Boglárka Börcsök (*1987) is a performing artist and choreographer who grew up near the Romanian and Serbian border in the lowlands of South-East Hungary. She studied contemporary dance at Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, and at P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) in Brussels. Currently, she is based in Berlin.
Her work draws from archival research, personal encounters and the practice of listening and looking. She is interested in how memory and history can be expressed through voices, gestures and movements.
As a dancer and performer, she participated in the works of Tino Sehgal at documenta (13), Stedelijk and KIASMA – Contemporary Art Museum. Börcsök has been performing and collaborating with Eszter Salamon for several years in her acclaimed MONUMENT series shown at RuhrTriennale, Centre Pompidou, Festival d’Avignon, Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Tanz im August amongst others.
Since 2016, she has been featured in several editions of 20 Dancers for the XX Century by Boris Charmatz/Terrain. Currently, she is touring with Still Not Still, a dance piece by Ligia Lewis.
Boglárka Börcsök has been collaborating with Berlin based filmmaker Andreas Bolm since 2017. They made the documentary film The Art of Movement, a portrait of three over 90-year-old dancers from Budapest which was shown at 9th BIDF - Budapest International Documentary Festival, the film premiered online hosted by Pact Zollverein, Tanzquartier Wien and Montag Modus and it was screened at TEA - Tenerife and Festival Salmon in Barcelona among others.
Their performance and video installation Figuring Age, based on the film, was presented at Moving in November Festival Helsinki and ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna among others, where it received an honorable mention. The project was selected as part of the Aerowaves ‘Twenty23 Artists’ network and SHOWCASE 2023 of the Impulse Theater Festival and is currently touring across Europe.
Boglárka Börcsök is the recipient of the Rudolf Lábán Special Prize 2023 awarded by the independent performing arts scene in Hungary.
