2nd Budapest Ballet Grand Prix, 18 - 22 November

  • 15 Nov 2024 10:37 AM
2nd Budapest Ballet Grand Prix, 18 - 22 November
The Hungarian Academy of Dance will hold the Budapest Ballet Grand Prix international ballet competition from Nov 18 to 22.

This year the competition for young dancers hosted by the academy, the National Dance Theatre and Budapest Palace of Arts is being held for the second time, Balazs Hanko, the minister for culture and innovation told a press conference.

He said Hungarian higher-education establishments were increasingly recognised internationally and the dance academy encompassed classical ballet as well as contemporary and folk dance, "all that goes together to make us Hungarian".

Marta Molnar Fodor, the academy's head, said the university aimed to become Europe's leading dance training centre by 2030.

So far the competition has received around 150 applications from 14-24-year-olds from more than 20 countries, and dancers can present themselves in three age groups in the categories of classical ballet and modern dance, solo and pas de deux, she added.

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Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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