The Washington Post, January 7th, 1994
ON A VISIT to Budapest a few years ago, I had the good fortune to stumble upon a performance of Hungarian folk dance, performed by local university students at an out-of-the-way community center. The three-hour show was packed - people lined the aisles to see youthful bodies trace patterns on the stage that harked back to centuries-old peasant practices. Such interest typified the recent reemergence of affection and regard for folk culture in Hungary. While composers Bela Bartok and Franz Liszt took inspiration from the gypsy and village music of their homeland, folk dancing was not similarly ...
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