43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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In 1979, the second class of folk dance students graduated from the State Institute of Ballet. On April 13, 2019 they had their 40 year reunion. When those from the 1979 graduating class auditioned for the program that would train them to be professional folk dancers – they were chosen from amongst 3000 children. Their teachers were Timár Sándor, Molnár Lajos Pubi, Zórándi Mari, Janek Jocó and others. Greeting by alumnus Hortobágyi Gyöngyvér (class of 1979) – who for many years has been a teacher and administrator at what is now called the Hungarian Academy of Dance