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}}János Quittner, dancer, choreographer, director (27 September 1941) Born in Pozsony–Vereknye (part of the current Bratislava, Slovakia), as the fourth child of a family living in this city for centuries.[1] Family - His grandfather, Jakab Pál Quittner (✟1942), was a high-ranked soldier.[2]
- His grandmother´s name was Anna von Wiezenberg (✟1944).
- His maternal grandfather, János Párkánynánay Cseresznyés, was also a high-ranked military officer (✟1941).
- Grandmother Franciska Világi Álló was born in Nadasd, in the Csallóköz region (✟1943). His grandparents on both sides were buried at the Bratislava András cemetery but their tombs were dismantled together with many Hungarian and German tombs in the 1980s.
- His father, Sándor Quittner, according to the family tradition, was designated to have a military career. So it happened that he, as a cadet at the age of 16 in World War I fell into the power of the Russians, and as a consequence of the Trianon Treaty could return to Pozsony only ten years later (✟1962). His mother, Irén Párkánynánay Cseresznyés died in 1978. Both rest in the Márton cemetery, Pozsony.
- In 1961, at the age of 20 he married Rozália Tekauer, whom he met in the above-mentioned Csallóközi Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. Their children were born in Pozsony: Yvett Anna in 1962 and János Sándor in 1963.[3]
Biography - In 1947–1952 he studied at the basic school of his native village Pozsony-Vereknye.[4]
- Between 1952–1959 he was a student of the nine-grade state civil secondary art school in Pozsony, located on 1 May Square. It was his father who sent him to a school with Slovak as the language of instruction, with the intention to minimize the potential for possible conflicts with the state, as he has become stigmatized as a „class enemy" due to the Beneš decrees and his Hungarian heritage. This art school made him love everything associated with scenic arts and dance. As a secondary school student, he often attended folk dance rehearsals of the Felső-Csallóközi Folk Ensemble operating in Pozsonypüspöki, and later to the Csallóközi Folk Song and Dance Ensemble to Somorja.
- In 1967 he graduated from the four-year correspondence course of amateur choreography and leadership of ensembles. This was acknowledged as a master course by the state cultural and educational institutions. Later, between 1969–1983 he taught here as a senior master.
- Between 1964–1973 he was a dancer and choreographer fellow at the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.
- In 1969, as the folk dance facilitator of Csemadok, he established the Szőttes Chamber Folk Dance Ensemble[5] in Pozsony.
- Between 1973–1977 he studied at and in December 1977 graduated from the Bratislava Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts as a director and choreographer.
- 1983 – In March, as he did not see a secure future for his ensemble Szőttes, he did not return from his first Western European trip in life. In 1983, together with his family, he emigrated to Australia.
- 1984–1987 During these years he worked as a factory stevedore in Melbourne, but as a side job, already in 1984 he established the New Szőttes Folk Dance Ensemble and with the help of the Melbourne Hungarian Community Centre he managed to run a dance school as well. Later on he served as a lecturer in several Australian dance schools (Victorian College of the Arts, Priscilla's Character Dance School, Margaret Walker Folk Dance Centre, Blacktown Dancers).
- On top of this, from 1985, he ran the "QUJ" Character & Folkdance Theatre, which was founded by his students. In Australia, he choreographed not only Hungarian, but also Slovak, Croatian and an Aboriginal dance ensemble.
- 1990 – Returns to Europe and settles in Dunasziget, Hungary. As they did not claim his services in Szőttes, he starts to work as a guest choreographer in the Slovak Folk Art Ensemble (SĽUK). In 1991 he was asked by Hungarian community leaders to run for the post of director of the Ifjú Szivek State Folk Ensemble. He got the position and worked here two years, until 1993.
- 1994 – He works as a guest director in Germany for the Serbian National Ensemble, meanwhile he also serves as the art consultant for the director of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.
- 1995 – He returns to Australia, continuing his work in the "QUJ" Character & Folkdance Theatre and begins to organize and direct the Australian version of rock opera „István a király" (István, the King) in the C.U.B. Malthause theatre. At the end of 1996 he returns to Europe, where he directs in Germany ("Sleeping Knights", Alvó lovagok), works on a script and directs the Legend and Message (Rege és üzenet) programme for the Gombaszög Cultural Days, as well as the „We Light a Fire, We Spread Love" (Tüzet gyújtunk, szeretetet osztunk) dance theatre production for the „Tündérrózsa" Heritage Preservation Association in Dunasziget.
- 1998 – He lives in the southern hemisphere for two years again. He directs, writes scripts and runs the QUJ Character & Folkdance Theatre.
- 2000 – He returns to Dunasziget, where he writes his script, then directs the Millennial Village Days under the title „The Fire Must Be Kept In" (A tűznek nem szabad kialudni). The next years fruition was „The Meeting of Hungarians From the Two Shores of the Danube"(Magyarok találkozója a Duna két partjáról), then in 2002 his task was again the programming in Gombaszög, for the Hungarian national folk festival. The idea of the musical theatre was conceived in Mosonmagyaróvár, where he directed the play titled „Divas Playing Music" (Muzsikáló dívák). In the next years Australia, then Hungary is János Quittner’s home again.
- 2006 – On one of the main city squares in Melbourne, he organizes and directs the rock ballad Pro Patria, Pro Libertate on the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. In 2009, they perform „The Crucified" (A Megfeszített) rock opera in the Hungarian Community Centre. After the premiere he returns to Europe.
Honours and awards - 2006 – At the age of 65, he is awarded the Silver Plaque of the Slovak Republic by Deputy Prime Minister Pál Csáky.
- 2011 – Deputy Prime Minister Rudolf Chmel awards the Golden Plaque of the Slovak Republic to the 70-year-old János Quittner, choreographer-director and the founder of the Szőttes Chamber Folk Dance Ensemble, as a recognition for his activities in the field of folk dance and culture spanning several decades.[6]
References1. ^A mozgás mestersége, 2011, Microgramma, {{ISBN|978-80-85751-08-6}}
2. ^hu:Quittner János
3. ^A mozgás mestersége, 2011, Microgramma, {{ISBN|978-80-85751-08-6}}
4. ^Vereknyétől Melbourne-ig, 2011, Microgramma, {{ISBN|978-80-85751-09-3}}
5. ^Szőttes Kamara Néptáncegyüttes
6. ^Magyar Interaktív Televízió, 2011
Szőttes Kamara Néptáncegyüttes
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A mozgás mestersége, 2011, Microgramma {{ISBN|978-80-85751-08-6}}
Video DVD, Vereknyétől Melbourne-ig, 2011, Microgramma {{ISBN|978-80-85751-09-3}}
Magyar Interaktív Televízió, 2011{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Quittner, Janos}} 4 : 1941 births|Living people|Choreographers|Slovak male dancers |