About theatre

Team of Divadlo Štúdio tanca

We are people from different continents, from different cultures and with different experiences in the field of culture and arts work. Diversity sometimes unites us and sometimes divides us. We see it as a challenge and a way to push ourselves and expand our horizons. We value common understanding and count on daily surprises.

Theater directory
Artistic ensemble
Production and administration
Theater directory

We value common understanding and count on daily surprises.

Lucia Kašiarová

director
Lucia Kašiarová graduated from the J. L. Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and the Academy of Arts in Prague. She was a founding member of the art ensemble of Divadlo štúdio tanca. She is the founder of ALT@RT and the artistic director of the creative space Studio ALTA. Since 2022 she is also the director of Divadlo Štúdio tanca.
  • riaditelka@studiotanca.sk

Zebastián Méndez Marín

artistic director
Zebas is originally from Costa Rica. He attended Conservatorio El Barco (Costa Rica), and his notable projects include EU.GENUS (Honey and Dust) and What the body does not remember (Ultima Vez). In October 2021, Divadlo Štúdio tanca premiered PUNK PAJAMA PARTY, a project created by a team of artists led by Zebastián and Lívia Balážová MM. Since 2022, he has been the artistic director at Divadlo Štúdio tanca.
  • artdirector@studiotanca.sk
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Jack Strömberg

artistic ensemble

Jack Strömberg was born in Sweden. He began his artistic career in Stockholm, where he trained in circus and theatre. Later he took up dance. He studied dance at SEAD in Salzburg. During his time in Salzburg he worked with artists from renowned companies and contemporary dance icons. He also has his own creative practice and his works have been performed in various venues in Europe. He has collaborated with various institutions in the form of residencies and performances.

Martina Hájková

artistic ensemble

Martina Hájková comes from Považská Bystrica and from the age of four she danced in the folklore ensemble FS Považan. Subsequently, she started to take up rope skipping, in which she became a multiple Slovak champion and won medals at international competitions. She participated in workshops and preparations for the European Championships with skippers from Cirque du Soleil. She has a coaching license in sports gymnastics. She studied at the Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, where she discovered her love for creation and contemporary art.

Lívia Balážová MM

artistic ensemble

Director, choreographer, performer, and lecturer in contemporary dance and physical theater, co-founder of Colectivo Priekopník Veverička. She studied at the J.L. Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, SEAD (Austria), and P.A.R.T.S. (Belgium).
She has collaborated with Kubilai Khan Investigations, Rui Horto and Wim Vandekeybus’ Ultima Vez, and with Colectivo Priekopník Veverička she has created the productions #whateveristrendingnow, PRACH / POLVO and La Plancha. She has performed and collaborated on projects by several domestic and foreign artists (e.g. Ultima Vez, Luis Alfredo Sierra Chacon, Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Divadlo K, Odivo, Divadlo Aréna).
The performance Čin won Dosky 2019, Vnorená received three nominations for Dosky 2022. 

Eunjeong Oh

artistic ensemble

Eunjeong Oh is a dancer and choreographer from Seoul, Korea. She studied modern dance at Dongduk Women’s University and continued her studies at the Salzburg Academy of Experimental Dance (SEAD) from 2020 to 2024. She has collaborated with Olivier Dubois (Come Out) and JUKSTA Dance Company (This Too Shall Pass), and during her internship at Bodhi Project, she began to develop her own choreographic language.
In her work, she explores emotions, movement, and spatial perception. Her works include the duet Void (2019), Lunar (2022), combining Korean fan dance with cosmic motifs, and Inhabited or We Will See (2023) with Arianna Bonacina. In 2024, she presented the duet I Lost My Body with Jack Strömberg in Salzburg and the performance Touch Me Not in Korea.
She continues to search for new experimental approaches and brings energetic physicality and interdisciplinary collaboration to her work.

Ľubomír Kútnik

artistic ensemble

Ľubomír Kútnik comes from Zvolen, where he has been dancing and playing sports since the age of four, especially acrobatic rock-and-roll and children’s fitness. He has won numerous awards in national and international competitions and in 2016 he became European Vice-Champion in children’s fitness. He graduated from the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory, where he participated in many dance performances and workshops with prominent Slovak and foreign artists.

Produkcia a administratíva

Pavol Gajdoš

project manager
  • projektmanager@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 902 672 799

Ema Angušová

production
  • production@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 902 672 799

Michal Fichna

technician
  • technika@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 48 414 6540

Veronika Chrienová

PR manager
  • pr@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 904 919 116

Katarína Szolnokyová

HR
  • personalne@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 48 414 6540

Zuzana Klimentová

economist
  • ekonom@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 48 414 6540

Dáša Pohorelá

administration
  • organizacne@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 48 414 6540

Martin Szolnoky

janitor
  • hospodar@studiotanca.sk
  • +421 48 414 6540