Ábrahám, Nóra2026-01-152026-01-152024-10-21Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica, No. 26 (2024): European Case Studies of Economic, Social and Cultural Diversity II. , 51-930139-0600https://hdl.handle.net/2437/402361My paper aims to present the dance culture of the 1940’s and explore its scientific approach to dance. According to results of my research, the “national-rescue activity” originating in Budapest looked for the promise of demonstrating “cultural-superiority” in youth-education. Movement-artists and newly formed amateur ensembles also played role in this. The initial dance-research followed the European research direction, considered the application of ethnological theories as the basis. When examining the interaction of city and countryside with a cultural-historical anthropological approach, my questions formulated in my writing: Did the village research and Scientific Institute-work in the 1940’s have an impact on the style of dance that also played a representative role, appearing as a result of the youth education efforts in Budapest? How does appear in the source-works that published the research-results of that time? My paper seeks the answers to these questions.application/pdfcultural anthropologydance researchsymbolic representationdance theoryrepresentative activitiesfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathicahttps://doi.org/10.47516/ethnographica/26/2024/12553Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica262786-0841