“Black Pearls” brings together four ensembles from different regions of the Carpathian basin to perform Gypsy music and dance. Antal Szalai and his Gypsy Band are internationally renowned as exponents of this particular musical culture developed by Hungarian and Romanian Gypsy musicians in the nineteenth century. The group's dancers catch us up into the elation and energy of their wild folk dances. In the round or facing each other, they launch themselves into complex leaping steps, snapping their fingers or energetically beating their chests, slapping their thighs and calves. They twirl, amuse, tease and seduce each other and show us the joy to be had in dancing together.

Source : Maison de la Danse programme
 
Credits

Direction artistique Ferenc Novák chorégraphie Jolán Foltin, Zsófia Horváth, Calin Orza, György Demarcsek, László Diószegi, Zoltán Zsuráfszki interprètes Compagnie Honvéd, Orchestre tzigane de Antal Szalai, Fanfare Armenisana de, Karánsebes (Roumanie), Quartet Lindri, Ensemble Hegedös scénographie Edit Zeke costumes Zsuzsa Imrik lumières József Balogh direction musicale László Rossa collaborateurs Péter Ertl, Tibor Makovinyi, Antal Stoller, Miklós Vésgs',.PYF
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Réalisation vidéo Charles Picq date du document vidéo 2004 production Maison de la Danse 



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Ferenc Novák (Nagyenyed, 1931-) is a Hungarian choreographer, director, ethnographer and worthy artist, Kossuth Prize winner and Ferenc Erkel Prize winner, entitled Artist of the Nation. He is the choreographer-director of the Amsterdam International Dance Theater and, since 1983, the artistic director of the Honvéd Ensemble. He is one of the creators of the Hungarian folk dance school and the special theatrical representation of folklore. His wife, Jolán Foltin, is a dancer and choreographer; his daughter Eszter Novák is a director, his son Péter Novák is a singer and presenter.  

Source: Wikipédia

Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
   On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.

His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
       - He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
       - He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
       - He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
       - He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.

       - He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.

His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.

He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).

Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon