Christmas with Magdaléna 2026 – Silent Night, Holy Night

Every year, the project brings together the music of Czech composers, creative children’s dance and visual arts.

Christmas with Magdaléna 2026 – Silent Night, Holy Night
20th-century folk poetry and music as a source of inspiration for contemporary dance.
Script and direction: Ludmila Rellichová
Choreography: Ludmila Rellichová, Marie Anna Kopáňko Herderová, Anna Benháková, Markéta Endlerová, pupils and students of TaPS Magdaléna
Music: Bohuslav Martinů, Ivan Kurz
Set design: Eva Loudová
Projections and music adaptation: Bohumír Rellich
Lighting design: Pavel Hejret
This year, for the fourteenth time, the Magdaléna Dance and Movement Studio will present a full-length Christmas programme. The project successfully combines Czech classical music, poetry, creative children’s dance and visual art.
‘Silent Night, Holy Night’
follows on from previous years’ projects
: ‘20th-Century Czech Classical Music in the Context of Stage Dance and Movement Theatre’, ‘Folk Songs as Inspiration for Contemporary Dance Art’, ‘The Marian Cult in the Czech Artistic Scene – Stories about Marys’, ‘Journey to Bethlehem
’ and last year’s highly successful project
‘From St Nicholas to the Three Kings
’. These projects have received long-term support from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, with funding provided by the State Fund of the Czech Republic under its programme ‘Support for High-Quality Amateur Artistic Activities’ and by the Statutory City of Jablonec nad Nisou.