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Birth of a National Dance
„I began my dance, and everyone marveled,
They said: can this cursed one really dance
I performed such figures before them,
That eyes bulged and mouths gaped at me.
The rhythm was beaten out by my spurs' jingle,
The cimbalom player could not match it."
(Gvadányi: Rontó Pál, 1793)
In the performance titled Verbunkos by the Magyar Állami Népi Együttes, the music and dance evoke the national renewal movement of the Hungarian Romantic era. These endeavors reflect the vigorous modernization aspirations of a country finding its footing economically and politically after centuries of warfare. The "national" music and dance, treated with the rank of spoken language by contemporary society, were not handled as ethnic concepts, but rather implemented as national-level "globalization"—a common language transcending the diverse traditions of individual regions. Our program commemorates this process, the emergence of national dance and its continued life in oral tradition.
Ticket prices:
2500 Ft, 3200 Ft, 4000 Ft
„I began my dance, and everyone marveled,
They said: can this cursed one really dance
I performed such figures before them,
That eyes bulged and mouths gaped at me.
The rhythm was beaten out by my spurs' jingle,
The cimbalom player could not match it."
(Gvadányi: Rontó Pál, 1793)
In the performance titled Verbunkos by the Magyar Állami Népi Együttes, the music and dance evoke the national renewal movement of the Hungarian Romantic era. These endeavors reflect the vigorous modernization aspirations of a country finding its footing economically and politically after centuries of warfare. The "national" music and dance, treated with the rank of spoken language by contemporary society, were not handled as ethnic concepts, but rather implemented as national-level "globalization"—a common language transcending the diverse traditions of individual regions. Our program commemorates this process, the emergence of national dance and its continued life in oral tradition.
Ticket prices:
2500 Ft, 3200 Ft, 4000 Ft
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