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Erdélyi Tibor 85 éves
- Issue: 2017/5
- Starting page: 30
- Author: Erdélyi Tibor
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Folk dancer, choreographer, sculptor/wood carver, Erdélyi Tibor celebrates his 85th birthday. Born in 1932, Erdélyi Tibor grew up in Uszka – a village in Hungary’s far northeastern corner, a few kilometers from the Ukranian border. He came to Budapest in 1948, where first he completed training in carpentry and furniture restauration at the Museum of Applied Arts, then went on to study aesthetics, library sciences, recreation and dramaturgy. In 1952 he auditioned for Rábai Miklós at the Hungarian State Folk Dance Ensemble. He was a dancer and soloist with the State Ensemble until 1978. He has also been director of the Duna Ensemble, and the Tisza and Vadrózsa ensembles and has been to Japan to teach folk dance 30 times. "All my life I have been able to do what I love, thus I became the best folk dancer amongst the wood carvers, and the best wood carver amongst the dancers”. Short autobiography by Erdélyi Tibor.