Dance house

Look at the chemistry between this beautiful accordion player and the clarinet player. Oh......my!

The David Klezmer Quintet under a tent during the rain.

Dance house is typical Hungarian event when a live band plays music and people get together and dance usually in a circle or ocassionally in other formations, lines or pairs. There is one or several dance insrtuctors, so if you do not know the dance you can still pick it up. In spite of it being called a dance house, many times it happens outdoors, especially in the summer. The dance house movement started in the 16th century and it was typically Hungarian but in the past century other nationalities living in Hungary or around Hungary joined in the beautiful tradition. In my hometown every Wednesday night there is a dance house with different ethnic groups. Last night I went to a Jewish dance house. Wonderful Klezmer music played by the David Klezmer Quintet and joyful, elegant dance performed even throughout the rain.