Marco Pillo - Tell Me, Mother
created: 09. 07. 2018 15:58 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Marco Pillo - the musician, singer and composer. Originally graduated as a cimbalom player, later he added guitar playing. During his studies in Barcelona, Spain, he met the local Romani flamenco music culture which made large impact on his future musical creation. As a music guest of the author's reading event of Dusan Onody (reading from his book of poetry For You, Only for You) he performed as a guitar player and singer. The song Tell Me, Mother, a popular song, was a part of his performance.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern flamenco solo borrowed Romani Marco Pillo general audience internal
Marco Pillo - Eve, Send Me Your Photo
created: 09. 07. 2018 15:54 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Marco Pillo - the musician, singer and composer. Originally graduated as a cimbalom player, later he added guitar playing. During his studies in Barcelona, Spain, he met the local Romani flamenco music culture which made large impact on his future musical creation. As a music guest of the author's reading event of Dusan Onody (reading from his book of poetry For You, Only for You) he performed as a guitar player and singer. The song Eve, Send me Your Photo, a popular song, was a part of his performance.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern flamenco solo borrowed Romani Marco Pillo general audience internal
Marco Pillo - Jessica
created: 09. 07. 2018 15:49 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Marco Pillo - the musician, singer and composer. Originally graduated as a cimbalom player, later he added guitar playing. During his studies in Barcelona, Spain, he met the local Romani flamenco music culture which made large impact on his future musical creation. As a music guest of the author's reading event of Dusan Onody (reading from his book of poetry For You, Only for You) he performed as a guitar player and singer. The song Jessica is author made, music composed by Marco Pillo, lyrics written by Gejza Horvath (Brna, Czech Republic).
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern flamenco solo Romani Marco Pillo general audience internal
Jozef Cichý - My Journey To Fine Arts
created: 04. 07. 2018 10:02 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Jozef Cichý (1966) - is a painter of the Romani origin from the village Nizny Zipov in the district of Trebisov. The vehicle mechanic by profession, devoted many of his years of life to painting exclusively. His artwork is mainly influenced by Salvador Dali, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarotti and Rafael Santi. He paints mostly with acrylic and oil colours on canvas or sololit. Several of his wall paintings are in churches and funeral houses. The main motives of his artwork are of sacral nature as well as family evironment, war and "romipen". In 90s of the past century he received award for painting in the Slovak competition of amateur art work in Trencin. Among the works of other Romani artists were his paintings exhibited in Poland, in the Museum of the Romani Culture in Brno, in Bratislava at the exhibition titled Heartprints at the Pallette of Romani Artists, in Presov, in Michalovce at the exhibition titled Romane cerchena (Romani Stars) or in Stropkov. Currently, his paintings can be seen in aproximately 30 villages in funeral houses and churches, exhibited in the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno and in other places both in Slovakia and abroad.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Jozef Cichý general audience internal
Women's Dance - The Romathan Entertains
created: 04. 07. 2018 08:35 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Demonstration of Romathan Theater dance performance under the name Romathan Entertains. The dance was presented by members of the dance section of the theater during a performance in a cultural house in the village of Svinia. Dance with the typical Romani dance steps, combined with the variations from modern dances, creatively incorporated by the dancers into their own performances. Working with hands, shoulders, hips, the phenomenal use of secondary components, such as costumes, allfacture, or mimics and gestures, complete the aesthetic image of the performance.
category: dance
tags: folklore stylized female ensemble original choreography Romathan general audience internal
Romathan in New Dress - Anitra's Dance
created: 03. 07. 2018 14:27 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The 65th premiere of the Romathan Theater was arranged in "new dress". Music and dance performances alternated with traditional Romani halgato and songs. The Romathan Theater Orchestra performs special parts emphasizing the interconnections between various cultures in Europe. One of the Orchestra performances is the classical composition by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, Anitra's Dance. It is the incidental music composed in 1876 for the verse drama by Henrik Ibsen titled Peer Gynt. First staged in 02/1876 in Kristiania, nowadays Oslo in Norway.
category: music
tags: instrumental classic impressionism orchestra Romathan general audience internal
Roman Godla
created: 27. 12. 2017 12:08 modified: 09. 04. 2021 09:11
Roman Godla (1974 -) is a long-term member of the Theater Romathan, of its dancing and acting section. During years he spent in the theater his interest went more to the field of choreography. He still stays in this field. The interview covers the topics of his beginnings, his artistic and personal ambitions.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Romani Roman Godla general audience internal
JUDr. Gustáv Karika - speaking
created: 22. 12. 2017 08:16 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
JUDr. Gustav Karika (1930 - 2016) was born in Myjava, in the Roma settlement. He was one of the first lawyers of Romani origin in the former Czechoslovakia. In the narrative that was recorded on 12 May 2014 at his home in New Dubnica, he is gradually addressing both biographical and factual themes - from his family, through education, to career and to historical events that shaped our geopolitical space from World War II to the present. In the narrative, he mentions several concepts, names and events that are not part of general education anymore, so we also explain them.
The Association of Gypsies-Roma (1969 - 1973) It was created as a social organization during the so-called reconstruction process in Czechoslovakia in order to achieve equal and peaceful coexistence and mitigation of state-controlled assimilation. Following the onset of normalization in 1973, it was abolished.
Butiker / Nevodrom - economic facilities of the The Association of Gypsies-Roma. They supported employment opportunities for Roma, commissioned by Roma craftsmen, established workshops.
Andrej Andreyevich Vlasov (September 14, 1901 - August 2, 1946) Soviet general of Russian descent. After the Battle of Leningrad he got into German captivity, cooperated with the Nazis, founded the Russian Liberation Army.
Vlasovci - followers of General Vlasov, a military unit formed of Soviet prisoners of war as well as volunteers, emigrants and opponents of Communism (Stalinism).
Rudolf Slánský - (July 31, 1901, Nezvěstice - December 3, 1952, Prague) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1945 - 1951). In 1951, he was accused of organizing an anti-state conspiracy, sentenced and subsequently executed in well-known political processes. The court rehabilitated him in 1963 and the Communist Party in 1968.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak JUDr. Gustáv Karika general audience internal
The Romani Literature Club
created: 21. 12. 2017 15:13 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The Romani Literature Club (ROLIK) is the association of the authors of poetry and prose who are inspired by life of Roma. ROLIK was founded in 2009 in Banská Bystrica, based on the initiative of the Association of the Romani Initiatives, its founding member is Mgr. Marián Balog. The aim of the club is to present the literary works of Romanies and the ones about Romanies. The discussion with the members of the Romani Literature Club was done in Banská Bystrica, on April 29, 2016. The video records the discussions with Ivana Cicková, Mgr. Marián Balog, Milan Berko and Zlatica Rusová. The discussion provides information about the works of the individual authors, their first step in writing. The discussion takes a form of the dialogue between the respective authors and Mgr. Marián Balog. In the discussion the participants mention the names of the prominent personalities known from the Romani cultural and social environment, their significance for the Romani literarz and informational and academic work.
category: speaking
tags: academic discussion paper dialogue humanities Slovak Marián Balog - bookman Milan Berko Ivana Cicková Zlatica Rusová general audience internal
Jozef Fečo - Drawing the Portrait
created: 21. 12. 2017 15:11 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
The video documents Jozef Fečo's artwork - drawing the portrait. The person portrayed is a prominent Romani personality - a physician, a co-founder of the International Romani Union, a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, MUDr. Ján Cibuľa, originally from Klenovec. Jozef Fečo (1993 -) is an artist of Romani origin from Kračúnovce, district of Svidník. He graduated from the Secondary School of Arts in Prešov, specialization in design and wood curving. Material: hard paper, A2. Technique: coal drawing combined with white and black tempera. Music by: Duo Farsa, Jozef Fečo.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic in persona drawing Slovak Jozef Fečo general audience internal