• dramaturgic cooperation in theatre productions, artistic translation, essays and articles for theatre and cultural periodicals

Conferences

• 2019 conference “The Character and Development of Independent Culture and Art in Slovakia after 1989”, Department of Cultural Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia (paper: On the methodology of research of Czech independent theatre after 1989)
• 2019 dramaturgy and coordination of the international conference “THEATRE AND FREEDOM – Change of the Paradigm of European Independent Culture after 1989”, Prague (paper in the intro block Quadrilogue between East and West)
• 2019 international conference “Philosophy at Play”, Prague (paper: Independent Theatre as A Playful Barometer of Democratic Society)
• 2019 dramaturgy of the symposium “Střed zájmu: Mobility Culture in Climatic Changes”, Prague (at the meeting of On the Move network)
• 2018 dramaturgy and coordination of the conference of the International Theatre Institute “UNESCO Goals and Performing Arts for the 21st Century”, Prague
• 2018 dramaturgy of the international itinerary symposium “DRAMplan for New Millennium – Theatre as a Public Value, Investment, Need?”, Prague and Bratislava
• 2017 dramaturgy and coordination of the conference “Over the Edge – Risk, Fear, and Courage in (Theatre) Creation”, Olomouc (as part of the European project Create to Connect)
• 2017 dramaturgy and coordination of the international symposium “East and Central European Modernity Rebuilding in Performing Arts”, La Bellone, Belgium
• 2016 dramaturgy and coordination of the international itinerary conference “PACE.V4: Transport and Infrastructure in V4 Performing Arts”, Czech Republic – Slovakia – Poland - Hungary
• 2011 dramaturgy of the international symposium on the contemporary drama “DRAMplan”, Prague (an accompanying programme of the Prague Quadrennial)
• 2009 dramaturgy of the conference “Theatre and Revolution”, Prague (paper: Prague Underground – Revolution Spawn)
• 2007 Theatre research symposium “Acción Teatral de la Valldigna”, Universtitat de Valencia, Spain (paper: Experiencia histórica en el teatro chceco actual: Movimiento eterno sobre el terreno estable, „Perzekuce“ y „Exit“ – dos proyectos del teatro político checo independiente)
• 2006 Theatre research conference “Czech and Slovak Drama after 1989”, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (paper: Power, Illness, and Lack of Power of Places in Miroslav Bambušek’s dramas)
• 2006 Lecture The Map of Latin American Theatre – 1990s Drama (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico), Theatre Institute, Slovakia
• 2004, 2005 “14th Congress on Iberoamerican and Argentinian Theatre”, Universidad Buenos Aires, Argentina (paper in 2005: Contemporary Latin American Drama – European point of view as a programme part of the project Czech Theatre Season in Latin America organized by the Theatre Institute in Prague)
• 2003–2012 dramaturgy, coordination, and papers at international theatre research conferences TRANSTEATRAL, Praha (2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Exhibition coordination and/or curatorship: 

• 2019 kurátorka výstavy „Divadlo a svoboda: První dekáda nezávislosti českého divadla po roce 1989“, Praha
• Exhibition of Czech scenography Shakespeare in Prague - Imagining the Bard in the Heart of Europe, Columbus Museum of Art, USA (2017)
• Three Takes on Czech Puppet Theatre, Czech Center Prague, South Korea, Japan, Hungary, Finland (od 2015)
• Salon of Czech Scenography, Center for Experimental Theatre Brno, Czech center Prague (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
• Exhibition of Czech puppets Strings Attached, Columbus Museum of Art, USA (2013)
• Puppets after the Year Zero, World Festival of Puppet Theatres, Charleville-Mézières, France (2011)
• Theatre and Revolution – First Weeks of the Velvet Revolution in Czech and Moravian Theatres, Prague, Olomouc, Brussels, Moscow (2009)
• Josef Svoboda – World-Renowned Scenographer, Teatro Gral. San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009)

Concepts, programming and/or management of the projects (selection)

• International project ASSET – Audience Segmentation System in European Theatres (since 2018)
• International symposium DRAMplan for New Millennium – theater as a public value, investment, need, Prague and Bratislava (2018)
• International symposium International Theatre Institute, UNESCO Goals and Performing Arts for the 21st Century (Prague, 2018)
• Remembering 1918: Too Soon Too Late (in situ performative exhibition), Belgium (BOZAR), Hungary, Czech Republic (2018)
• HI PerformanCZ: Prague Visitors’ Program (since 2018)
• Guarantor of the research project Czech Independent Theatre after 1989 (since 2018)
• International symposium East and Central European Modernity Rebuilding in Performing Arts, Belgium (2017)
• Concept of Czech theatre promotion abroad (2014)
• PACE.V4 (Performing Arts Central Europe - Visegrad Countries Focus) (since 2012)
• Creative Encounters, the encounter of European and Asian organizations supporting mobility, Prague, Czech Republic (2013)
• Focus on Performing Arts of the Visegrad Group Countries and presentation of Czech performing arts at the performing arts fair PAMS, Seoul, South Korea (2012, 2017)
• Presentation of Czech dance at Tanzmesse fair, Düsseldorf, Germany (2012, 2014)
• Theatre Night (since 2013)
• Presentation and showcase of Czech theatre, dance and music at performing arts fair APAP, New York, USA (2011, 2013)
• International symposium on contemporary drama DRAMplan2011 (2011)
• Showcase of Czech theatre for international guests Czech Theatre Showcase (2010)
• Generation Icons in (Central) Europe (2009-2013)
• Czech-Argentinian Biennial e-Golems (2009)

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography of articles
Bibliography of books