VIDRÓCZKI FOLKDANCE GROUP
The name of Gyöngyös is inseparable from the Vidróczki Folk Dance Ensemble, which plays a decisive
role in the cultural life of the city. It has a very rich past, and nowadays dancing in Vidróczki is a way
of life. Over the past six decades, folk music and folk dance have taught not only the members of the
folk dance group but also the audience to love and respect tradition. The history of the Vidróczki Folk
Dance Ensemble can be traced back to 1962. The results of the ensemble clearly show that there was
hardly a competition from which it would have returned home without an award or recognition. All
this is also thanks to the fact that the best choreographers in the country created the stage
productions of Vidróczki. The sixty-three-year-old Vidróczki Folk Dance Ensemble still proudly
represents the city of Gyöngyös throughout the country and takes its good reputation to the world.
The ensemble was the co-organizer of the Gyöngy International Folklore Festival, whose spirit and
basic program are also those of Vidróczki, and over the past two and a half decades they have brought
the most beautiful folk dances of the world to Gyöngyös, with 65 ensembles from 21 countries. They
are proud of the award for Heves County, of having twice held the Heves County Prima Award and
the Heves County Prima Audience Award.
