Since the age of three, I have been dancing. My dance background includes Hungarian folk dance (from the age of 0 until today and beyond), rhythmic gymnastics (from the age of 5 to 11), and musical dance (from 11 to 15). Then I went to a vocational high school (Nemes Nagy Ágnes, acting specialization) to become an actress. This is where I first encountered contemporary dance.
Rita Góbi created a performance for our class titled “In the Middle of the Circle”. In one of the scenes, I had to talk about how much I love dancing while dancing. The audience started laughing with me, sharing my joy of doing what I truly wanted to do. I felt free to join this laughter, and I started rolling around, doing cartwheels, connecting with the audience, and approaching them even more.
I felt that I was completely myself, and through this I became an incorporated part of society. I found my place.
I became interested in contemporary dance because it is a formless form, a type of attention that allows me to use all my skills. It connects to the audience through a language I never thought could exist between people: a special type of intimacy with society itself. It creates an intimate connection between all the people present in a performance, the audience and the performer. I am interested in the kinetic empathy of transferring an action to a seated audience, the experience of solitude in the fact that nothing can ever be fully understood, and the signs that we read similarly because of our shared consciousness.
Now I love to perform in a varied range of works. Sometimes acting is central, sometimes avstraction, sometimes folk dance, and sometimes physical abilities such as flexibility, or contemporary techniques become the main focus. I enjoy moving between these different forms and discovering the possibilities that each one offers. I mostly work with imporvisation, but have been part of fixed choreographed works as well.
Working in collectives:
– ICODACO. “The International Contemporary Dance Collective is an innovative and forward-thinking intercultural exchange project that continues to evolve within the landscape of contemporary dance. Building on its rich history since its inception in 2012, iCoDaCo 2024-2027 shifts its focus toward the development and implementation of alternative strategies and methodologies that respond to the pressing needs of today’s artistic and social realities.” I am the member of the Hungarian group.
– Willan Leó Improvisational Dance Theater dancer since 2024
– Réka Szabó (Symptoms) “Talált tér” (Space for the taking) 2024-
Working as a dancer:
– Máté Mészáros “Mindannyian a Nap Alatt” – /Everybody under the sun (planned premier 08.10.2026. Trafó House of Contemporary Arts)
– Máté Mészáros “The tip of the iceberg” 2025 (research)
– Oláh Balázs, Horváth Nóra A Bál (The Ball) 2025
– Márta Ladjánszki “Széki Luca” (Trafó 2024), “Stretching thighs” (recreation Trafó 2024.), „Umarmung”, „Umarmung 2.0” Bakelit Multi Art Center, site specific: Nudist beach, L1 Festival, HUN / Zdar Nad Sazavou – Czech 2020
– Csaba Molnár – “Nicole Clore The Graduation” – Performance 2024 Artus U500Festival, “Nicole Clore Oben House” – Sín Arts Center 2024
– Júlia Vavra “Drink My Juice” 2024 Artus U500Festival
– Szonja Dorottya Koltay: Kőmíves Kelemenné Kifalazása installation and performance Budapest, Ferenc tér 2024.05.
– Réka Oberfrank “Miracle” Mu Theater, Placc Festival, DunaPart6 2021 Hellerau -Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Germany 2024- “Trippin”. National Dance Theater 2022
– Patrik Kelemen – “Kardiológia” Site specific (sportpark), Budapest, 2023
– Alja Branc „Don’t Do, Try!” Homeland – Kelebia, Serbia / Bakelit Multi Art Center, Féklend Festival, Művészetek Völgye Festival, L1 Festival. Mu Theater, Artus Studio 2022- ’23, ‘24
– Veronika Szabó (Symptoms) “Sirens” Site specific (forest), Bánki-tó Festival 2022
– Sonja Stojanovic „Assmiulate” Bakelit Multi Art Center – Budapest, HUN / Studentski Kulturni Centar – Novi-Sad, Serbia / La Periscope – Nimes, France 2022