‘Panta Rhei’ – Hungarian Contemporary Dance Performance at the MASQ

11 June 2022

On Saturday 11 June 2022, the Hungarian dancing duet Dorottya and David Diko performed at the Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey (MASQ) at an event organized in cooperation with the Liszt Institute: Hungarian Cultural Center in Cairo. The performance was titled “Panta rhei” – everything flows.

The everlasting flow and change as the essence of all that exists is a concept attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Equally important in his philosophy was the notion of harmony resulting from the union of opposites which are at once separate and complimentary.
The Hungarian dancing duet Dorottya and David Diko explore in their performances various aspects of the interplay of opposites that cannot exist without each other: Adam and Eve, yin and yang, light and darkness, two sides of the coin. Their movement reflects the dualistic view of the world that is crucial to human consciousness. The dancers’ motion in space symbolizes change in continuous cycles of ascension and return. This change process is expressed by the body along four elemental types of motion (related to earth, water, fire, and air). Even though the temperature soared on the hottest day of the year’s Egyptian summer that far, the hall of the maq‘ad filled with numerous audience.

Social and cultural activities at the MASQ are carried out by ARCHiNOS and its sister not-for profit organisation the Sultan Foundation and are financed primarily by the Drosos Foundation and the European Union.