Emese Cuhorka

Dancer, teacher and choreographer, Emese Cuhorka graduated from the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. She has worked with Adrienn Hód since 2007 and has been a member of Hodworks since 2009. Together with Csaba Molnár, she develops artistic recontextualisations of subcultures. She is interested in experimenting with forms and performance formats. 

As a performer and co-creator, she has participated in six works which have received the Rudolf Lábán Award. The piece “Sea Lavender” was awarded the Special Prize by the Hungarian Theatre Critics. The documentary about the rehearsals of this piece, titled “The Euphoria of Being”, won the Main Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and the Human Rights Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Photo: Emese Cuhorka