The first decade of the Hungarian dance house movement in Transylvania: A subjective history
The first decade of the Hungarian dance house movement in Transylvania: A subjective history
Author(s): LÁSZLÓ KELEMENSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Political history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, History of Communism
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: dance house; táncház; Hungarian folk dance; local culture; urbanization; communism; Romania; Transylvania;
Summary/Abstract: The rise of the Hungarian Dance House Movement in Transylvania had both cultural and political implications. As an expression of interest in ethnic or national traditions, it constituted in part a gesture of resistance to the official cultural politics of communist Romania. This article offers a personal narrative of the growth and development of the dance house movement under these precarious circumstances.
- Issue Year: 22/2008
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 103-117
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
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