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Yvette Bozsik Company: XTABAY

TRAFÓ
Budapest IX. Liliom str. 41.

June 21., 1999

Choreography: Yvette Bozsik
Dancers: Yvette Bozsik and Tamás Vati
Music: Yma Sumac, Thai and Hungarian folk music
Design: Krisztina Berzsenyi, Janka Haraszti
Sets: József Kardos, Zoltán Ádám
Costumes: Krisztina Berzsenyi
Lighting: József Pető, István Balogh
Make-up: Haide Hildegaard

Yvette Bozsik, the founder of the company, is unique in Hungarian dance. Since 1986, her every performance has been a major event in the dance world, and her name and work has been well-known among the greater public for some time. She has now become a ubiquitous phenomenon in the art of this country.

Birds and mythical heroes come to life worked into the legendary tale of the Inca virgin and the prince, continual metamorphosis of man and beast, as we witness the duel-like courting dance of a man and a woman. The film-like choreography and design was inspired by Yma Sumacs songs derived from authentic Peruvian folk music, an alloy of contemporary ethno and gametao music.