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Illyés Gyula
Guests at the Kassák Club – Sebő Ferenc’s column. This article is about the time when Hungarian poet Illyés Gyula came to the dance house at Kassák Club in May 1978. He was interviewed there by Czakó Gábor. Here Sebő relates some of the interview questions and Illyés’ answers interspersed with his own commentary. Illyés had been living in France and Czakó asked if he knew of any movement like Hungary’s dance house movement that was going on in France. Illyés mentions brass bands that existed in every village and amateur folk theatre groups of 4-5 people which performed humorous plays that included folk dance and had the goal of making audiences laugh. Conversation went on to discuss Hungary’s genre of poetry set to music and Tersánszky Jenő’s role in that genre. Sebő and Halmos – alongside their dance house repertoire – also played poetry set to music.