Roman Šolc
is currently one of the most sought after costume designers. He takes great advantage of his personal knowledge of dance costumes. He dresses ballet productions of most Czech theaters, although the focus of his work is currently in the field of musical productions. He was born in Poděbrady, studied at the Prague Dance Conservatory (1995). Between 2001 and 2004 he was a member of the National Theater Ballet in Prague. As a dancer he was awarded a second prize at the Competition of Dancing Artists of the Czech Republic and Slovakia Brno 97 and a prestigious nomination for the Thalia Award 1996 for the role of Merkucio.
From the successful career of a professional dancer he moved smoothly to the work of a theater designer and has been designing costumes systematically since 1998. He made his first designs for the Prague Chamber Ballet: Frescoes (1998), Come with us to the fairy tale, Slavic double singing, Sonata, From Home(1999), Wedding, Hiroshima (2000), The Dream of Mary (2002). He created costumes for the National Theater in Brno: Marie Stuartovna (1998), Symphony of Psalms (2000), Oidipus Rex (2000), Ivan Hrozny (2002), Ballet Evening for the Music of Czech Composers (2004), Complete Eclipse (2005), Sonata, Bolero, The Consecration of Spring (2006), Giselle (2011); for the Theater of Joseph Kajetan Tyl in Pilsen: Lady with Camellias (2001), Some Like It Hot (2003), La Comtesse (2008), Greek Zorba, Bat; for Laterna Magika: Graffiti (2002); for National Theater in Prague: Happy Seven, Bolero, Concert a-moll (2003), Les Bras de Mer (2004), Ibbur (2005), Mozart? Mozart! (2006); for the State Opera Prague: Lady with Camellias (2003), Cinderella (2004), Midsummer Night´s Dream (2006). His designs were also greatly featured in many musical productions: Kleopatra (2002), Three Musketeers (2004), Golem (2006), Angelika (2007), Dracula, Mona Lisa (2009), Baron Prášil, Robin Hood, Hello, Dolly! (2010) and Cat Mydlář. He was the costume designer for ice show Popelka (2011). At the 1999 Contest of Contemporary Dance Production, he received Honorable Mention for the costumes for the ballets Marie Stuartovna and Slavic double singing and was awarded the Honorable Mention for ballet costumes Ivan Hrozný and Dance by Brahms at the 2002 Dance Competition.
Šolc is one of the most sought-after costume designers for all theatrical genres. It is also for his intimate knowledge of the theater environment and his extraordinary artistic talent. His participation in the production team is a guarantee of a thoughtful costume concept, based on the spirit of the text and helping the director to realize his production intention. Roman Šolc's domain is a historical costume, based on a thorough knowledge of period fashion, fine arts, editing, used materials, clothing structures, costume accessories. He likes to work with expensive materials such as silk, velvet, embroidered taffeta, brocades, lace, shantung. The faithful historical interpretation of the costumes for its extraordinary tailoring complexity can fully accommodate the possibilities of the 21st century thanks to the filigree work with lace, portraits, textile painting, application applications, the use of stones, sequins, decorative lines to create a completely unique ornament and trench that on the stage it acts as a resurrecting picture. His passion for work is extraordinary, paying attention to every detail - from dyeing fabrics to the right shade to makeup designs, hairstyles, jewelery. As one of the few contemporary artists he has a totally foreign sense of postmodern theatrical costume; on the contrary, he is a successor of the tradition of haute couture, a sense of elegance, beauty and luxury. He continues the traditions of outstanding Slovak and Czech costume designers such as Jan Skalický, Ludmila Purkyňová, Helena Bezáková and Joseph Jelínek. He personally oversees the sketch costume design (he is also a great drawer) to the final realization during the generals.
