At three areas outside of the Capital, the artist group will debut on site in September.
The Duna Artist Ensemble’s performance Fathers and Sons – Dance performance following the collections of Albert Nagy is the starting point of a series in which they want to pay tribute to folk dance collectors who have done outstanding work, focusing first on the work of artistic director Zsolt Juhász‘s master, Albert Nagy. The production will debut at the Professional Folk Dance Festival of the First Carpathian Basin in Tatabánya on September 8, at the National Theater in Szeged on September 10, and at the Táncpanoráma Keszthely on September 13.
As a native of Gyoma, Albert Nagy took over the leadership of the Szeged Dance Ensemble in 1972, which he quickly elevated to one of the best ensembles in the country. According to his own confession, he belonged to the Tímár school and followed him as a choreographer and collector. The Gyula Harangozó prize-winning choreographer has created emblematic collections over the years, and the production entitled Fathers and Sons – Dance Performance Following the Collections of Albert Nagy, built in his honor, is the starting point of a series presenting famous folk dance collectors.
The performance of the Duna Art Group wish to talk about tradition, passing down and taking over through the spiritual relationship between fathers and sons. The interesting thing about the performance is that the Duna Artists’ Group did not invite external choreographers, the dance faculty learned the dance material based on archival recordings. As Zsolt Juhász says: “that’s what made this a great performance”.
The audience can see the most famous collections from the Szeged area in the performance: the gypsy dances of Szegvár, Baksi, Hódmezővásárhely and Kiskundorozsma, and the groom dances of István Kardos from Apadfalvi, but also from Eleki, Méhkerék, Ktéegháza, Mezőség, Széki, Kalotaszeg, Nádasdaróc and Inaktelk, and Lőrinrev from Küküllő-mente dances are also presented in the production, in which excerpts from Ferenc Kölcsey’s Parainesis to Kálmánhoz Kölcsey are also quoted, interpreted by Ödön Jászai Mari award-winning dramatist, worthy artist, and Kristóf Pálvölgyi participates as a dancer.
The ensemble goes on a country tour to present the production on the stages of famous events.
On September 8, the performance will debut at the 1st Carpathian Basin Professional Folk Dance Festival in Tatabánya, on September 10 on the stage of the National Theater in Szeged, and on September 13 at the Táncpanoráma Keszthely event. On September 10, two performance will be in one act at the National Theater in Szeged, in the first act of which the ensembles with which Albert Nagy worked as a choreographer and ensemble leader for many years will perform. The Körösmenti Dance Ensemble from Gyomaendrőd, the Üllési Fonó Dance Ensemble, the Pacirták Folk Dance Ensemble from Sebes-Körös from Romania and the Szeged Dance Ensemble will take part.
Update by Aggie Reiter
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