Miroslav Benka

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Miroslav Benka
Born Miroslav Benka
(1956-04-22) 22 April 1956
Ašanja, Vojvodina,
Occupation director and screenwriter
Years active 1990-present
Spouse(s) Vlasta Benková
Children Oleg
Awards 1991 The Best young director “Jurislav Korenic” award
1991 The Best experiment in contemporary theatre award
1994 State Prize for directing of author's performance Soft Dreams (Union dramatic Arts of Slovakia, Bratislava)
1995 TV BG –TV NS, (Award of National TV RTS)
1999 Golden Mark of Union Culture&Edukation
2006 Grand Prix (24th International Theatre Festival Fadjr 2006, Tehran [1], Iran)
2007 Award for Best Scenography, Nominated for Best Performance award, Nominated for Best Director award (19th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre 2007, Egypt)
Website
www.miroslavbenka.com

Miroslav Benka(Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Бенка) (born April 22, 1956) is a Serbian screenwriter, actor, director and a designer.

Life and work

He was born in Ašanja in Vojvodina (ex Yugoslavia) in a Slovak family. He graduated from the College of Applied Arts in design and from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (Akademija umetnosti u Novom Sadu), Acting Department. He also graduated from the University of Arts in Belgrade (Fakultet dramskih umetnosti univeziteta u Beogradu), Directing Department. Benka was guest professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and International University in Novi Pazar, as well as a Director and Artistic Director of the City Drama Theatre (Mestké divadlo) in Zilina, Slovak Republic and Managing director and Artistic director of National Theatre Sterija in Vrsac and Managing director and Artistic director of Vrsac Autumn Theatre Festival. Benka directed as many as 60 theatrical performances classical and contemporary playwrights. He directed documentaries films and advertisements, TV shows, music clips, radio dramas and multimedia – ambience projects Lux in Tenebris in Bojnice Castle (Zámok Bojnice)♙.

With his performance successfully participated in Belgrade International Theatre Festival ( BITEF 1991 and 2004), in Novi Sad Sterija’s Theatre Festival (Sterijino Pozorje 1995 and 1998), Vojvodina's Theatre Festival (Susret profesionalnih pozorišta Vojvodine 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2001), Vrsac Autumn Theatre Festival (Vršačka pozorišna jesen 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, and 2002) in Sarajevo Theatre Festival (MESS 1991 and 2004), in Ljubljana Theatre Festival (EX PONTO 2006), in Zagreb Dance Week Festival (Tjedan suvremenog plesa 1991), in Užice Yugoslav Theatre Festival (Jugoslovenski pozoišni festival u Užicu 1998), in Prešov Slovak Theatre Festival (Fest - Fish 1994 and 1995), International Theatre Festival (Divadelná Nitra 1992 and 1995), The Theatre Festival Touches & Connections (Dotyky a spojenia 2012), European Capital of Culture (Košice 2013), International Theatre Festival (Kotor Art 2013), Herceg Novi Summer Festival (Herceg Fest 2013) as well as Austria, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and ex Yugoslavia.

Significant work in the physical theatre S.O.S. (1991), Soft Dreams (Mäkké Sny 1994), Bread and Plays (Panem et Circenses 2004), Painted in Frost (Maľované inovaťou 2008), Images of My World (Obrazy môjho sveta 2009). In almost all of his performances he is the author of total design. He exhibited at the World Stage Design Exhibition of Prague Quadrennial in Prague. Other exhibitions include: Ours in Prague – Gallery Progres, Belgrade, Yustat – Biennale of Stage Design, Museum of Art and Crafts, Belgrade and Triennale of Theatre Scenography and Costume Design, Novi Sad.

Selected performances - director

  • 1991: S.O.S. (Save Our Souls) by Miroslav Benka
  • 1994: Lux in Tenebris by Miroslav Benka
  • 1994: Soft Dreams (Mäkké sny) by Miroslav Benka
  • 1998: Kamen za pod glavu by Milica Novković
  • 2004: Bread and Plays (Panem et Circenses) by Miroslav Benka
  • 2008: Painted in Frost (Oslikano injem) by Miroslav Benka
  • 2009: Images of My World (Slike moga sveta) by Miroslav Benka
  • 2010: On the Wings of Dreams by Miroslav Benka
  • 2011: Abode/Bydlisko/Boraviste by Miroslav Benka
  • 2012: Days of Einstein's Dreams by Miroslav Benka

Selected awards

  • 1991: The Best young director “Jurislav Korenić” award / MESS, Sarajevo
  • 1991: The Best experiment in contemporary theatre award / MESS, Sarajevo
  • 1994: State Prize for directing of author's performance Soft Dreams / Union of Dramatic Artist of Slovakia, Bratislava
  • 1994: The Best Director / 2nd Vrsac Auttumn Fheatre Festival, Vršac
  • 1995: The Best Director / 45th Festival of Professional Theatre of Vojvodina, Vršac
  • 1995: RTVBG – RTVNS / Award of National TV RTS, Belgrade
  • 1998: The Best Director / 48th Festival of Professional Theatre of Vojvodina, Sremska Mitrovica
  • 1999: Golden Mark of Union of Culture and Education, Belgrade
  • 2001: Special Award for Directing and Dramaturgy / 51st Festival of Professional Theatre of Vojvodina, Vršac
  • 2001: The Best Scenography / 51st Festival of Professional Theatre of Vojvodina, Vrsac
  • 2006: Grand Prix / 24th International Theatre Festival Fadjr 2006, Tehran [1], Iran)
  • 2007: Award for Best Scenography / 19th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre 2007, Cairo, Egypt [2].
    • Nominated for Best Performance award
    • Nominated for Best Director award

Notes

  • ISAKOV, Mile – BIRO, Mikloš: TOP 10, Vojvodina, NDN Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1992. str. 84, ISBN 86 – 431 – 0019 – 6
  • VEHOVEC, Roman: Leksikon umetnika Vojvodine, VEGA MEDIA, Novi Sad 2001. str. 3, 29,
  • STOJŠIĆ, Borislav: Znamenite ličnosti Srema, Muzej Srema, Sremska Mitrovica 2003. str. 354, 357, 358, ISBN 106 – 413 – 00533 /2003 – 01, COBISS.SR – ID 186928647
  • BALLEK, R. – DIKOŠOVÁ, E. – DLOUHY, O. – JABORNÍK, J.: Mestské divadlo Žilina, MD Žilina / DÚ Bratislava, 2005, str. 30 – 31, ISBN 80 – 88987 – 63 – 6
  • PENČIĆ, POLJANSKI, Dejan: 55 (Susreta) Festivala pozorišta Vojvodine, ZPPV Novi Sad / Subotica 2005. str. 233, ISBN 86 – 85123 – 04 – 6
  • ĆIRILOV, Jovan: Svi moji savremenici, PROSVETA, Beograd 2007. str. 293 – 297, ISBN 978 – 86 – 07 – 01741 – 6
  • VEREŠOVÁ, Katarína: Storočie divadla v Starej Pazove, ESA Bratislava 2007, str. 189 – 239; ISBN 978 – 80 – 85684 – 60 – 5
  • VAGAPOVA, Natalija: BITEF: pozorište, festival, život, ALTERA/BITEF/SLUŽBENI GLASNIK, Beograd, 2010, str. 326, 330, 560, 572; COBISS.SR – ID 177487116; ISBN 987 – 86 – 6007 – 054 – 0
  • ŠUVAKOVIĆ, Miško: Istorija umetnosti u Srbiji: XX vek, Knjiga 1: Radikalne umetničke prakse, ORION ART, Beograd, 2010, str. 779-789, ISBN 978-86-83305-52-0 (OA)
  • SKLABINSKI, Milina: Slováci v Srbsku..., UPKVS, Nový Sad 2011, s. 352 – 362, ISBN 978 – 86 – 87947 – 06 – 1

External links

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