Milan Godla: Romathan and Its Mission
created: 29. 09. 2017 15:21 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Milan Godla, the singer, translator, scriptwriter and dramaturge, started his professional career in an amateur ensemble of singers and actors in Prešov. Since 1992 he work in the Romathan Theater. His professional growth was supervised by Daniela Hivešová-Šilanová, the one of the founders of the Romathan Theater, which is the only one professional Roma theater in Slovakia and he belongs to the essential part of the ensemble. Milan Godla talks about the formation of theater, its mission and its legacy for the society.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Milan Godla Slovak general audience internal
Kmeťoband - real romani music
created: 04. 08. 2017 15:18 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Kmeťoband - the group founded in 1999 by Igor Kmeťo Sr. and Igor Kmeťo Jr. They are father and son. Kmeťo Sr. is also the manager of group, Kmeťo Jr. plays the synthesizer, saxophone, he sings and he´s also making own musical arrangements. Their songs are based on the life experiences and situations, such as love, sorrow, life of youngsters. They became well-known also thanks to the successful cooperation with famous rapper "Rytmus". The songs are full of temperament and emotions. The genre of their music falls into the cathegory of rom-pop with a dominance of dance music. The interview reflects personal opinions of Igor Kmeťo Sr. and Igor Kmeťo Jr. about Romani music, its various forms, history, its development and current trends.
category: speaking
tags: retrospective factual monologue guided Slovak Igor Kmeťo st. Igor Kmeťo ml. general audience internal
Martin Kaleja - the process of painting
created: 04. 08. 2017 11:12 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Martin Kaleja-Januv (1984-) was born in a Roma settlement in Jarovnice where he lives. His relation to fine arts was built during his years in elementary school, under the guidance of Art Education teacher, Jan Sajko. He continued his studies at the Secondary School of Arts in Presov, in the field of design and woodcarving. Besides painting and drawing he keeps woodcarving, in which the religious motives dominate. The e-born documents the process drawing a portrait using the charcoal drawing techniques. Martin Kaleja-Januv works at the local elementary school in Jarovnice as a teacher's assistant.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Martin Kaleja general audience internal
Jozef Fečo - the process of painting
created: 02. 08. 2017 16:49 modified: 27. 11. 2020 02:00
Jozef Fečo paints a portrait. The video documents the process of painting the said portrait. The portayed person is Joaquín Cortes, the dancer (ballet, flamenco, fusion of dancing styles), born in 1969 in Spain, well-know through his successful cooperation with many stars of current popular culture. Format: 120 cm in width, 100 cm in height. Painted on gypsum plasterboard. Technique: painting, black - grey - white colour spectrum. Style: pop-art. The work is a part of the series of thirteen portraits of popular, world-known personalities of the Romani origin, produced in the framework of the priority project supported by the Ministry of Culture of SR, named The Live Books: A Word - A Picture - Sound, painted in the period of 2015/04 - 2015/05.
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Slovak Jozef Fečo general audience internal
Romathan Entertains
created: 04. 04. 2016 11:01 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:54
Music and dance program of the professional theatre Romathan from Košice. The performance was organized as an educational concert for students of a primary school and it´s compiled of dance, singing and instrumental performances of members of theatre repertory.
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern original Slovak Romani general audience internal
