Bemutató:
Poetry in Dance
The stag is a universally recognized, ancient cultural-historical symbol, whose annually renewed antlers represent eternal recreation. The stag, standing by the gate to a golden path, beckons us to follow him into our own spirit world. He is the demon, the shaman, the wizard, the fairy, the King of the Dead, able to call any hunter into another world - a new world.
We, the hunters of the 21st century, hoping to traverse the void from subordination to freedom, experience the Song of the Stag as a sort of mythical memory. Thirsting, we look to the heavens for the images of earthly stories and occurrences, that through them, we might enter our own sacred spaces. To cross that symbolic bridge we must leave behind what we know – our homes, our loved ones, our people – so that, having brought to heel the witness they bear, we may recreate the old patterns and be ourselves reborn.
For change is a gift, the path to discovering ourselves, the hope of finding our place in the universe!
Death, birth, transformation, love, time, and faith: all are eternal human questions. So that humanity might gain the ability to recreate itself, “it drinks not from the cup, but from the clear spring”.
With the creative strength of poetic dance, with the theatrical truth of the motion of birth and death, we proclaim a tale of sacred transubstantiation, of finding strength in faith.
Performed by: The Dance Ensemble and Orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, with Beáta Czébely (harmonium)
Soloists: Ágnes Herczku, Gabriella Tintér, Milán Hetényi
Composed by: László Kelemen
Choreographers: Orza Calin, Dezső Fitos, Rita Furik, Zsolt Juhász, Enikő Kocsis, Gábor Mihályi
Costume designer: Rita Furik
Lighting and scenery: Gerzson Péter Kovács
Dramaturgy: Boglárka Prezsmer
Director-choreographer: Gábor Mihályi
A joint production of Heritage House, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, and the National Dance Theatre.
Conductors: István Pál, Ferenc Radics
Dance company leader: Richárd Kökény
Assistant leaders: Beatrix Borbély, Katalin Jávor, Péter Varga
Art director: Gábor Mihályi
The performance was funded by the Ministry of Human Resources.