Evening of Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy

Choreographies in Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy are developed through long months of intense work with all the joy and agony of the creation process. There is a lot to do; finding a proper dramaturgical path, creating a dance vocabulary, choosing the music and the cast. The traditional December evening yet again brings choreographies that carry the enthusiasm and fresh ideas of a new generation of dancers.
 

HAIDAU is one of the many implement-driven (staff, scythe, sword, broom) martial arts-like weapon dances (for example, the gypsy and shepherd stick dances) of the Carpathian Basin. The contemporary dance treatment of this motif originates from the school task given by Zoltán Batyu Farkas. This “student-study” spawned a successful piece and following the previous street performances, we’ve adapted it to a stage environment.
 

Choreography, dance: BÓDI Alexandra, BORDÁS Emil, BUSA Balázs, CSÁK Beatrix, DRÁVUCZ Petra, KELEMEN Patrik, SZŰCS Ida
Music: DRESCH Mihály
Kerek a szőlő levele – folk song
Yoshida Brothers: Storm
Rehearsal Director: CSUZI Márton
Assistant: EMŐDI Lilla
 

ANONYE – Does he love me or simply “a” woman? Does she need me, or merely “a” man? This is the issue addressed by the choreographer, composer and dancers.
 

Choreography: Vladká MALÁ
Music: MIZSEI Zoltán
With: EMŐDI Lilla, CSUZI Márton
 

SET AND RESET - Two of the original cast members of Set and Reset, Éva Karczag and Vicky Shick, taught a group of dancers of the Budapest Dance School exact sequences from this 1983 piece, and then engaged them in the same unique protocol that Trisha Brown asked her dancers to utilize during its formation. The dancers then generated their own moves, which were shaped into Set and Reset/Reset, a variation on the original choreography that is now presented in the final performance. Here, as with her Company in 1983, the dancers are an integral part of both the creative process and the end result. The Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy’s version of Set and Reset/Reset began with a two week-long work period with Karczag and Shick. Following the introduction of the material and their working methods, the dancers continued developing the piece on their own, until they re-convened for a short period in November to make some final decisions. All 14 dancers from both casts were equally involved in the creation of the current version.
 

Music: Laurie ANDERSON
original choreography: Trisha BROWN
Original set and costume: Robert RAUSCHENBERG
Costume in Budapest: NÉMETH Anikó
Ballet masters: Vicky SHICK and Éva KARCAG
Dancers: ARANY Virág, BUSA Balázs, CUHORKA Emese DÁNYI Viktória, FURULYÁS Dóra, FÜLÖP László, GARAI Júlia, HÓD Adrienn
Light: PETE Orsolya
Light, directed by: ANGELUS Iván
 

The above mentionned dacers, who graduated from the Budapest Dance School chose one student each with whom he/or she was working during the rehearsal process: BICZÓK Anna, BORDÁS Emil, BUSA Balázs, CUHORKA Emese, DRÁVUCZ Petra, HROTKÓ Heléna, KELEMEN Patrik
 

Supported by: Új Előadóművészeti Alapítvány, DÉPARTS
Special thanks to Trisha Brown Foundation.