Anita Szőkeová
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Anita Szőkeová studied at the Josef Vydra’s School of Arts and Crafts (the present Josef Vydra’s School of Applied Arts) where she majored in visual art (1992–1996). After the first unsuccessful attempt to be admitted to the Academy of Performing Arts, she attended a post-secondary programme in Kolárovo. There, under the guidance of Hungarian graphic artist Tibor Kopócs, she learned the glazing technique. After that she worked as a lecturer at the Museum of National History in Galanta. The following year, in 1998, she was admitted to the Academy of Performing Arts, where she majored in stage design and costume art in Aleš Votava’s class. After graduation (2003), she worked for numerous Slovak theatres from Bratislava to Košice (Slovak National Theatre, Aréna Theatre, ASTORKA Korzo ’90 Theatre, GUnaGU Theatre, a.ha Theatre, Small Stage STU Theatre, City Theatre Bratislava, West Theatre, Studio L+S, New Stage Theatre, Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, Jókai Theatre in Komárno, Jozef Gregor Tajovský Theatre in Zvolen, Dance Studio Theatre in Banská Bystrica, Spiš Theatre in Spišská Nová Ves, National Theatre Košice, Thália Theatre Színház in Košice, Jonáš Záborský Theatre in Prešov, and Prešov National Theatre).