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Circle Dance - An Anthology of the Carpathian Basin
The performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is an anthology-like selection, a journey across ages and borders, inspired by the folk traditions of Hungarians and minorities sharing a joint destiny of the Carpathian Basin.
Celebration
In the new performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble the special traditional culture of the Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin come to life through the special, contemporary, theatrical worldview of the creators of the performance.
His Cross Blossomed
The dance performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, which is in keeping with the celebration of Easter, draws on the liturgy of the various Christian denominations as well as on the ancient peasant folk customs and songs of the far-flung regions of the Carpathian Basin.
The Jász People - Historical Song and Dance Performance
The joint spectacle features treasures and works of various artists and groups, including choruses, bands, dance ensembles and painters.
The Kolozsvár Fair
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble brings the atmosphere of this imaginary marketplace to the stage, focusing on creating historical horizons from fragmented memories rather than aiming for completeness, and using the poetic language of folk dance and folk music instead of dramatic enactment.
Wonderful Christmas
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble’s exciting performance presents Christmas Eve, the Christmas vigil and the joy and excitement of waiting, the games and traditions of folk origins and the Christian tradition of welcoming the birth of Jesus, as well as the atmosphere of magical fairy tales which envelopes this day.
Liszt mosaics
After taking inspiration from Bartók and Kodály in previous productions, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is again turning to Hungarian classical music for inspiration, this time from the work of Ferenc Liszt.
Bonchida-Bécs-Budapest
The Orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble plays the most famous tunes of the 19th and 20th century and folk music from different regions of the Carpathian Basin.
Verbunk
Recruitment Songs, or verbunks, conjure up the Romantic age and national revival in Hungary.
Song of the Stag
The stag is a universally recognised, archaic cultural-historical symbol, whose annually renewed antlers represent eternal return. The stag, standing by the gate to a golden path, beckons us to follow him into our own spirit world. He is the demon, the shaman, the wizard, the fairy, the King of the Dead, able to call any hunter into another world, a new world.
Sunlegend
Sunlegend spectacularly features the perfect harmony of Nikola Parov's music and Gábor Mihályi's choreography. The show meets the requirements of the 21st century audience, being a unique and powerful combination of the ancient motives, the dynamic quality of traditional movements, mysticism and music in a fresh, modern tone.
Transcarpathia Invoked
The performance shows for the first time in the history of Hungarian folk dance the colourful and rich traditional culture of the nations living in Eastern Carpathia as well as in its beyond, Transcarpathia: Hungarians, Ukrainians, Ruthenes, Romanians, Gipsies, and Jews.
Highland Treasures
By creating Highland Treasures, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble pioneers the presentation of an overview of dance and music that originated from an ethnically diverse area in present-day Slovakia.
Dawn Moon
This performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble presents the folk tradition of the Carpathian Basin from the perspective of the masculine principle. It is a “rebirthing” of rituals narrated in the language of folk dance, folk music, and folk poetry.
Bittersweet
This Transylvanian Anthology of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is one of the products of a lengthy artistic process that aims to examine the relevance and significance of our traditional culture in present-day life.
