A HAGYOMÁNYOK HÁZA A MAGYAR NÉPTÁNCMOZGALOMBAN.

As part of HHH's professional renewal program, director Both Miklós invited folk dance researcher Varga Sándor, PhD to do this study. HHH publishes it here in hopes that the ideas and insights therein will also inspire those in the wider public sphere of Hungary's folk dance movements. An academic, Varga Sándor provides footnotes and sources, and lists more than 40 people whose opinions he sought out - towards this constructive study. Dealing seprately with the dance house and with folk dance for the stage, he identifies problems and makes recommendations for projects and action. Among the many points he makes, Varga writes that "the majority of Hungary's folk dance groups, folk dancers and folk musicians are city people who practice their folk culture in the city"; he names a community association in the village of Kiscsősz in Western Hungary as example of a positive effort in the countryside. On several occasions he encourages social discussion, open thought, communication, open exchange of ideas and developing the area of folk dance criticism towards identification of further directions for Hungary's folk dance and folk music movements. He names HHH as an ideal place to organize new initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]