THE HAJDÚ FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE OF DEBRECEN
The Hajdú Folk Dance Ensemble of Debrecen was established in September in
1953, in Debrecen city. The ensemble will celebrate its 65th jubilee of its existance in
2018.
Debrecen, a colourful town and the second biggest city of Hungary with its population
of 207,000 people, lies in the heart of Europe. This is the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county and
the centre of the Northern-Plain region. It was the historic centre of Hungary for a
long time, and was called the Calvinist Rome, „the city clad in sunlight”. In 1849 and
1944 it was the real capital of the country, such hard times it was the only safe place,
where the country could be governed from.
Debrecen is a city situated at the meeting points of different regions, at the place
where the city comes across the Puszta, where tradition meets modernity and East with
West. The Hajdú Folk Dance Ensemble of Debrecen was established in this spiritual
atmosphere on the 1st of September in 1953. Since then in addition to several national
and international honours, the ensemble was awarded the precious „European folklore
award” in 1979, which has been remunerated only to 11 ensembles in Europe.
Our ensemble represents unique, high-level artistic and cultural value.
Our goal is: the save of our folk and national culture, its presentation on a high folk
level, care and popularization of the national folk dance culture.
TALKATIVE FACTS FROM THE PAST 65 YEARS’ SCALE
Professional recognitions:
– In Hungary: 31 festival honours, 13 awards
– In abroad: 8 festival honours and European folklore award
Qualifications: the highest qualification degree in all cases
Our solo dancers’ awards: 67
Number of performed invitations on National Folklore Anthology: 41
Total number of dancers in the ensemble so far: 8630
National countenance in total: 4800 occasions
Appearances in abroad: 96 occasions
Shown choreographies: 295 creations
Number of creators: 78 choreographers
New programmes: 51 performances
Accompanying bands: 3 music styles were represented
Artistic leaders merited professional award: Gyula Varga, dr. László Kardos,
Katalin Koroknai, Zsuzsa Tiszai, Bálint Lovas
From the year 1953 several generations have grown up giving their enthusiasm and
knowledge to the next generations. Today there are 400 dancers from the age of 6
till the seniors in the ensemble. The group has toured and participated in several
C. I. O. F. F. festivals almost all countries in Europe as well as in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria,
South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Mexico, Brasil, Canada, Indonesia, China and the USA.
In the stage repertory of the group you can find folk dances of the regions where the
Hungarian language is spoken, performed in authentic costumes and music
accompaniment. Thus the ensemble performs dances from all over the Carpathian
Basin, traditional dances of Hungarian people living in the neighbouring countries.
The choreographies are based on the collections of both the Hungarian Academy of
Science’s and the ensemble’s adopts Hungarian folk traditions many times.
The Hajdú Folk Dance Ensemble of Debrecen
DIRECTORS: Ms. Zsuzsa Tiszai
ADDRESS: 4025 Debrecen, Hatvan utca 32.
FACEBOOK: hajdufolk
HOMEPAGE: www.hajdufolk.hu
E-MAIL: hajdufolk@gmail.com