Romathan - Music Practice
created: 03. 06. 2021 09:47 modified: 03. 06. 2021 09:49
A series of photographs that document the music practice of the Romathan Theater Orchestra.
The Romathan Theater was established by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in May 1992 in Košice. Since 1 January 2002, in connection with the transformation of regions, the theater is in the management of the Košice Self-Governing Region.
category: music
tags: instrumental modern folk orchestra original borrowed Romathan general audience internal
Romathan - Dancing Practice
created: 03. 06. 2021 09:37 modified: 03. 06. 2021 09:38
A series of photographs that document the dance practice of the Romathan dance ensemble.
The Romathan Theater was established by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic in May 1992 in Košice. Since 1 January 2002, in connection with the transformation of regions, the theater is in the management of the Košice Self-Governing Region.
category: dance
tags: folklore authentic male female ensemble original choreography Romathan general audience internal
Vilko in the Forest Kingdom
created: 03. 06. 2021 08:46 modified: 03. 06. 2021 08:51
The Romathan Theatre presented musical fairy tale for preschool and younger school aged children, named Vilko in the Forest Kingdom. The goal of the performance is to show that a good is always needed in the world of humans. The story is placed in a forest, so the children can meet with the animals, who are the carriers of the positive human characters.
category: drama
tags: theater drama stage spoken drama original Slovak Romani Romathan children and youth internal
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.
category: visual art
tags: secular digital artistic photography Romathan general audience internal
Roman Godla
created: 07. 09. 2020 09:19 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The selection of pictures portraying the soloist of the Romathan Theater, Roman Godla. He plays dramatic roles, both leading and supporting roles in most stage performances for children as well as for adults. Besides acting he works also for dancing section of the theater as its choregrapher. Roman Godla came to Romathan Theater in 1994 immediately after his obligatory military service finished. Untill 2002 worked only as an actor and singer.
category: visual art
tags: secular digital artistic photography Roman Godla Romathan general audience internal
Marián Balog
created: 07. 09. 2020 09:07 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A selection of photographs from performances of the Romathan Theater soloist Marián Balog, which was made by the Documentation and Information Center of Roma Culture in the years 2013 to 2018.
He came to the theater in 1992. Since 2009, besides acting, he works as dramaturge and director in the theater. His first experience with theater was received before 1992, during his time in the Theater of Jonas Zaborsky in Presov. Besides theater, he played in films in the past. In 2000 he was casted for one of the main roles in the film (co production of Czech Republic, Slovakia and France) named Report on Pilgrimage of Students Peter and Jacob. In 1995 he was awarded the prize given by The Association of the Theater Artists in Slovakia and the Slovak Literature Fund.
Other awards:
2006 – Literature Fund – awarde for exceptional artistic and directing input in creation of the drama The Cunning Family
2007 – The Award of Kosice City for large participation in founding the Theater Romathan, long lasting artistic work in the theater and talented directing which produced the core repertoir of the theater.
2016 – Literature Fund – the annual award for directing the original Romani music fairy-tale Magical Bell.
category: visual art
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Marián Balog Romathan general audience internal
Milan Godla
created: 07. 09. 2020 08:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
A selection of photographs from performances featuring Milan Godla, actor, singer, translator, screenwriter and dramatist. He began his career in an amateur ensemble of singers and actors in Prešov under the leadership of Daniela Hivešová Šilanová. From 1992 he worked in the Romathan Theater. He finished his work in the theater in 2017. He was an integral part of the Theater. In 2004 he received the Mayor of Košice Award for Contribution to Culture.
category: visual art
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Romathan general audience internal
The mysterious world and the Fuzzies
created: 07. 12. 2018 21:13 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The premiere of the children´s performance "The mysterious world and the Fuzzies" was played by Romathan theatre. The fairy-tale inscenation offers to the audience the look into the imaginative world of the forest kingdom, reigned by the queen "Bachtaľori". In a fairy tale a young spectator reveals the secrets of a good and love on a background of an evil and intrigues being enacted both in a Mysterious world, as well as in a world of humans. The genre: a fairy-tale with a songs;The language of performance: Slovak primary, Romani secondary; The scenery: classical stage properties, the play is not interactive, but performative. Cast: Karel Adam, Oto Bunda, Milan Godla, Marián Balog, and others.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic photography Romathan general audience internal
Romathan Newly Dressed
created: 06. 12. 2018 22:57 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
The 65th premiere of Romathan Theatre was marked as in "a new dress". Musical and dance performance was linked with a traditional Romani psalms and dances, which are the carriers of a deep idea of Romani inner feelings and felowship and which bring the audience to the world of Roma (music, dance, singing). The orchestral background of the performance has its own separate outputs, which shows the interconnection and the multiculturalism of the nations in Europe.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic photography Romathan general audience internal
Romathan - The Magic Bell
created: 06. 12. 2018 22:46 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
Photos from the original Roma stageing for children and teenagers. The drama points to the importance of family and good family relationships. Choreography was done by Eva Adamová, music by Karel Adam, directed by Marián Balog. It was the 69th premiere, which took place in theater on 18.3.2016.
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic photography Romathan general audience internal