The gypsies of nagyida

Experience and dancetheatre in two acts

Music composer: Imre Czomba
Writer: Schwajda György
Director-choreographer: Román Sándor

Dancers: Patonai Norbert ,Vári Bertalan,
Kovács Dénes, Morvai Veronika,
Dénes Nándor, Görög Zoltán,
Horváth Mónika, Sátori Júlia,
Zsombori Miklós, Jászka Erika,
Péli Róbert, Rajna Eszter,
Végső Zsolt, Vass Judit,
Kun Zsuzsa, Sipos Viktória,
Borics Annamária, Iványi Tamás,Kiss Levente, Papp Éva,
Ferkó Dóra, Hernicz Albert,
Kutas Eszter, Falvai Miklós.

Guest: Budai Sándor – violin

Costume designer: Debreczeni Ildikó
Scene designer: Mira János
Light: Szimeiszter Balázs
Sound engineer: Kupcsik Bertalan

The premier of the new joint production of ExperiDance and the National Dance Theatre is based on the epic comedy of János Arany.  It is a two act dance performance, full of poetry, humour and dynamic choroegaphy, that will even surprise the audience, who has come to know and enjoy the style of the dancegroup.

Sándor Román continues the success of “One Thousand and One Years” and taking it a step further by combining the motives of Hungarian folk dance and folk music, with many unknown elements of gypsy folklore, that are connected to the story itself.
The epic poem of János Arany (that was written in 1852 as a parody of the war of independence) is based on a true story:

At the end of the 17th century the Austrian troups led by General Puch assult the castle of Nagyida. When the Hungarian defenders, led by Captain Perédi, recognized their lack of power, food, and munitions, they escaped from the castle, leaving the gypsies with their leader Csóri to defend the castle. The elated hero gypsies celebrate with a big feast and dance, dreaming about glorious victory and good fortune.  The story is told in two acts of humor and sweeping dance for our entertainment.

György Schwajda

Musicians:

Imre Czomba - arrangement, keyboards, recorder, flute, vocal, guitars

Budai Sandor – violin

Balogh Kalman – zimbalom

Mako Peter - clarinet

Berki Karoly – guitar

Novak Csaba – bass, mouthbass

Mako Miklos - trumpet, flugenhorn

Feher Adrienn, Jonas Andrea, Roman Sandor – vocal

Sturcz quartet - Olah Vilmos(v1), Szilagyi Peter(v2), Benko Gyula(va), Sturcz Andras(ch)