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Peter Čanecký
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Peter Čanecký is a graduate of the Department of Stage Design at the Theatre Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. After graduation, he worked in the Jozef Gregor Tajovský Theatre in Zvolen (1983–1988) and in the New Stage Theatre (1988–1990). Since 1991, he has worked as a pedagogue at the Department of Stage Design, Academy of Performing Arts, and has been the head of the department since 2006. He has received the academic titles of associate professor and full professor. In his academic career, he went on study stays at prestigious universities in the Netherlands, England, and Finland. He collaborates with Slovak and Czech theatres and theatre artists. The creative network of the directors he works with includes Roman Polák, Stanislav Štepka, Juraj Nvota, Marián Chudovský, Jozef Bednárik, and Martin Huba. It was mostly the cooperation with Roman Polák that provided Čanecký with new opportunities related to original directorial interpretations. As a stage and costume designer, he made sets for Slovak and Czech movies directed by Juraj Jakubisko, Juraj Nvota, and Alice Nellis, among others. He is a multiple laureate of the DOSKY award in the Best Costume of the Season category and winner of the film awards The Czech Lion and The Sun in a Net.