Singing youth – choir theatre

The meeting of Bunkócska (a communist labor anthem) and Nélküled (a contemporary nationalistic anthem) in six-part harmony. On the day of the election, we perform the wildest moments of the „culture war” for you.

A forgotten group of propaganda statues comes to life, mixing movement songs with „NER-pop,” singing out propaganda texts, infamous speeches, investigative articles, and state grant applications from the past 70 years. It turns out that it wasn’t just the crushed concrete of the old People’s Stadium (Népstadion) used to build the new Puskás Arena—cultural policy is repeating itself, too.

Agamemnon Makris’s statue, Singing Youth, was originally erected on the ceremonial path of the People’s Stadium; it wasn’t removed during the regime change and can still be seen today next to the Puskás Arena. The People’s Stadium (1953) was a symbolic building of the first Five-Year Plan, while the Puskás Arena (2019) is a symbol of the System of National Cooperation (NER)—monsters built from public funds, the first addressed to „the people,” the second to „the nation.”

Credits
SINGING YOUTH

Written and Directed by: Judit Böröcz, Bence György Pálinkás, Máté Szigeti
Composer: Máté Szigeti
Choirmaster: Péter Fehérváry
Choreographer: Zsófia Tamara Vadas
Singers: Benjamin Bozi, Péter Fehérváry, György Juhász, Maxim Jurin, Katalin Mezei, Eszter Sokhegyi
Lighting Technician: Balázs Szabon
Video: Sári Ember
Photography: Sári Ember, Dániel Pék
Documentation: László Dinea
Translation: Anna Bentley (EN)
Production: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts

Supporters:
Municipality of Budapest, Staféta, National Cultural Fund (NKA), FÜGE Production, Jurányi Production Community Incubator House.

This production was realized within the framework of the Staféta Program, announced and supported by the Municipality of Budapest, with additional support from the Ministry of Human Resources.

The production was created as part of the Liberty international cooperation, supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

By purchasing a ticket to this performance, you are supporting the Turbina Cultural Center.