Hungary Festival Ballet. Ivan Marko: Joseph and his Brothers

Béjart, Elton-Berg. Dancer: Karline Marion, Octavio Stanley és Stéphane Bourhis, Allan Fallieri

Béjart: Juan and Theresa The French-born Bejart set new standards during a career that spanned five decades, starting with his signature work, the 1959 staging of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," in which his dancers -- clad in sleek, shiny tights -- created an erotic aura with impulsive, natural movements that became a standard of …

Béjart, Le Teck, Dancer. Catherine Zuasnabar, JulienFavreau. The French-born Bejart set new standards during a career that spanned five decades, starting with his signature work, the 1959 staging of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," in which his dancers -- clad in sleek, shiny tights -- created an erotic aura with impulsive, natural movements that became a standard of …

Antonio Márquez: Reencuentros, Movimiento Flamenco The Antonio Márquez Dance Company Márquez had learnt the basics of his dancing skills first at the school of the Spanish National Ballet, later with renowned Spanish masters. He rose to fame in his country with his leading roles in ballets, and his unique, soaring dancing style soon paved his way to an international career. His buoyant, passionate dance and his distinct choreographies make his performances unforgettable. Márquez’s Dance Company made its debut on 7 November 1995, in Seville, at the Teatro de la Maestranza, staging the show „Movimiento Perpetuo”. In 1997 they won the Award Nureyev; a year later they were granted the Italian „Taranto Award for Best Entertainment” and the Spanish „Award for the Most Valuable Professional of the Dance”. As a consequence of their brilliant performance at the 50th Havana Festival, their name got inscribed in the Golden Book of the History of the Cuba Ballet”. From 1999 on, the Company has been touring the stages of the World, e.g. the Monte-Carlo Opera, Madrid, Athens, and Japan, Brazil and France and Hungary.

The Company was founded by the well-known choreographer, Andrei Petrov, in 1990. They reside in the Kremlin Palace that is located on the territory of the Kremlin in Moscow. The Company defines its artistic mission as one that is based on masterpieces of the classical legacy and their creative further development. Their repertoire comprises the oeuvres of the outstanding old masters (M. Petipa, A. Gorski, L. Ivanov) as well as recent ballets of J. Grigorovich, V. Vasziljev, A. Petrov. The pieces are directed by those leading stage artists, who otherwise are considered as trend-setters of the new expression formulas of the present day theater: Stanislav Benediktov and Olga Polyanskaya, Marina Sokolova and Boris Messerer, Viktor and Rafael Volski, Vladimir Arefev and Boris Krasnov.

Tricks & Tracks: Pál Frenák was born in Budapest, in 1957, and settled down in Paris in 1983. He established his own Dance Company in 1989, and made his first choreography in France the same year, titled “Ter”. In the following years, mainly staging improvisational pieces, he worked with György Kurtág, Patrick Schneider and several other contemporary composers. His first real hit was the Les Palets / Skate-boards; this show, just as all his other works, could be seen by the Hungarian audience as well, as part of the Budapest Autumn Festivals, or as individual performances. Since 1998 Frenák has been working more and more in Hungary, the majority of dancers of his Company are Hungarian. The premiere of his last three shows (Out of the Cage, Tricks & Tracks and his latest, the Festen/Feast ) were held in Budapest, in the House of Contemporary Arts, the “Trafó”.