About Rita Góbi

Rita Góbi is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, who is continuously exploring the styles and languages of dance.

Born in Novi Sad, Serbia; graduated at Hungarian Dance Academy in Budapest. She was a participant of various international dance workshops and residency programs like the US-based OMI DANCE Residency, VARP residency at SE.S.TA-KoresponDance, in the Czech Republic, in MORISHITA Studio, Tokyo by Japanese Foundation, PIM OFF in Italy.

Rita started her career working with several Hungarian-based dance companies (Ballet Pécs, Yvette Bozsik Company, Réka Szabó’s Company-The Symptoms, Natural Art Disasters, Eva Duda Company, L1 Dance Association), and working with the film director Miklós Jancsó.

In 2006 she founded Góbi Dance Company. Since then she has created several contemporary dance productions, interactive performances for children and took part in various interdisciplinary projects (exhibition openings, fashion shows, etc.). Her solo piece Volitant received several national and international awards (Aerowaves Twenty18 - priority artist). She created two Japanese co-productions, titled Vibration and Freestyle. She is touring worldwide with her performances.

She is also a dance teacher at Nemes Nagy Ágnes Art Vocational School, Berczik Sára Budai Táncklub, University of Theatre and Film Arts, and she regularly holds workshops in Hungary and internationally. She also works as an invited choreographer in puppet theatres and movement theatres working with actors.

The works of Rita Góbi could be best described as brave and experimental as well as precisely choreographed. She has a geometrical, minimalistic, rather reductionistic style. Her concept of choreography is based on instinctive, monotonic and repetitive, miniature movements, and phasing of the body and state changes that evolve from these movements. She transforms the line of motions slowly and consistently. The accord of movements, music, projected visual effects and lights are creating the futuristic atmosphere of her performances.

Awards and prizes:

2025

Special Award for the Best All-Art Production - Tánc XXVII. International Contemporary Festival (Vibration)

2024

Gyula Harangozó Award
New Challenges to Puppetry Award - International Festival of Puppet Theatres for Children, Lut Fest, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina

2023

Accolade for the Finest Utilization of Music - 2023 Nisville Jazz Festival, Serbia (Don't Fuss!)

2021

Best Solo Performance Award - Rita Góbi, DANCE XXIII. International Contemporary Festival, Veszprém (Volitant)
Marina Olenyina Prize - Association of Vojvodina Dance Artists, Novi Sad, Serbia

2018

Lábán Rudolf Award - The Best Contemporary Dance Performance of the 2017 Season (Volitant)
Award for Best Performance - 45th Infant Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia (Volitant)

2017

Priority Artist - Aerowaves Twenty18
Special Award - Festival 10 Sentidos, Valencia for her solo dance (Volitant)
Golden Cross of the Hungarian Cross of Merit

2016

Lábán Rudolf Award Nomination - Ellenpont, Czech-Hungarian co-production, Budapest
OMI Dance Artist Residency Program Participant USA
International Visegrad Fund Performing Arts Scholarship - Prague, Czech Republic

2015

Best Dance Performer Award - In Hungarian Contemporary Dance Category Hungarian Dance Federation
2nd Prize - 3…2…1… Choreography Competition, Krakow, Poland
1st Prize - Solo&Duo Cologne Dance Festival, Best Solo Dance

2009

Audience Award - XII. Miniatures International Choreography Competition, Belgrade, Serbia

2007

Gundel Award Nomination

2005

Pro Futuro Award - Veszprém Dance Festival

2004, 2005

Viktor Fülöp Fellowship (awarded twice)

2003

Best Choreography and Audience Award - SoloDuo Dance Festival, Orkesztika Foundation, Budapest
Most Promising Graduate of the Season - Hungarian Dance Federation