Romano jilo (The Romani Heart)
created: 03. 05. 2021 08:52 modified: 03. 05. 2021 08:53
Selection of photographs from the presentation of a folklore ensemble for the purpose of documenting the field of Romani music.
The folklore ensemble Romano Jilo was founded in 2008, the leader of the ensemble is Peter Kačica. The ensemble was created with the aim of supporting and developing the talent of Romani children and youth. They perform at festivals in Slovakia, but also abroad.
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Living Books - Ľoľi paradička (Red Tomato)
created: 30. 04. 2021 12:44 modified: 30. 04. 2021 12:45
On November 15, 2019, the State Scientific Library in Prešov held again one of a series of live events on the occasion of the World Roma Language Day. This live book featured the film Ľoľi Paradička (Red Tomato), its authors, the actress in leading role and the music band, which were the authors of music in the film. The selection of photos is from this event. It includes: the director and screenwriter Richard Staviarsky, the producer Mária Staviarská, The Folk Music Band by Štefan Cína, the actress who played the main heroine in the film, Veronka - Kamila Mitrášová.
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The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína
created: 30. 04. 2021 12:24 modified: 30. 04. 2021 12:26
The Folk Music Band of Štefan Cína is a musical ensemble composed of four musicians, founded in 2007. The founder was Štefan Cína Sr. Today the band consists of: Martina Ďuriková Cínová (violin, vocals), Štefan Cína Jr. (accordion, guitar, vocals), Štefan Vansač (dulcimer, vocals) and Peter Pavlík (double bass, vocals). Štefan Cína's folk music repertoire consists of traditional songs from all over Eastern Slovakia, but also Central Slovak and West Slovak songs. The photos were taken on November 15, 2019 at one of a series of events organized by the State Scientific Library in Prešov under the title "Living Books".
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Kamila Mitrášová
created: 30. 04. 2021 10:52 modified: 30. 04. 2021 10:53
Kamila Mitrášová is an actress. She comes from the village Bystré in the district of Vranov nad Topľou. She made her debut in the film made by Viťo Staviarský - Ľoľi paradička, in which she played the character of Veronika Rigová. With this acting role, she became well-known among the Slovak and Czech film audience. In one of her interviews, she mentions that her mother registered her for an audition for this film. The photos were taken on November 15, 2019 at one of a series of events organized by the State Scientific Library in Prešov under the title "Living Books".
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The Lomnica Boys
created: 15. 03. 2021 17:05 modified: 15. 03. 2021 17:06
A selection of photographs of the Lomnické čháve band; made during the Living Book event, which took place on 7 August 2020 in Prešov.
The Gypsy Band Lomnica Boys was the first noticed by the public at the Pohoda Festival in 2014, when the documentary film All My Children was presented. The band transformed into its current form only during the shooting of the feature documentary film The Band, in 2017. After a successful performance at the Pohoda Festival in 2017, they decided to perform independently, under the name The Lomnica Boys.
The band has performed at various music festivals - Pohoda, Východná Folklore Festival, Spiš Folklore Festival, Zamagurské Folklore Festival, Grape Festival and others.
The debut CD album titled This is Us live was released in 2020 and contains 13 songs.
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Chameleon Girl
created: 14. 01. 2021 14:33 modified: 14. 01. 2021 14:34
The photos from the monodrama performance of the play Chameleon Girl.
The monodrama produced by The Independent Theater Hungary. Screenplay: Marton Illés, Director: Tomás Szegedi, Acting: Emília Lovas. The story of a Romani girl growing up in a world consisting of her family, school, the wider society. A girl with special abilities can read the thoughts and memories of people around her. She does not want to follow the example of others, rather decides to live life in her way.
The story of the superhero is based on the true stories of Roma youth and the environment from which these youth come. These stories were recorded at workshops of the Independent Theater of Hungary organized under the name "Roma Heroes". The record was created: 28.02.2020, Wave club - center of independent culture, Prešov.
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Emilia Lovas general audience internal
Tamás András Szegedi
created: 24. 09. 2020 15:34 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Tamás András Szegedi is an actor, director, theater pedagogue and activist, playing in theaters since 2010. In 2018 he graduated from the Hungarian Theater and Film Academy as a drama instructor. He works as a drama pedagogue in The Independent Theater Hungary, also he is a teacher of disadvantaged children. He directed several chamber theater performances, monodramas and puppet theater performances, with strong social critical message. He is also a human rights activist, trying to contribute to social equality improvement and empowerment of disadvantaged groups.
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Emilia Lovas
created: 24. 09. 2020 15:25 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Emilia Lovas is a theater artist, pedagogue and activist. In 2009 she participated at Karavan Art Academy where, after meeting a theater producer Rodrigó Balogh, got the leading role in Feather Picking, the drama played in The Independent Theater Hungary. Later, she graduated from the Pester Hungarian Theater Academy. Since 2015 she acts in various theaters, recently started dubbing and directing. Among her other activities is teaching the disadvantaged children arts, and activism in the field of human rights.
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tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography general audience internal
Aneta Duždová
created: 09. 09. 2020 13:47 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Aneta Duždová is the leading singer of the vocal-instrumental group Sabrosa. The band began in Raslavice, the village in the district of Bardejov with Frantisek Gall as the manager. Originally it consisted of three female singers and instruments players with the repertoir of mainly traditional Romani songs. Later, their repertoir included also modern compositions of popular interprets.
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Eva Adamová
created: 07. 09. 2020 09:26 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Eva Adamová has worked at the Romathan Theater since 2002. She started as a member of the dancing ensemble of the theater, later she was part of the acting and singing team. In addition to performing in theatrical performances, she also works as an external pedagogue at the Private Music and Drama Conservatory in Košice, where she focuses on the acting and dance training of young actors.
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tags: secular digital artistic photography Romathan general audience internal