This "Transylvanian Anthology" of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is one of the productions of the lengthy artistic process that aims to point out the relevance and significance of our traditional culture in present-day life.
The authors wish this lyrical performance to be a brief but rich summary of the immense Transylvanian folkdance and folk music treasury. "Bittersweet" is a drama of contrasts: it counterpoints the tragic and the comic, the joy and the sorrow, life and death, facing the audience with the questions of how to maintain our hereditary values further, in an increasingly globalizing society. The show seeks an answer to the eternal dilemmas of leaving our homeland and our past behind without entirely losing it; it seeks a means of preserving our native cultural community that would in turn preserve us in the Babel-like multiplicity of 21st century life.
Musical editor:
László Kelemen
Choreographers:
Zoltán Farkas "Batyu" ("Harangozó Gyula" Award)
Gábor Mihályi
Călin Orza
Costumes:
Rita Furik
Lights / stage design:
Péter Gerzson Kovács ("Harangozó Gyula" Award, "Lábán Rudolf" Award)
Director / chief choreographer:
Gábor Mihályi ("Harangozó Gyula" Award, "EuróPAS" Award)
Contribute:
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Band
Solo:
Ágnes Enyedi
Ágnes Herczku
Milán Hetényi
Band leader:
István Pál „Szalonna"
Dancegroup leader:
Richárd Kökény ("Harangozó Gyula" Award)
Assistants:
Beatrix Borbély
Katalin Jávor
Péter Varga
Artistic Director:
Gábor Mihályi ("Harangozó Gyula" Award, EuroPAS Award)
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