national dance theatre programme april 2013

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Our performing stages: NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE · MAIN AUDITORIUM 1014 Budapest, Színház utca 1-3.

Capacity: 252 seats NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE · REFEKTORIUM 1014 Budapest, Színház utca 1-3.

Capacity: 75 seats NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE · CARMELITE COURTYARD (only in summer) 1014 Budapest, Színház utca 1-3.

Capacity: 150 seats PALACE OF ARTS · FESTIVAL THEATRE 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1.

Capacity: 452 seats

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APRIL, 2013 NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM 2. Tuesday, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL

9. Tuesday, 7 P.M.

Stars of the Future

Folklore Calendar 1 Dancing Spring

Hungarian Dance Academy Folklore performance

Honvéd Dance Theatre

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4. Thursday, 7 P.M.

Twins Pál Frenák Company

5. Friday, 7 P.M.

10. Wednesday, 10.30 A.M. INTRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

Chess

Arabian Nights

Botafogo Dance Ensemble

Yvette Bozsik Company

6. Saturday, 7 P.M.

11. Thursday, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

Vukán-Chopin: Visual Notes

Arabian Nights Yvette Bozsik Company

Budapest Dance Theatre

7. Sunday, 10.30 A.M.

Around the World in 80 Days Budapest Dance Theatre

▼ 8. Monday, 7 P.M.

12. Friday, 7 P.M.

Romeo and Juliet

Folklore Calendar 2 Winter Dance

Badora Dance Company

Honvéd Dance Theatre

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM 13. Saturday, 7 P.M.

Bodies’ Philosophy Szeged Contemporary Dance Company

▼ 24. Wednesday, 7 P.M.

Fairy Tale

Horde

Honvéd Dance Theatre

Central Europe Dance Theatre

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14. Sunday, 10.30 A.M.

26. Friday, 7 P.M.

Stabat Mater

PREMIERE

EMIERE BUDAPEST PR

Szeged Contemporary Dance Company mpany

19. Friday, 7 P.M.

27. Saturday, 7 P.M.

Pandora 88 – 10th Anniversary

Bolero / The Rite of Spring

Company fabrik Potsdam (DE)

Yvette Bozsik Companyy

RESTAGED

20. Saturday, 3 P.M.

30. Tuesday, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

Pandora 88 – 10th Anniversary

Row-De-Dow

Company fabrik Potsdam (DE)

Honvéd Dance Theatre

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22. Monday, 7 P.M.

Stravinsky Inspirations Budapest Dance Theatre

PREMIERE

adults only

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The programme is subject to change.

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APRIL, 2013 NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – REFEKTORIUM 10. Wednesday, 7.30 P.M.

25. Thursday, 7.30 P.M.

The Light of Distant Fires – What is Flamenco?

In the Course of Time

Andrea Lippai and the FlamenCorazonArte Dance Theatre

Based on the film The Hours János Feledi

PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE 23. Tuesday, 7 P.M. M.

Vuk

Zero Gravity HUNGARIAN PREMIERE

Inversedance – Zoltán Fodor Company

South Bohemian Ballet B (CZ) With the Hungarian Ballet Theatre

16. Tuesday, 7 P.M.

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10. Wednesday, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

The Wooden Prince / The Miraculous Mandarin ExperiDance – Sándor Román Company

18. Thursday, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

24. Wednesday, 7 P.M.

Vuk

Orpheus and Eurydice

Inversedance – Zoltán Fodor Company

Yvette Bozsik Company

PREMIERE

20. Saturday, 7 P.M.

28. Sunday, 7 P.M.

Sem mim / Parabelo

Song of the Stag

Grupo Corpo (BR)

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

21. Sunday, 7 P.M.

29. Monday, 7 P.M.

Sem mim / Parabelo

Gala Evening in Honour of International Dance Day

Grupo Corpo (BR)

In the Organization of the Hungarian Dancers’ Association

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE - MAIN AUDITORIUM FOLKLORE CALENDAR 1 Dancing Spring · Our Tradition, Our Customs Honvéd Dance Theatre Tuesday, April 2, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 65 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

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he Honvéd Dance Theatre and the National Dance Theatre launch a new series entitled Folklore Calendar. It is the avowed intention of the series to give the audience, primarily the 10–18 age group, a more complete and livelier picture of our passing and declining traditions, of our illustrious folk customs.

We will also introduce the traditional dances, songs, costumes, languages and national customs of the multi-ethnic people of our country.

Together with a close similarity related to calendar holidays, almost each eth-

nic group has tried to preserve their own characteristic features. The message of this lost world for us could be that, although these people living side by side for centuries have preserved the differences of their customs, they have always lived together in peace, respecting each other, accepting each other’s culture.

The first part of the series entitled Dancing Spring is the spring festivals, embracing the period beginning from the end of the carnival season right up to the end of May.

Performed by the Honvéd Dance Theatre and its Orchestra and the Söndörgő Ensemble · Script: Zsuzsa Vincze Assistants: János Appelshoffer, Flórián Hajdú, Gergő Sánta, Attila Tompa, Gábor Valach, István Zámbó and Sue Foy guest artist Ethnographic expert: László Felföldi · Archive films: Hédi Sztanó · Sets: Kázmér Tóth Costumes, artistic assistant: Zsuzsa Vincze Music: Péter Árendás and the Söndörgő Ensemble DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ZOLTÁN ZSURÁFSZKY info: +36 1 375 8649, 201 4407

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Twins Compagnie Pál Frenák Thursday, April 4, 7 P.M.

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 45 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

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he Compagnie Pál Frenák performed their composition entitled Milan in 2006. The twin piece of the duality that can be made infinite of the humansized marionette figure, and the flesh and blood being increasingly retreating into his own shell comes to life in the 2009 Twins.

Twins speaks of the deeper strata of twin existence, producing sensual arguments from the treasury of the subconscious. It carries signs and symptoms instead of analysis, an emotional delirium from the age of unity, before the siblings would have met the brave-new-digitalised world. They

circle as twin stars in the peeling orbits of space, until they live through the paradox of twins in their relationship believed to be inseparable: the monozygotic unity is all for nothing, the great journey after birth is asynchronistic for them, where they have to find the unity of their own independent personality.

The creator is not looking for final solutions. But he believes that facing the irresolvable is but the beginning of the process. Twins is a special journey full of game, trauma and recognition in the mysterious co-ordinate system of ‘I, you, we and they’.

Danced by Nelson Reguera, Erika Vasas, Péter Holoda Sets, mask, puppet: Gyula Majoros · Lighting: János Marton · Sound: Attila Hajas Musical editor: Attila Gergely Rope access technology, staging: György Zoltai CHOREOGRAPHY AND SCENOGRAPHY: PÁL FRENÁK Supporters: Central Europe Dance Theatre, National Cultural Found, Picardie, Espace des Arts, La Rose des Vents, Ministère de Culture et Communication, Région Nord-Pas de Calais, Tűzraktér

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Chess Botafogo Dance Ensemble Friday, April 5, 7 P.M.

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Duration: 2 × 40 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 800 HUF, 2 500 HUF

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orld champions in show dance formation and European champions in visual dance formation, Botafogo Dance Ensemble had a great idea and attempted the impossible: to dance a game of chess. The complications begin in the two-act dance drama when the Dark King falls in love with the Light Queen. From here on the events rush unstoppably towards their destiny – or don’t they? Can the chess player interfere with the private lives of the chess pieces, is a restart possible, is it possible to break out from the strict rules? Are the infinite

combinations of moves just a theory, or can mathematical equations come to life? Dozens of performances to full houses prove that creative imagination overcomes every obstacle.

The ensemble escorts the audience on a special journey into the world of the officers and pawns, where the special, unique dance language of the ensemble creates a common space between man and man, where it is revealed how narrow the boundary is between peace and war, where life itself is just a big game of chess: war, strife, love, intrigue and, of course a game.

In some of the main roles: Mária Krizsa, Zoltán Horváth, Tibor Reck, Kitti Kovács Dramaturgy: Ákos Somfai and Gábor Mészöly Costumes: Nóra Rományi · Sets: Attila Makk · Music selected: Tibor Dalotti Sound engineer: Gábor Horváth · Lighting and visual design: Tibor Dalotti Assistants to the choreographer: Zoltán Horváth, Mária Krizsa Assistant to the director: Ákos Somfai DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY TIBOR DALOTTI Sponsored by Local Government of Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre The performance was created with the sponsorship of EPSON.

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Vukán-Chopin: Visual Notes Budapest Dance Theatre Saturday, April 6, 7 P.M.

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 60 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

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hopin is one of the greatest poets in the world of music. He is capable of expressing dramas in only a few bars. His work with Franz Liszt in Paris was based on mainly improvisation.

Proceeding from this, original music and their transcriptions will alternate during the play. The power of improvisation diminishes, therefore it’s hard to recall it and write it down. This pure musicality and poetry is what really catches someone – because the artist is who transmits his/her intuition.

György Vukán

We’ve already created two successful plays with György Vukán (Jazz-sekt, Rhapsody in Blue). The harmony of live music and dance is such a special experience in a theatre. So this is why we’ve come up with the idea to create a performance that can present Europe-wide this special philosophy of live music and the art of dance. The music of Chopin expressed through György Vukán’s virtuoso improvisation allows us dancers to remount ourselves to our roots when music and dance were born out of inseparable human instincts.

Béla Földi

Live music: György Vukán – piano Lights: Nasser Hammadi Sets and costumes: Zsuzsa Molnár CHOREOGRAPHED BY BÉLA FÖLDI

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Around the World in 80 Days Budapest Dance Theatre Sunday, April 7, 10.30 A.M.

Duration: 60 minutes . Ticket price: 1 500 HUF

he characters, the story, the topics and the message of the deservedly world-famous piece, talk of eternal human characteristics.

The positive features of the main character, Phileas Fogg, such as humanism, honesty, word of honour and a healthy spirit of competition, are human characteristics that our children and young people should be taught every day.

During the trip around the world the piece introduces different cultures, life situations and a variety of dances in our interpretation to the audience. Dance is an excellent form of expression; the movements clearly illustrate universal emotions and messages. The non-verbal language of dance helps to introduce the diversity of the world, cultural characteristics and common human values.

At the end of the tale, just as it should be, goodness prevails. It transpires that the aim is the journey itself and from all the options love is victorious, which our hero finds in the person of an Indian princess.

Photo: Gábor Dusa

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Phileas Fogg: Tamás Kiss Passepartout: Dzsenifer Vattai Detective Fix: Levente Bálint Princess Auda: Alexandra Sághy Card-partners: Mirjam Bányai, Dalma Domán and the dancers of the Elit training Sets: Zsuzsa Molnár Costumes: Zsófia Varjas Mucis: montage Narrated by Zoltán Boros Video: Balázs Delbó Assistant to choreographer: Alexandra Sághy CHOREPGRAPHED BY BÉLA FÖLDI

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE - MAIN AUDITORIUM Romeo and Juliet Badora Dance Company Monday, April 8, 7 P.M.

Duration: 80 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

Photo: Gábor Dusa

And all things change them to the contrary if all that should happen cannot happen…

Gigantic energy is born despite the prohibitions, which no sensible explanation can support, and which will eventually sweep away everything, the prohibitive and the prohibition breaker alike. The love of the young ones is surrounded by a medium which carries resistance and insults rather than encouragement and contact.

A flourishing and all conquering love is constrained, but Romeo and Juliet sense their desire for each other as complete.

The harmony springing from their love causes resistance in their environment from the very first moment, and still this harmless belonging together paralyses two worlds straining against each other.

Does anyone know, can it be named or put into words how light and shadow embrace themselves? Can the moment when love is born be caught?

Music: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Zandonai, Gounod Musical consultant: Eszter Szalai Lighting: József Pető Consultant: Tamás Réczei Sets: Levente Bagossy Costumes: Bianca Imelda Jeremias Assistant: Edit Rujsz Production leader: Flamma CHOREOGRAPHED BY DÓRA BARTA Supporter: National Cultural Fund A co-production of the Badora Dance Company and the National Dance Theatre.

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Stars of the Future Folklore Performance of the Students of the Hungarian Dance Academy Tuesday, April 9, 7 P.M.

Photo: Csaba Mészáros

Duration: 2 × 45 minutes . Ticket price: 1 500 HUF

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he Hungarian Dance Academy's Folk Dancing students may be the most versatile group in Hungarian dance.

These performers are in year four of the folk dancing course, which lasts five years during which the students get to learn about many dance languages besides Hungarian folk dancing, including the dances of the minorities living with us. The course also includes classical ballet, modern dance, as well as historic dances and modern ballroom dances.

Hungarian folk dancing is still alive today in its near authentic form. It is a

living testament to Hungarian values and traditions. Fortunately, it is still practised by a large number of enthusiastic young people today. Some dance on the stage, while more people enjoy dancing in dance houses, clubs and in amateur groups.

The programme includes contemporary choreographies based on folk dance with elements of dance theatre.

This goes to further prove that folk dancing is like the mother tongue. It consists of building blocks which are able to express all modern thoughts and feelings.

The students have been trained by the following professionals: János Brieber, Gyula Fodor, Gyöngyvér Hortobágyi, Béla Ónodi, Korinna Spala, Tamás Topolánszky, Miklós Végső

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Arabian Nights Yvette Bozsik Company Wednesday, April 10, 10.30 A.M. INTRODUCTION PERFORMANCE Thursday, April 11, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 50 minutes . Ticket price: 800 HUF

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he latest children’s dance theatre performance by the Yvette Bozsik Company opens in the National Dance Theatre. Thanks to its topic, storytelling style, and visual presentation, it is sure to please the whole family, from little children to adolescents, and adults. This collection of Arab tales was compiled in the 12th century, and contains some marvel-

lous classics. The dance performance is based on five tales: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, King Shahriar and Scheherezade, The Ebony Horse and The Fisherman and the Jinni. The show tells the tales through a combination of dance and film, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade, and contemporary oriental and ethnic music.

Lighting: József Pető Scenery: Tamás Vati, Marcell Iványi Costumes: Sosa Juristovszky Creative producer: Marcell Iványi Choreographed and performed by the dancers of the Yvette Bozsik Company DIRECTED BY YVETTE BOZSIK A co-production of Yvette Bozsik Company and the National Dance Theatre.

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PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE Vuk · Based on the novel by István Fekete Inversedance – Zoltán Fodor Company Wednesday, April 10, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M. Thursday, April 18, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

Photography by Csaba Máli based on the drawings of Attila Dargay

Duration: 60 minutes . Ticket price: 1 200 HUF

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he story of Vuk by István Fekete has so far never come to life on the dance stage, but now the well-known characters of Karak, Vahur, Tás and the “Smooth-Skinned” together with numerous other characters from the

story come to life, naturally including Vuk, whose playful and lively character reminds each child of himself. He discovers life through his crafty pranks and adventures assisted by caring love.

Performed by Inversedance – Zoltán Fodor Company Music by Péter Wolf Vocals and narration by Gábor Gábriel Farkas Vuk lyrics by Iván Szenes Sets and costumes by Árpád Iványi Lighting design by Ferenc Stadler Co-choreographer: Kitty Balkányi CHOREOGRAPHED BY ZOLTÁN FODOR Cooperating partner: Móra Könyvkiadó A co-production of the Inversedance - Zoltán Fodor Company, the National Dance Theatre and the Palace of Arts.

Sponsored by: NKA, EMMI, MMA, Foundation for Performing and Creative Arts

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – REFEKTORIUM The Light of Distant Fires · What is Flamenco?

Andrea Lippai and the FlamenCorazonArte Dance Theatre Wednesday, April 10, 7.30 P.M.

Photo: Béla Kanyó

Duration: 70 minutes . Ticket price: 1 100 HUF

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s it an ancient tradition, or a modern branch of art? Is it a contemporary genre, perhaps a popular entertaining dance or a ballad in song? Does it bring emotions or stories to life? Which peoples have shaped or continue to shape its culture? Is it ritual Spanish folklore or a constantly changing mode of performance?

Does it have a strict order, or is it an improvisational technique? Who created it, how did it develop? Does it show the virtuoso rhythms of Europe or the Orient? Those who discover “the harmony of contrasts” in flamenco will receive all the answers to these questions, in an unconventional dance performance.

Andrea Lippai – dance Rita Barna – vocals, claps Péter Oravecz – guitar Lucio Dominguez – vocals, bongo, claps Narrated by Panka Pirók and Péter Pirók DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY ANDREA LIPPAI

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM FOLKLORE CALENDAR 2 Winter Dance · Our Traditions and Customs Honvéd Dance Theatre Friday, April 12, 7 P.M.

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 60 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

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he Honvéd Dance Theatre will continue its Folklore Calendar series with the title Winter Dance.

In the first part of the series, in the production entitled Dancing Spring, it was not only Hungarian folk customs related to the spring celebrations that we introduced to the audience, but also the traditional dances, songs, costumes, languages and national customs of the multi-national peoples of our country.

The second part of the series encompasses the customs of the winter festivities; the period from harvest time to the end of the carnival season, with the title Winter Dance. In the programme of the performance the audience can see traditional nativity plays, folk recitals, fertility charms festival on St. Lucy’s Day and, along with different traditions of the spinning room, some theatrical adaptations of superstitious customs related to the winter festivities

Performed by the Honvéd Dance Theatre and their band Screenplay by Zsuzsa Vincze · Dance music edited by István Gázsa Papp Assistants: János Appelshoffer, Tünde Rémi, Gábor Valach · Sets by Kázmér Tóth Costumes by and senior art advisor Zsuzsa Vincze · Music composed by Ferenc Kiss DIRECTOR–CHOREOGRAPHER, ARTISTIC LEADER: ZOLTÁN ZSURÁFSZKY

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Bodies’ Philosophy Choreography Experiment in 2 Parts Szeged Contemporary Dance Company Saturday, April 13, 7 P.M.

“To inquire after the meaning or object of one's own existence or that of all creatures has always seemed absurd from an objective point of view.”

(Einstein) Are our bodies, through our motions, capable of answering deep philosophical questions, as well as depicting emotions, human relationships, intensity and dynamics? In this ballet we have attempted to realize this double task, and we present each choreography in two interpretations. Once by itself, without any external tools or controlled content, only by watching the movements of the dancers and their relationships with each other. For the second time the dancers impersonate certain concepts, thus giving the choreography a completely different content, and the previously seen motions receive a more concrete meaning. It is not a philosophy of life, a world view or ideologies that we want to outline, since philosophy itself is different from these.

We merely reflect upon arising issues

Photo: Gábor Dusa

Duration: 40 + 60 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 600 HUF, 2 300 HUF

and problems with our own tools, in a cheerful atmosphere, still leaving our audience the opportunity for their own interpretation and free association.

Dancers: Vencel Csetényi, Gergely Czár, Laura Fehér, Gábor Finta, Kitti Hajszán, Brigitta Hortobágyi, Gergő Horváth M., Róbert Kiss, Gábor Májer, Ágnes Markovics, Kitti Palman, Krisztina Szarvas, Zoltán Tarnavölgyi, Andrea Tóth, Flóra Zsadon Music: Act 1: montage, Edited by Milan Savic Act 2: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Satie, Gershwin Lighting: Ferenc Stadler · Assistant to choreographer: Gergely Czár Choreographed by Tamás Juronics and Company · Ballet director: András Pataki DIRECTED BY TAMÁS JURONICS Supporters: Local Government of Szeged County Seat, Szeged National Theatre, NKA, Ministry of National Resouces, NCA, Hungarian Art Academy, Novotel Hotel – Szeged, Kortárs Balettért Alapítvány, Szilánk Glass Company Media supporters: Rádió88, Délmagyarország, Marie Claire, Független Hírügynökség, Színházi Portál, Fidelio Kultura.hu, Táncélet.hu, Mediamotion Ltd.

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE - MAIN AUDITORIUM Fairy Tale · Dance Play Honvéd Dance Theatre Sunday, April 14, 10.30 A.M.

Photo: Béla Kanyó

Duration: 60 minutes . Ticket price: 1 500 HUF

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nce upon a time there was a boy called Johnny, who had enough of the wickedness of his two brothers and so set out to find his fortune.

So begins the tale of the good Fairy with the help of whom you can meet up with the funny Golden Goose, the 12 Dancing Princesses and many other

fairy tale characters. The Honvéd Dance Theatre – following on from their highly successful Sleeping Beauty ballet – once again delves into Storyland, – where children can get to know the gems of folk culture to the accompaniment of much dance and music.

Music composer: László Rossa Tale adapted for the stage by Zsuzsa Vincze Musical editor: Péter Árendás DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE HONVÉD ENSEMBLE ZOLTÁN ZSURÁFSZKY A co-production of the Honvéd Ensemble and the National Dance Theatre.

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PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE The Wooden Prince / The Miraculous Mandarin ExperiDance – Sándor Román Company Tuesday, April 16, 7 P.M.

Photo: Miskolc Opera Festival

Duration: 40 + 35 minutes . Ticket prices: 4 000 HUF, 3 200 HUF, 1 800 HUF

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he special occasion which makes it possible for a creative crew to stage two one-act pieces offers a special opportunity to juxtapose the two pieces as well as extracting their contiguous concept.

Both pieces present the eternal, secret-dense struggle in the relationship between man and woman, seeking the basic truths of our human existence through it. Walking the paths of the soul the author is connected to the everyday events of his age. The turbulent social changes of the 20th century, the wild fury endangering hundreds of thousands of lives of the dark forces released from the

depths of the soul are inseparable from the basic idea of the pieces.

It aims to present Bartók’s life-affirming truth and his belief in the purification and elevation of the soul despite these conditions.

Creators of stage performances in the 21st century can have no other aim either than to remain faithful to the creative purpose despite the chaotic forces swirling around us, and present the love of two souls embracing each other through the way of a man and a woman to each other, which is capable of purifying the whole world.

The Wooden Prince Prince: Róbert Kökény · Princess: Judit Bistei Puppet: Róbert Péli / András Újszászi · Fairy: Veronika Morvai

The Miraculous Mandarin Girl: Dorottya Kapitány · Mandarin: Sándor Román Three men: Norbert Patonai, Róbert Péli / András Újszászi, Dávid Benkő Boy: Domán Reszneki · Old Man: Zoltán Görög Lighting plan: Balázs Szimeiszter · Sets and costumes: Katalin Juhász / Zsolt Meskó Assistant to the director: Zsolt Meskó DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY SÁNDOR ROMÁN

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE - MAIN AUDITORIUM Pandora 88 – 10th Anniversary Company fabrik Potsdam (DE) Friday, April 19, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL Saturday, April 20, 3 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

Boxed in, claustrophobic‌ inspired!

On the scale of human phobias, the fear of being trapped in a small space ranks pretty high. As for being holed up indefinitely, it's hard to imagine. In Pandora 88 a box, barely 1.5 m2, encapsulates the shared experiences of two young men (Wolfgang Hoffmann and Sven Till) who clearly would not choose such intimacy. Their steel-riveted prison is their living room, bedroom and exercise yard, their only source of light and sound, and a screen for memories of lives they struggle to remember. Exploring the spatial limits of their prison in more ways than I'd thought possible, and helped by minimal dialogue, the pair reveals their changing states of mind with devastating clarity. Rage, despair, violence and listlessness, fits of crazy hope and hallucination jostle for precedence as they adjust to an existence whose physical pressures are all too real but whose psychological traps are unknowable.

(Jenny Gilbert)

Photo: Dominic Traverse

Duration: 70 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 800 HUF, 2 500 HUF

Idea: Wolfgang Hoffmann, Sven Till, Andrew Dawson Lighting design and scenery: Raiko Epperlein Costumes: Silvia Fischer Music: Matthias Herrmann Assistant: Toni Mira Director of lighting and sound: Jens Siewert Choreography and dance: Wolfgang Hoffmann, Sven Till DIRECTOR: ANDREW DAWSON

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PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE Sem mim / Parabelo Grupo Corpo (BR) Saturday, April 20, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL Sunday, April 21, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIAL Duration: 47 + 42 minutes . Ticket prices: 6 500 HUF, 4 900 HUF, 3 600 HUF

Sem mim

The sea (of Vigo), that carries away and brings back the lover, the friend, gives life and movement to sem mim (without me). The ballet is rocked and soothed by the original score composed by Carlos Núñez, of Vigo, and José Miguel Wisnik, of Brazil and based on the only set of pieces from the medieval GalicianPortuguese secular songbook that has come down to us with its scores intact: the celebrated Sea of Vigo song cycle by Martín Codax. In the seven songs, dating from the 13th century, the poet always expresses the voice of the woman, or, more specifically, the voice of maidens in love that weep the absence or celebrate the imminent return of the lover-friend. Anxious to be reunited, they confide at times in the sea, at times in the mother, at times in friends. And to appease or excite their desire, they go bathing in the waves of the sea of Vigo.

Parabelo

The country side inspiration and the resulting contemporary sound track, written by Tom Zé and José Miguel Wisnik, for 1997’s Parabelo, prompted the choreographer from Grupo Corpo to bring into life that, which he himself refers to, as his “most Brazilian and regional” creation.

From working and devotion chants, from the memory of the rhythmic baião and from the exuberant and an ever present, entangled, rhythmic points and counterpoints, emerges choreography full of hip swaying and

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The lyrics of this medieval troubadour lead Rodrigo Pederneiras to mark his moving score with the interchange between calm and fury and with the ebb and flow of the waves and also to (re)produce, in the posturing on stage, the separation between feminine and masculine, where one always complains of the absence of the other, in choreography portraying the constant flux of advances and retreats and the recurrence of sinuous or abrupt movements of the torso.

Music: Carlos Núñes and José Miguel Wisnik (on songs by Martín Codax) Set design and lighting by Paulo Pederneiras Costume design by Freusa Zechmeister CHOREOGRAPHED BY RODRIGO PEDERNEIRAS

feet stamping. It’s a ravishing statement of maturity and of the expressive teachings, developed throughout many years, by the maker of Missa do Orfanato and Sete ou Oito Peças para um Ballet.

Music: Tom Zé and José Miguel Wisnik Sets: Fernando Velloso and Paulo Pederneiras Costumes: Freusa Zechmeister Lighting: Paulo Pederneiras CHOREOGRAPHED BY RODRIGO PEDERNEIRAS

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Stravinsky Inspirations Budapest Dance Theatre PREMIERE Monday, April 22, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE THEATRE

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rom among Stravinsky’s ballet music, the Firebird and the Rite of Spring will be performed by the Budapest Dance Theatre, and also the piece entitled Imagine, which was inspired by Stravinsky’s musical work.

His first ballet, the Firebird, immediately made the young composer worldfamous; it is characterised by the significant impact of Russian folk music.

The basic idea of the Rite of Spring fired his imagination after finishing the Firebird. It is the vision of a Russian ritual from the pagan past, in which the awakening of spring – the rebirth of nature – is greeted by the sacrifice of a young human being. The celebration of the reviving spring ends in a deadly rite.

The Firebird

Performers: Levente Bálint, Tamás Kiss CHOREOGRAPHED BY LÓRÁND ZACHÁR

Imagine

Performers: Mirjam Bányai, Dalma Domán, Alexandra Sághy, Dzsennifer Vattai CHOREOGRAPHED BY BÉLA FÖLDI

Rite of Spring

Performers: Levente Bálint, Mirjam Bányai, Dalma Domán, Tamás Kiss, Alexandra Sághy, Dzsennifer Vattai CHOREOGRAPHED BY RAZA HAMMADI

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PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE Zero Gravity EMIERE R P N IA R South Bohemian Ballet HUNGA With the he Hungarian Hu Ballet Theatre Tuesday, April 23, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

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t is not the first time that the South Bohemian Theatre’s ballet, the more than 60-year-old ballet company of the South Bohemian Theatre, one of the most significant theatres of Southern Bohemia and of the Czech Republic, has performed in Hungary.

This time the Hungarian audience can see four one-act ballets from the company, which also has some Hungarian connections The compilation of the evening’s programme is varied, eclectic in style, determined by four different pieces by three choreographers. Together with a one-act ballet each by the world-fa-

mous Portuguese Rui Horta and by the also internationally renowned Czech choreographer Petr Zuska (who is the director of the Czech National Ballet), two new one-act ballets by Attila Egerházi will also be presented.

Each piece of the evening is a Hungarian premiere.

The individual pieces of the evening are permeated on the one hand by poetry, and, on the other hand, by humour. I heartily recommend the evening for all generations.

Attila Egerházi Choreographer, Artistic director of the South Bohemian Theatre’s Ballet

Choreographers: Ordinary Events: RUI HORTA Lost Senses: ATTILA EGERHÁZI Zero Gravity: ATTILA EGERHÁZI Maria's Dream: PETR ZUSKA info: +36 1 375 8649, 201 4407

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Horde Central Europe Dance Theatre PREMIERE Wednesday, April 24, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

Duration: 70 minutes, without intermission . Ticket prices: 2 300 HUF, 2 100 HUF

t has been a long time since I last produced a full-evening piece in Hungary; in fact my professional works more often succeed abroad. Viewing it “from there” but “feeling it” from here I chose Félix Lajkó’s music, which has an instinctive connection with nature and with man living in nature. His music exudes culture, but not the culture that appears on stage or in exhibition halls, rather the culture of man – of the people living in the Carpathian Basin.

It is an instinctive, “earthy”, visceral vibration. Angelic music in a human interpretation. This is how the Horde title was created. The title can be interpreted as a small community of people, who create a group to make life more liveable, but it can also be understood as a destructive horde which destroys its own habitat following some kind It is not without a sense of humour, huof indescribable urge. The piece in- manity or magic that helps us through vestigates the spiritual dilemma of the everything. It is not without formulatcreative man. The dilemma which is the ing the retaining power of the family. “provision” of man who has broken away The Horde is a modest, but stubborn from nature. attempt to summarise my, our personal This “provision” is not without memo- “provisions”. ries and the desire to return to nature.

(Attila Kun) Performed by Anikó Fábián, Ádám Frigy, Gusztáv Eller, Mariann Hargitai, Adrienn Horváth, László Mádi, Nóra Palcsó, Sándor Petrovics, Dorottya Podmaniczky Sets and costumes by Julcsi Kiss Lighting by Zoltán Fogarasi Dramaturgy by Borbála Sebők Assistant: Katalin Fodor CHOREOGRAPHED BY ATTILA KUN

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PALACE OF ARTS - FESTIVAL THEATRE Christoph Willibald von Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice Yvette Bozsik Company Wednesday, April 24, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

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his piece analyses the great questions of life, death, love, perseverance and faith from the perspective of the individual’s responsibility. It is a parable of the word of honour, pledge, loyalty to oneself, perseverance, espousal of our undertakings and representing them through all difficulties and hope. It is about man’s self-sacrifice, about the path that everybody has to walk as an inevitable concomitant of human existence. It is about recovering

love from death. About saving love, i.e. passion. About the rejection of solitude, loneliness. About the impossibility of the lack of passion, about undertaking the tribulations of life, about their reward and the consummation of life.

Two great icons of Yvette Bozsik’s also staged Orpheus and Eurydice, so this choreography is also a homage to them: it bows to and commemorates the work of Pina Bausch and Mary Wigman.

Performers: Samantha Kettle, Szabolcs Gombai, Kinga Szent-Ivány, Rita Góbi, Tamás Vati, Tímea Fülöp, Dóra Hasznos, Valencia James, Alíz Krausz, Attila Kalmár, Szilveszter Székely, Szabolcs Vislóczki, Gábor Vida Costumes: Mara Bozóki · Visuals: József Pető Creative producer: Marcell Iványi · Film: Marcell Iványi, Kristóf Becsey Assistant choreographer: Szilveszter Székely CHOREOGRAPHED BY YVETTE BOZSIK Supporters: National Cultural Fund, Ministry of Human Resources

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – REFEKTORIUM In the Course of Time Based on the film The Hours János Feledi Thursday, April 25, 7.30 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

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Duration: 45 minutes . Ticket price: 1 100 HUF

“… The woman, the woman’s emotions, hopelessness, selfish desire and its manifestations, resignation, throwing life away then finding it again, the death of the object of desire, freeing the object of desire from oppressive selfishness …”

What is it like to be happy?

What is it like to be a woman?

What is it like to die?

3 periods, 3 stories, the fates of 3 women merge in the course of time…

Performed by Zsuzsa Jónás, Noémi Kulcsár, Zita Horváth, János Feledi Music: montage Sets by Krisztián Minorics Production assistants: Rita Lázár, Rita Ménes Dramaturg, assistant to the director: Hajnal Lisztóczky DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY JÁNOS FELEDI Sponsored by Badora Dance Company, McDonald's

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Stabat Mater Szeged S eged Contemporary Dance Company Sz PREMIERE BUDAPEST

Friday, April 26, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

Duration: 25 + 42 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 600 HUF, 2 300 HUF

For the parts: soprano, countertenor (alto), tenor, violin, viola and cello The piece represents the moment of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel appears to Mary and delivers the Word that the Virgin is carrying the child of God. But then a vision appears to Mary of the painful future in which she sees her son’s suffering, humiliation and crucifixion. She can feel her maternal pain but more strongly than anything else she feels the holy cause, the noble task that Jesus will perform, in which she will have to play a part as his mother.

Mary: Kitti Hajszán / Brigitta Hortobágyi Archangel Gabriel: Gergely Czár

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater This piece is dedicated to the pain of the eternal Mother on losing her child. It is about the direct pain felt on the loss of a child and also about the loss of immortality, the discontinuity of heredity, breaking the connection with the endless chain of the universe. But at

Photo: Judit Kocsis

Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater

the same time it is also about faith, that nothing is in vain and that after the pain and suffering there is hope for reunion.

A great number of mothers have lost their children owing to wars, illnesses, oppression and other horrors. This piece commemorates them. We remember a mother who carried God’s child under her heart, and all mothers who believe they have found God’s face in the smile of their child.

Mary: Flóra Zsadon

Lighting by Ferenc Stadler Stage concept: Tamás Juronics Costumes by Bianca Imelda Jeremias Ballet director: András Pataki CHOREOGRAPHED BY TAMÁS JURONICS Sponsored by the Local Government of Szeged County Seat, the Szeged National Theatre, National Cultural Fund, Ministry of Human Resources, National Civil Fund, Hungarian Academy of Arts, Novotel Hotel – Szeged, CE Glass Company, Foundation for Contemporary Ballet Media sponsors: Rádió88, Délmagyarország, Mediamotion Kft, Marie Claire, Színházi Portál, Fidelio, Kultura.hu, Táncélet.hu A co-production of the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company and the National Dance Theatre

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Bolero / The Rite of Spring g Yvette Bozsik Company RESTAGED Saturday, April 27, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

Photo: Judit Horváth

Duration: 15 + 45 minutes . Ticket prices: 2 600 HUF, 2 300 HUF

Bolero Yvette Bozsik’s Bolero-choreography was made for the Christmas Secret concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2011 in the performance of Valencia James. Its restaged version will be put on stage upon the request of the National Dance Theatre.

Danced by Valencia James Music: Maurice Ravel Lighting: József Pető

The Rite of Spring The renewed version of The Rite of Spring first performed by the Yvette Bozsik Company in 1999 is being prepared for the 100th anniversary of the 1913 premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps, with renewed costumes, scenic design and choreography at the request of the National Dance Theatre.

The Rite of Spring, from Igor Stravinsky’s

Russian period, recalls ancient rituals predicting disasters with its brutal barbarism. The starting point of the original choreography was the ritual world of the legendary Nijinsky and Nijinska piece.

The Yvette Bozsik Company is twenty years old this year, and this piece also commemorates this anniversary.

Performed by Tímea Fülöp, Tamás Vati, Rita Góbi, Dóra Hasznos, Samantha Kettle, Alíz Krausz, Judit Somorjai (Inversedance), Kinga Szent-Ivány, János Feledi, Szabolcs Gombai, Attila Kalmár, Szilveszter Székely, Gábor Vida, Szabolcs Vislóczki Music by Igor Stravinsky Space, lighting: József Pető Costumes by Sosa Juristovszky Assistants to the choreographer: Alíz Krausz, Szabolcs Vislóczki

CHOREOGRAPHED BY YVETTE BOZSIK The performance is sponsored by the National Cultural Fund and the Ministry of Human Resources

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PALACE OF ARTS - FESTIVAL THEATRE Song of the Stag Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Hu H un PREMIERE Heritage House Sunday, April 28, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL Duration: 75 minutes . Ticket prices: 3 800 HUF, 3 300 HUF, 2 200 HUF

he stag is an ancient symbol of European cultural history – its shed and regrown antlers represent eternal restoration itself. He is the demon, the wizard, the fairy or king of the dead, who is capable of luring the hunter into a new world.

We, hunters of the 21st century evoke a kind of mythical memory in the Song of the Stag. We encode its basic symbols into the language of music and dance, into lyrical phrases, we seek the heavenly replicas of the terrestrial transformation stories till finally we are able to enter our own sacred space. In order to cross the symbolic bridge of metamorphosis we must leave the old to recreate the usual patterns and be born again as ourselves.

We profess to the search, the constantly changing human condition, desires, the metamorphosis of man and woman, the turning points of the mind and the heart, transitory existence and timelessness. We walk into dance pic- ous: it is exactly this drama that creates tures, sing into choir pieces and form the retaining power of our past which is into music, the nutrition of the com- coded in folklore, as the only chance for mon roots slumbering in our depths. our spiritual renewal.

This we reveal.

With the creative power of dance This change is a gift, our journey to poetry, with the theatrical truth of the discover ourselves, a chance to be ar- nascent and dying motion, we testify to this sacral transubstantiation, ranged into the world.

Death, birth, transformation, love, to this strengthening of faith, to the time and faith are eternal human issues. soul belonging to the world as Attila The beginning and end are simultane- József’s heirs.

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Music composed by László Kelemen Choreographed by Orza Calin, Dezső Fitos, Rita Furik, Enikő Kocsis, Gábor Mihályi Costumes by Rita Furik · Lighting and visuals by Péter Kovács Gerzson Dramaturgy by Boglárka Prezsmer DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: GÁBOR MIHÁLYI

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PALACE OF ARTS – FESTIVAL THEATRE Gala Evening in Honour of International Dance Day Organised by the Hungarian Dancers’ Association Monday, April 29, 7 P.M. BUDAPEST DANCE FESTIVAL

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Duration: 2 × 60 minutes, with intermission . Ticket prices: 2 900 HUF, 2 300 HUF

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nternational Dance Day has been celebrated every year since 1983, on 29th April, the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, a giant in the world of classical ballet. The National Dance Theatre and the Hungarian Dancers’ Association have a tradition of holding a gala evening on this greatest celebration of the art of dance. The event also acts as an award ceremony, where the profes-

sional awards of the Association and the Zoltán Imre Award are presented.

The proposed participants of the gala evening are: Hungarian National Ballet, Ballet Company of Győr, Central Europe Dance Theatre, Ballet Pécs, Inversedance – Zoltán Fodor Company, Honvéd Dance Theatre and the Hungarian Dance Academy.

(György Szakály)

DIRECTED BY GYÖRGY SZAKÁLY

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NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE – MAIN AUDITORIUM Row-De-Dow Honvéd Dance Theatre Tuesday, April 30, 10.30 A.M. and 3 P.M.

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Duration: 75 minutes . Ticket price: 800 HUF

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hildren today experience an array of different stimuli. They are at home simultaneously with traditionbased children’s songs and games, tales of old, playing with cornhusk dolls as well as with the language of the computer, contemporary stories, the “Kinder Egg” and our day-to-day 21st century necessities. The performance tries to grasp this particular harmony through contemporary, children cantered poetry, rhythm games and with

the many, many songs and dances that exist. The changes that we experience within our lives affect the development of our children, thus influencing them through poetry. Csaba Fecske, Anna Kiss, Benedek Kiss, Dénes Kiss, Endre Kukorelly, Imre Oravetz and Kriszta Tóth approach today’s world of children through a unique visualization and sensitivity. Poetry and music is such an expressive form that it is indispensable to personal fulfillment.

Music: Ferenc Kiss, Zsigmond Lázár Scenery: Kati Őry Dance Assistants: Tünde Rémi Dance Leader: János Appelshoffer Choreography: Péter Ertl, Zsófia Horváth, Szabolcs Lengyel, Tibor Makovínyi, Jolán Foltin Producer-Director: Jolán Foltin, Eszter Novák ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: ZOLTÁN ZSURÁFSZKY A co-production of the Honvéd Ensemble and the National Dance Theatre.

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EXHIBITION IN GALLERY Dance – Space – Picture Exhibition by Artist-photographer Béla Dusha April, 2013

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rtist-photographer, Béla Dusha inspired both by the twenty-fiveyear–old Szeged Contemporary Dance Company and its artistic birthplace, the town of Szeged combined the two into one. Not only did the devoted photographer of the town create a number of albums with the pictures of the buildings, lights and squares of Szeged, but took the photos of the performances and rehearsals of the Company as well, which gave rise to the idea of merging the two topics into an exhibition, which is the fruitful result of the shared ideas of choreographer Tamás Jurnics and Béla Dusha. The photos depict some well-known locally-related topics, buildings and the dancers of the company in especially artistic, sometimes funny or serious compositions mingling the creativity of the choreographer, the personality and dynamics of the dancers and the professionalism and unique vision of the artist-photographer.

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Photos by Béla Dusha Conception by Tamás Juronics, Artistic Director Dancers: Gergely Czár, Vencel Csetényi, Laura Fehér, Kitti Hajszán, Brigitta Hortobágyi, Gergő M.Horváth, Róbert Kiss, Gábor Májer, Ágnes Markovics, Kitti Palman, Krisztina Szarvas, Zoltán Tarnavölgyi, Andrea Tóth, Flóra Zsadon PR Manager: Katalin Teodóra Gáti Coordinators: Tímea Nyitrai, Katalin Török Wardrobe mistress: Ágnes Csányi Technical Manager: Róbert Ilyés Ballet Director: András Pataki

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EXHIBITION IN KERENGŐ GALLERY Art of Movement 100+ The Hungarian Modern Dance Hungaricum, Art of Movement – Orchestic School, Celebrates its 100th Anniversary April, 2013

Hungarian Association Art of Movement – Mónika Meggyesi (2013)

The exhibition may be visited during the opening hours: weekdays from 11 A.M. to 6 P.M., weekends from 1 P.M. to 6 P. M. or until the end of performances.

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hese one hundred years are presented gogical reform and modern (nowadays as part of a chamber exhibition with classical-modern) aesthetics in the the help of the Orchestics Foundation world of dance. Its system of instituand the Collection of Art of Movement. tions, besides ballet, developed and Inspired by Duncan, the individu- was licensed by the state by the 1920s, alistic modern dance art began its then in the ideological storms of the journey of conquest in Hungary after 1950s it was banned and silenced. It the arrival of Dr. Valéria Dienes Valéria could recommence its history in the (1879-1978) from Paris, which histori- 1970s and the School has officially excally leads us to the present time. Art isted in an institutionalized form since of Movement (or Orchestics, a term 1991. Today the framework of the opcoined by Valéria Dienes) is the intel- eration is provided by the Hungarian lectual school of dance art and a dance Association of Art of Movement on the science and in a more general sense a dance stages and by MOHA – House of novel way of thinking creating full hu- Art of Movementists for education and man beings, the appearance of a peda- science (research).

Selection from the collection made by Márk Fenyves – orchestist Exhibition events feature the Hungarian Association of Art of Movement Exhibition open: April 3, 6 P.M.

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