184 result(s) for ballet performance
'Nothing’s For Something', Trafó Budapest, 6 & 7 February
- 1 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Black curtains dance to The Blue Danube. After this extraordinary beginning, four performers take over the lead accompanied by spherical sounds. The dancers appear on a darkened stage – they emerge as points of light and colour accents and disappear again, leaving traces as they do so. Through the composition of moving bodies combined with variable stage elements, an organic form appears – a ...
'The Nutcracker', National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 January
- 5 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The idea for the ballet The Nutcracker came from the one-time director of the Imperial Theatres of Russia, who wanted to see a fairytale ballet on stage, based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which would surpass all before it in both sound and spectacle. He commissioned Tchaikovsky to compose the score. The third and last of Tchaikovsky’s ballets after Swan Lake ...
Budapest Opera To Close Year With Record Number Of Visitors
- 30 Dec 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera will close 2014 with a record high number of visitors, performances and ticket sales revenue for the past 25 years, its director-general Szilveszter Ókovács said. “The number of visitors paying for a ticket was over 550,000 and through public media broadcasts of opera-related content, the Budapest Opera has reached at least one million people,” he said.
Nextfest, Trafó Budapest, On Until 23 January
- 15 Dec 2014 8:10 AM
- entertainment
There’s something terribly sexy when it starts talking to you, as if you were the only person in the room. In this case the ‘it’ is NEXT, a selection of young dancers, musicians and acting companies from the 2010s. The future is theirs and, as we can see from the cue in front of the cashier, the future is now!
Moiseyev Ballet Comes To Hungary, 6 - 10 December
- 25 Nov 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The name of Igor Moisevey (born in 1906 in Kiev) became well-known by the style named after him, which he created by alloying the dances of different peoples with the elements of traditional ballet. He learnt dancing in the studio of the Great Theatre in Moscow. In 1924 he was already dancing in the Bolsoi, then became solo dancer and later ballet master. In the 1920’s and 30’s he wandered around ...
Hungarian State Opera Celebrates 130 Years
- 26 Sep 2014 9:08 AM
- community & culture
It has been exactly 130 years since the Budapest Opera opened its gates on 27 September, 1884. The Hungarian State Opera commemorates the anniversary of the opening with crowds in period costumes, an extraordinary gala concert, the premier of a film, and the publication of a historical book.
Updated: Hungarian State Opera's New Season
- 4 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2014/15) season. It exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever.
Moscow Classical Ballet: Margaret Island Budapest, 27 June
- 17 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Stravinsky wrote three works, which established his international reputation that were commissioned by impresario Diaghilev who was working in exile in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Ballet premiered Nijinsky’s choreography of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which caused a huge scandal.
Intl Dance Day Marked In Budapest, Szombathely
- 29 Apr 2014 5:00 AM
- entertainment
International Dance Day will be marked with an awards ceremony and gala at the Palace of Arts in Budapest which will also be the closing event of the Budapest Dance Festival started on April 22.
'Nothing’s For Something', Trafó Budapest, 6 & 7 February
- 1 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Black curtains dance to The Blue Danube. After this extraordinary beginning, four performers take over the lead accompanied by spherical sounds. The dancers appear on a darkened stage – they emerge as points of light and colour accents and disappear again, leaving traces as they do so. Through the composition of moving bodies combined with variable stage elements, an organic form appears – a ...
'The Nutcracker', National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 January
- 5 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The idea for the ballet The Nutcracker came from the one-time director of the Imperial Theatres of Russia, who wanted to see a fairytale ballet on stage, based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which would surpass all before it in both sound and spectacle. He commissioned Tchaikovsky to compose the score. The third and last of Tchaikovsky’s ballets after Swan Lake ...
Budapest Opera To Close Year With Record Number Of Visitors
- 30 Dec 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera will close 2014 with a record high number of visitors, performances and ticket sales revenue for the past 25 years, its director-general Szilveszter Ókovács said. “The number of visitors paying for a ticket was over 550,000 and through public media broadcasts of opera-related content, the Budapest Opera has reached at least one million people,” he said.
Nextfest, Trafó Budapest, On Until 23 January
- 15 Dec 2014 8:10 AM
- entertainment
There’s something terribly sexy when it starts talking to you, as if you were the only person in the room. In this case the ‘it’ is NEXT, a selection of young dancers, musicians and acting companies from the 2010s. The future is theirs and, as we can see from the cue in front of the cashier, the future is now!
Moiseyev Ballet Comes To Hungary, 6 - 10 December
- 25 Nov 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The name of Igor Moisevey (born in 1906 in Kiev) became well-known by the style named after him, which he created by alloying the dances of different peoples with the elements of traditional ballet. He learnt dancing in the studio of the Great Theatre in Moscow. In 1924 he was already dancing in the Bolsoi, then became solo dancer and later ballet master. In the 1920’s and 30’s he wandered around ...
Hungarian State Opera Celebrates 130 Years
- 26 Sep 2014 9:08 AM
- community & culture
It has been exactly 130 years since the Budapest Opera opened its gates on 27 September, 1884. The Hungarian State Opera commemorates the anniversary of the opening with crowds in period costumes, an extraordinary gala concert, the premier of a film, and the publication of a historical book.
Updated: Hungarian State Opera's New Season
- 4 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2014/15) season. It exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever.
Moscow Classical Ballet: Margaret Island Budapest, 27 June
- 17 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Stravinsky wrote three works, which established his international reputation that were commissioned by impresario Diaghilev who was working in exile in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Ballet premiered Nijinsky’s choreography of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which caused a huge scandal.
Intl Dance Day Marked In Budapest, Szombathely
- 29 Apr 2014 5:00 AM
- entertainment
International Dance Day will be marked with an awards ceremony and gala at the Palace of Arts in Budapest which will also be the closing event of the Budapest Dance Festival started on April 22.