Táncház

A Táncház [ tanʦha ː s] is a Hungarian dance house. This refers not to a place, but the ceremony itself.

Táncház or Hungarian Dance House

In a Hungarian " TANC ház " or " dance - house" meet for centuries young and old people to dance together to make music and to maintain their rural tradition. The Dancing House is an important part of Hungarian folk rite, the music and the dances are closely linked to the significant for the rural life events such as marriage, birth, vintage, military conscription, etc. Young boys rent a suitable barn or a house and hire a music group from the environment. Originally, the dances were played and danced in a given by the tradition of the corresponding village order. Each region, sometimes even each village (eg Szék ) had its own distinctive music (eg Széki ), its own characteristic dances, and partly also its characteristic instruments (eg Székibass ).

After the " dance house movement " into the cities many dances of various origins were played and danced in the urban dance houses. This required that was always given before the start of the free dance by a dancing pair of experienced dance instruction, called Táncház method. At the dance lessons dance constant change of partners is required. Today, the urban dance house is regarded as a social meeting place, recreational fun, fitness program or as a cult.

The Hungarian dance house movement

Since the early 1970s there were musicians and dancers, as Béla Bartok several years previously viewed this individual music and dance this diversity. Leading minds were, among others Ferenc Sebo and Béla Halmos. In particular, in the time of oppression by a communist regime was quite large interest in the origins of Hungarian culture. It quickly became a true dance house movement across the country and later through the work of exile Hungary and music fans far beyond. Became internationally known Hungarian Dance House Music Group Muzsikás and their singer Márta Sebestyen with appearances at the famous Carnegie Hall. Márta Sebestyen is the singer of the title song of the film The English Patient, a Hungarian folk song.

In Budapest nightly held many dance houses and folk pubs. In the summer every year 80 to 100 music and dance camps such as Métatabor instead.

Once a year a meeting of all dance house music and dance house dance groups, the Dance House Gathering " Országos Táncháztalálkozó és Kirakodóvásár " place in Budapest during the Budapest Spring Festival in the sports arena instead. It annually attracts over 10,000 dancers and musicians (2012 ) on. On the festival site to play at the various stages in the rooms and corridors and the folk pubs range up to 50 folk music groups independently at the same time. In the main arena dancing up to 1000 dancers at the same time.

Dance house culture in Germany

The first regular Hungarian dance house in Western Europe was introduced in 1977 by the Hungarian music and dance group Cinege in Cologne. The ensemble was founded by Hungarian exiles. Cinege took only group from Germany at the first big Dance House Gathering " Táncháztalálkozó " in 1982 in Budapest. Meanwhile, there are Hungarian Tänzhäuser or folk pubs in all major German cities.

In 1984, two years after the first " Táncháztalálkozó " in Budapest, in the time of the Iron Curtain, Ludger " Lui " Henrichs, in collaboration with the cultural and tourist offices of the cities of Cologne and Bonn, WDR and other sponsors the first Hungarian dance House Gathering " Táncháztalálkozó " in Western Europe, organized in Cologne and Bonn. It met musicians and dancers from Hungary, Romania, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, including names such as Zoltán Zsuráfszky " Zsura ", László Porteleki " Poros " Zoltan Farkas " Batyu " Pál Havasreti, Gerzson Peter Kovacs " Boka " and Ferenc Biro. This event was broadcast by the WDR 1985, hosted by Herbert Schneider " Kaktusz " Primate of the group Cinege.

In today's Hungarian dance houses in Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, Ulm, Nuremberg, Mainz, Frankfurt, Berlin, etc. Traditional Hungarian folk songs played live, from Hungary and Transylvania: Mezöség, Szék, Szatmár, DUNANTUL, Kalotaszeg, Vajdaszentivány, Szászcsávás etc. To this end, dancing and singing under the guidance of an experienced dance couple.

One does not have to perfect dance and music, if you want to join. The dance houses offer with this practicing and passing on the dances and the music a fun as well as educational leisure activity, which also strengthens the sense of community, resulting in the recognition of the dance -house method resulted Good as an example of practice of preserving intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO in 2011.

The Táncház or dance house method ( UNESCO recognition )

" The Táncház method is a Hungarian model for the tradition of intangible cultural heritage, which was included in the examples of good practice UNESCO register 2011. The Táncház method shows an example of how vibrant cultural expressions can be conveyed in a loose network. The Táncház method represents the active tradition of peasant folk dances from Eastern Hungary and Transylvania together with the associated music. Táncház offers in Hungary each and everyone, regardless of age, previous experience or skill, the ability, traditional dances and music to learn in an informal environment and active to practice in the teaching of dance schools, but also art and folk high schools and general education schools, traditional learning methods ( learning by imitation) with modern pedagogy ( learning through the analysis of certain steps and movements ) are mixed. ". .

Folkkocsma or Hungarian folk pub

A folk kocsma or Hungarian folk pub is a Táncház in which less of the dance when the music is in the foreground. There is here no Vortänzerpaar and no dance instruction. As with Táncház Dance House is meant by the Folkkocsma folk pub is not the location, but the event itself. In Hungarian folk pubs, also in Munich, Stuttgart, Ulm, Mainz, Frankfurt, Berlin, etc., is adapted to the needs of those present traditional Hungarian folk songs played and sung live. This can be danced. Musical beginners traditionally play under the guidance of the Advanced in the background, often without even read music.

Typical sequence of an Táncház

A Táncház has a typical sequence. The times are variable. example:

18:00 - 19:00 clock Gyerektáncház (children dance house) with music, children musicians

Children's Dance, dance, songs, games Customs under the guidance

19:00 - 21:00 clock dance instruction with music ( Táncház method)

The Dance House senior couple teaches the dance style and the dance order from a selected village (eg " Magyarpalatka " ) or an area (eg " dunántúli " ) Hungary or Transylvania. Typically, men and women are taught to start separately.

21:00 - 24:00 clock Free Dance

There are, interrupted by pauses, played by any decision of the dance leader several dance orders. Most orders dance in the dance house containing elements Slow Czardas ( csárda = restaurant; csárdás = dance in the restaurant ), Faster csárdás and boys dance, among others beside circle dances, Anwerbungstänze and four dances will be played.

24:00 - 02:00 clock Folkkocsma folk pub

It is less than making music danced, sang and drank ( Kocsma = pub ).

Features: Are dance house several music groups present plays to a group for the dancers on the central dance floor, the other musicians begin in parallel on a somewhat remote separate place, often near the beverage dispensing much earlier with the folkkocsma.

Originally created by exile Hungary in life, the so-called Hungarian balls " Magyar Bál " can be found in some metropolitan areas in Europe. In the context of these balls solemn dance houses are held, to which visitors dress up in typical costumes.

Directory of Táncház dances and dance orders

The original dance orders each region, sometimes each village differ more or less from each other. In today's dance houses the dance orders listed below are played according to " current mode".

Examples of each dance order can be found in the extensive movie collection ( 2013: 2000 dances ) of the Tanzhausdokumentators Lajos Zagyi from Budapest, there is also a collection of Táncház music groups and Táncház musicians.

Instruments used in the Táncház Dance House

Dance systems have their specific instrument. The instruments used, the way they play and the combinations are often characteristic of an area. In today's dance houses in the cities this is less considered.

• Violin, violin ( Hegedű )
• Five-stringed fiddle, a resonating string
• Two or dreisaitiger smaller bass ( Székibőgő )
• Dreisaitiger or viersaitiger bass ( Nagybőgő )
• Three-stringed viola, flattened bridge ( Háromhúros Brácsa, counterpoint )
• Four-stringed viola
• Four-stringed viola, three strings on a plane
• Zither ( Citera )
• Dulcimer, cimbalom ( cimbalom )
• Jew's harp ( Doromb )
• Gardon, impact bass violin, cello percussion ( Ütögardon )
• Shepherd's flute (kaval )
• Recorder ( Furulya )
• Flute ( Fuvola )
• Clarinet
• Accordion
• Bagpipe, bagpipes, ( duda )
• Hurdy-gurdy ( Tekerö )
• Drum ( Domb, dob )
• Lute ( koboz )
• Tamburica
• Turkish flute, wooden saxophone Tárogató,

The assignment of instruments ↔ dances is stored for each registered dance element on the page of the Hungarian Folk Radio Folkradio.hu - in " előadásmód lecture - way ".

Swell

• " The Hungarian Dance-House Movement": Julia Bright, Chemnitz University of Technology Germany
• " The dance house movement ": Dr. Béla Halmos ( Engl )
• Curriculum Vitae and Publications of Dr. Béla Halmos: Liszt Ferenc University of Budapest ( Hungar. )
• Curriculum Vitae and Publications of Ferenc Sebo: Liszt Ferenc University of Budapest ( Hungar. )
• " The Táncház method": eV German UNESCO Commission
• " The Hungarian dance house movement between patriotism and retro cult": Germany Radio
• " The magic of the Magyars ": Germany Radio
• " Origins of Folk pub / Cinege archive " Hungarian Folk Pub Munich
• List of dance houses and training camps: Hungarian Folk Radio
• Interview with Pal Havasréti, Teka music group
• Live Stream Folk Radio: 24 hours without comment dance house music
• Side of the transmitter "Folk Radio" for each piece of music, etc., are listed Origin, dance order, elements of dance performers, instruments.
• " Magyar népzenei dallamgyütemény " ( dt: Hungarian folk songs collection ): Beata Salamon, publishing Hagyományok Háza ( www.hagyomanyokhaza.hu )