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Dance artists

Béla Földi

Béla Földi

Founding Director (1991)

Alexandra Sághy

Alexandra Sághy

Artistic director

Dance artists

Juhász - Noémi Hörcher

Juhász - Noémi Hörcher

Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 24.02.1993
Maria José Borges

Maria José Borges

Nationality: Portuguese
Date of birth: 19.08.2004.
Marika Masuda

Marika Masuda

Nationality: Japanese
Date of birth: 1999.01.06.
Marika Trucci

Marika Trucci

Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 10.09.2000.

Matthew Bell

Nationality: English
Date of birth: 30.03.1997.
Varga Bendegúz

Varga Bendegúz

Nationality: Hungarian
Donát Varga

Donát Varga

Nationality: Hungarian
Dzsenifer Vattai

Dzsenifer Vattai

Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 17.04.1992.
Yvette Levine

Yvette Levine

Nationality: English
Date of birth: 20.07.1999.

Trainees

Alice Gazzolie

Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 10.06.2003

Daniele Bosco

Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 23.08.2002.

Karina Dobai

Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 02.08.2004.

Megi Kaziu

Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 22.01.2004.

Raffaellla Esposito

Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 14.11.2004.
Alexandra Sághy

Alexandra Sághy

Artistic director
Nationality: Hungarian
Place and date of birth: Egypt, El-Iskandariya, 1985.03.05.

From 2006 - dancer at the Budapest Dance Theatre
From 2017 - Artistic Director of the 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

  • 2020. Gyula Harangozó Prize

Principal Roles

  • Doze: Jiri Pokorny

  • Entre dos aquas: Entre dos aquas

  • Flabbergast: Gustavo Ramirez Sansano

  • My daughter, Anne Frank: Béla Földi

  • One hundred years of solitude: Béla Földi

  • Bolero: Raza Hammadi

  • Sec: Lóránd Zachár

  • Mediterranean: Joseph Tmim

Experience as a choreographer

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

  • One hundred years of solitude: assistant choreographer

  • Balance - Off balance: (MOM Cultural 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 Theatre)

  • 2016 One Hundred Years of Solitude: Béla Földi (Várkert bazaar)

  • 2016 Red Sweat: Béla Földi and László Tihanyi (Palace of Arts)

  • 2016 The Martian Chronicles: Béla Földi (Erkel Theatre)

  • 2016 Doze: (piece in NDT repertoire) Jiri Pokorny (Palace of Arts)

  • 2014 My daughter, Anne Frank: Béla Földi (National Dance Theatre)

  • 2013 Stravinsky insparations /Spring Sacriphice: Béla Földi/Zachár Lóránd/Raza Hammadi

  • 2011 Lélekmorzsák / 20 years of Budapest Dance Theatre: (Palace of Arts)

  • 2011 Giselle II: Amir Kolben, Lanserotte: Neel Verdooorn, Blues Story: Raza Hammadi

  • 2011 Mediterranean: Joseph Tmim / Raza Hammadi

  • 2010 Body-Landscape-Picture: Dali Touiti (National Dance Theatre)

  • 2010 Dance steps: Lóránd Zachár / Joseph Tmim / Béla Földi (National Dance Theatre)

  • 2010 Visual notes: Béla Földi and György Vukán (Vichy Opera House)

  • 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 János Lakatos: A'capella

International presentations

  • 2018 Doze/ Bolero: Tour of Mexico, Karlovy Vary, Brno

  • 2017 Doze/ Bolero / Balance: Genoa, Florence, Normandy, Limoges, La Reunion, Vienna

  • 2016 My daughter, Anne Frank: Rome

  • 2016 Bolero: London, Vienna

  • 2016 Balance / Mur mur de la mediterranea / Bolero: Cluj Napoca

  • 2015 Boundless: Siena

  • 2014 My daughter, Anne Frank: Warsaw, Bratislava, Brno

  • 2013 My little girl, Anne Frank: Brno, Zagreb

  • 2011 Residency programme: Munich

  • 2010 Bolero, Flabbergast, Confessions of a Choreographer: Dance Festival Bielefeld

  • 2010 Bolero / Visual notes: Vichy Opera House, Limoges, Moscow

  • 2009 Bolero: Medium - Cividale

Béla Földi

Béla Földi

Founding Director (1991)
Nationality: Hungarian
Place and date of birth: Budapest, 1958.07.14.

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.

BORN: BUDAPEST, 14 JULY 1958.

Masters

1978-1985. Endre Jeszenszky
1985-1990. Raza Hammadi, Paris