09.18.

16th Pécs International Dance Festival

Dance in Theatre Square

15:00 | Theatre Square

Colourful show given by various local dance groups and schools in Theatre Square.

Project leader: Papp Viktor, founder of the Fordan Dance Club

Varidance and Bartók Dance Theatre present Kármen

17:00 | National Theatre of Pécs - Chamber Theatre

Tickets

- length of the performance: 70 minutes in one part -

Not recommended under 14!

A passionate folk dance interpretation of Georges Bizet's opera to the live tunes of the Karaván Family folk music group. Virtuoso gypsy dances (Hungarian, Spanish and Romanian) tell the story of Carmen with strong emotions and a lot of humour.


Director - Choreopgrapher: Vári Bertalan
Choreographers:  dancers of Varidance
Stage Designer: Bozóki Mara
Costume Designer: Bozóki Mara
Production Director: Békefi András

Musicians:
Nagy István 
Farkas Ilona „Ica” 
ifj. Nagy István 
Nagy Nikolett „Niki” 
Nagy Vanda 
Babindák István 
Pálházi Bence 

Dancers:
Asbolt Eszter Anna, Bánházy Eszter, Deák Bálint, Dunaveczki Éva, Hahn Jusztina Sára, Halmosi Dzsenifer, Hernicz Albert, Jaklics Liliána, Kecskeméti Gergely, Perger Balázs Márk, Péter Szilvia, Simon Gergő, Széchenyi Krisztián, Veres Tamás, Végső Zsolt, Zolja Adél


ATTENTION! Stroboscope is used in the performance!

Dance in Theatre Square

18:00 | Theatre Square

Colourful show given by various local dance groups and schools in Theatre Square.

Project leader: Papp Viktor, founder of the Fordan Dance Club

Hungarian National Folk Dance Ensemble Recruitment

19:00 | National Theatre of Pécs - Grand Theatre

Tickets

- length of the performance: 70 minutes in one part -

In memoriam Cseh Tamás

More than twenty years ago, Tamás Cseh, with his album entitled Katonadalok (Soldier Songs), set an unforgettable memory for our former great-grandfathers, the Hungarian soldiers who gave their young lives and blood for their homeland and common idea. Music and song remain in the shared memory, but dance only swirls like a vanished memory in the distance of the past, in the movements of the flesh-and-blood people of bygone times. In the performance we recall these movements, the messages of the past; and we bow to the Hungarian hussars, soldiers and infantrymen who gave their lives to the nation, who defended the Hungarian homeland and set an example for all generations to follow.

Performed by the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble and its Band
along with the Honvéd Male Choir

Sets: Kázmér Tóth
Costumes: Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze
Music edited: István Gázsa Papp, Ádám Takács, Sándor D. Tóth
Choreographed by Zoltán Zsuráfszky, Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze, Gergő Sánta, Attila Tókos

The programme includes choral works by Zoltán Kodály, Lajos Bárdos, József Karai, and an excerpt from a piece of Vivaldi's music.
You can listen to the music from Tamás Cseh's album, Soldier Songs from recording.

Co-Directed by Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze Harangozó-Prize winning, Meritorius artist
Directed by Zoltán Zsuráfszky Kossuth-Prize winning, Merited artist