Articles by Initial Letters
Metszéspontok és összefonódások (1. rész)
Emlékeim Martin Györgyről
- Issue: 2022/4
- Starting page: 38
- Author: Anca Giurchescu
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Intersections and interweaving – my memories of Martin György – by Anca Giurchescu – part 1. First published in the volume [Transylvanian Hungarian dance and dance research at the turn of the century – II.] Edited by Könczei Csongor. Cluj. 2014. Romanian dance researcher, ethno-choreologist Anca Giurchescu writes that: the scientific basis of modern ethno-choreology was formulated and solidified thanks largely to the work of Martin György. Martin developed the methods for researching traditional Hungarian dance and also influenced certain periods of development of Romanian ethno-choreology. Many research plans formulated by Martin are still valid today. Anca met and made friends with Martin György in the early 1960s at meetings of a Study Group on dance terminology within the framework of the International Council for Traditional Music. As colleagues and over the course of their friendship she describes discussions with Martin on basic differences in the structure of Hungarian vs. Romanian traditional dance. They also discussed methods of dance notation – meaning the method for notating dance from films, as well as in the field during collection work, and the methods used in different countries for notating their own dance. Martin supported an international universally used method of dance notation. In 1969 she had several opportunities to do fieldwork together with Martin, first in Moldavia, then in Transylvania.. To be continued…