Jana Návratová

The Czech Cultural Institute

performing arts, second careers


Jana Návratová has worked at the Arts and Theatre Institute since 1989 and currently specializes in dance, second careers, and artist status. She is also a journalist, editor, cultural manager, and curator in the fields of dance and movement theatre. She has led research projects on dance sector analysis and is the author and editor of the series Czech Dance in Data. Between 2021 and 2023, she was a member of the European Commission’s OMC expert group. She founded the Dance Film Festival Biennale in 2009 and currently serves as its Artistic Director. Since 2015, she has been Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Dance Career Foundation.

Cirg - about

CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).