Zoltán Zsuráfszky Jr.

Dancer and choreographer honoured with Prima Primissima Junior and Gyula Harangozó Awards.

In 2008 he became the Season’s Best Male Dancer, being a perpetual folk dancer (Örökös Aranysarkantyús Táncos), the award winner choreographer of National Folk Dance Festival Szolnok and Chamber Dance Festival of Zala, winner of László Vásárhelyi Award, Youth Master of Folk Arts.  He extended his skills at Vígszínház, Budapest Operetta Theatre and Csíki Gergely Theatre of Kaposvár, choreographing numerous shows with Hungarian and overseas companies.

Since 2004 dancer and choreographer of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, nowadays also assistant director of the dance troupe. His life’s main assignment is – besides choreography, pedagogy, performing on stage – to invigorate the Hungarian culture and tradition.

Philosophy, strong folk-organic world, topicality, theatre are his ars poeticas.