Costume and stage designer

 

She graduated from the Department of Textile Design in the Studio of Fashion Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (1996 - 2002) and the Department of Stage and Costume Design at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava: bachelor studies with doc. Aleš Votava, Master's studies with Prof. Jozef Ciller and Prof. Milan Čorba (1998 - 2005). She studied in Prague at the Academy of Performing Arts with Prof. Jana Zbořilová with a focus on grotesque costumes. She works with the variability of clothing, accentuating colour development and working with the meaning of contrasts. When creating a costume, she is concerned with the search for meaning and explores the potential of design and production through a comparative method. She has her own systems, which are syncretic. She is interested in fabrics of animal origin.

 

Already during her studies she collaborated with several Czech theatres - the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava (Comedy of Errors, 2002; The Magician of Lublin, 2003; Big Beat, 2005), the Theatre in Olomouc (Magic Fishbone, 2002; Testament of a Dog, 2003; Much Ado About Nothing, 2004), Fidlovačka Theatre in Prague (Ballad for the Bandit, The Champions, both 2005), Dejvice Theatre in Prague (Love Story, 2005), West Bohemian Theatre in Cheb (The Tempest, 2005), National Theatre in Brno (The Marriage of Figaro in Drama, 2005). South Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice (musical The Full Monty!, 2007). In Slovak theatres, she created costumes for Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra (The Public Enemy, 2005 and Wuthering Heights, 2006); Slovak National Theatre Ballet in Bratislava (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2006); Slovak State Theatre in Košice (A Flea in Her Ear, 2006).