About the company

The Székesfehérvár Ballet Theatre was founded on 1 August 2018, based on the decision of the General Assembly of the City of Székesfehérvár. With its establishment, the important goal was achieved that Székesfehérvár, like other cities with county rights, would have its own independent dance theatre, a contemporary ballet company operating as a cultural institution of the city. The institution is maintained by the City of Székesfehérvár, and for the director, Attila Egerházi, the establishment and operation of the company is a pioneering task and at the same time a noble mission, the primary aim of which is to promote contemporary ballet dance culture in Székesfehérvár and Fejér County.

The all times repertoire of the Székesfehérvár Ballet Theatre consists of contemporary ballets with distinctly different stylistic features. The diverse repertoire is basically divided into two large groups: one group of ballets in the act- to use a literary analogy dance novellas, or dance novels - and the other group are one-act ballets without plot - dance poems, to use a literary analogy. It is pay particular attention to reach the youth, the young generation and the audience of today and the future.

Founder, director

Attila Egerházi was born in Budapest in October 1964. He started his dance studies under the direction of Endre Jeszenszky in the 80s, later on he followed studies in Vienna and Stuttgart. He studied classical ballet, different kind of contemporary dance techniques and methodology from several Hungarian and international masters. In 2008 he followed choreographic studies at the Netherlands Dance Theatre, under the direction of Mr. Jiri Kylián. It is not easy to summarise his professional career in a couple of sentences: From 1986 he danced at the Vienna Dance Laboratory for three years, then he participated in the foundation of the Budapest Dance Theatre, in 1991 in Hungary, where he was dancer, ballet master and choreographer until 1997. From 1989 to 2000 he was a member of the Hungarian National Ballet at the Hungarian Operahous, where he later founded the Choreographic Studio. From 2000 he was artistic director of Ballet Pécs. From 2003 he was the ballet director of the Ballet Debrecen. In 2005 he had founded the Hungarian Ballet Theatre, this company operated until 2009. From 2009 until 2016 he was the ballet director of the South Bohemian Ballet in the Czech
Republic. The Royal Ballet Fehérvár was founded in 2018 upon his initiation by the General Meeting of the County-Right City of Székesfehérvár in Hungary, he has been the director of this cultural institute and company ever since then. In the course of his career until now he has created almost 100 ballets. These have included great ballets of one or several acts. His first major ballet entitled Talking Bodies, was created for the Hungarian National Ballet in 2000. Some more of his major works include: The Miraculous Mandarin, Closed Curtains, Nutcracker, Firebird, About Kafka, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Bolero, Carmen and many others. In 2003 he received the Harangozó prize as an acknowledgement of his outstanding choreographic works performed in the Hungarian and international dance scene. In 2010 he received the Scena Divadelni Novin award, one of the major art awards of the Czech Republic. In 2015 he received the “Best choreographer of the year” award at the National Theatre of Prague, awarded by the Czech Dance Association, as acknowledgement of his ballet entitled About Kafka. In the summer of 2020 he was awarded with the Jeszenszky prize by the presidium of the National Association of Dance Teachers. In October 2020 he was awarded Knight of Cross from the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic.

Company 2018/19