From 3–7 September, New York will welcome the Hungary L!ve Festival, a showcase of contemporary Hungarian arts that will bring theatre, dance, visual arts, film, and music to several venues across the city. The initiative, organized by the Hungary L!ve Arts Foundation, aims to highlight some of the most compelling voices of Hungary’s cultural scene for American audiences.
One of the central locations will be the La MaMa Theatre, where four innovative stage productions will be performed. These include the world premiere of The People’s Enemies, a reinterpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, as well as Trisha, a dance piece by Zoltán Grecsó and Beatrix Simkó that reimagines the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Audiences will also see a staged reading of Csaba Székely’s play 10 and a production of Lonely People directed by Jakab Tarnóczi.
Beyond theatre, the festival will expand into Brooklyn, with events at The Gallery at Dobbin Mews and the TBSP Studio. Visitors can view solo exhibitions by Máté Bartha (Anima Mundi) and András Böröcz, alongside a group show that unites works by Hungarian and American artists. The programme will also feature Martin Boross’s film Raw Material.
Studio performances will include Now That Poetry Is Back in Fashion, a collaboration between Radnóti Theatre and the Ördögkatlan Festival presented by Tamás Rozs and András Pál, as well as In-between, a Hungary L!ve Foundation production directed by Vilmos Vajdai. The programme will be complemented by live music, including a concert by OIEE (Bence Kocsis) at the Nublu music club, as well as dance workshops led by Beatrix Simkó and Zoltán Grecsó at Movement Research.
The opening event in Brooklyn will combine visual art with performance. Alongside exhibitions, visitors will experience Böröcz András’s performance art, Pain Killer by Fruzsina Nagy and Lili Stern, and live music from Csilla Radnay and Ádám Móser.
All programmes are free to attend but require advance registration. According to the organizers, the festival’s mission is to build bridges between Hungarian and American cultural spheres and to offer a platform for Hungarian creators to engage with new audiences.
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