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Béla Földi

Founder Director of Budapest Dance Theatre (1991)
Nationality: Hungarian
Place, date of birth: Budapest, 14.07.1958.

Biography

He started his classical ballet and jazz dance training in Budapest. Later he continued his training around Europe. His outstanding teachers consisted of: Jeszenszky Endre 1975-1985, Raza Hammadi – Paris 1985-1990.

As a student and dancer he worked together with: Raza Hammadi, Séan Curran, Glenn van der Hof, Neel Verdoorn, Marie-Laure Tarneaud, Amir Kolbenomy, Josepf Tmim, Vassili Sulich, Krisztina De Chatel reknown dancers and teachers.

Utilising his studies in modern dance; he mixes elements of ballet, jazz and limon technique to create his own distinctive style. In his unique method of training he focuses on the various energies and laws of physics effecting the body. He appreciates the practical anatomy of dancers together with their multi dimensional facilities, thus maximising their full potential. His methods therefore achieve very effective and outstanding results in dance education.

Over the years under his watchful eyes, countless amounts of his students became very successful in the industry, even receiving professional awards such as; Dóra Barta, Zoltán Fodor, Oktávia Szigeti – worthy artists, i.e. Harangozó Gyula - prize winners. More of his students teach at the Hungarian National Dance University, such as; Grácia Nagy, János Lakatos, Zoltán Fodor, Noémi Juhász-Hörcher and Dzsenifer Vattai .

Currently Béla Fölid is a senior lecturer at the Hungarian National Dance University. For several years, he has been the modern-contemporary dance course instructor; which is the professional course of the National Union of Dance Teachers and is accredited by the government.

With his work as an art educator, he provides valuable contribution that high quality art should become appreciated in public education and for those receiving basic cultural training.

It's essential to emphasize that besides his profession as a dance teacher and educator, he also achieves great success with his creations and high quality work of his dancers both at home and abroad, as the founding director of Budapest Dance Theatre, which he established over 25 years ago. It is extremely important to him that his company's repertoire should appeal to all age groups, therefore Budapest Dance Theatre's repertoire includes children's and youth pieces besides the adult ones. These achievements are honoured by many professional awards, like the Dance Festival Audience Award, as well as Béla Földi's personal accolades, including the Republic of Hungary's Silver Cross of Merit, the Harangozó Gyula Award, the Jeszenszky Endre Award, the Creator of the Year Award, the Bonis Bona Award.

Alexandra Sághy

Artistic director
Nationality: Hungarian
Place, date of birth: Egypt, El-Iskandariya, 05.03.1985.

Biograpghy

2006 - Dancer with Budapest Dance Theatre
2017 – Artistic Director for Budapest Dance Theatre

Education

Semmelweis university, faculty in physical Education and sports science - Full time teacher training under graduate course in health education 2008
Hungarian National Dance academy - Dance Teacher 2007

Awards, Scholarships

2013 Best Female Dance Artist of the season Award
2016 Viktor Fülöp, dance artist award
2017 Viktor Fülöp, dance artist award
2018/19 Hungarian National Dance Academy - Young Artisit Scholarship
2019 Best Choreographer Award of the season, for her piece; Three Sisters

Principal Roles

Doze: Jiri Pokorny
Entre dos aquas: Entre dos aquas
Flabbergast: Gustavo Ramirez Sansano
Kislányom Anne Frank: Béla Földi
Száz év magány: Béla Földi
Bolero: Raza Hammadi
Sec: Lóránd Zachár
Mediterrán: Joseph Tmim

Choreographies

2020

Aurevoir en l’air! National Dance Theatre

2018

Three Sisters: (Várkert Bazár) 22 March 2018. Later selected for the XIV. Dance Festival of Győr

2017

Three Sisters: (DEPO) 10. November 2017 – Study Work
The Taming of the Shrew (Pécsi balett): Assistant choreographer

2016

Chronicals from Mars: Assistant choreographer
Hundred Years of Solitude: Assistant choreographer
Balance – Off balance: (MOM Culture Centre) 29 September 2016

2014

My Daughter, Anne Frank: Assistant choreographer

Teaching Experience

From 2012, teaching assistant to Béla Földi at the National Dance Academy, dance teacher and rehearsal director.

Premieres as a Dance Artist

2017 Talking About Us: Fernado Troya/Entre Dos Aguas: Robert North (National Dance Theatre)
2016 One Hundred Years of Solitude: 2016 One Hundred Years of Solitude:
2016 Red Glow: Béla Földi és Tihanyi László (Müpa Budapest)
2016 Kronicals From Mars: Béla Földi (Theatre Erkel)
2016 Doze: (NDT piece) Jiri Pokorny (Müpa Budapest)
2014 My Daughter, Anne Frank: Béla Földi (National Dance Theatre)
2013 Stravinsky insparations /Spring Sacriphice: Béla Földi /Lóránd Zachár /Raza Hammadi
2012 Sec: Lóránd Zachár (National Dance Theatre)
2011 Scattered Spirits / 20th anniversary (Müpa Budapest)
2011 Giselle II: Amir Kolben, Lanserotte: Neel Verdooorn, Blues Story: Raza Hammadi
2011 Mediteran: Joseph Tmim / Raza Hammadi
2010 Body Landskape: Dali Touiti (National Dance Theatre)
2010 Dance Moves: Lóránd Zachár / Joseph Tmim / Földi Béla (National Dance Theatre)
2010 Visual Notes: Béla Földi és Vukán György (Opéra de Vichy)
2009 Flabbergast: Gustavo Ramirez Sansano
2009 Bolero: Raza Hammadi /Gaspard de la nuit, Concerto en Sol: Marie L. Tarnaude
2009 The Time / Chocolate / Nutcracker / Snow White: Béla Földi
2009 Lakatos János: A’capella

International Performances

2018 Doze/ Bolero: Mexico Tour, Karlovy Vary, Brno
2017 Doze/ Bolero / Balance: Genova, Firenze, Normandie, Limoges, La Réunion, Vienna
2016 My Daughter, Anne Frank: Rome
2016 Bolero: London, Vienna
2016 Balance / Mur mur de la mediterranea / Bolero: Cluj
2015 Boundless: Siena
2014 My Daughter, Anne Frank: Warsaw, Bratislava, Brno
22013 My Daughter, Anne Frank: Brno, Zagreb
2011 Residence Programme: Munich
2010 Bolero, Flabbergast, Confessions of a Choreographer: Dance Festival Bielefeld
2010 Bolero / Visual Notes: Opéra de Vichy Vichy, Limoges, Moscow
2009 Bolero: Mittelfest - Cividale

DANCERS

Dzsenifer Vattai

Nationality: Hungarian
Place, date of birth: Tata, 17.04.1992.

Biography

Joined to Budapest Dance Theatre: 2011

Education

2005 - 2011 - Secondary School of Dance & Fine Arts - Győr
2016 - Hungarian Dance Academy

Prize

Bronze Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

Choreographies

Aurevoir en l’air!: Alexandra Sághy
All mixed up: Joseph Tmim
Mur mur de la Mediterranée: Raza Hammadi
GisL2 (part): Amir Kolben
Bolero: Raza Hammadi
Chocolate: Béla Földi
Sec: Lóránd Zachár
Sacre du Printemps: Raza Hammadi
Imagine: Béla Földi
Flabbergast: Gustavo Ramirez
The Time: Béla Földi
Boundless: Péter Juhász
My Daughter, Anne Frank: Béla Földi
Gloomy Latitudes: Jiří Pokorný
Doze: Jiří Pokorný
The Animal that takes You: Fernando Troya
Balance: Alexandra Sághy
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Béla Földi
Entre dos aquas: Robert North
The Missing Link: Aurelie Mounier
Essence of the Senses: Gustavo Oliveira

Workshops

2007-2010 Nyári Tánckurzusok , Győr
2007-2010 Esély a Művészetre Nemzetközi Tánckurzus, Pécs
2011-2017 Nemzetközi Nyári Tánckurzus, Budapest Táncszínház

Teachers

Földi Béla, Raza Hammadi, Zachár Lóránd, Fodor Zoltán, Lovas Pál, Alexander Pereda, Kun Attila, Demcsák Ottó, Barta Dóra, Joseph Tmim, Neel Verdoorn, Juhász Péter, Bruce Taylor, Jack Gallagher, Martin Dvorak, Lucas Viellafond, Andrej Petrovic, Alice Valentin, Jiří Pokorný, Fernando Troya, Michael Lohr

Noémi Juhász - Hörcher

Nationality: Hungarian
Place, date of birth: Budapest, 24.02.1993.

Biography

Joined to Budapest Dance Theatre: 2017

Education

2012 - 2015 - Hungarian Dance Academy - BA
2015 - 2018 - Hungarian Dance Academy - MA

Choreographies

Aurevoir en l’air!: Alexandra Sághy
Mother Holle: Béla Földi, 2014
Nutckraker: Béla Földi, 2014
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Béla Földi, 2017
The Three Sisters: Alexandra Sághy, 2017
Pinocchio: Béla Földi, 2017
Doze: Jiří Pokorný, 2017
Bolero: Raza Hammadi, 2017
My Daughter, Anne Frank: Béla Földi, 2018
Boundless: Péter Juhász, 2018
Around the World in 80 Days: Béla Földi, 2018
Clever Conversations: Béla Földi, 2019
Limits of Existence: Lóránd Zachár, 2019
The Missing Link: Aurelie Mounier, 2019
Essence of the Senses: Gustavo Oliveira, 2019

Workshops

2012-2019 International Summer Dance Course, Budapest Dance Theatre

Teachers

Béla Földi, Raza Hammadi, Sághy Alexandra, Lőrinc Katalin, Somorjai Judit, Joseph Tmim, Juhász Péter, Joeri Dubbe, Lorenzo di Rocco, Zachár Lóránd, Neel Verdoorn, Angela Towler, Gustavo Oliveira, Bretus Mária, Fodorné Molnár Márta, Fodor Gyula, Castillo Dolores, Túri Sándor, Eichner Tibor, Szitt Melinda

Teaching

Budapest Dance Theatre - Elit Training Programme, Hungarian Dance Academy, National Team of Rhythmic Gymnastics

Matthew Bell

Nationality: English
Place, date of birth: England, 30.03.1997.

Biography

Joined to Budapest Dance Theatre: 2020

Education

2015 - 2018 – BA Degree from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance,
2018 - 2019 – Post Graduate Diploma from London Contemporary Dance School,

Choreographies

Aurevoir en l’air! - Alexandra Sághy for Budapest Dance Theatre, 2020 – Nemzeti Táncszínház
Nebuchadnezzar – Kennedy Muntanga for KMDT, 2020 – The Place Theatre
Krash – Alessandro Sousa Pereira for Danish Dance Theatre, 2019 – Takkelloftet / The Royal Danish Opera House and numerous venues on international tour
Chopin Dancer – Tim Rushton for Danish Dance Theatre, 2019 – Takkelloftet / The Royal Danish Opera House and numerous venues on international tour
Snow White: Reimagined – Tali Foxworthy-Bowers for Collective31, 2019 – Compass Theatre
The Swan Maiden – Kennedy Muntanga for KMDT, 2019 – Central Saint Martins
I’m Not Sure About You, But I Need … - Ghost and John, 2019 – The Place Theatre
Genesis – Kennedy Muntanga for KMDT, 2019 – Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Sonder – Kennedy Muntanga for KMDT, 2019 – Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Macbeth – Mark Bruce for Mark Bruce Company, 2018 – Red Rose/Black Bird Studios
Slonimsky’s Earbox – Ashley Page OBE for Rambert School, 2018 – Lillian Baylis Studio Theatre
Linha Curva – Itzik Galili for Rambert Dance Company, 2017 – Sadlers Wells Theatre
Glint – Richard Alston for Rambert School, 2017 – Lillian Baylis Studio Theatre
TIDAL – Lee Smikle for ReBourne, 2015 – London Aquatic Centre Olympic Park and Sadlers Wells Theatre
aM – Kerry Nicholls for National Youth Dance Wales, 2015 – Sadlers Wells Theatre and numerous other venues on national tour.
The Lord Of The Flies – Matthew Bourne for NewAdventures, 2014 – Welsh Millennium Centre

Teachers

Béla Földi, Paul Clarke, Paul Liburd, Amanda Britton, Darren Ellis, Chris Wright, Anya Sainsbury, Nicole Guarino, Sian Hopkins, Peter Dunleavy, Kio Tomiyama, Ross McKim, Mathieu Geffré, Gareth Mole, Darius James, Richard Alston, Tim Rushton, Jason Nelson, Patricia Seron Pawlik, Hilary Briggs, Mark Baldwin, Angela Fowler, Kerry Nichols, Susan Hill, Annette Hind, Arina Trostyanatskaya