320 result(s) for fig festival
Recirquel: The Naked Clown, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 June
- 23 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
The Clown's life is coming to an end. He is about to enter the unknown, but before the 'final curtain call' he needs to leave his collar behind, taking the last steps only with the nakedness of his soul. In this production, the disguise is removed both literally and figuratively, as the performers invite the audience on an unusual inner journey into imaginary realms, where the layers covering and ...
Bartók Plus Opera Festival Miskolc 2016, 11 - 19 June
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Press release: As you have already got used to it, in 2016, at the Opera Festival in Miskolc you can find a varied, rich program, and besides operas, several other classical and non-classical genres will be represented, too.
'Jazz Spring Festival' In Budapest, 5 - 7 May
- 5 May 2016 12:55 PM
- entertainment
Guests can enjoy three outstanding concerts during this three-day festival, which organisers say is full of "kaleidoscopic features and cheerful freshness in full harmony with the mood of spring and the spirit of jazz". On two of the evenings guests can experience leading performers in today’s American jazz world, topped with a unique figure of the Swedish jazz scene who will also perform on ...
The Moon Opera, Festival Theatre, 19 April
- 15 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Wang Yabin is an extraordinary figure of modern Chinese dance. According to the critic of the Financial Times, Chinese traditions and contemporary endeavours complement each other in his productions in the manner of yin and yang, creating a perfectly harmonious whole. The Moon Opera is a dance drama in which extreme emotions, jealousy, love, talent and rejection fuse to create high-voltage, fiery ...
Celebrating Tolerance With The Festival Orchestra At Heroes’ Square, 3 June
- 13 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
This year, 500 disadvantaged children are taking part in the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Dancing on the Square project. In far-flung Hungarian towns, 500 underprivileged children have been preparing since January to show the world what they have learned from each other. It all culminates on 3 June with a grand open-air event, the Dancing on the Square project, alongside the musicians of the ...
Krisztián Gergye Company & Gloria Benedikt: The Doll Of Kokoschka, Mupa, 19 March
- 16 Mar 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Gloria Benedikt, an Austrian ballerina whose artistic work strives to bring dance closer to science and politics, and Krisztián Gergye, Hungary's enfant terrible of contemporary dance, are reaching back to the legendary era of the fin de siècle to build a bridge between the art of the present and the progressive spirit of the age preceding the world wars.
Budapest Dance Festival, Now On Until 3 March
- 25 Feb 2016 1:00 AM
- entertainment
This year the Budapest Dance Festival features two international productions, two Budapest premiers, two co-production premiers as well as dance & theater education performances. This exciting festival of movement stars Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (USA), Ballet Preljocaj (FR), and the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company.
Documentary Film: György Kurtág 90, Mupa Budapest, 20 February
- 17 Feb 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
"Our whole life is nothing more than a singular pilgrimage to rediscover the lost child within us,” György Kurtág once said. The ambivalent fascination, the complete openness and the fiery adoration that one or other figure from music history was able to inspire in the composer suggest that he was successfully reunited with the child in question.
Now On: The Inner Reflection, UVG Art Gallery
- 5 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
On display until 29 February: The UVG Art Gallery in Budapest is pleased to present the exhibition “The Inner Reflection” by Lars Schwander. Helmut Newton once said: "My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain." Something of the same nature is found in Schwander’s photographs.
Recirquel: The Naked Clown, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 June
- 23 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
The Clown's life is coming to an end. He is about to enter the unknown, but before the 'final curtain call' he needs to leave his collar behind, taking the last steps only with the nakedness of his soul. In this production, the disguise is removed both literally and figuratively, as the performers invite the audience on an unusual inner journey into imaginary realms, where the layers covering and ...
Bartók Plus Opera Festival Miskolc 2016, 11 - 19 June
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Press release: As you have already got used to it, in 2016, at the Opera Festival in Miskolc you can find a varied, rich program, and besides operas, several other classical and non-classical genres will be represented, too.
'Jazz Spring Festival' In Budapest, 5 - 7 May
- 5 May 2016 12:55 PM
- entertainment
Guests can enjoy three outstanding concerts during this three-day festival, which organisers say is full of "kaleidoscopic features and cheerful freshness in full harmony with the mood of spring and the spirit of jazz". On two of the evenings guests can experience leading performers in today’s American jazz world, topped with a unique figure of the Swedish jazz scene who will also perform on ...
The Moon Opera, Festival Theatre, 19 April
- 15 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Wang Yabin is an extraordinary figure of modern Chinese dance. According to the critic of the Financial Times, Chinese traditions and contemporary endeavours complement each other in his productions in the manner of yin and yang, creating a perfectly harmonious whole. The Moon Opera is a dance drama in which extreme emotions, jealousy, love, talent and rejection fuse to create high-voltage, fiery ...
Celebrating Tolerance With The Festival Orchestra At Heroes’ Square, 3 June
- 13 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
This year, 500 disadvantaged children are taking part in the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Dancing on the Square project. In far-flung Hungarian towns, 500 underprivileged children have been preparing since January to show the world what they have learned from each other. It all culminates on 3 June with a grand open-air event, the Dancing on the Square project, alongside the musicians of the ...
Krisztián Gergye Company & Gloria Benedikt: The Doll Of Kokoschka, Mupa, 19 March
- 16 Mar 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Gloria Benedikt, an Austrian ballerina whose artistic work strives to bring dance closer to science and politics, and Krisztián Gergye, Hungary's enfant terrible of contemporary dance, are reaching back to the legendary era of the fin de siècle to build a bridge between the art of the present and the progressive spirit of the age preceding the world wars.
Budapest Dance Festival, Now On Until 3 March
- 25 Feb 2016 1:00 AM
- entertainment
This year the Budapest Dance Festival features two international productions, two Budapest premiers, two co-production premiers as well as dance & theater education performances. This exciting festival of movement stars Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (USA), Ballet Preljocaj (FR), and the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company.
Documentary Film: György Kurtág 90, Mupa Budapest, 20 February
- 17 Feb 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
"Our whole life is nothing more than a singular pilgrimage to rediscover the lost child within us,” György Kurtág once said. The ambivalent fascination, the complete openness and the fiery adoration that one or other figure from music history was able to inspire in the composer suggest that he was successfully reunited with the child in question.
Now On: The Inner Reflection, UVG Art Gallery
- 5 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
On display until 29 February: The UVG Art Gallery in Budapest is pleased to present the exhibition “The Inner Reflection” by Lars Schwander. Helmut Newton once said: "My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain." Something of the same nature is found in Schwander’s photographs.