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Important artists who marked the history of the theater and the scenography participated and exposed at the Prague Quadrennial, such as Salvador Dalí, Josef Svoboda, Oscar Niemayer, Tadeusz Kantor, Guy-Claude François and Ralph Koltai, as well as figures of the contemporary theater, such as Robert Wilson, Heiner Goebbels and Renzo Piano.
This page informs about the Prague Quadrennial, its transformation from an exhibition to a festival and its general view of scenography and performance design.
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space was established in 1967 to bring the best of design for performance, scenography, and theatre architecture to the front line of cultural activities to be experienced by professional and emerging artists as well as the general public.
Held in Prague once every four years since 1967, the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space or Prague Quadrennial is the world's largest event in the field of scenography, consisting of a competitive presentation of contemporary work in a variety of performance design disciplines and genres including costume, stage, lighting, sound design, and theatre architecture for dance, opera, drama, site-specific, multi-media performances, and performance art.
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space was established in 1967 to bring the best of design for performance, scenography, and theatre architecture to the front line of cultural activities to be experienced by professional and emerging artists as well as the general public.
The 13th edition was held in many places in the center of Prague: Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, Clam-Gallas Palace, Kafka´s House, The Prague Crossroads St. Anne´s Church, The Topič Salon, Bethlehem Chapel - Lapidarium, the piazzeta and the New Stage of the National Theatre, Gallery at Bethlehem Chapel, Náprstek Museum, Nová Síň Gallery ...
Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space is the largest festival of its kind in the world. Since 1967, once every four years, PQ explores the field of scenography in its broadest sense - from scenic art, sound and light design to new approaches in scenography, like site-specific, applied scenography, street performance or costume as ...
