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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Eszter Lovrity – project manager
Eszter is a production assistant and project manager at Ladder Art. She graduated in Design and Art Theory from Moholy-Nagy University of Arts in Budapest in 2020. During her university years, she spent an exchange year in Marseille, France, studying photography. Later, she remained in France for its vibrant multicultural environment for an additional four years. She began her career as a production assistant, working on a cultural event series. With her multidisciplinary background, she navigates both the visual and performative art scenes, having worked for several art galleries and contributed to social events. As a French-speaking project manager at Ladder Art Company, she now contributes to bringing the company’s productions to France.
Bianka Faddi — Grant writer
Bianka is the project manager and the grant writer for Ladder Art. She graduated with a degree in design and arts management from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. Since 2021, she has worked as a manager for several international projects, and she is currently the project manager of the 2084 project. She has experience as a cultural organizer, having coordinated and executed events in various institutional and cultural settings. She also works as a production manager, with a particular interest in immersive new media art.
Creative team
Ádám Boncz
Máté Czakó
Krisztián Kiliti
Adrián Kovács
Balázs Kulcsár
Fanni Lakos
Leandre Ribera
Ákos Lengyel
Esztella Levko
Aletta Lokodi
Mátyás Major
Ádám Munkácsi
Sári O. Horváth
Marcell Pető
Zsuzsa Szőke
Victor Morato Ribera
Mirabell Kirkland
Gábor Viktor Kozma
Katalin Gordos
Anna Seress
Board of the association
Balázs Kulcsár
president
Mátyás Marofka
vice president
Fruzsina Horváth
secretary
Support us!
HUF (MBH Bank):
Bank account holder: Létra Kulturális Egyesület
Bankszámlaszám: 10103104-80275400-01004009
EUR (Wise):
Bank account holder: Ladder Art Company – Létra Kulturális Egyesület
BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX
IBAN: BE68 9671 1174 1134
Wise’s address: Avenue Louise 54, Room S52 Brussels 1050 Belgium
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