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| name               = Summer Stage Ruše
| local name         = Letni oder Ruše
| map             = https://www.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15&lat=46.53659&lon=15.51286
| street             = Pod goroj 20
| town               = SI-2342 Ruše
| website            = http://www.letnioder.si
| email              = ekipa@letnioder.si
| telephone          = 386 (0) 2 668 8446
| fax                = 
| founded by         =
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| founded by 4       =
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| managed by         = Cezam, center za mlade Ruše
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| contacts     = {{Contact
  | name        = Tomi Prosnik 
  | role        = President, Cezam Youth Centre Ruše
  | street      = Mariborska cesta 31
  | town        = SI-2342 Ruše
  | website     = 
  | email       = pisarna@cezam.org
  | telephone   = 386 (0) 31 388 635
  | fax         = 
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| accounts = 
https://www.facebook.com/LetniOderRuse2020/
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The Summer Stage Ruše is a traditional venue for cultural events in Ruše, a town near Maribor, also the municipal centre, located in the western part of Styria region, at the foothills of Pohorje. Each year at the end of August, as the end of summer holidays, the [[Summer Stage Festival Ruše]] takes place, which offers ten days of theatre performances, concerts of Slovene and international musicians, events for children, together around 35 different cultural events with around ten thousands visitors. This multicultural festival is mostly happening in a unique stone amphitheatre in a natural setting of the Pohorje forests. Its organizer is [[Cezam Youth Centre Ruše]], believing that cultural heritage should be protected and revived.

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== Background ==


Villages in the municipality of Ruše have an extremely rich cultural, historical and political heritage, including decades of cultural tradition on the site of the stone amphitheatre in Ruše. Ruše's cultural tradition on this venue is long and presents the base of the Summer Stage Festival Ruše.

Ruše's natural theatre Pod goroj was built below the foothills of Pohorje in 1932. The first performance – [[Franc Saleški Finžgar]]'s ''Wild Hunter'' – was staged in that year, followed by one performance each year which attracted thousands of visitors in this idyllic natural environment. The reputation of these theatre performances reached the entire Slovene territory.

The stone amphitheatre has always been a symbol of local connectedness. It was built with the idea of providing Slovenes with infrastructural support for their cultural and national awakening mission, which was threatened because of the then strong germanization. "Here a handful of strong individuals gathered – the theatrical [[Franjo Sornik]], poet [[Janko Glazer]], opera singer [[Vekoslav Janko]] – who needed a space for creation. One of the local landowner left them the place, and the townspeople themselves built the stage", describes the creation of the venue [[Tomi Prosnik]], the director of Cezam.

== Programme ==

Events in this boutique natural theatre - its capacity is for 1500 to 1700 visitors, with 700 seating and 800 standing – still provide the most unique experience of nature combined with urban culture. 

The very motto of the [[Summer Stage Festival Ruše]] is: "Let the streets, halls and the summer stage at the foothills of Pohorje become alive once more!" The Festival – the 19th edition in 2018 – continues with a wide range of cultural events on this theatrical stage, from concerts and other musical performances, workshops, theatre performances, for example street theatre, stand-up evenings or puppet shows, fine arts activities and exhibitions, social events, culinary offerings, dancing and more. 

The festival hosts many commercial names that attract wider public, but also events of an alternative culture: for example, the pop singer Tony Cetinski, but also the virtuosos like guitarist [[Vlatko Stefanovski]] or saxophonist [[Vasko Atanasovski]], or the United Nations Association Film Festival, which connects the authors of documentary films on the topic of human rights. With respect for tradition, amateur culturists as well as professional artists perform on Ruše's stage. The festival is also taking place at accompanying venues in Ruše, for example at Tržnica Triglav or at the Drava River Boathouse, but its recognisability is built around the atmosphere of the old stone amphitheatre.

== See also ==

*[[KantFest International]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.letnioder.si/ Summer Stage Ruše website]
* [http://www.cezam.org/letnioderruse/ Summer Stage Ruše on Cezam.org]]
* [https://maribor-pohorje.si/festival-letni-oder-ruse-23-8-1-9-2019.aspx Summer Stage Ruše presentation]
* [https://www.vecer.com/letni-oder-ruse-cetinski-duro-in-indijanec-pod-pohorjem-6549153 An article in Večer about the Summer Stage in Ruše]
* [https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob%C4%8Dina_Ru%C5%A1e About Ruše on Wikipedia]


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