Professional characteristics

Professional characteristics

artistic director and choreographer of the University Folklore Ensemble Mladosť, a representative body of the MBU
coordinator of the Center for Music and Dance Culture Tančiareň PF UMB
choreographer and director (dance, theater, folklore festivals, folklore groups of all levels, events, non-traditional team building and adventure activities, music and dance show service)
methodologies for dance (especially folk dance, basics of dance in general, rhythmics and the use of various genres in staging practice)
methodologies for acting stage movement, music and movement activities, preschool movement education, initiation and dance movement games
Game and dance, Dance through play - music-movement activities for all-round development, didactic games, training systems for effective development of performers, system of workshops for various categories of music-movement and dance teams and teachers in the field of dance art, art-educational practice, folklorism, physical theater
(E) motion - in cooperation with PhDr. Beata Žitniaková Gurgová, PhD. - dance-movement activities focused on working with emotions, self-knowledge, development of social skills in a group, teambuilding, psychohygiene, entertainment, prevention of burnout syndrome for adults
methodologies for compatriot dance culture, basics of choreography, creative drama and theater, dance methodology for art schools and dance conservatories
university pedagogue for didactics of music and movement ensembles, dance methodology for art education, acting stage movement, movement theater cooperation, school music ensembles with a focus on traditional folk culture, folk dance, singing and music

curriculum vitae:
- active performer in the ansembles of FS Vatra Tlmače, US Lúčnica, US Folkus Bratislava, AUS, SĽUK, Nová scéna
- studied choreography of folk dance at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava as a student of Professor Nosáľ
- dancer soloist Lúčnica (until 1998)
- dancer soloist and choreographer of SĽUK (1998-2002)
- artistic director and choreographer of the professional folklore ansemble of VFS Jánošík Zvolen in the years 2002 - 2007, 4 feature premieres,
- artistic director and choreographer of the University Folklore Ensemble Mladosť from Banská Bystrica, representative of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica since 2009
- PhD student KHK PF UMB 2010-2013
- Assistant Professor of KHK PF UMB since September 2013

artistic and project creation, co-productions with theaters
- teacher of the Academy of Arts FDU, acting and dancing until 2015, movement cooperation on projects
- teacher of the J. L. Bella Conservatory Banská Bystrica, folk dance from 2005 to 2012
- artistic director and choreographer of UFS Mladosť at UMB Banská Bystrica since 2009
- collaboration with the State Opera BB, choreography Krútňavy 2009 (directed by Roman Polák)
- choreography and movement collaboration with DJGT Zvolen performances Wedding (Wyspianski), Alarm in Hotel Westminstr 2 (dir. Ľ. Paulovič), Orol Tatranský (dir. J. Sarvaš)
- methodological, directing and choreographic cooperation with Slovaks living abroad
- directing festival programs in Detva, Východná, Myjava, Heľpa, Klenovec, Tlmače and others
- choreographic cooperation in SĽUK - Potulný tovariš, Mládenecké, It's after midnight, They will play
- choreography and direction of the Shepherd's Mood project
- systematic choreographic work in an amateur ensemble environment, musical creation
- methodical cooperation with enlightenment and amateur theater environment
- the film "Dance Between the Shards", a supporting character of the Pilgrim
- director by UMB Bál 2013, 2014 (www.umbbal.sk)

publishing and project activity
- Professional monography Game and dance - initiation games not only for dancers (2015)
- scientific monography Game in dance - specifics of music and dance culture in the expatriate environment (2019)
- KEGA037UMB-4/2018 Creation of a music-dance work as a means for the development of professional didactics on the platform of a university artistic body - the main researcher
- international project I am, ERASMUS +, KA2, co-researcher, coordinator of MC UMB

Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic, 03. June 2021

Martin Urban