Second CHAIN BRIDGE International Folk Dance Competition 

Budapest hosts one of the most colourful cultural series of events of the Hungarian summer, for the fifteenth time. The Danube Carnival is a ten-day long multi-cultural festival which includes a chain of international dance and music programs. The carnival atmosphere will be enhanced by the various forms of artistic expression involved including folk dance and music, contemporary dance, world music, symphonic and brass music. In addition to the Hungarian traditional and professional dance groups, the carnival will incorporate many European performers from outside Hungary as well as guest ensembles from overseas. The traditions of the Visegrad Countries are also in the highlights.  

This year 11 foreign ensembles with nearly 400 artists will be performing at the carnival which will span Budapest and beyond. The sites: Vörösmarty Square, Margaret Island Open Air Theatre, Ethnographic Museum, Heritage House, Mátyásföld, Békásmegyer, Budakalász, Üröm. 

We promise to provide the audience with long-lasting experience in the different styles. Our aim is to integrate the Danube Carnival, as a significant event series of the national and international traditions into the cultural life of the festival-city Budapest and Europe. The event proudly carries the “Prime Class” title, the highest honour among Hungarian festivals. 

In the last years our event gained the honorary title of Europe Top 500; was part of the “1001 Actions for Dialogue” campaign of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership; initiated and integrated several EU and V4 artistic projects into its programmes.  

The Gala concert at the Margaret Island Open Air Stage is shown on June 18th The joint show is featured by nearly four hundred international and Hungarian artists with the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Duna Art Ensemble. 

The Carnival moves into one of the most beautiful palaces in Budapest, the Ethnographic Museum offering folk dance shows, dance houses, exhibitions of national costumes and representative objects of material culture, film projection and gastronomy. 

On June 19th, in the heart of Budapest more than 1000 participants will join the Carnival Parade. Defiling to the Vörösmarty Square the dance and music groups celebrate the Carnival with a non-stop dance gala. 

The Second Chain Bridge International Folk Dance Competition is organised at the Erzsébet-liget Theatre in Mátyásföld. The primary objective is enhancing the intercultural dialogue, to inspire new productions presenting the most significant national and regional cultural achievements and trends at the highest artistic level. The competition emphasises the mutual presence of tradition and modernity in terms of creativity and innovation. International jury evaluates the ensembles and awards the Gold, Silver and Bronze CHAIN BRIDGE Prizes.  

The organiser of the Danube Carnival is the Duna Art Company, the president is János Mucsi awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Republic of Hungary and the Harangozó Gyula Prize.    

We wish the participants and the visitors of the Carnival a pleasant time!

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