43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Folk dance philosophy. The great Hungarian folk dance researchers applied linguistic theories to the study of folk dance. This article is an exercise in referring to folk dance as ’mother tongue’. The discussion of traditional Hungarian dance, particularly of the Kalotaszeg region of Transylvania, leaves out the word "dance" early on; using only "mother tongue" instead. From the beginning of the dance house movement (early 1970s), the traditional village dance masters have been referred to using the scientific term "informant" and it’s their dance knowledge that is considered relevant: the pure, authentic source, in comparison with which, all is measured and judged. By Bethlendi András (Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca, Romania. March 31, 2020).