Theatre, Ballet/Dance

Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
THE NUTCRACKER
Fairy-tale ballet in two acts

A Brnói Nemzeti Színház előadása.

(esőnap: július 12.)

Rudi van Dantzig – Toer van Schayk / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
SWAN LAKE
Classical ballet in three acts

László Seregi / Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Ballet in three acts

Zsófia Pirók was the first Hungarian to earn a degree in flamenco dance from the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza in Seville. Her performances have been featured both in Hungarian and in international theatres and tablaos. In 2019, she was awarded the title Best Dancer of the Season from the Association of Hungarian Dance Artists. Her premieres are part of the programme at the National Dance Theatre Budapest, where she represents the highest level of the art of flamenco in Hungary.

Marius Petipa / Sir Peter Wright / Sir Frederick Ashton / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Fairy tale ballet in three acts

Ever since God gave Adam a companion, fashioned from his rib, in Paradise, the order of the world has been that no one should live alone. Its modality has taken dozens of shades over the millennia since then: cohabitation, bigamy, polygamy, polyandry, all the way until we come to the most familiar form today.

Táncszínházi előadásunkban a kamaszokat foglalkoztató témákat vesszük alapul, mint a szerelem, a fiú-lány szerepek, a testi és lelki változások, átmenet a gyermekkorból a felnőtt létbe, leválás a családról, a barátok szerepe, dacolni és ellenszegülni a felnőttek világával, végül pedig megbékélni, elfogadni egymást és önmagunkat.

Rhapsody as a genre is characterized by caprice and the passionate undulation of emotion, thoughts, and the freedom of expression. Hungarian Rhapsody incorporates all of the peculiarities of thegenre, relying on tradition, and drawing inspiration from it, to create a special and unique dance rhapsody. The colorful diversity of the Hungarian peasant traditions appear in dynamically alternating images – the acrobatics of the male dances, the poetry of the female dances, and the virtuosity of the couples’ dances. The most beautiful melodies of folk culture surface at times as dance accompaniments, or as whimsical solos, and at other times as tempestuous orchestral play.

Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.

Az Új-Angliai Boston lakossága izgalmas napra ébred: a városi tömlöc kapuján a házasságtörő Hester Prynne lép ki újszülött csecsemőjét magához szorítva. Útja a főtéren álló pellengérhez vezet, ahol a gyalázkodó tömeg azt várja, hogy feltűzzék ruhájára a skarlátvörös A betűt. A szégyen jelét, élete végig, egyedül viseli, hiszen társát a bűnben nem nevezi meg. Már csak azért sem, mert az a közösség nagy tiszteletben álló fiatal lelkésze: Arthur Dimmes…

The idea for The Nutcracker ballet came from theone-time director of the Tsarist theatre who, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale entitled the Nutcracker and the Mouse King, wanted to stage a fairy tale ballet that would surpass all that had gone before, both in sound and in spectacle. Tchaikovsky was asked to compose the music and after Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty his third and final ballet was also a great success. It was the six-movement suite of the music of The Nutcracker that was first performed in March 1892, and in December of the same year the spectacularly presented theatrical work was also performed. The Nutcracker has become the most frequently played ballet piece of all time.

Pursuing happiness, love and affection through countless adventures across this great wide world, but still eventually finding a final peace in the arms of his beloved, Peer Gynt is one of the most complex characters in 19th-century drama.

Feledi János – Feledi Project:
SZÁLKÁK
táncszínház Pilinszky versekkel
esőhelyszín: Városháza díszterme (Városház tér 3.)

The next stop of our Live Dance Archive series, marked by the name of Zoltán Zsuráfszky, will be presented under the title Viharsarok, this time directed by Gergő Sánta, dance leader of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble.

“… for they were at hand, yet unreacheable, present, yet ungraspable …”
(Krasznahorkai László)

Az adventi időszak újdonsága lesz Paár Julcsi és a Fitos Dezső Társulat ünnepre hangoló, élőzenével, hagyományos és kortárs táncelemekkel, autentikus és modern színpadi eszközök bevonásával készülő családi, táncszínházi előadása.

Rhapsody as a genre is characterized by caprice and the passionate undulation of emotion, thoughts, and the freedom of expression. Hungarian Rhapsody incorporates all of the peculiarities of thegenre, relying on tradition, and drawing inspiration from it, to create a special and unique dance rhapsody.

Johan Inger - Alexander Ekman - Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot
Bittersweet Comedies
Walking Mad, Cacti, Sad Case

The inspiring influence of the exciting, ever-popular South American musical rhythms and their non-traditional use has long been present in Tamás Topolánszky’s choreographic approach. This new production uses original melodies and Hungarian-language works by Hungarian composers, with an exciting combination of music written for the production.

Once again, a talented new generation of creative artists with a serious devotion to folk dance has grown up.

The evoked era in the performance coincides with the time of the original premiere of Swan Lake. At the same time the second half of the 19th century was also a period known for the spreading of mental hospitals; patients 'possessed' by animal spirits and treatments of mental illnesses by torture and other bizarre methods.

The soul-liberating moments of rural life—when we dance, sing, and the music begins to play!

A Michael Flatley által létrehozott Lord of the Dance 30 éves jubileumát ünnepli 2026-ban!

A Zsuráfszky Zoltán nevével fémjelzett Élő Táncarchívum sorozatunk következő állomása Viharsarok címmel, ezúttal Sánta Gergő, a Magyar Nemzeti Táncegyüttes tánckarvezetője rendezésében kerül bemutatásra. A déli Tisza-vidék nemzetiségeinek tánckultúrája, a Viharsarok magyar-román-cigány lakta falvainak kiemelkedő táncos alakjai és az ott fellelhető eredeti táncanyag különleges világa elevenedik meg Élő Táncarchívumunk következő műsorában. Az előadásban, a vidék sokszínű kulturális hagyományainak hiteles megjelenítése mellett, eddig soha nem látott táncokat és ritkán hallott zenei anyagot is láthat a közönség az autentikus tánc- és zenei válogatás színpadi megfogalmazása során.

John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze
Onegin
Neoclassical ballet

What do people really want? The answer is difficult, since we are constantly searching for a way out of a perfect world, the way back to Eden after our exile. The Eve & Adam performance addresses this universal question through the language of movement and the artistic representation of two young choreographers.

The Fitos Dezső Dance Company is careful to regularly stage dance theatre performances that consider the authentic transmission of folklore and the cultures of various historical Hungarian regions as their primary goal. Transylvania Express is a selection of Transylvanian dances and music. With this performance, we want to convey the message that traditional culture lives on in all of us who believe in the value of keeping tradition alive—because tradition defines our future!

„...a Héttorony mélyében fekszik a mérhetetlen kincs, melynek a Barát az őre; bizonyos éjeken látni őt völgyeket áthágó lépéssel, fejével a holdig felérve járni, s a kincshöz vivő kulcsokat kinálgatni. Ezen kincs magába foglalja mind azt, mi az isteni magyarföldön csak lelhető: aranyfákat, gyümölcsöt, szöllőgerezdeket, mindennemű állatot, bor helyett, iható folyékony aranyat, arany tyúkokat, hasonló tojást költve, arany köveket….”
Ipolyi Arnold

A Székely gate is a symbol of ancient power, faith, hope, belonging to God, a channel of communication between heaven and earth. Its three posts represent the unity of body, soul and spirit, and its carvings are symbols that render protection, grace and blessing.