National Dance House Festival & Fair, 23 April

  • 20 Apr 2017 11:45 AM
National Dance House Festival & Fair, 23 April
This 'Táncház' fest is a multi-faceted folklore festival in Budapest which includes performances by international groups presenting their own local traditions, traditional folk artists and musicians, dance groups, professional and amateur folk dancers, dance-house bands and dance teachings from all over the Carpathian Basin.

Also includes ongoing market of traditional crafts, publications and recordings, and concerts of traditional music. As the event of Budapest Spring Festival the National Táncház Festival and Fair is waiting for the lovers of folk arts in every spring since 1982, organised by Dance-house Guild.

The National Táncház Festival and Fair has won the qualification of "Excellent Folklore Festival" in 2010 and 2016 on the competitions of Hungarian Festival Association.

2017. April 23. Sunday, 10 am – 10 pm

Papp László Budapest Sport Arena (1143 Budapest, Stefánia út 2.)

Dance-area
10.30 am – 5.30 pm Children's Ball – Producer: 'Örökség' Children Folk Art Association
During at 4 pm: 'Páva'-moments – Winners of televised folk dance and music talent competition

10 am – 6.30 pm Handcraft workshops
10 am – 9 pm Folk Crafts Market

7 pm – 8.30 pm Boban Marković Orkestar and friends
8.30 pm – 9.15 pm Dance for Everyone – 'Szatmár': with the best singers, Táncház Festival ensemble, hundreds of dancers
9.15 pm – 9.45 pm Grand Ball

Martin György room (1st floor)
10 am – 6.30 pm 'Tradition and science' – new publications, reading-corner, book-fair
10 am – 6.30 pm Exhibit of photos, documentation on 20 years of Legényes (men’s solo dance) competition
11 am – 6.30 pm 'Gourmet' dance house

Kodály Zoltán room (1st floor)
10 am – 6.30 pm Kodály Zoltán, folk-music researcher – exhibition
11 am – 3 pm Concerts of music school students
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm Round table discussion and demonstration: work of ethnochoreologist Martin György
5 pm – 6.10 pm Forum on dance research – Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Ethnochoreology Study Grou
6.10 p.m 6.30 pm Activities of the Hungarian Ethnochoreology Society

Lajtha László room (2nd floor)
10 am – 6.30 pm Exhibition of folk instruments
11 am – 6.30 pm Play-Ground – Tales, puppet shows, games, film screenings

Vásárhelyi László room (2nd floor)
10 am – 2.30 pm Rehearsal (closed to public)
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm Winners: adult Békéscsaba solo dance competition 2017 – dance presentation
5.30 pm – 6.30 pm Novák Ferenc: Dances of Transdanubia – lecture and demonstration

Folk-Pub (Ground floor, outdoor – enclosed parking area)
2 pm – 6 pm Folk-Pub

More: http://tanchaztalalkozo.hu/2017/index.php/en/

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