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Ladder art company

Ladder Art Company is an emerging art company based in Budapest, Hungary. We have been organizing cultural events, workshops and collaborations between artists working in different areas of art, and producing theatre productions since our establishment in 2016. Our purpose is to encourage responsibility, consciousness, acceptance, open-mindedness, and supportive way of life through artistic projects.

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Performances

In our performances, we combine new circus, clowning, physical-, movement- and visual theatre elements, which go beyond classical theatre genres, with the aim of creating a special world that attracts the attention of our audience to innovative theatrical concepts and contemporary art forms.
We believe that theatrical tools have a social-forming power. That is why we take great emphasis on choosing themes and issues that affect a broader section of society.
Our projects are gaining professional recognition, we have been touring in several national and international festivals (Valley of Arts Hungary, Infinite Dance Festival Oradea, Voila! Europe London, Istanbul Fringe Festival, Bergen Fringe Festival, Festival d’Avignon).

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Workshops

As well as creating productions, our association plays a significant role in the further training of national and Europien theatre profession. We organize training opportunities for theatre professionals and amateurs with the involvement of international teachers, we lead theatre courses and participate in international educational and research projects.
Our motivation is to support the acquisition and raise the consciousness of established expertise and techniques for a new generation of actors, performers, and theatre practitioners.

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International projects

In the framework of our Theatre Master Courses project, we have been organizing 12 workshops in Budapest, inviting internationally acclaimed teachers and practitioners (Ian Morgan, Oleg Zukovsky, Vladimir Granov, Gretchen Egolf, Joan Catala). In the summer of 2021, we implemented the first International Theatre Workshop Forum with the participation of leading teachers from the Polish Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices and the SITI Company in New York, among others. The event also included a two-day conference, the Environmental Weekend, with talks and presentations on climate change and environmental issues.
In 2022-23 we lead the InPerTrain international Erasmus+ research project in the field of performing arts. This program is an innovation in the performer’s training practices on individual performer training structures and methodologies

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For companies

The repertoire of the Ladder Art Company includes several performances and training/workshop programs that are offered to companies. The tools of performing arts-based training can be applied in everyday life as well — in the workplace and in social communication — supporting more conscious, open, attentive, flexible, and precise human behavior.

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Production team

Mátyás Marofka

artistic director

Artistic director of Ladder Art Company, director and performer of Awakening, Matyas Marofka, is an actor, coach, director, aerial acrobat in circus arts.A student of the Michael Chekhov International Academy in Berlin, Leandre Ribera is a collaborator of the world-famous Catalan clown. After studying acting (MA Acting at University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest), and learning actor-training (MA Actor Training and Coaching at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London), worked as an actor in wide variety of theatre shows in Hungary, before founding Ladder Art Company. He is also a researcher and teacher of psycho-physical actor training approaches and physical theatre practices. (www.matyasmarofka.com)

Jázmin Nagy

artistic assistant

Jázmin is the artistic assistant of the 2084 project and is responsible for Ladder Art Company’s social media pages and website. She completed her studies at Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Arts, majoring in Liberal Arts, aesthetics, and theater studies. Previously, she worked as an actress at East-West Collective and as a director’s assistant at Epic Theater Company. At the former organization, she did not only artistic work but also operational and background work. She also worked as a marketing consultant, tender writer, and event organizer. In recent years, she has worked on several independent short film projects, mainly as a screenwriter and dramaturg.