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“You will recognize these classical melodies any time, and you will remember all the nice memories. If you hear the name of Iván Fischer or that the Budapest Festival Orchestra, that of Berci Vári, you will know who they are because you have personally met them, and this does not happen to everyone, this will remain a memory forever. This is what makes you special, and this is very important because you have worked for this.”
Andrea Csenteri, dance teacher

Átány Program (Social Innovation Foundation)

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Andrea Ternay, Luca Sára Kerpel-Fronius

Borsod Primary School, Edelény

Headmaster: Attiláné Hernádi
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Erzsébet Slezsák

Cogito Dr. Krepuska Géza Primary School, Somoskőújfalu

Headmaster: dr. Ildikó Paróczainé Varga
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Éva Drexler

Csikesz Sándor Primary School in Drávafok of the Reformed Boarding School in Pécs

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Emese Pintér

Dózsa György Primary School, Apátfalva

Headmaster: Katalin Judit Balázs
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Nóra Csomor, Andrea Csenteri

Eötvös József Primary School and Primary Art School, Vásárosnamény

“Shared achievements feel great”

Our school is situated in one of the prettiest small towns in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Vásárosnamény. Our settlement is in the heart of Bereg, and for this reason has been the education centre of the region for decades.

In addition to primary school teaching, we offer various forms of art education to introduce our students to the magical word of art. We have theatre performers, puppeteers, visual artists, dancers and musicians – piano, string and guitar courses. We have approximately 700 students and a staff of 71 teachers. Nearly 40% of our students come from underprivileged backgrounds, mostly from Roma families. We are committed to helping close the gap for disadvantaged students and the introduction of novel educational methods.

In addition to schoolwork, we offer a range of extracurricular activities to students, such as sports events, theatre and cinema visits, hikes and camps to make their lives richer. We believe that shared joy can positively affect the development of children’s personalities. Reducing the number of hours for teaching skill-based subjects in schools has a negative impact on the education of children. Holding 1-hour singing classes per week cannot replace the magic that classical music can work on the soul. This is why we are eager to take every opportunity to change the status quo.

“We are delighted with this marvellous opportunity for our children to experience how great shared achievements can be, and how much perseverance and hard work goes into this happy feeling. (…) This is a particularly inspiring experience for me because we live very far from the capital, where the programs and events with real artistic merit take place. From our small town, Vásárosnamény, we can only rarely get to visit a great theatre performance, the Opera House, the National Gallery or the Museum of Fine Arts. Many of my students have never even been to Heroes’ Square, let alone participate in such a meaningful and valuable program. In addition to the distance, adversity also plays a role in marginalisation.”

Headmaster: Zoltán Szabó
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Lászlóné Kovács

Gárdonyi Géza Primary School, Magyargéc

Headmaster: Róbertné Velki
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Gergő Máté Hegedűs

Gustave Eiffel French Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School

Something not to miss

The French School in Budapest (Lycée français Gustave Eiffel de Budapest – LFGEB) is one of the 494 establishments belonging to the network of The Agency for French Education Abroad (l’Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Etranger – AEFE), which welcomes 330,000 pupils in more than 135 countries across the world; and for this we thank you. In the service of the French and Hungarian families and students, plus those of other nationalities (actually there are nearly 40 different nationalities represented in the school), the LFGEB team works continually to develop a quality education „à la française”, from the infants up to the senior school.

In the LFGEB we love music, dancing. We are fond of all kind of events which will help building the social skills and which relate to cultural exchange and discovering.

The French school of Budapest has participated already 2 times. And according to the report of those previous participants in 2016, it was something not to miss at all.

Headmaster: Joël Flouder
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Rivelis Tahinasoa, Rita Szabó

Hétvezér Baptist Primary School, Kindergarten and Primary Art School, Tiszaszalka

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: György Auksz

Hunyadi Mátyás Primary School and Primary Art School

Head of school: Csaba Hok
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Enikő Markovicsné Szabó, Mária Komlósné Oláh

Igazgyöngy Foundation, Berettyóújfalu

Head of school: Nóra L. Ritók
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Tamás Veress

InDaHouse Hungary Program (Social Innovation Foundation), Pere/Hernádszentandrás

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Fruzsina Benkő, Viktória Csaba

Kölcsey Ferenc Primary School and Primary Art School, Sajószöged

Head of school: Hajnalka Hajdu
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Andrea Katlanné Jakab

Kölcsey Ferenc Primary School, Pap

Head of school: András Barta

Molnár Ferenc Bilingual Primary School, Budapest, District 9

Headmaster: Alfréd Török
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Zsuzsanna Gál

Móra Ferenc Primary School, Endrefalva

Head of school: Katalin Antalné Varga

Nagykun Reformed Primary School, Karcag

Headmaster: Ilona Anna Földváriné Simon
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Anikó Takácsné Csikós

Primary School, Budajenő

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Diána Burjánné Heinisch, Orsolya Pappné Polacsek

Rákóczi Ferenc II Primary and Secondary School, Szécsény

Headmaster: Gergely Pancsovai
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Péter Pásztor

Széchenyi István Primary School, Szigethalom

Headmaster: Jolán Egyed
Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Orsolya Bognár

The Member School in Nyírlövő of the Kölcsey Ferenc Primary School in Pap

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Tímea Kovácsné Kovács, Viktória Bartáné Machalek

With The Power of Humanity Foundation, Pécs

Contact for the Dancing on the Square project: Zsófia Tasnádi