dance, contemporary circus

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Circle Dance

'Somehow... everything has become distant.'

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The performance has been cancelled.

We regret to inform you that the online broadcast of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble's production Circle Dance, which was scheduled for 24 February, has been cancelled.

Thank you for your understanding!


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We're broadcasting this performance live!

In spite of the fact that the current extraordinary situation prevents us all from meeting at Müpa Budapest in person, we would still like to make the coming days nicer and more uplifting. This is why we are going to transmit our live performance, without an audience, on our website and YouTube channel.

We look forward to welcoming you to the event, through your screen!

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.


The 70-year-old Hungarian State Folk Ensemble's performance has been prepared in memory of the Trianion Peace Treaty that took place 100 years ago. This anthology-like selection from the folklore of the Hungarians of the Carpathian Basin, as well as the nationalities that have shared their historical communities (Romanians, Slovaks, Serbs and Croats, Swabians, Ruthenians, Jews, Gypsies), travels and dances around the Felvidék, Transcarpathia, Transylvania and Délvidék regions, as well as 'Smaller Hungary'.
In a broad panorama, the show, which firmly believes in the unquestionable reality of belonging, presents a peasant heritage: the unparalleled cultural and intellectual commodities that have emerged thanks to a thousand years of coexistence. The Circle Dance production is not seeking historical truth, its purpose is not to confront the historic tragedy of a nation, but to remember! It remembers in the spirit of how, as Sándor Márai put it after losing his homeland: 'Somehow... everything has become distant'. Now we, people who live in the modern world, still see that century-old 'distance', yet we believe that no matter how great the distance may seem, it remains just as close!

This production is being staged as part of the 'Year of Solidarity' programme series.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest
  • Hungarian State Folk Ensemble dance and music groups
  • vocals
    Eszter Pál, Milán Hetényi
  • KOLO ensemble
    Gergely Okos
  • band director
    Ferenc Radics
  • dance ensemble director
    Richárd Kökény
  • dance ensemble assistants
    Beatrix Borbély
    Katalin Jávor
    György Ágfalvi
  • music curators
    Gergely Agócs
    Attila Gera
    László Halász
    László Kelemen
    István "Szalonna” Pál
  • composers
    Gergely Agócs
    László Kelemen
    István "Szalonna” Pál
  • choreographers
    Dezső Fitos
    Rita Furik
    Enikő Kocsis
    Richárd Kökény
    Gábor Mihályi
    Mihály Richtárcsik
  • director-choreographer, ensemble director
    Gábor Mihályi
  • music director, artistic director
    István "Szalonna” Pál


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