1987 » Czechoslovakia » Stage and costume design

Československo

Since the last Prague Quadrennial, Czechoslovak stage design has entered a new period of creativity, which can be briefly described as a marked transition from so-called action scenography, which strived for the full interconnection between the visual aspect and individual elements of the action and function of the staging, towards a scenography of image theatre. Its marked characteristic is the pressing need to communicate and hence also to stress the socially current aspects of contemporary drama. Development trends now have a tendency to clearly formulate the image significance of space. The total meaning import of tangible space is created by stressing the metaphorical quality of the visual element as a variable and dynamic inspirator and co-player of the actor, in the time dimension. This trend of our further development is based on the work of a number of personalities, who cannot be defined as members of a specific generation, but rather by their creative approach, which makes them indispensible members of creative staging teams. It is these creative teams which at present determine the quality and future of Czechoslovak theatrical art. The rich and highly variable stratification of Czechoslovak stage design has its basic common development-determining characteristics. These include above all the comprehensive link between visual aspects on the one side and the action and the idea of the performance on the other, as well as the dynamic quality of the transformations to which they lead. In other words the mutual interconnection in time between the visual component, the idea behind the specific staging and their multi-faceted theatrical communication with the significance of the dramatic persona on the one hand and the spectator on the other. The common ground of these new trends in Czechoslovak stage designs is a flowering of the imagination, which supports the development of the content and idea of the staging. This development of course continues in the extensive tradition of Czechoslovak stage design and underlines their most characteristic traits — their poetic and lyrical qualities.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Miroslav Melena

* 1937, Louny
Specialization: architect, set designer, costume designer


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Exhibiting works

• : Švejk (Švejk), Pozorište na Terazijana 1987, Director: J. Řeřicha,
  
  
  
• Jan Dušek

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Prague. Since 1979 he has been a lecturer at the Department of Stage Design at the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has cooperated as a stage and costume designer with the majority of theatres both in Prague and elsewhere in the country. In 1972 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad he received a Gold Medal for stage design (collective) and a Silver Medal for costume designs (collective). He exhibited at the PQ in 1971 and in 1975.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Long Day's Journey Into Night), Jihočeské divadlo 1983, Director: K. Taberyová,
  
  
  
• Jaroslav Malina

Additional information: Born in 1937 in Prague. Graduated from the Pedagogic Faculty of the University and from the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts (prof. Tröster's class). After having completed his studies in 1964, he is above all at work at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec. He concerns himself also with setting for puppet theatres (The Naive Theatre in Liberec, Studio Y), with graphic works and painting. He took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Love's Labour's Lost), Národní Divadlo 1987, Director: K. Kříž,
  

  

  
  
  
• : (Hamlet), 1984, Director: J. Balaďa,
  
  
  
• Josef Svoboda

Additional information: Born in 1920 at Čáslav. Graduated from the Arts and Crafts College in Prague. In 1947, already during his college days, he was appointed décor chief at the Grand Opera of 5th May in Prague and in 1951 art director of the Prague National Theatre. Up to this day he has brought into effect more than 300 stage sets for theatres at home and abroad. He has scored his greatest successes by his contribution to the performances of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, of The Seagull by A. P. Chekhov, of The Last Ones by M. Gorky, and among olhers also to the opera Intolleranza by L. Nono at the theatre La Fenice in Venice and in Boston. He is the author of Laterna Magica and of numerous polyecran scene variants. II is entirely owing to him that the workshops of the National Theatre have developed into a modernly equipped forge being capable of solving even the most pretentious technical problems. Apart from stage design concerns he engages intensively in an exhibition activity. His participation in the Czechoslovak exposition at the Brussels EXPO 58, at the World Exhibition in Montreal, Moscow, Turin etc. belong to his most prominent successes in this field of activities. In 1954 he was awarded the title Laureate of State Prize, in 1966 the titel of The Artist of Merit, in 1968 the titel of the National Artist. At the 3rd Theatre Biennial in Sao Paulo he was awarded the Gold Medal being destined for the best stage designer from abroad. In 1969 he was awarded the Nederlandse Sikkensprijs and the Honorary Doctor's Degree at the Royal College of Art in London

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Exhibiting works

• G. Verdi: (Nabucco), Operahaus Zürich 1985, Director: J. Dexter,
  
  
  
• P. Claudel: (Midday crisis), Atelier Teatral de Louvane-la-neuve 1984, Director: A. Delcampe,
  
  
  
• Ch. Perrault - R. Petit: (The Cat in the Boots), Palais de Congrés 1985, Director: R. Petit,
  
  
  
• J. Sobol: (Ghetto), Det Norske Teatret 1986, Director: I. Semtová,
  
  
  
• E. Schorm, J. Kučera, J. Smetana, M. Kocáb: (Odysseus), Laterna Magika 1987, Director: E. Schorm, J. Kučera,
  

  
  
  
• A. Honneger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (Jeanne d'Arc on Bonfire), Operhaus Zürich 1983, Director: C. H. Drese,
  
  
  
• B. Martinů: (Adriana), Národní divadlo Praha 1987, Director: E. Schorm,
  
  
  
• I. Stravinskij: (Oidipus Rex), Národní divadlo Praha 1987, Director: E. Schorm,
  
  
  
• G. Verdi: (Mackbeth), Operhaus Zürich 1985, Director: G. Asagaroff,
• R. Strauss: (Salome), Opéra Montreal 1985, Director: V. Kašlík,
  
  
  
• A.P. Čechov: (The Seagull), Stockholms Stadtsteater 1969, Director: O. Krejča,
  
  
  
• Ladislav Vychodil

Additional information: Born in 1920 in Háčky na Hané. He is the chief stage designer at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and the chief of the Department of Stage Design at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 1965 he received a Gold Medal as the best foreign stage designer at the Biennial of Fine Arts in São Paulo. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979. National Artist.

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Exhibiting works

• P. I. Čajkovskij: (Eugen Onegin), Státní divadlo Brno 1982, Director: V. Věžník,
  

  

  
  
  
• B. Smetana: (Dalibor), Slovenské národní divadlo 1982, Director: M. Fischer,
  
  
  
• F.M. Dostojevskij: (Crime and Punishment ), Stockholms Stadtsteater 1982, Director: J. Haranson,
  
  
  
• W. Shakespeare: (The Comedy of Errors), Concordia University 1984
• R. L. Stevenson: (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), San Diego Repertory Theatre 1986, Director: D. Jacobs,
  
  
  
• Helena Bezáková

Additional information: Born in 1936 at Oponice. Studied at tne School of Industrial Art and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava under prof. L. Vychodil, L. Purkyňová and prof. J. Mudroch. Since 1962 she was at work for the State Theatre in Košice, and since 1966 she has been working for the Slovák National Theatre in Bratislava as costume designer. Her most important works are costume designs to Hamlet and to Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, to Atlantis by V. Nezval, to Dances and Tears by Zvon, to The Tragedy of Man by I. Madách, to Lady Macbeth and Aida by G. Verdi, to Norma by V. Bellini and to Svatopluk by E. Suchoň. She has collaborated also with the National Theatre in Prague, the Opera of the State Theatre in Brno, with the theatres in Ostrava, Olomouc, Košice, Banská Bystrica and in Prešov; abroad with the theatres in Sofia, Novi Sad, Rzeszów. She co-operated with the Czechoslovak Television in Bratislava. With her costume designs she took part in a number of scenographic exhibitions at home and abroad.

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Exhibiting works

• W.A. Mozart: (The Magic Flute), Slovenské národní divadlo 1986, Director: M. Fischer,
  
  
  
• A. P. Czechov: (Platonov), DSKN Praha 1974, Director: O. Krejča,
  
  
  
• Štefan Hudák

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Velký Šariš. Since 1968 he has been working as an architect at the Czechoslovak Television Studio in Košice. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Playback), Štátne divadlo Košice 1984
  
  
  
• D. Wasserman: ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Štátne divadlo Košice 1985, Director: M. Procházka,
  
  
  
• Zbyněk Kolář

Additional information: Born in 1926 in Opava. He has been working as a stage designer at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Day longer then a Century), Divadlo na Vinohradech 1986, Director: J. Dudek,
  

  

  
  
  
• Vladimír Nývlt

Additional information: Born in 1927. Studied architecture at the Arts and Crafts College in Prague. After having completed his studies in 1951, he started work at the Army Artistic Theatre in Prague. Since 1960 he has been at work as décor chief of the E. F. Burian Theatre in Prague. He collaborates with a number of theatres in Czechoslovakia and also with several theatres in the F.R.G. He is a permanent collaborator of the Czechoslovak State Film and of the Czechoslovak Television.

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Exhibiting works

• A. Dvořák: (Armida), Národní divadlo Praha 1987, Director: L. Štros,
  

  
  
  
• Alena Hoblová

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Prague. She has been working as a costume designer for the Czechoslovak State Ensemble of Songs and Dances. She participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• W. Shakespeare: (A Midsummer-night's Dream), Státní divadlo Brno 1984, Director: L. Ogoun,
  
  
  
• Jarmila Konečná (Jarmila Konečná)

Additional information: Born in 1931 at Mladá Boleslav. Completed studies at the Public School of Graphic Arts and at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts under prof. Tröster. She has collaborated especially with the F. X. Šalda Theatre at Liberec, with the State Theatrical Studio in Prague and the Prague National Theatre; to the most important works there belong the designs for The King Lear, Libuše, The Love of Three Oranges and others; she took part in the Leningrad production of Undine and in the Moscow production of The Orpheus in Hades. She designs costumes for the television and the film (The Hammer Against Sorceresses, The King's Error and others).

Exhibiting works

• : (The Day longer then a century), Divadlo na Vinohradech 1986, Director: J. Dudek,
  
  
  
• Albert Pražák

Additional information: Born in 1946; chief of the Department of Stage Design and vice-dean of the Theatrical Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Government Inspector), KD Příbram 1985, Director: J. Novák,
  
  
  
• Karel Zmrzlý

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Brno. He has been working as chief stage designer at the Mrštík Brothers Theatre in Brno. He participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (War and Peace), Divadlo bratří Mrštíků 1985, Director: P. Rímský,
  
  
  
• T. Williams: (The Love and the Smoke), Divadlo bratří Mrštíků 1983, Director: P. Nebeský,
  
  
  
• Josef JELÍNEK

Additional information: Born in 1949 in Prague. He has been working as a costume designer at the National Theatre in Prague. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979. 1981 at the Triennial of Stage and Costume Design in Novi Sad his costume designs were part of the exposition which was awarded a Gold Medal.

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Exhibiting works

• A. Dvořák: (Fidlovačka), Národní divadlo Praha 1987, Director: V. Hudeček,
  
  
  
• A. Dvořák: (Armida), Národní divadlo Praha 1987, Director: L. Štros,
• Tomáš BERKA

Additional information: Born in 1947 in Bratislava. Since 1976 he has been working as a stage designér at the New Stage in Bratislava. He took part in the PQ 1971 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in the PQ 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Perinbaba), Štůdio NS 0, Director: I. Svetko,
  
  
  
• J. Radičkov: (The Lazariade), Štúdio Novej scény Bratislava 1987, Director: M. Lasica,
  
  
  
• J. Heller: (Catch-22), Poetickej súbor Novej Scény Bratislava 1986, Director: S. Párnický,
• Ján Zavarský

* 1948, Banská Bystrica
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He is a stage designer at the Theatre for Children and Youth in Trnava. He participated in the PQ in 1975 (in the exposition of stage design schools) and in 1979.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Flathead), Divadlo pre deti a mládež 1985, Director: B. Uhlár,
  
  
  
• M. Štědroň: (The Chameleon), Divadlo Na Provázku 1984, Director: P. Scherhaufer,
  
  
  
• Peter Čanecký

* 10.02.1957, Liptovský Mikuláš
Specialization: costume designer, scenographer
Education: Stage and Costume Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Collaboration with theatres: Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava; Astorka Korzo '90, Bratislava; Radošina Naive Theatre, Bratislava; Slovak Chamber Theatre, Martin; Studio L+S Theatre, Bratislava; Andrej Bagar Theatre, Nitra
Teaching activities: Professor and department head, Stage and Costume Design Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Continuing collaboration with directors: Roman Polák, Peter Gábor, Marián Chudovský, Ondrej Spišák, Igor Holováč, Martin Huba
Awards: Dosky Awards in Best Costumes category 2009/2010.
Additional information: Born in 1957 in Liptovský Mikuláš. Freelance set and costume designer. He graduated from the Academy of Perfoming Arts in Bratislava. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the same school. He participated in the PQ 1987, 1991 and 1995.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Storm), Divadlo J. G. Tajovského 1982, Director: M. Olha,
  
  
  
• : (Rigoletto), Slovenské národní divadlo 1987
  
  
  
• Milan ČORBA

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Bratislava. Since 1984 he has been a costume designer of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. He also works for film and television.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Good Man from Setchuan), Slovenské národní divadlo 1986, Director: V. Strnisko,
  
  
  
• Milan FERENČÍK

Bratislava
Additional information: Born in 1953 in Bratislava. Since 1978 he has been working as a stage designer at the Andrei Bagár Theatre in Nitra.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Vojcek), Slovenské národní divadlo 1986, Director: M.Fischer,
  
  
  
• : (The Ghosts), Divadlo A. Bagára 1985, Director: J. Bednárik,
  
  
  
• : (Perikles), Divadlo A. Bagára 1984, Director: J. Bednárik,
  
  
  
• F. Wedekind: (Spring Awakening), Divadlo A. Bagara 1984, Director: J. Bednárik,
• Mona HAFSAHLOVÁ

Additional information: Born in 1948 in Drammen (Norway). Since graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she has been living in Czecho- slovakia. She cooperates with various Slovak theatres, as well as with films and television. She participated in the PQ in 1975 where she exhibited within the framework of stage design schools.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Our Friend Rene), Divadlo pre děti a mládež 1986, Director: J. Nvota,
• Jan KONEČNÝ

Additional information: Born in 1951 in Brno. He has been working as a lecturer at the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University in Brno. Architect and stage designer, he has been cooperating with the Drama Club in Prague, with the Theatre on a String in Brno and with Ha-Theatre in Prostějov.

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Exhibiting works

• M. Bulgakov: (Zojka´s Flat), Satirické divadlo večerní Brno 1985, Director: J. Morávek,
  
  
  
• : (The House full of Ghosts), Divadlo Na Provázku 1985, Director: P. Scherhaufer,