The folklore ensemble (FE) Vienok has been established in 1968 in Bratislava. The main interests of the group are effectively and meaningfully use leisure time of youth and children, learn and represent our Slovak traditional culture with regard to folklore music, dance and traditions on the national and international competitions.

The FE Vienok is focusing on processing the traditional Slovak folklore from the different regions of Slovakia and the surroundings of Bratislava.

The FE Vienok took during its existence the prominent place from all children folklore ensembles not just from Bratislava but also from all Slovakia. Vienok keeps high artistic standards; yearly originates the new choreographs and educates number of enthusiastic dancers, singers and young actors. The majority of them continues in their activity and follows their dreams in the adults national or international ensembles, at the Universities (Faculty of Science and art), operas and plays in the theaters or in the ballet of the Slovak National Theater.
More than 100 children and youth attend the Folklore group in age of 5 to 18 years and they work in six groups. The ensemble cooperates also with folk music.
Every year the Ensemble presents its new achievements during evening programs in number of cultural halls in Bratislava, or on mutual meetings with parents and children. During the year the Ensemble has many invitations to folklore celebrations throughout the Slovak republic.
For fans of folk music and folklore, for the enjoyment and entertainment of general public as well as representation of Slovakia abroad, folklore ensemble Vienok is offering their rich cultural program suited to individual taste.

During more than 50 years of operation Vienok has become a multiple Laureate of the Slovak National and International competitions. It has performed in the most eminent national folklore musical festivals in Východná, Detva, Myjava, Likavka, Strážnica, Prešov and other places. On "Detský Prešov" Vienok has received outstanding awards, for instance silver medal FF Východná and defend 10 times in the row the first price from all Slovak National Children Folklore Groups. In year 2005 Vienok become a Laureate of the Slovak National Folklore children competition in Likavka. During this years the success was achieved abroad as well (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Finland, Great Britain, France, former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Morocco, Portugal, Macedonia).

The establisher of the FE Vienok is Mgr. Art. Helena Jurasovová, who is also the director from the beginning of its' existence. Those days she conducts Vienok together with her daughter Mgr. Dana Blahová.

Practice is lead by:
Mgr. art. Helena Jurasovová - Director and the establisher of the FE Vienok
Mgr. Dana Blahová - Chairman of the Vienok association, the dance teacher/professor ZUŠ Vrbenského, the former soloist of the folklore ensemble "Lúčnica" and one of the first members of the FE Vienok
Mgr. Jana Blahová - University graduate (PFUK), the former member of the FE Vienok
Marek Čiernik - member of the folklore ensemble "Lúčnica"
Mgr.Barbora Blahová - the former member of the FE Vienok, member of the folklore ensemble "Lúčnica"

Theatre
Members from our ensemble also used to perform and are still performing in famous and popular theatrical performances and operas in Slovak national theatre.

Opera (Slovak national theatre):
"Soročinský jarmok" M. P. Musorgskij (1986)
"Liška Bystrouška" L. Janáček (1991)
"Carmen" G. Bizet (1992)
"La Boheme" G. Puccini (1994)
"Troubadour" G. Verdi (1995)
"Predaná nevesta" B. Smetana (1996)
"Don Carlos" G. Verdi (1997)
"Krútňava" E. Suchoň (1999)

Drama theatre (Slovak national theatre):
"Ženský zákon" J. G. Tajovský (1996, Choreography: Helena Jurasovová)
"Šesť postáv hľadá autora" L. Pirandello (1998)

Summer folk camp
Since the year 2001 our folk ensemble use to annually organize summer folk camp during summer holidays for the children from Vienok (but not just them). We use to organize lots of games, presentations, trips, competitions and other interesting activities, in which children can show their dancing, singing, dramatic, sport, organizing, improvisational and other skills. They can also learn lots of new skills or just get better in them. Next years upcoming eighth consecutive summer camp is the best proof of our effort and success in organizing summer folk camps.