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Soňa Ferancová

Having studied stage directing at the Academy of Performing Arts under Peter Mikulík, Ms Ferancová graduated in 1993. It was already at the university that she made a mark with her production of the Jean Genet title The Maids that she staged in 1992 as guest director in the studio of the Theatre Faculty at The Janáček Academy of Perming Arts in Brno. As a student she participated at the International University Festivals in Moscow and Berlin, and the International Theatre Workshop in Besançon, France.  Between 1994 and 1995 she was staff director at The Ján Palárik Theatre in Trnava. Her productions there received great acclaim (J. Mahen: Castaways in the Big Top, 1994; A. P. Chekhov: Three Sisters, 1994). Since 1995 she has been freelance, working with a range of Slovak theatres: The Ján Palárik Theatre in Trnava, The Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, Theatre GUnaGU, Theatre Aréna, Theatre ASTORKA Korzo ´90, Slovak National Theatre. Her productions were repeatedly nominated for the DOSKY award. She regularly collaborates with the Slovak Radio and a number of television companies. As director she made the feature-length documentary The National about the relocation of the Slovak National Theatre from its historical building to the new venue. Between 2006 and 2010 she was directing the televised magazine Art (Slovak Radio and Television).