43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Mátyás István „Mundruc” – A character study of a „Kalotaszeg legényes dancer” Printed here is Kósa László's speech that opened the celebration and press conference upon the release of this book of Martin György's life work. Over a of more than twenty years, Martin filmed, interviewed, notated and studied the dancing of an extraordinary traditional dancer from the village of Magyarvista, in Tranyslvania. More than 30 people participated in preparing the posthumous publication of Martin's work: „the most extraordinary character study which has gone to press so far in Hungarian ethnography.” Heard at the Hungarian Heritage House, Budapest September 8., 2004.