Henrik Kovács, folk dance educator and associate professor at the Hungarian Dance University, has been elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Public Body. He currently teaches Labanotation and Hungarian folk dance courses at Kenyon College in Ohio.
We sincerely congratulate him on this recognition!
A member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) as a public body can be any person holding a scientific degree obtained or recognized in Hungary, who meets the conditions defined by the Act on the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and whose written application is accepted by the MTA Institute for Research Organization. Public body membership represents a looser affiliation with the Academy, made possible by the enactment of the Academy Act in 1994.
An instructor from the Hungarian Dance University teaches Labanotation and Hungarian folk dance courses at Kenyon College in Ohio until January 2026. As previously reported, Henrik Kovács’s scholarship is particularly remarkable because the 200-year-old institution is ranked among the three best colleges in the state, and according to data from the Hungarian Fulbright Commission, no one from Hungary has yet received a scholarship for a “dance-related” topic.
