Short Bio

Dária Fojtíková Fehérová, PhD. (b. 1984) completed the study of theatre science at the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava, a complementary pedagogical study focused on creative drama for children, and postgraduate studies at the Department of Aesthetics of the Philosophical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She is a theatre critic and historian, actively participates in domestic and foreign professional events, conferences, and festivals. She focuses on contemporary Slovak drama and new tendencies in staging. As a historian, she studies Slovak theatre directors. She works at the Theatre Institute Bratislava as the head of the Theatre Research Center. She is also the director of Nová dráma/New Drama Festival. She regularly publishes for theatre magazines and scientific journals, and is the author or co-author of theatre anthologies. She is the Vice-President of Slovak Section of  AICT/IATC.

Letter of Intent

As a « young critic, » I attended several workshops for young critics organized by AICT/IATC. Since 2010, I have been an active member of the Slovak section of AICT/IATC, serving as Vice President from 2014 – 2017 and again since 2024. My task and my intention have always been to support young critics through our projects and to give them a chance to develop their expertise, as I had the opportunity to do. I have faith in the values that Slovak theatre, and the theatre in general, represent today, and I believe in the quality and professionalism of Slovak theatre, which I would like to present further abroad. I also offer my skills in cultural management and diplomacy. I believe in democracy and consider theatre a tool for negotiation among various cultures, and I would like to build a common voice across the world through the power of an international critical association. As a member of the ExCom for the last two years, I observed the association’s internal functioning and learned about its democratic processes, ideas, strengths, and weaknesses. I would like to continue as a member of the ExCom for the second term to maintain the association’s professionalism, advocate for the freedom of artistic expression in connection with international associations. My working language is English.

Example of works

Štefko, Vladimír, Fojtíková Fehérová, Dária, and Timko, Martin (eds.). Ferdinand Hoffmann : Kritik, dramaturg, riaditeľ (Ferdinand Hoffmann : Critic, Dramaturge, Director). Bratislava: Theatre Institute, 2015. 574 p. ISBN 9788089369843.

Fojtíková Fehérová, Dária. « Slovenské divadlo v rokoch 1949 – 1956. (« Slovak Theatre Between 1949 – 1956”). In Štefko, Vladimír (ed.). Dejiny slovenského divadla II. (History of Slovak Theatre, vol. 2). Bratislava: Theatre Institute, 2020, pp. 15 – 54. 978-80-8190-066-2.

Fojtíková Fehérová, Dária. « Tragický klaun Robert Roth ». (« Tragic Clown Robert Roth »). In Mišovic, Karol (ed.). Slovenská komika, komédia, komici (Slovak Comic, Comedy, Comedians). Bratislava: Art Research Centre of Academy of Sciences, 2023, pp. 40 – 49. ISBN 978-80-971155-6-2.

Fehérová, Dária. Cesta Roberta Rotha do Slovenského národného divadla (« Robert Roth’s Journey to the Slovak National Theatre »). In Slovenské divadlo, 2023, vol. 71, no.2, pp. 214-226. ISSN 0037-699X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/sd-2023-0015.