Ballett & SĽUK / Durch Tanz zu sich finden

We can think of dance as an artistic – communicating phenomenon that can communicate with people without words, regardless of nationality, language skills, gender or age. No matter whether it is an academic or a folk dance. Driven by an effort to bring the beauty of various genres of dance , two professional dance ensembles – the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre and the The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company (SĽUK) – offer the best of their repertoire in a joint dance medley. The SND Ballet will present popular choreographies from the classical repertoire, such as Swan Lake, Esmeralda. SĽUK, will bring in the most beautiful dance fragments that represent Slovakia’s rich folklore heritage. Side-by-side, the soloists and members of both ensembles will show their interpretive brilliance, and a wide movement and genre range in choreographies that are bound to delight dance aficionados.

SND and The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company are state-subsidised organisation of the Slovak Ministry of Culture.
 
Running time: 2 hours with one interval

program

PAS DE DEUX AUS DEM 3. AKT BALLETTS DER SCHWANENSEE
Choreographie: Rafael Awnikjan nach Marius Petipa und Lew Iwanow
Musik: Piotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski

BEŤARE
Choreographie: Marek Grega
Musik: Peter Mikulec

LIPTÁČKY
Choreographie: Stanislav Marišler
Musik: Peter Mikulec

DUET AUS DER MURMURATION
Choreographie: Edwaard Liang
Musik: Ezio Bosso

ARE YOU AS BIG AS ME?
Choreographie: Roman Novitzký
Musik: Mazmat Modine

VYHADZOVANÁ Z MYJAVSKA
Choreographie: Laco Cmorej, Stanislav Marišler, Ján Ševčík
Musik: Stano Palúch

(pause)

SALAŠ
Choreographie: Ján Blaho, Stanislav Marišler
Musik: Stano Palúch

THAÏS
Choreographie: Nina Poláková
Musik: Jules Massenet

ZBUJNICI V ŽINČICI
Choreographie: Stanislav Marišler
Musik: Marek Pastirík

ESMERALDA PAS DE DEUX
Choreographie: Nicolas Beriozoff
Musik: Riccardio Drigo, Cesare Pugni, Romualdo Marenco

DURCH DEN TANZ ZUEINANDERFINDEN
Choreographie: Nina Poláková, Marek Grega
Musik: Antonín Dvořák

Mitwirkend: Solisten und Chor des Balletts des SND, Orchesters der Oper des SND; Tanzensemble, Volksmusik und Gesangsgruppe des Slowakischen staatlichen traditionellen Tanzensembles (SĽUK).

Place

The Slovak National Theatre is the second oldest Slovak professional theatre. It has 3 ensembles (drama, opera and ballet). It was founded in 1920 after the creation of Czechoslovakia as a cooperative and became a state-run company in 1945. Between 1920 and 1945, there was also a musical ensemble. The Slovak National Theatre has represented Slovak culture on its numerous tours abroad.

It was created and, in the 1920s, also run by Czech artists (e.g. Oskar Nedbal, director during 1923-1930). The first performance was the Czech opera Hubička by Bedřich Smetana on March 1, 1920. The ensembles were Slovakized only gradually. In 1932, the drama ensemble split into the SNT Slovak Drama Company led by Janko Borodáč, and into the SNT Czech Drama Company, led by V. Šulc. The Czech Drama Company ceased to operate when it was forced to leave Slovakia in 1938. Since then, the drama ensemble has performed in Slovak only, but in the opera ensemble there were Czech artists even after 1945. In recent years, operas have been presented in their original languages.

Initially, all 3 ensembles were active at the old Slovak National Theatre building. From 1955 to early 2007, the drama company performed at the P. O. Hviezdoslav Theatre and from 1962 to (?)2006 also at a chamber theatre called Malá scéna SND (SNT Small Stage). Since 2007, the ensembles perform only at the old Slovak National Theatre building and the new Slovak National Theatre building opened in April, 2007.

The drama company was shaped by the directors Janko Borodáč, F. Hoffman, J. Jamnický, J.Budský, T. Rakovský, K. I. Zachary, P. Haspra, M. Pietor and the current one – Dušan Jamrich.

The opera ensemble was led by conductors such as Oskar Nedbal, K. Nedbal, J. Vincourek and T. Frešo, and directors including V. Šulc and M. Wasserbauer. The opera became known abroad under the leadership of Czech conductor Oskar Nedbal, who also introduced the first Slovak operas of Jozef Levoslav Bella and V. Figuš Bystrý, and under K. Nedbal, who improved the dramma programme. A great boom occurred after WWII. The SNT witnessed the rise of modern Slovak opera by Eugen Suchoň, Ján Cikker, Alexander Moyzes, Tibor Andrašovan, T. Frešo, and many others. Many singers from the SNT are famous abroad, e.g. Edita Grúberová, Lucia Popp, Peter Dvorský, R. Petrák, S. Kopčák, M. Hajóssyová, E. Jenisová, J. Galla, Jozef Kundlák, and many others.

The ballet ensemble has grown from a small group in 1920 to a huge ensemble today.