Last year’s first “selection” brought many contract offers for the young ballet students, so it is not surprising that this year, following the pre-selection, a total of 146 young contestants took part in the event.

This year’s Grand Audition was very successful. Exact figures are not yet available, but the summary shows that many talented young people have indeed attracted the attention of the company directors.

As noted earlier, the clear goal of the Hungarian Dance University is to get back on the map of the international ballet world. The Grand Audition is a major opportunity towards taking this step, and Harangozó Gyula Prize-winning Hungarian ballet artist Tamás Nagy has played an outstanding role in bringing this event to Hungary.

The event was also filmed, it is worth watching it.

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As you can read it on Grand Audition’s website, for young talents it is indeed worth visiting Budapest as they can once again present their skills to renowned company directors.

The Grand Audition will take place at the ifj. Nagy Zoltán Theatre Hall, and experts who will attend the event include Ernst Meisner, Junior Company Director of the Dutch National Ballet, Raimondo Rebeck, Director of the Staatsballett Karlsruhe and Nicolas Le Riche, Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet.

The clear goal of the Hungarian Dance University is to get back on the map of the international ballet world. The Grand Audition is a major opportunity towards taking this step, and Harangozó Gyula Prize-winning Hungarian ballet artist Tamás Nagy, who helps the institution in his role as President of the Artistic Council of the Hungarian Dance University, has played a significant role in achieving this aim.

“We are very proud that the Hungarian Dance University is now traditionally hosting this major international ballet event. Since the model change, the Rector Professor Márta Fodor-Molnár and I have considered it a very important task to bring this event to Budapest,” said Tamás Nagy, former principal private dancer of the Hungarian State Opera and the Dutch National Ballet. “The company managers and directors have the opportunity to select the dancers they like best from a pool of young people who meet the required criteria, selected by the Grand Audition’s highly professional team, based on two days of stage performances. Last year’s event brought many contract offers, which is perhaps why there is so much interest in the 2024 edition. We hope that once again many will be able to join a company of outstanding artistic quality as a result of the weekend in Budapest.”

In 2023, the Grand Audition Budapest and the Budapest Ballet Grand Prix were successfully launched, which was a significant step forward for HDU and the Hungarian dance scene. Not only in terms of international and national professional recognition, but also for young Hungarian ballet artists who can now prove their skills and attract the attention on their home ground.

Tamás Nagy added that raising international awareness is also important for the foreign visitors coming to the university.

“It has taken years of work to build up the association that when someone hears the name Hungarian Dance University abroad, she or he associates it with high quality training, professional development and the possibility of moving on. It is good to be part of such a work and join such an ambitious goal. This is why we are working very hard here at the Hungarian Dance University.”

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The “selection” brought together young ballet students from many European countries to showcase their skills and draw attention to themselves in front of acknowledged professionals.

Tamás Nagy, Chairman of the university’s Arts Council was interview about the event.

“We are very proud that the Hungarian Dance University hosted this international dance event. Our graduate student, Gvendolin Nagy recently attended the Grand Audition in Paris. There, too, candidates from all over the world, pre-selected by the organisers, came to prove their skills and knowledge to the directors invited. The company directors have the opportunity to select the young dancers they like best from the “pre-screened” group, based on their performances on stage over the two days, and offer them a contract at their company. To our great delight, Gvendolin was one of the more than hundred applicants that qualified herself and won a contract offer in Paris. She has proved her talent again. “Gveni” has now also performed and received another contract offer at the Budapest Grand Audition event held in the Hungarian Dance University’s theatre hall located on the campus. This is a great honour for us, and like many of her graduate fellow students, I would like to see her join the Hungarian State Opera.”

Tamás Nagy also said that the Grand Audition Budapest, like the international competition Budapest Ballet Grand Prix to be held in November this year, is a great opportunity to showcase the strength of the Hungarian ballet and dance culture, and to integrate them into the world dance scene.

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