FREE TO DANCE! - GALA EVENING OF THE DUDA ÉVA COMPANY
The Éva Duda Company, which is starting its 15th season, will organise an exclusive sponsors' gala evening on the main stage of the Vígszínház with the participation of guest artists.
The two-act evening will evoke the main milestones of the Company's work to date, as well as exciting new collaborations, with dance, music and theatre from the world of theatre. As a continuation of the "Free to Dance" campaign, the gala event aims to raise awareness of the financial challenges facing the independent theatre and dance sector, with proceeds from the event helping the Company to operate in a more sustainable way in the long term.
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The Éva Duda Company has become an unavoidable part of the Hungarian dance scene, with more than 10,000 spectators enjoying their performances every year. Their main venue is the National Dance Theatre in Budapest, but they also perform with great success at national and international festivals. Their mission is to bring contemporary dance to new audiences and new social groups. The link between social responsibility and art is important to them. The Company is characterised by uniqueness, innovation and dynamism thanks to the complex knowledge and suggestive performance qualities of its performers and the diversity of its repertoire.
Éva Duda is a multi-award-winning choreographer and director working in a variety of genres. In addition to creating dance performances, she has choreographed various musical productions, movement theatre performances, as well as large-scale operas, musicals and films. At the Vígszínház he has worked on productions such as The Beggar's Opera, Horses Will Be Shot, Romeo and Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof and the current highly successful production The Castle.
Vígszínház
The Vígszínház is one of the most historic and popular theatres in Budapest. Its three venues (the Main Stage, the House Stage Studio and Chamber, the Pest Theatre) have a total of more than 1700 seats. The theatre is also known as the cradle of modern Hungarian bourgeois drama, with famous authors such as Jenő Heltai, Sándor Bródy, Dezső Szomory, Menyhért Lengyel, Ernő Szép, Sándor Hunyady, Ferenc Herczeg, and others. In the 21st century, the majority of the world's theatres with large auditoriums have lost a good part of their audience. Despite this trend, the premieres of the Vígszínház are successful, and its performances are well attended. The theatre is located on the Újlipótváros side of Szent István körút in Budapest.
