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Andrej Bagar Theatre
The Andrej Bagar Theatre () is a theatre located in Nitra, Slovakia. It opened in 1949. The theatre was known as (Nitra Region Theatre) and (Regional Theatre Nitra) before being named after actor Andrej Bagar in 1979. Various productions from the theatre have been recognised in the annual DOSKY Awards The DOSKY Awards are presented annually for achievements in Slovak theatre. The awards were founded in 1996. The winners are selected by vote by theatre critics. Recent winners in the principal categories have been as follows. Best Actress 1996 .... The director of the theatre from 2001 was , until being succeeded by in 2016. References External links * Theatres in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Nitra {{Europe-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia; it was the political center of the Principality of Nitra. Today, it is a seat of a ''Regions of Slovakia, kraj'' (Nitra Region), and an ''Districts of Slovakia, okres'' (Nitra District). Etymology The first mention of Nitra dates back to the 9th century. The name of the city is derived from the Nitra River. The name is Indo-European languages, Indo-European, but the question of its History of Proto-Slavic#Pre-Slavic, pre-Slavic or Slavic people, Slavic origin has not been satisfactorily answered. Nitra might be derived from the old Indo-European root ''neit-'', ''nit-'' 'to cut' or 'to burn' using the derivational element ''-r-'' (se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries. From the late 6th century, parts of modern Slovakia were incorporated into the Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaghanate. In the 7th century, the Slavs played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. When the Avar Khaghanate dissolved in the 9th century, the Slavs established the Principality of Nitra before it was annexed by the Great Moravia, Principality of Moravia, which later became Great Moravia. When Great Moravia fell in the 10th century, the territory was integrated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitra Region
The Nitra Region (, ; ) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts () and 354 municipalities, from which 16 have a town status. The economy of the region focuses more on agriculture, than in other Slovak regions. Nitra is its seat, largest city, and cultural and economic center. Geography This region with a long history is situated in the southwest of Slovakia, mostly in the eastern part of the Danubian Lowland. It is divided into two sub-units: the Danubian Flat in the south-west, with eastern part of the Žitný ostrov island, and the Danubian Hills in the north, centre and east. Mountain ranges reaching into the region are: Považský Inovec in the north-west, where the region's highest point, Veľký Inovec, is located, Tribeč in the north from Nitra, Pohronský Inovec in the north-east and Štiavnické vrchy in the east. Major rivers are the Danube in the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Bagar
Andrej Bagar (29 October 1900 – 31 July 1966) was a Slovak film and theatre actor and theatre director. He appeared in 16 films between 1935 and 1965. Nitra's theatre, previously known as , took his name, becoming the Andrej Bagar Theatre in 1979. Selected filmography * '' Jánošík'' (1935) * '' Warning'' (1946) *''The Struggle Will End Tomorrow ''The Struggle Will End Tomorrow'' () is a 1951 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Miroslav Cikán. With a screenplay written by Ivan Bukovčan, the film stars Elo Romančík, Gustáv Valach, Vladimír Petruška, Štefan Adamec, Mikuláš Huba, A ...'' (1951) References External links * 1900 births 1966 deaths Slovak male film actors People from Trenčianske Teplice 20th-century Slovak male actors {{Slovakia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DOSKY Awards
The DOSKY Awards are presented annually for achievements in Slovak theatre. The awards were founded in 1996. The winners are selected by vote by theatre critics. Recent winners in the principal categories have been as follows. Best Actress 1996 – Diana Mórová for ''Rosalind'' in ''As You Like It'' 1997 – Zuzana Kronerová for ''Mother'' in ''Mother'' 1998 – Zora Kolínska for ''Akulina'' in ''Scény z Domu Bessemenovcov - Meštiaci'' 1999 – Adela Gáborová for ''Lady Macbeth'' in ''Macbeth'' 2000 – Emília Vášáryová for ''The Old Woman'' in ''The Chairs'' 2001 – Anna Šišková for ''Celia'' in ''Večierok'' 2002 – Emília Vášáryová for ''Maria Callas'' in ''The Master Class'' 2003 – Anna Šišková for ''The Young Woman'' in ''Bash'' 2004 – Emília Vášáryová for ''Stevie'' in ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' 2005 – Ingrid Timková for ''Kráľovná noci '' in ''Ignorant a šialenec'' 2006 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatres In Slovakia
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
