{"id":32469,"date":"2011-09-04T03:01:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T07:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/?page_id=32469"},"modified":"2023-08-30T21:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T01:58:37","slug":"repertoire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/repertoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Repertoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Information about some of the dances we have performed throughout our existence may be found below. The Ensemble currently performs dances from Kalocsa and\u00a0Szatm\u00e1r\u00a0in modern-day Hungary, as well as dances from the G\u00f6m\u00f6r region of Greater Hungary (now part of\u00a0southern Slovakia).<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#domahazi\">Domah\u00e1zi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gyimesi\">Gyimesi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kalocsai\">Kalocsai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kalotaszegi\">Kalotaszegi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kiszetanc\">Kiszet\u00e1nc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kukullomenti\">K\u00fck\u00f6ll\u0151menti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#matyo\">Maty\u00f3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#mezosegi\">Mez\u0151s\u00e9gi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rabakozi\">R\u00e1bak\u00f6zi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rimoci\">Rim\u00f3ci<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#szekely\">Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ldi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#szilagysagi\">Szil\u00e1gys\u00e1gi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"domahazi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Domahazi\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Domah\u00e1za is in upper Hungary, the Eastern Pal\u00f3c region. The costumes are from the small village of Kaz\u00e1r. This region\u2019s folklore contains a very distinctively rich<br \/>\nfolk art and a special dialect not only in folk dancing and music, but in speech as well. The choreography begins with a girls\u2019 dance, which is very important in village life. These a cappella dances were danced during Lent when other dancing was forbidden. Since these girls\u2019 dances were not accompanied by music, they were allowed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The men\u2019s dance, the Vasv\u00e1ri verbunk, is a men\u2019s recruiting dance. This will be followed by a slow and fast couples dance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"gyimesi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Csango.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Csango-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Csango-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Csango-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Csango.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Gy\u00edmesi verbunk<\/h3>\n<p><em>The gy\u00edmesi verbunk comes from the Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3k living in the Gy\u00edmes Valley of Transylvania. The word \u201ccs\u00e1ng\u00f3\u201d itself means those who have wandered off from the rest. They are descendants of Hungarians who never actually entered the Carpathian Basin at the time of the Hungarian Conquest. Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3s are a very unfortunate group of people. Many Hungarians think they are Romanians; Romanians, on the other hand, claim that they are Hungarianized Romanians. For years the Romanian government attempted to confuse the Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3s about their Hungarian heritage and forbade the use and instruction of the Hungarian language. While it is still hard for the Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3 Hungarians in Romania today, their situation is somewhat better. Because of the isolation of the villages, the Cs\u00e1ng\u00f3 Hungarians maintained a very archaic Hungarian language form and a very old stratum of folk songs and music.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kalocsai\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Kalocsai\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Kalocsa, which is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, is famous for its richly decorated costumes, for its embroidery and its paprika. The social and economic development of the region at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century resulted in the total rejuvenation of old-style folk art and dancing. While the cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s and friss\u2013slow and fast couple dance, respectively\u2013remained simple in their movements, the mars\u2013a marching, processional dance\u2013became very dynamic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Ensemble owns two variants of costumes from Kalocsa: one dating from the turn of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century and a more modern representation. The older style&#8217;s embroidery has only three colors: red, black, and blue. The shirts and blouses are also have much less embroidery than the modern costumes do. The modern costumes are multicolored and richly embroidered. The lads&#8217; costume even includes a purple brocade vest, while the girls wear a headdress of colored ribbon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kalotaszegi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kalotaszegi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kalotaszegi-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kalotaszegi (M\u00e9ra)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kalotaszegi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kalotaszegi-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kalotaszegi.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Kalotaszegi\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Kalotaszegi dances are from west-central Transylvania. Our dance consists of three parts: slow cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s, quick dance, and men\u2019s dance. This region is reknowned for its wealth of folklore in dance, costumes, and customs. In Kalotaszeg you can travel from village to village finding a uniform base for folklore, with each village adding its own flair and style. It is the most widely recognized and wealthy region of Transylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kiszetanc\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Kiszet\u00e1nc<\/h3>\n<p><em>Kiszehajt\u00e1s was a springtime ritual, only practiced in the Nyitra region of southern Slovakia, that village girls took part in. This ritual symbolized the end of winter and the Lenten weeks. Girls would dress a puppet made of straw in shabby rags and proceed to the village\u2019s border where they either burned the puppet or threw it in water. During this whole ritual the girls would sing and mock those other girls who did not take part.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kukullomenti\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kukullomenti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kukullomenti-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151menti (Magyarlap\u00e1d, L\u0151rincr\u00e9ve)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kukullomenti-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kukullomenti-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kukullomenti.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151menti\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>The K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 mente region of Transylvania follows the path of the Kis-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River from its valley to Sz\u00e9kely-land. The Ensemble&#8217;s dance cycle originates in the neighboring villages of Magyarlap\u00e1d and L\u0151rincr\u00e9ve. We first learned dances from L\u0151rincr\u00e9ve in 1996, which Magyar K\u00e1lm\u00e1n, Jr. choreographed. Matyi T\u00e1bor and Zs\u00f3fia Sz\u00e9lp\u00e1l have since reworked this choreography and taught it to the Ensemble.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Ensemble had the honor of meeting musicians from Magyarlap\u00e1d during their 2001 tour of Hungary and Transylvania. These musicians provided the information upon which Magdolna Temesv\u00e1ry, the Ensemble\u2019s co-founder, based her costume design, which members of the Ensemble sewed themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This dance cycle consists of three parts: pontoz\u00f3, slow cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s, and fast cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s. The pontoz\u00f3 is a men\u2019s dance, earning its name from each dancer\u2019s selection of different steps and motifs \u2013 or &#8220;pont&#8221;s \u2013 to the rhythm of the music. Starting with simple leg twists and jumps, the dance builds to a virtuosic slapping finale. The cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s-es, characterized by the men\u2019s stomping steps, also build in tempo and energy: as the slow cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s music quickens, the steps and figures become more complicated, finally breaking out in the fast cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"matyo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matyo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matyo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maty\u00f3 (Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesd)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matyo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matyo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Matyo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Maty\u00f3\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>The Maty\u00f3 region of Hungary became urbanized quickly, paving the road for village folk customs and dance to die out. However, around the time of the T\u00e1nch\u00e1z, or \u201cDance House\u201d Movement, folklorists revived the dances of the Maty\u00f3 region. These folklorists included K\u00e1roly Falvai, S\u00e1ndor Tim\u00e1r, Tibor Vadasi, and Ferenc Zelei.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Since these people were migrant workers, their folk costumes became influenced by different clothing trends. The most well known village, Mez\u00f6k\u00f6vesd, neighbors and shares Maty\u00f3 folklore with the villages of Szentistv\u00e1n and Tard. This region is known for their colorful and rich costumes, which developed from their embroidery of pillow cases.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"mezosegi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Mez\u0151s\u00e9gi\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>The Mez\u0151s\u00e9g region is an area located in the center of Transylvania, a part of present-day Romania. Some two and a half million Hungarians live in Romania; this dance originates from mostly Hungarian villages in that region, illustrating their rich folk culture dating back several centuries. The dance includes both men\u2019s and couples\u2019 parts, and encompasses the whole spectrum of human emotions, containing sadness as well as happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The costumes reflect a distinctly Hungarian village life, an important part of the varied cultural heritage of the Transylvanian region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"rabakozi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>R\u00e1bak\u00f6zi\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>R\u00e1bak\u00f6zi Dances are from the southern part of the Small Plains, the Kisalf\u00f6ld, in the Northwest part of Hungary. The dance consists of four parts the first of which is the verbunk, or recruiting dance. The second part is referred to as the dus, a leaping dance, after which the slow and fast cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s follow. In this western region of Hungary, which encompasses the area from the Austrian border to the Danube River, one can find mostly newer style dances, with a down-accent. This was the area most influenced by Western music and dance fashions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"rimoci\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rimoci.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rimoci-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rim\u00f3ci\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rimoci-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rimoci-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Rimoci.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Rim\u00f3ci lakodalom<\/h3>\n<p><em>The village of Rim\u00f3c, in N\u00f3gr\u00e1d county, northern Hungary, is commonly accepted as the center of the Pal\u00f3c people\u2019s folk arts. The Ensemble learned this choreography on its trip to Hungary, Ukraine and Slovakia in July 2011. The costumes on display are a combination of original pieces from Rim\u00f3c, as well as pieces the Ensemble\u2019s members made themselves. This choreography is set in the context of a village wedding, starting as the groom\u2019s parents search for the bride. Upon finding her, the village girls invite the villagers to the reception in song, meanwhile dressing the bride in her wedding finery. A girls\u2019 circle dance follows, after which the lads show off in the sarkanty\u00fas, or spur dance. Then the dancers pair off into couples for the slow and fast cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s. At the end, the dancers process off the stage to the strains of the mars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"szekely\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szekely-Farkaslak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szekely-Farkaslak-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ldi (Farkaslaka)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szekely-Farkaslak-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szekely-Farkaslak-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szekely-Farkaslak.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ldi dances<\/h3>\n<p><em>Just as Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly and B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k categorized their collections of folk music into old and new styles, folk dance is categorized in the same fashion. The old style of dance dates from the time when Hungarians first occupied the Carpathian Basin. However the new style is no older than three hundred years old.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This dance is from the \u201cSekler\u201d, that is, the Sz\u00e9kely region in Transylvania. This dance originates from Hungarian villages in the region and is categorized as an older style dance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The dance includes both men\u2019s and couples\u2019 parts. During the dances you can hear dancers calling or chanting to each other in rhythm with the music. These calls are characteristic of Transylvania; dancers as well as onlookers participate in them. The calls refer to the dancers or to the dancing in a humorous or biting fashion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"szilagysagi\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szilagysagi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szilagysagi-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Szil\u00e1gys\u00e1gi\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szilagysagi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szilagysagi-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Szilagysagi.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Szil\u00e1gys\u00e1gi\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">dance routine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>The region of Szil\u00e1gys\u00e1g lies in western Transylvania near the Szamos, Beretty\u00f3, and Kraszna rivers. This area opens toward the neighboring Szatm\u00e1r region, but culturally it more closely resembles the Kalotaszeg region. Typical dances in the region include the c\u00f6vekel\u0151 (lads&#8217; dance), recruiting dance, girls&#8217; circle dance, and cs\u00e1rd\u00e1s.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about some of the dances we have performed throughout our existence may be found below. The Ensemble currently performs dances from Kalocsa and\u00a0Szatm\u00e1r\u00a0in modern-day Hungary, as well as dances from the G\u00f6m\u00f6r region of Greater Hungary (now part of\u00a0southern Slovakia). Domah\u00e1zi Gyimesi Kalocsai Kalotaszegi Kiszet\u00e1nc K\u00fck\u00f6ll\u0151menti Maty\u00f3 Mez\u0151s\u00e9gi R\u00e1bak\u00f6zi Rim\u00f3ci Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ldi Szil\u00e1gys\u00e1gi Domahazi\u00a0dance routine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P20g3Y-8rH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32470,"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32469\/revisions\/32470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clevelandregos.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}