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Encore in Budapest
Press Release
Contact:
Richard Graber, Executive Director
9664
Akins Road, Cleveland, OH. 44133
Tel: 440-668-6500?????????????
Fax:
440/237-0135
www.Csárdásdance.com
Csárdás Dance
Company to Perform in Budapest!
Ohio's Csárdás Dance Company,
under the direction of Richard Graber, has been invited to perform in Budapest,
Hungary. The personal invitation from S?dor and B?ke T??, (former Artistic
Directors to the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and Founders/Directors of Tim?
Folklor in Budapest), comes on the eve of a renovation project of the Pesti
Vigad? one of the most prestigious theaters in Budapest. The "Holiday Gala
Performance" on December 17, 2003, at 7 P.M. will be the final performance in
the venue before the two year renovation project begins. Click here: Pesti
Vigad?/A>
Csárdás and T?? Folklor have remained in close contact since
Csárdás director Graber commissioned a work by the world renown T?? duo in
1998; a work which Csárdás features in it's current repertoire.
The
Ohio Arts Council help fund this project with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Additional support is from the Edward R &Jean Geis Stell
Foundation.
Members of the company feel the mission of promoting the
appreciation of the ethnic arts in Ohio and the region will be strengthened by
this visit, as they network and find renewed energy to channel toward their work
with Csárdás. Csárdás will be celebrating ten years in 2004. The ensemble will
be the sole representation from the USA, with additional invitees from England,
Japan as well as various other ensembles from across Hungary.
Csárdás is
Ohio's and the region's only nonprofit professional dance company presenting
traditional and contemporary works stemming from Hungarian heritage. Founded by
Richard Graber in 1994, the dance company has presented a repertoire that
features a wide range of dance dialects and styles. The Company preserves the
brilliant splendor of folk elements meshed with contemporary choreography
creating a rich and exciting cultural experience.
Csárdás Dance Company
is the only dance company of its kind in the United States supporting itself
through performance opportunities, children's programs and offering course
studies in almost a dozen separate dance disciplines at it's school of dance,
the Movement Arts Center.
Past Csárdás Dance Company performance venues
include The Cleveland Museum of Art, Kod?y Music Educators Conference, Blossom
Music Center, The Cleveland PlayHouse, Middfest International (Cincinnati),
Wagnall's Memorial (Columbus), Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community
College, Playhouse Square, Rock &Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Music Hall,
Trinity Cathedral, Early Childhood Music Program (a program by Chet-Yeng Loong,
Ph.D. of Music at Baldwin Wallace College,) Lorain Palace Civic Center as well
as countless schools throughout Ohio.
Radio and television credits
include Fox TV's Morning Show with Kenny Crumpton, WCPN's Around Noon with Dee
Perry 1998 and 2002, Classics for Kids with Naomi Lewin, (Cincinnati, OH), Duna
Television, (Budapest), Magyar Radio, (Budapest), and The Morning Exchange.
Upcoming Csárdás performances include November 19 at Kent State
University, February 15, 2004 at the Drake Center for the Performing Arts in
Medina and on April 30, 2004 in Findlay, Ohio. For more information, contact
Richard Graber, Executive Director. Phone: 440-668-6500
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