The Department of Art Theory held a highly successful workshop conference on May 16, 2025, in the Senate meeting room of the Hungarian Dance University. The conference was part of the series of events organized to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Hungarian Dance University.
There was a lively interest in the conference: students, lecturers, and external guests all showed up in great numbers.
Photos by Pál Csillag
The eleven lecturers currently teaching at the department, including Márk Gara, Alirán Gelenczey-Miháltz, Rita Horváthné Major, Ilona Kovács, Zsuzsa Kővágó, Péter Nagy, Judit Radák, Kata Rákos, Attila Retkes, Ildikó Sirató, Rita Széll, as well as Dr Róbert Károly, who taught at the university’s Department of Art Theory for several decades, and still takes a keen interest in the institution’s work, covered the extremely rich and diverse fields of art theory, from ancient times to the present day.
The presentations at the workshop conference examined dance not merely as an artistic or ritual phenomenon, but placed it within a broader cultural, philosophical, and historical context, highlighting that movement is one of the oldest and deepest forms of intellectual and sensory experience.
The event was concluded by the closing speech given by Head of the Department Ilona Kovács, who announced that the Department of Art Theory plans to hold the workshop conference again in two years.
