The Budapest Dance Festival is coming! – Cultural beach
Two venues, three famous foreign bands, high-quality domestic performances, a dance rarity, and World Dance Day. This is what the Budapest Dance Festival offers to the public from April 28 to May 11.
Péter Ertl, the director of the National Dance Theater, told András Kalmár about the Festival in the program of the Cultural Part Trend FM 94.2 on April 13, 2022:
This year’s 20-year-old National Dance Theater has an extremely strong season behind it, and at both ends, the icing on the cake arrives, i.e. at the Budapest Dance Festival.
The opening itself is a miracle: on April 28, we can enjoy a performance by Martha Graham Dance Company, straight from New York. Known as the Picasso of the dance, Martha Graham’s choreography, now iconic, is being reinterpreted by the dance ensemble: a part of Norman Lloyd’s original music, 1935, which is believed to be lost for decades, is revived during the evening. It is a special pleasure that the ballet master, who is interested in the New York company, will present the promising production on the stage of Müpa with the participation of the students of the Hungarian University of Dance Arts. The next day of the opening is also World Dance Day, and this year’s celebration promises to be memorable: the Association of Hungarian Dance Artists and the National Dance Theater are preparing for a joint gala show. On May 7, the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will take the stage on the main stage of the National Dance Theater. One of the most famous dance ensembles today Hollow bones Jacopo Godani arrives with a choreography, which is the result of a dance director’s summary of the artistic director’s particular vision, his approach to classical ballet technique, and his extensive choreographic research.
On May 1, the Inversedance-Fodor Zoltán Company HOME The audience can see the premiere of Anh Ngoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese choreographer, on the processes taking place in our world and affecting us all. On May 5 a The four seasons / If the world were mine A special, English-Hungarian two-part evening will arrive at the Dance Theater. In the first part of the performance, Vivaldi’s world-famous work The Music of the Four Seasons will be performed.
On May 10 and 11 at the Malandain Ballet in Biarritz, France La Pastorale The festival concludes with a dance performance based on the classical ballet, but spoken in the contemporary language. The work was made on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven and was based on the composer’s 6th Symphony of Serene, Idyllic and Glorifying Nature. In addition to renowned foreign bands, Hungarian companies with a respectable past and smaller chambers will also have the opportunity to attend the festival. On May 3, the Győr Ballet is shocking and dramatic Do not hurt me! He arrives at the Dance Theater with his performance entitled. The play, which is still the taboo subject of domestic violence, can now be seen for the first time in the new building of the Dance Theater. In addition, the Ballet Ensemble of the Budapest Operetta Theater will be presented at the National Dance Theater as a novelty this year. On May 2 a No age limit The world of ballet is danced around in Swan Lakefrom a The land of smilesn, all the way to contemporary ballet choreographies. In the Small Room, the Feledi János – Feledi Project seeks answers to the basic events of human life BodySpace picture Ferenc ‘s performance awaits you, as well as an always special thinking creator, Fehér the audience, the Hakuna matata with his piece.