Nagy Dániel - Bodolay

THE WORLD CIRCUS

dance theatre

Dániel Nagy's novel The Circus (Arad 1926) is about the First World War: the circus performance that stands at the base of the novel is, in fact, an allegory of the war that had just ended. The expressionist novel is a grandiose vision of the horrors of war. Using elements from the grotesque and the absurd, but also from realism, it emphasizes the dehumanizing nature of war. “Circus is an infernal satire, a masterpiece similar to Orwell's and Swift's works. The artists gasping for blood, by the wish of Remike, the totally naive God, wandering lost in the world, the all-conquering cruelty – it is an awful vision of war, and more: about the mindlessness of man, his selfishness and barbarism. Circus is a horrifying self-portrait about us, who desire to be human, but can't.”(Péter Demény) 
Tamás Juronics graduated the Hungarian Dance Academy as a folk dancer in 1987. He became a dancer of Szeger Ballet in 1990, then its choreographer in 1991. He has more that 50 choreographies under his belt. Since 1993, he has been the art director of the Szeged Contemporary ballet. Between 2007—2008, he was the president of the Hungarian Dancers' Association.
 

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Premier: 2014.05.16