The Hungarian National Dance Ensemble offers a glimpse into the unbridled and cheerful fun of the carnival. Reflected in each other in this large-scale work by director/choreographer Zoltán Zsuráfszky and associate director/choreographer Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze are both the old and the new, the archaic and the modern, in a show proving that the centuries-old folk customs have not lost one bit of their power. Because it doesn’t matter whether we live in a village or a city: we all bury the winter in the same way and call out as one for the long-awaited spring. The young team of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble evokes the cheerful and inimitable doughnut-scented atmosphere of the carnival with virtuoso dances, a complex musical world and vibrant spectacle.

Performed by: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble and Band (artistic director: Zoltán Zsuráfszky)

Featuring: Hungarian National Male Choir (choirmaster: Richárd Riederauer), Vujicsics Ensemble, 
Péter Makó (clarinet, tárogató, saxophone), Balázs „Dongó” Szokolay (saxophone), Csaba Bánlaki (trumpet), Attila Peresztegi (tuba), the Cub and Youth Divisions of Bihari János Elementary Art School
Ádám Schnell, Márk Horváth (actors)

Creators:
music: László Rossa
set design: Kázmér Tóth
folk music curators: Attila Csávás, Sándor D. Tóth, István Gázsa Papp
dance ensemble assistants: Sándor Juhász, Júlia Paput, Gergő Sánta, Attila Tókos
assistant choreographers:  Flórián Hajdú, Attila Tompa
costumes, associate director/choreographer: Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze
director/choreographer: Zoltán Zsuráfszky