Academy of Arts

Banská Bystrica

Slovakia

Banská Bystrica is located in the heart of Slovakia. The city's history began in the 13th century. Banská Bystrica was one of the first towns in Slovakia declared an urban conservation reservation. When established University of Matej Bell 1 July 1992, Banská Bystrica became one of the centers of higher education in Slovakia. In the school year 2003/2004 studied at the University of 13788 students. On 7 January 1997 was the Academy of Arts with three faculties. Banská Bystrica has 78724 inhabitants now and is economic, administrative and cultural center of Central Slovakia and seat Banská Bystrica region.

About city Banská Bystrica

The formation of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica was conditioned by the need of the whole society to complete the academic education in arts but mainly by the diversification and decentralization of the possibilities of art study in Slovakia. In the previous social system the plurality in art education was preserved by the academies of arts in Prague, Brno and Bratislava

The priority in the area of education being offered at the faculties of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica between the years 2002 and 2005 was the transformation of the content and the forms of study subjects which were taught according to the previous rules for the accredited study programs for higher education, introducing the credit system, support of the academic mobility, and monitoring of the quality of education with respect to the Bologna Declaration

Academy has three faculties – Faculty of dramatic arts, Faculty of music arts, Faculty of fine arts

Academy of Arts – Formation and Priority

The Faculty of Dramatic Arts was established by the decision of the rector of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica on 7th October 1998 from the then Department of acting and directing that since the foundation of the Academy of Arts had been a part of the Faculty of Music.

In 2002 the Faculty recieved a positive evaluation of the Accreditaion Commission for our reworked proposal of the study programs Dramatic arts – acting and Film arts – documentary production

Another problem of the Faculty was the spatial conditions. We gained the building of a former community house of the Surface Construction. We finished with reconstructions in 2010.

Today the Faculty runs the study programs Dramatic arts – acting and theatre directing, dramaturgy and theatrelogy (Bachelor, Master and Artis doctor study). Film arts – film documentary production (Bachelor and Master study), film dramaturgy and script writing (Bachelor study)

The Faculty od Dramatic arts started to develop a system of contacts with similar education institutions in Slovenia, Estonia and the Czech republic. In 2007 we will continue with institutionalization of so far informal contacts with the arts colleges in Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Latvia.

Faculty of Dramatic Arts

• Theatre space in National Scientific Library called „D44“. D like „divadlo“ (theatre) and 44 cause offers in its small room 44 seats. The godfather of the theatre is a well known Slovak actor and a poetry lover Juraj Sarvaš.

• FDU cooperates with Evangelical house, where we played Master theatre production and production from students of threatre directing and dramaturgy study

• Theatre studio at Faculty of dramatic arts.

• We have also TV studio, where we plan do TV production, dubbing studio, cutting rooms, Theatre studio at Faculty of dramatic arts, and some new classrooms.

• Our students cooperate during their study with theatres, TVs´, journals, theatre, dance and movie festivals in Slovakia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, USA, etc.

• The good quality of the study programs confirm several awards that the Faculty students achieved (Main award Grand PRIX ZDARZENIA – TCZEW in Poland – 5th International Festival, special award of the jury at TEMPUS ART 2004 Rožňava of the play Hamlet, award for the exceptional talent - Budapest Short International Film Festival - student Tomáš Krupa and his film Lovers, GOLD REMI AWARD in 2007 in the category of students films, video documentaries respectively – Ľubo Viluda – Ivan Kršiak, participation at the 4th International Festival od Dramatic Schools in Warsaw in 2007 – The faculty presented the play „The Wedding“ (Wesele) of the Polish playwright Wyszpianski. The faculty recieved an invitation based on the choice out of more than 100 registered plays of the dramatic schools all aorund the world, Winner - film Sizyfos - International festival of small and independent film productions 2011 – Slovenia, VIII. teatrologická international conference cycle today and here - Creation and Criticism - freedom and responsibility with 32 participants from Slovakia, Serbia, Poland, Czech Republic and Ukraine.

• And many more national and international awards

Activities of Faculty

• Dramatic Art> theatre acting (Bachelor, Magister Degree)

• Theatre dramaturgy and directing (Bachel, Magister Degree)

• Theatre art (Artis doctor Degree)

Study at Faculty of Dramatic Arts

• Film and Multimedia> film documentary art (Bachelor, Magister Degree)

• film dramaturgy and scriptwriting (Bachelor Degree)

Over 6 300 Slovak students since 1998 (0,38 % of the total)

Numbers are increasing steadily each year

Erasmus as a possibility starts at Academia of Arts in Banska Bystrica since academic year 2004/2005. Student mobility and short – term attachment has a great popularity and our students are using this opportunity each year.

From Academic year 2008/2009 till 2011/2012

outgoing students for student mobility (FDU) – 23

Outgoing students using short – term attachment (FDU)– 5

Incoming students – 3

Academy of Arts has bilateral agreement with 33 Universities (Poland, Lithuania, Italia, Finnland, France, Hungary, Czech republic, Rumania, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Island, Slovinia, ...)

Erasmus student mobility

The reason why our students want to study at foreign Universities is simple – they want to challenge and to gain opportunity study same field at different place. Yes, there are another reasons as meet new people, see new country, have new experiences, etc.

Most of the outgoing students travel for student mobility to Czech republic, Finnland, Poland, Italia, etc.

Most of the incoming studets are from Serbia, Czech republic, Slovenia, because of language, which is very close to slovak language.

Our students after arrive from foreign University are doing visual presentation, which motivate schoolmates to look for same experiences. Especially we usually send out pair of students, because they can help each other and be support for each other

Outgoing students can stay by student mobility from 2 – 12 months by ECTS credit system

Incoming students have their own choice to select study subjects – they usually have individual study program

We offer student house as a accomodation, library and coordinator who speaks english

Outgoing and incoming students

Problems and solutions – Developing International Partnerships

Bilateral agreements – problems with language

especially in theatre acting and film

scriptwriting. Students of acting search schools

where they can work out on their speech. But

just few can fluently speak english. That is why

they looking for more acting movement with less

using speech. Same problem with scriptwriting.

Get more incoming students

Some universities argue that they do not need

additional bilateral agreements

Individual study program for incoming students

Trying to search for projects by which we can start work on common target and after it to try for bilateral agreements – for students of theatre acting. Students who study film scriptwriting has to learn more english. We have no problems with students who study film documentary art, cause this is 50% art and 50% to know technology with they work.

Common projects. an annual festival of art universities ARTÓRIUM through which we seek to establish new contacts and develop already existing

Here it is very difficult, because certain we attempted to re-establish joint projects and bilateral agreements, but we were met with a negative opinion

There is unfortunately necessary to gain time and keep their own young teachers because the older generation speaks only the basics of the English language (or two fluent in languages other than English)

Problems Solutions

Faculty of Dramatic Arts has these bilateral agreements with Universities:

• University of Tomáš Bata in Zlín, Faculty of multimedia communications, Czech republic

• Theatre Academy im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza in Warszaw, Poland

• Vilnius College of Technologies and Design, Vilnius, Lithuana

• Oulu University of Applied Sciences , School of Music, Dance and Media, Oulu, Finland

• Escola Superior de Disseny de les Illes Balears, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

• Catolic University of Portugal – Porto, Portugal

• University of Ljubljana, Academy of Thetre, Radio, Film and TV, Slovenia

• Anadolu University - Eskisehir, Department Cinema and Television, Eskisehir, Turkey

• Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia, Spain

• Iceland Academy of the Arts, Island

Bilateral agreements

The Academic Library users have the possibility to utilize three multimedia PC

rooms with internet connection that are furnished with CD and DVD players,

burner and scanner. Besides the qualification works they have access to

national and international periodicals focused at music, fine art and dramatic

art as well as other social – scientific magazines and books from literature,

culture and related fields.

Phone number: +421 48 4320 401

e-mail: kniznica@aku.sk

Academic Library

The school hostel provides accommodation for students of AU of the category A. The students can use the social room where they can spend their free time by watching TV or by chatting with friends and colleagues. For the sport activities it is possible to ulitiue a room equipped with table – tennis. Through the wire broadcast our students are informed about the current news. The capacity of the hostel is 201 beds.

Phone number: 00421-48-4320 445

e-mail: sdomov@aku.sk

The school hostel

CONTACT

The Faculty of Dramatic Arts

Horná 95

974 01 Banská Bystrica

Slovakia

Phone number: ++421-48-4320 311

Fax number: +421-48-4320 301

e-mail: fdu@aku.sk

Web site: www.fdu.aku.sk