Not only will the corps de ballet perform, but the program also will feature astonishing character dancing by members of the Hungarian Folk Ensemble from Budapest. True, she's opened a door culturally. But the tough young choreographer also stressed that she wanted to make sure men would enjoy this performance. The Hungarian character dances are not for the faint of heart. Rehearsing at the John W. Wilson branch of the Lubbock Boys and Girls Club, Hungarian dancers Jozsef Gubik and TamasBabuscq have inspired the postponement of more than few pick-up basketball games, with ball players opting to watch the dance rehearsals and wondering how these young performers manage to entertain without seriously injuring themselves.
Hungarian dancers possess an esteem similar to that granted American athletes.
The best dancers are the best athletes. The best dancers also were the best swordsmen in the army. Most character dancers find the male performers competing with one another, even when performing a traditional ''Stick Dance'' that finds the two dancing, jumping, verbally insulting each other's technique while tossing sticks at one another in choreographed fashion. Ballet Lubbock was able to convince the Hungarian government to allow the dancers to perform in Lubbock primarily through the contacts of Enid Racz, Yvonne's mother and a former dancer born in Budapest and trained in ballet, modern and character dance at the Brandamecq Ballet School. At age 17, Enid and her husband, Gabor,cq fled Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution.