Danube Art Ensemble: Beautiful Mezőség
The Mezőség is highly prized by those who love folk art, and the region has attracted countless amateur and professional collectors. Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, László Lajtha, Károly Kós, Zoltán Kallós, György Martin, Sándor Tímár and Ferenc Novák are just some of the many researchers whose work has saved the archaic folk art of the Mezőség from oblivion. The region is home to some 300 settlements, and an archaic culture of dance and music that is particularly rich thanks to the intertwining and interaction of Hungarian, Romanian, Romany and Saxon cultures. This production revolves around this kind of multiculturalism.
Featuring:
voice: Andrea Navratil
prose: Károly Tóth
accordion, cimbalom: Sebestyén Tóth
viola: Péter Árendás - Göncöl Band
Creators:
Music editors: Zoltán Dulai - Gergely Koncz - Albert Mohácsy - Andrea Navratil
Set: Gábor Michac
Costumes: Borbála Winklerné Petri-Kiss
Lighting, animation: Károly Lendvai
Dancer masters: Norbert Busai, Zsuzsanna Busai, Ágnes Farkas, Ignác Kádár, Anett Nagypál, Csaba Szabó, Balázs Sáfrán
Consultant: Sándor Varga
Choreographers: Enikő Kocsis - Dezső Fitos - Zsolt Juhász - Tamás Farkas
Assistants to the director: Katalin Bonifert - Gyula András Soós
Director: Zsolt Juhász
The première was presented by Müpa Budapest as a joint event with the Danube Art Ensemble as part of the Liszt Fest.
