Zoltán Fodor
Founder/ Artistic director/ Choreographer/ Dancer
Zoltán Fodor became involved with ballet and modern dance in 1996. His masters included mainly Endre Jeszenszky, Béla Földi and Raza Hammadi. After dancing with Budapest Dance Theatre from 1997 to 2000, he became a member of Ballet Pécs. In 2001 he started working as a freelance dancer and performed as a guest artist with Ballet Debrecen, Szeged Contemporary Dance Company and the Budapest Dance Theatre. He also took part in many international projects and performances abroad with Ballet Jazz Art (FR), Henry Oguike Company (UK) and the Birmingham Dance Exchange of Barebones Company (UK).
He debuted as an independent choreographer with a performance in cooperation with the Budapest Dance Theatre in 2005. Since then, his choreographies have been performed with great success by well-established companies and schools such as the Hungarian National Ballet, Budapest Dance Theatre, MU Terminal, Szeged Contemporary Dance Company, Hungarian Dance Academy, National Ballet of Győr and his own Company, Inversedance that he has been leading since 2009.
Awards and Scholarships
- 2023– „The best choreographer of the season”
- 2012 – „The best choreographer of the season”
- 2010 – Gyula Harangozó Prize
- 2008 – „Artists for Hungary” Prize
- 2007 – Veszprém Dance Festival; Choreographers Special Prize
- 2007 – Viktor Fülöp scholarship
- 2006 – Viktor Fülöp scholarship
- 2006 – „The best male dancer of the season”
Works
2021 Chaos (Ballet Company of Győr – Budapest)
You and the world (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2020 Rumini (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Khachaturian – Gayane Suite (Balett Pécs, City Sports Hall – Szolnok)
2019 Nameless (Escuela Nacional Superior de Ballet Academy, Auditorium ICPNA Lima Centro – Peru)
Bardo (Nagyvárad Dance Ensemble, Szigligeti Theater – Nagyvárad)
La Bohéme (Inversedance, Jászai Mari Theatre – Tatabánya)
Echo (The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts – Hong Kong)
2018 Global (Danza Viva Company, Auditorium ICPNA Lima Centro – Peru)
Bleeding creek (Inversedance, Jászai Mari Theater – Tatabánya)
2017 Messiah.now (Inversedance and the Mátyás Várkonyi Theatre Company, Müpa – Budapest)
2016 Doors without handles (Inversedance, Théátre Marni – Brussels, Belgium/National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Vackor – A little bear’s Christmas (Inversedance, Bakelit Multi Art Center – Budapest)
Bartók Dance Suite (Inversedance, Nine Theatre – Beijing, China)
Traviata (Inversedance and GG Dance Eger, Géza Gárdonyi Theatre – Eger/National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2015 The Enchanted Book (Inversedance, Teatro Chushig – Manta, Ecuador)
Hungarian Rhapsody (Inversedance, Ankara Opera House – Ankara,Turkey)
2014 Home, sweet home (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Enchanted Castle (Inversedance, Mari Jászai Theatre – Tatabánya/Müpa – Budapest)
2013 Vuk, the little fox (Inversedance, Müpa – Budapest)
2012 Esther (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2011 Vackor – Adventures of a little bear (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody (National Ballet of Győr, National Theatre Győr – Győr)
Subconscious (Inversedance, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2010 Twilight (Directed by Péter Valló, Miklós Radnóti Theatre – Budapest)
Initiation (Inversedance, Rumbach Synagogue/National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Youth is Silliness (Hungarian Dance Academy’s graduating class, Müpa – Budapest)
2008 Gospel (Hungarian Dance Academy’s graduating class, Hungarian State Opera – Budapest)
Dido (independent project, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Melange (MU Terminal, MU Theatre – Budapest)
2007 Boccherini Sonatas (Hungarian National Ballet, Erkel Theatre – Budapest)
Habla con ella (Hungarian Dance Academy’s graduating class, Hungarian State Opera – Budapest)
Space – Form – Language (MU terminal, MU Theatre – Budapest)
Dislocated (independent project, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2006 Cut Short (Budapest Dance Theatre, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
Mozart – Les petits Riens (Szeged Contemporary Dance Company, Müpa – Budapest)
The quill of De Sade (Directed by András Almási-Tóth – Debrecen)
2005 Ariel the silly ghost (Directed by Almási-Tóth András – Debrecen)
Unkwown (Budapest Dance Theatre, National Dance Theatre – Budapest)
2019 Inversedance/Zoltán Fodor: La Bohéme
2012 Inversedance/Zoltán Fodor: Esther
2011 Inversedance/Zoltán Fodor: Vackor – Adventures of a little bear
Inversedance/Zoltán Fodor: Subconscious
Inversedance/Anh Ngoc Nguyen: F2
2010 Inversedance/Zoltán Fodor: Initiation
2008 Zoltán Fodor: Gospel
Zoltán Fodor: Dido
2007 Zoltán Fodor: Dislocated
2006 Budapest Dance Theatre/Zoltán Fodor: Cut Short
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Zoltán Fodor: Mozart – Les petits Riens
2005 Budapest Dance Theatre/Zoltán Fodor: Unkwown
2001–2000
Ballet Pécs/Attila Egerházi: First position
Myriam Naisy [FR]: Partitions au patio – main role
Ballet Pécs/Attila Egerházi: The rise of the wind – main role
Budapest Dance Theatre/Sean Curren [USA]: Dances of the sax
Ballet Jazz Art/Raza Hammadi [FR]: European
Djazzex/Glenn van der Hoff [NL]: Wave Laboratory
Budapest Dance Theatre/Béla Földi: Rhapsody in Blue
Budapest Dance Theatre/Béla Földi: Bach
Budapest Dance Theatre/Joseph Tmim [IL]: All mixed up
Ballet Jazz Art/Raza Hammadi [FR]: Mur Mur de le Mediterranée
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Tamás Juronics: Carmina Burana – main role
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Uri Ivgi [NL]: Carmen – main role
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Martin Stiefermann [D]: The Tragedienne – main role
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Tamás Juronics: New World – main role
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Tamás Juronics: Atlantis – main role
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company/Tamás Juronics: Tybalt – main role
Thierry Verger [FR]: Temps D’ame – main role
Danceworks/Lóránd Zachár [NL]: Mikrokozmos
Robert North: Aquas
Robert North: Death and the Madien
2000–1997
Compagnie Pál Frenák/Pál Frenák: Triplex
Budapest Dance Theatre/Tamás Juronics: Nothing and never
Budapest Dance Theatre/Béla Földi: Sorry!
Hungarian National Ballet/Attila Egerházi: Four Seasons
Ballet Jazz Art/Raza Hammadi [FR]: Defend Yourself
Gyula Berger and his friends/Gyula Berger: Blue
Djazzex/Neel Verdoorn [NL]: The time of the violin
Budapest Dance Theatre/Béla Földi: Segments
Ballet Pécs/Attila Egerházi : White Lotuses
Ballet Jazz Art/Raza Hammadi [FR]: The sounds of Savannah
Budapest Dance Theatre/Béla Földi: Jazz Sekt
1996-1995
Hungarian Operetta Theatre
2012-2007 Hungarian Dance Academy: contemporary dance and repertoire
