A DANCE AND MUSIC SPECTACULAR featuring the
BUDAPEST Ensemble from Hungary in its performance of "CSÁRDÁS - The Tango of
the East"
Over 200 years ago, in the mysterious villages of Transylvania, the rocky
Carpathian Mountains and the rolling plains of Hungary, a thrilling new
dance fashion called the "CSÁRDÁS" was blossoming. Its fiery passion
inspired a cultural genesis that would entrance the hearts of Hungarians and
Slovaks and their neighbors - Romanians, Poles, Croatians - and radically
change the way the world danced.
The "CSÁRDÁS" is glamorous and versatile, punctuated by synchronized couple
dancing, thunderous boot-slapping and lightning-quick spinning, all provoked
by the romantic sounds of Gypsy violinists. It was the tango of the East.
And it survives today as the national dance of many in Central Europe.