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The Budapest Ensemble's Csárdás! Tango of the East: Representational Mirrors of Traditional Music and Dance in a Postsocialist, Postmodern Landscape

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Jamie Lynn Webster
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Abstract

This paper explores performance choices made by choreographer Zoltán Zsuráfsky for the ethnic music and dance production, Csárdás! Tango of the East for American tours in 2000 and 2005. Unlike older socialist models that elevated nationalism through homogenized choreography, Zsuráfsky's Csárdás! celebrates interethnic traditions, alternatives to traditional gender roles, and individual expression. These choices elevate regional traditions and maintain stylistic specificity and performer creativity but subdue elements of nationalism, gender inequality, and top-down ensemble hierarchy.

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Research Article
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 39 , supplement S1: Choreographies Of Migration: Patterns Of Global Mobility , 2007 , pp. 219 - 224
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2007

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