34 result(s) for modern dance in Events
Contemporary Circus: Vollmond, Festival Theatre Budapest, 11 April
- 11 Apr 2026 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Pina Bausch was one of the most influential dancers and choreographers of the 20th century, the creator of epoch-making productions of dance theatre, and it is perhaps no exaggeration to say that her magnus opus was the Tanztheater Wuppertal itself, which from the early 1970s on she transformed into an extremely important centre of modern dance.
Although she passed away more than fifteen ...
Latvian National Opera & Ballet: Nijinsky, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2026 7:00 PM
- classical
The titular character of Marco Goecke’s production is Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), the iconic genius of modern dance. The play evokes the most important moments in the life of the dancer and choreographer, both on and off the stage.
Nijinsky was the solo dancer of Sergei Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes for ten years. He enchanted audiences with virtuosic leaps and an androgynous ...
Recirquel: Walk My World, Millenáris Budapest, 22 October
- 22 Oct 2025 3:29 PM
- contemporary
Europe’s largest immersive production by Recirquel transforms the very notion of theatre.
There is no stage and no auditorium: the audience is free to roam through monumental spaces reminiscent of Hollywood movie sets, while experiencing the performances of acrobats and dancers up close.
This multi-sensory spectacle brings Virgil’s epic to life: the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas ...
Subcarpați & Obadu, House of Music Budapest, 10 October
- 10 Oct 2025 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Subcarpați is one of the most popular contemporary Romanian bands, founded by Marius Alexe, also known as MC Bean, in 2010. It is a vibrant, constantly changing, large hip-hop-electronic-traditional music collective, which blends the old with the new, traditional folk music with the modern — continuously preserving and renewing.
They pair folk instruments (kaval, flutes, cimbalom) with live ...
Contemporary Panorama, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 17 July
- 17 Jul 2025 8:30 PM
- contemporary
The presence of another person is a stimulus on stage. A stimulus that immediately becomes a question, a challenge, an attack. When two people meet, values, customs, traditions, and languages always come together. Expectations.
The compulsion to meet other’s expectations. I have to make room within myself for the other person, who can only find meaning within me according to my own rules and ...
Streetcar Named Desire, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 1 June
- 1 Jun 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
A Streetcar Named Desire is Marianna Venekei's first full-length choreography. The project, lovingly nurtured for many years, is a collaboration between her and composer-saxophonist László Dés.
Using the means of modern ballet, its creators evoke the atmosphere, sights and music of the New Orleans of the 1940s, the time and setting of Tennessee Williams's original work, in a production driven ...
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[D]Open Your Move, Mini Festival, Trafó Budapest, 2 - 3 May
- 2 May 2025 10:00 AM
- contemporary
The third Hungarian gathering of urban and contemporary dance at Trafó! Two days where differences fade, and the passion for movement takes center stage. Here everyone has a place, and every movement matters.
On 2 May, you are invited to join two inspiring workshops, and an inclusive jam.
On 3 May, whether as a dancer or as a spectator, you can immerse yourself in an electrifying dance ...
Pure Source, National Concert Hall Budapest, 13 April
- 13 Apr 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
In this magnificent vision of dance history, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Ballet Company of Győr explore the extremely compelling and complex relationship of folk dance and composed music in the 17th and 18th centuries, and through the art of Béla Bartók, the folk music experience of 20th-century modernism.
Wherever he collected folk music, Bartók always showed great interest in ...
Szegedi Kortárs Balett Lear, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 22 March
- 22 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Although Lear has "king" in its title, it’s not one of the classic history plays. It's more like a self-liquidating family tragedy.
"No one willever write a better tragedy than Lear”, this is how George Bernard Shaw, the eternal second after Shakespeare on the English-language stages, paid tribute to his great predecessor. And it seems very likely that "King Lear will be considered ...
Contemporary Circus: Vollmond, Festival Theatre Budapest, 11 April
- 11 Apr 2026 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Pina Bausch was one of the most influential dancers and choreographers of the 20th century, the creator of epoch-making productions of dance theatre, and it is perhaps no exaggeration to say that her magnus opus was the Tanztheater Wuppertal itself, which from the early 1970s on she transformed into an extremely important centre of modern dance.
Although she passed away more than fifteen ...
Latvian National Opera & Ballet: Nijinsky, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2026 7:00 PM
- classical
The titular character of Marco Goecke’s production is Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), the iconic genius of modern dance. The play evokes the most important moments in the life of the dancer and choreographer, both on and off the stage.
Nijinsky was the solo dancer of Sergei Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes for ten years. He enchanted audiences with virtuosic leaps and an androgynous ...
Recirquel: Walk My World, Millenáris Budapest, 22 October
- 22 Oct 2025 3:29 PM
- contemporary
Europe’s largest immersive production by Recirquel transforms the very notion of theatre.
There is no stage and no auditorium: the audience is free to roam through monumental spaces reminiscent of Hollywood movie sets, while experiencing the performances of acrobats and dancers up close.
This multi-sensory spectacle brings Virgil’s epic to life: the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas ...
Subcarpați & Obadu, House of Music Budapest, 10 October
- 10 Oct 2025 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Subcarpați is one of the most popular contemporary Romanian bands, founded by Marius Alexe, also known as MC Bean, in 2010. It is a vibrant, constantly changing, large hip-hop-electronic-traditional music collective, which blends the old with the new, traditional folk music with the modern — continuously preserving and renewing.
They pair folk instruments (kaval, flutes, cimbalom) with live ...
Contemporary Panorama, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 17 July
- 17 Jul 2025 8:30 PM
- contemporary
The presence of another person is a stimulus on stage. A stimulus that immediately becomes a question, a challenge, an attack. When two people meet, values, customs, traditions, and languages always come together. Expectations.
The compulsion to meet other’s expectations. I have to make room within myself for the other person, who can only find meaning within me according to my own rules and ...
Streetcar Named Desire, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 1 June
- 1 Jun 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
A Streetcar Named Desire is Marianna Venekei's first full-length choreography. The project, lovingly nurtured for many years, is a collaboration between her and composer-saxophonist László Dés.
Using the means of modern ballet, its creators evoke the atmosphere, sights and music of the New Orleans of the 1940s, the time and setting of Tennessee Williams's original work, in a production driven ...
[D]Open Your Move, Mini Festival, Trafó Budapest, 2 - 3 May
- 2 May 2025 10:00 AM
- contemporary
The third Hungarian gathering of urban and contemporary dance at Trafó! Two days where differences fade, and the passion for movement takes center stage. Here everyone has a place, and every movement matters.
On 2 May, you are invited to join two inspiring workshops, and an inclusive jam.
On 3 May, whether as a dancer or as a spectator, you can immerse yourself in an electrifying dance ...
Pure Source, National Concert Hall Budapest, 13 April
- 13 Apr 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
In this magnificent vision of dance history, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Ballet Company of Győr explore the extremely compelling and complex relationship of folk dance and composed music in the 17th and 18th centuries, and through the art of Béla Bartók, the folk music experience of 20th-century modernism.
Wherever he collected folk music, Bartók always showed great interest in ...
Szegedi Kortárs Balett Lear, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 22 March
- 22 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Although Lear has "king" in its title, it’s not one of the classic history plays. It's more like a self-liquidating family tragedy.
"No one willever write a better tragedy than Lear”, this is how George Bernard Shaw, the eternal second after Shakespeare on the English-language stages, paid tribute to his great predecessor. And it seems very likely that "King Lear will be considered ...