A pulsating rhythm in community, energetic harmony between the band and the audience – this is how the Tanzhausgeiger understand their music. Therefore they ‘prefer to play in direct contact with the dancers, including shared cheering and sweating,’ wrote the Austrian magazine Concerto. ‘It sounds like radical violin music meets Balkan sluggishness.’ With the formation's ‘dirty three-four time,’ even ‘the occasional waltz feels downright indecent.’ But it's not just music critics who are enthusiastic, it's the audience above all. No wonder, since the group learned their skills in Hungary and Transylvania from major protagonists of the local dance house (Tanzhaus) movement.

Photo Teresa Pewal