Folklore is complex and needs to be sensitively woven / rewoven into the rhythm of today’s “folk” – social life. In contemporary folklore, many narratives and voices (including the LGBTQIA+ community) fail to find appropriate representation. The inclusivity / exclusivity of folklore is our starting point for exploring the ritual performance: Ride of Kings. We focus on the ritual surrounding the Ride of Kings, inspired by an in-depth exploration of one of the key aspects of the ritual: transformation. The performance will be preceded by a workshop that creates a safe space for inclusive discussion on the themes of transformation and LGBTQIA+ representation in folklore. The ritual performance is a collaboration between Sonya Darrow (folk artist & sociologist), David Severa (designer and artist), Jan Bražina (designer and artist), and the Drag Kings collective (Rudy Daddy, Chad Clitt, Tommie Foolerie). The program is part of the folk-art movement: Folklore’s Not Dead. The performance and workshop Ride of Kings will take place in Tyršov Park on July 12th from 2:00 PM.
Folklore is complex and needs to be sensitively woven / rewoven into the rhythm of today’s “folk” – social life. In contemporary folklore, many narratives and voices (including the LGBTQIA+ community) fail to find appropriate representation. The inclusivity / exclusivity of folklore is our starting point for exploring the ritual performance: Ride of Kings. We focus on the ritual surrounding the Ride of Kings, inspired by an in-depth exploration of one of the key aspects of the ritual: transformation. The performance will be preceded by a workshop that creates a safe space for inclusive discussion on the themes of transformation and LGBTQIA+ representation in folklore. The ritual performance is a collaboration between Sonya Darrow (folk artist & sociologist), David Severa (designer and artist), Jan Bražina (designer and artist), and the Drag Kings collective (Rudy Daddy, Chad Clitt, Tommie Foolerie). The program is part of the folk-art movement: Folklore’s Not Dead. The performance and workshop Ride of Kings will take place in Tyršov Park on July 12th from 2:00 PM.
As every year, the beautiful space of the Bishop's Court under the Peter and Paul Towers will come alive with folklore in the 28th year of the F SCÉNA 2025 folklore evenings cycle. The Jánošík Folklore Association, in cooperation with the Czechoslovak Legionnaire SPIA Czech, z.s., in co-production with the Brno City Theatre and SNIP & Co., an advertising company, has prepared this traditional spectacle for folklore lovers.
As every year, the beautiful space of the Bishop's Court under the Peter and Paul Towers will come alive with folklore in the 28th year of the F SCÉNA 2025 folklore evenings cycle. The Jánošík Folklore Association, in cooperation with the Czechoslovak Legionnaire SPIA Czech, z.s., in co-production with the Brno City Theatre and SNIP & Co., an advertising company, has prepared this traditional spectacle for folklore lovers.
"SUCH A FATHER, SUCH A SON" - this is the title of the performance, which gives an idea of how strong the family bond is and how the customs of grandfathers and fathers are passed on to their descendants. It is these traditions that are the determining link in the prepared composed program. Folk songs, dances, customs and traditions have not only been preserved to this day thanks to written or film recordings, but mainly thanks to the fact that they were passed on in families from generation to generation, from mother to daughter, from father to son. They then passed them on to associations, "circles", the foundations of later emerging folklore ensembles, which began to process them into a stage form. And the very membership in a folklore ensemble is also becoming a tradition, and we can boldly use the comparison "Such a father, such a son" or "Such a mother, such a Katka". For example, the Demižón Folklore Ensemble, founded and led by Jiří Rybecký, who is also the creator of today's program, a former member of the VUS Ondráš, also has the third generation of bearers of folk traditions in its ranks.
LEOŠ JANÁČEK Rákos Rákoczy, concert performance of the ballet in 1 act, supplemented with original folk music Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno Choirmaster Petr Fiala Horňácká muzika by Petr Mička Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Dennis Russell Davies
The traditional musical farewell to summer in the Brno Denisovy sady park will be dedicated to the recently deceased master of Moravian folklore and professor of Masaryk University, Mr. Dušan Holý. The open-air concert "Praise God, I was born here", this time in the folklore atmosphere of the Moravian cimbalom, will resound in the park on Thursday, August 28, 2025 from 6 p.m. The Horňácká cimbalom music of Petr Mička will perform, accompanied by soloists from Hrubá Vrbka and other places in the Horňácko region, the singing of the Male Choir from Hrubá Vrbka and personal memories of Prof. Holý. The speech will be given by Prof. Holý's friend — actor, director and writer Břetislav Rychlík.
