A native of Czechoslovakia, he emigrated to Sweden after August 1968. He developed his career abroad.
Milan Sládek, a prominent Slovak mime, choreographer, director and teacher, died at the age of 86. He brought information about the death, saying that the news was confirmed by the artist’s family.
“Milan Sládek is a personality with a rich lifelong work – in Slovakia and in the world. He has a vision, he is multitalented, original. He showed all this with tireless work,” said deaf actor and choreographer Peter Vrťo about Sládek in . He played alongside an internationally known artist for several months.
How he became a mime
Sládek He was a student at the School of Art Industry in Bratislava when he accidentally came across František Kožík’s book The Greatest of the Pierots. Pantomime also fascinated him thanks to this work.
V, the legendary mime, recalled that he started studying at the University of Music Arts (VŠMÚ) in Bratislava for two reasons. “One, in our country at that time no one was involved in pantomime, and it was not even known that this kind of theater existed. There was no school where I could study this art,” explained Sládek.
“The second reason was that I was convinced that a mime must first of all be an excellent actor, and that’s why I decided to study acting. Since reading Mr. Kožík’s book, I have wanted nothing more than to be a mime. I was about sixteen years old then. I was attracted not only by a face with white make-up, but also by the ability to express thoughts with facial expressions, gestures, and body movements,” he added.
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