“Parallel" lives and traditions: The Greek dance-house in Hungary

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Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Κοινωνικές και Ανθρωπιστικές Σπουδές
Library of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science
Deposit date:
2018-05-17
Year:
2018
Author:
Charitonidis Chariton
Supervisors info:
Βασιλική Τυροβολά
Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια Ελληνικού Παραδοσιακού Χορού - Μορφολογίας του Ελληνικού Παραδοσιακού Χορού
(Επιβλέπουσα Καθηγήτρια)
Σχολή Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής & Αθλητισμού
Εθνικό & Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών

Μαρία Κουτσούμπα
Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Ελληνικού Παραδοσιακού Χορού
Σχολή Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής & Αθλητισμού
Εθνικό & Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών

Γεώργιος Λυκεσάς
Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Διδακτικής Ελληνικών Παραδοσιακών Χορών
Σχολή Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής & Αθλητισμού
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Original Title:
"Παράλληλες" ζωές και χορευτικές παραδόσεις: Το ελληνικό táncház στην Ουγγαρία
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
“Parallel" lives and traditions: The Greek dance-house in Hungary
Summary:
The presence of a dance culture in the contemporary urban context forms a great theoretical challenge regarding the concept of “folk/traditional” dance and its various aspects or functions. Focusing on the life of the Greek minority in the capital city of Hungary (Budapest), we realize the formation of a common “supra-local” dance tradition -both in “participatory” and “presentational” contexts (Nahachewsky, 1995)- based on different local traditions (according to the place of origin).
The aim of the research is to study the dance culture of the Greek (political) refugees in Hungary, revealing the way it was configured during the second half of the 20th century, when the Civil War resulted in the expatriation of a large part of the population -mainly originating from North Greece- to countries of East Europe. During the middle of 1970s, the adaptation of the Hungarian dance-house (táncház) model -a simultaneously recreational and educational dance practice originating from Transylvanian dance culture- by the Greek population in Hungary, constituted an individual scope of this cultural “fermentation”.
Using the methodological tools of “new” reflexive anthropology -participatory observation, interviews and literature review, in the light of “thick description” (Geertz, 2003)-, the research focuses on the phenomenon of the Greek dance-house and investigates the complex nature of this peculiar aspect of “Greek traditional dance”, far away from its place of origin.
The analysis of the ethnographic data through Hoerburger’s (1965, 1968) conceptual dichotomy of “first” and “second existence”, highlights the diverse “existences” of Greek traditional dance in Hungary. Consequently, considering the “bearers”, the way of (re-)living, learning or incorporating and the features of the dance or dancing, the research documents upon the example of Greek dance-house, an “in-between” area, a “common ground” where characteristics from both opposing theoretical concepts “co-exist”.
Main subject category:
Education - Sport science
Keywords:
dance-house (táncház); folk/traditional dance; participatory dance; first/second existence; co-existence; Hungary; Greek minority
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
150
Number of pages:
199
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