A Rom from Feather-Bed or Enter Majority
created: 23. 03. 2023 11:57 modified: 23. 03. 2023 12:08
A monodrama, the author is František Balog who also plays the title role, is based on his own life story. Jovial and witty, with large dose of sarcasm, the scenes from the life of the Romani boy growing in orphanage are accompanied by songs sung by the actor who also plays piano. The drama illustrates the principal events and meetings, successes and failures which shaped the protagonist from his childhood to adulthood. The autobiographic elements make the monodrama an extremely personal statement of the most sensitive talented artist who inspite of his social handicap is able to find his own place in life and achieve his goals without losing his compassion and optimism. The under title of the drama – Enter Majority insinuates – according to its author – his own coming of age and becoming adult; in the same time it speaks about acts of people who smuggled him into the mainstream society, something what first seemed next to impossible. The monodrama is performed in RS9 Színház in Budapest, Hungary, during the program of the theater festival Roma Heroes.
Screenplay - František Balog; Director - Juraj Bielik; Performer – František Balog
Frantisek Balog was born on November 9, 1982 to underage Romani mother in a Romani settlement. He grew up in the orphanage SLON (An Elephant) in Šarišské Michaľany, he sang in their choir and became a well-known child TV star. Later, he studed acting in the Secondary School of Arts in Košice (2002 – 2005), after graduation he went on College for Musical Arts where he specialized in musical acting (2005 – 2008). He was a member of various theaters: The Arena Theater, The International Theater Meteorit, The L+S Theater, The Bolek Polivka’s Theater, Studio 12, The Theater a.ha, The Bibiana Theater, The State Theater in Košice (since 2010 on). His roles on the stage include dozens of smaller as well as bigger roles. In several TV series he managed to secure several smaller roles as well. He also works at the Actor Theater in Košice, for which he plays, writes and produces his own plays.
category: drama
tags: theater comedy spoken drama stage original Slovak František Balog Juraj Bielik general audience internal
Zuzana Andrejová - Collectibles documenting Roma culture in the Regional Museum in Prešov
created: 23. 03. 2023 11:24 modified: 23. 03. 2023 11:26
Expert paper presentation on the collectibles documenting the Romani culture in the Regional Museum in Prešov, presented at the conference titled Romani Culture in the Digital Environment, the speech delivered by Mgr. Zuzana Andrejová, PhD.
The event with international participation was organised by the State Scientific Library in Prešov, its documentation and information center of Romani culture, in cooperation with the Methodological and Pedagogical Center in Prešov on November 20, 2019.
category: speaking
tags: academic presentation monologue conference Slovak Zuzana Andrejová academic audience internal
Alexander Daško
created: 22. 03. 2023 15:21 modified: 22. 03. 2023 15:26
Alexander Daško was born in the settlement in Čierny Balog, the youngest of 13 children. According to his words, it was music which became his ticket into the world; which he both studies and performes since his childhood, being able to do so thanks to a strong sense of responsibility of his parents. Nowadays a musician well known not only in Slovakia has his own band, three children and a Russian wife. The family si, therefore, multicultural, speaking Romani, Slovak, Russian and English languages. He graduated from conservatoire in Žilina, later on from the Faculty of Pedagogy of Matej Bel University. In Banská Bystrica he has organised already 15 years of the event – the festival Gypsy Fire; he established his private musical school for talented Romani and non-Romani children.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Alexander Daško general audience internal
Magdaléna Rothová - Roma Spirit in Kežmarok
created: 21. 03. 2023 13:11 modified: 21. 03. 2023 13:14
Magdaléna Rothová is the director of the Association for Culture, Education and Communication (ACEC), she is also the senior lecturer of the Platform for Better Health of Vulnerable Groups and participates at the trainings of the health asistants. Currently, she works full time for the Roma Spirit project as its organiser and producer. She is also actively participating at the projects of health education for the socially weak groups Together for Better Health, Lunik IX, The Healthy Communities. In the interview she provides information about the Roma Spirit Project and its beginning, its uniqueness, the mission and significance for the society as well as its vision for its future development.
category: speaking
tags: biographical monologue guided Slovak Magdaléna Rothová Roma spirit general audience internal
Vojtech Botoš
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:19 modified: 13. 03. 2023 09:19
Mgr. art. Vojtech „Bélu“ Botoš comes from Blhovce in the district of Rimavská Sobota, currently lives and works in Bratislava. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, majoring in playing the viola. At present, he plays professionally in the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of various musical groups performing various musical genres, both at home as well as in abroad. He is a member of the violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl's band, he also plays in the group Géza Hosszú-Legocky & The5DeViLs, but also in the SND drama group and is also a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which they released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuš music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Vojtech Botoš general audience internal
Ján Rigo
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:17 modified: 13. 03. 2023 09:18
Ján Rigo comes from Bratislava. He attended the Folk Conservatory, he is a long-time musician playing the double-bass, currently as a freelance musician. He played together with many renowned musicians both in Slovakia as well as abroad. He is a guest musician performing with the bands Gipsy Way Ensemble, Gypsy Jazz SK (the music band lead by Ján Berky-Mrenica Jr.) and at the time of the recording he was a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which he released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ján Rigo general audience internal
Viliam Didiáš
created: 13. 03. 2023 09:16 modified: 13. 03. 2023 09:16
Viliam Didiáš comes from Zvolen, from a family of musicians. He was gifted his first violin when he was three years old. After graduating from the then Folk School of Arts, he continued his studies at the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica. After graduation in 1998, he started performing as a freelance artist. He completed several master’s art courses, significantly improving his mastery of playing the violin as well as more mature interpretation of music. He played in various musical groups, at the time of the recording he was a permanent member of the group Manuša, with which he released an album of the same name in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Viliam Didiáš general audience internal
Ľubomír Gašpar
created: 10. 03. 2023 15:27 modified: 10. 03. 2023 15:27
Mgr. art Ľubomír Gašpar pochádza z Detvy, momentálne žije a pracuje v Bratislave. Hru na cimbal študoval na Konzervatóriu Jána Levoslava Bellu v Banskej Bystrici, neskôr na Hudobnej a umeleckej akadémii Jána Albrechta v Banskej Štiavnici. V súčasnosti je študentom JAMU v Brne. Okrem toho, že je profesionálny hudobník, pôsobí taktiež ako učiteľ hudby na Súkromnom konzervatóriu Dezidera Kardoša v Topoľčanoch. Jeho hudobné smerovanie je multižánrové, spája v sebe prvky folklóru, klasickej hudby či džezu. Je súčasťou niekoľkých hudobných zoskupení, napr. SOLE, Ľubomír Gašpar Cimbal Project, s ktorým nahral dva albumy: The Point Of View, ktorý v roku 2017 získal cenu Rádio Hlavy za najlepší album v kategórii World Music a Ľubozvuk (2021). Je taktiež stálym členom zoskupenia Manuša, s ktorým v roku 2022 vydali rovnomenný album.
Fotografie vznikli počas dokumentovania hudobného projektu Manuša v auguste 2022 v Prešove.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ľubomír Gašpar general audience internal
Júlia Kozáková
created: 10. 03. 2023 14:38 modified: 10. 03. 2023 15:18
Júlia Kozáková comes from Bratislava. When 15 year old, she got introduced to the Romani music and culture, after becoming a member of the Čhavorenge Choir led by Ida Kelarová. She completed her bachelor's degree in music at SOAS University of London; at the time of the recording she was studying jazz interpretation at JAMU in Brno. She was part of several choirs and music groups (All4Gospel Choir, London Bulgarian Choir, FS Gymnik, Velvet Case), in 2022 she is a singer of the groups O Gadže Bašaven, SOLE and Manuša. With the latter she released her debut album titled Manuša in 2022.
The photos were taken during the documentation of the Manuša music project in August 2022 in Prešov.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Júlia Kozáková general audience internal
The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína
created: 08. 03. 2023 16:04 modified: 10. 03. 2023 15:17
All members of The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína are graduates with higher secondary or university degrees in music education. All of them come from the Lower Spiš Region. The band was founded in 2007 by Štefan Cína senior. The band performs at various events both at home as well as abroad, e.g. in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Sardinia and Italy.
Their repertoir consists of the traditional folklore songs from the region of Eastern Slovakia, including the folklore of minorities – Ruthenian, Ukrainian and Romani.
The Folk Band of Štefan Cína participated also in television shows broadcasted by Slovak TV stations: The Earth Sings (2017) and Czechoslovakia Got Talent (2018).
The members of the band participated at composition and interpretation of parts of soundtrack of the successful Slovak film Loli paradička (2019).
Discografy:
Music CD titled Ja som chlapec chudobni (I am a Poor Boy)
Music CD for the Folk Ensemble “Orgonina“
Music CD for the Folk Group „Jamničan“
The photo of the entire band was taken on July 8, 2022 in the exterior of the Stromoradie club in Prešov during the documentation of Roma folk music bands.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína general audience internal
