Ungaresca Táncegyüttes, Szombathely

Prompted by the initiative of Mr Nagy Árpád, teacher of the Jurisich Miklós Secondary Grammar-School, the Szombathely-based dancing formation Ungaresca Táncegyüttes (Ungaresca Folk Dance Group) was founded by enthusiastic students of the grammar-school. The Group reaped the first fruits of its labour at the prestigious Keszthely Helikon Festival, one organised for secondary school students, where its performance was met with great national acclaim. The career of the Group started to soar when the artistic guidance was taken over by Mr Pesovár Ernő, artistic manager of the Group between 1959 and 1978. Relocated to Szombathely in 1963, the Group became the leading folk Dancing Group of county Vas. The Group has two primary objectives it pursues in its professional work. On the one hand it strives to stage and present the dance culture of regions of Hungarian vernacular, while on the other hand it endeavours to cultivate a historic dance culture, as indicated also by its name.